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Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America. Four trans Americans claiming refuge abroad tell US reporter Io Dodds from „Independent“ why they no longer feel safe in their home country, from fears of martial law to being arrested in changing rooms

Must-read "The mad king's digital killswitch"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics

A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/…

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.

Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries,
the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior
that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects.
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
The …

Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. The Associated Press has found that the predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched, and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going, …

Border Patrol and other federal law enforcement agencies are conducting a massive surveillance network monitoring the actions of millions of Americans.
These agencies are not protecting Americans from threats. They are the threat.
https://apnews.co…

📢 Großbritannien, Kanada und Australien erkennen Palästinenserstaat an
Großbritannien, Kanada und Australien haben die Anerkennung eines Palästinenserstaats bekanntgeben. Das teilten die Premierminister der Länder mit. Kanada und Großbritannien sind die ersten der großen westlichen Wirtschaftsmächte in der Gruppe der G7, die diesen Schritt vollziehen. Insgesamt erkennen mehr als 140 UN-Mitgliedsstaaten Palästina als Staat a…
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Großbritannien, Kanada und Australien erkennen Palästinenserstaat an
Kanada, Großbritannien und Australien haben einen palästinensischen Staat formell anerkannt. Das teilten die drei Regierungschefs mit. Weitere Länder wollen in den kommenden Tagen folgen. Aus Israel kommt heftige Kritik.

The ranking Democratic members of two congressional oversight committees
announced on Monday that they had started an investigation into reports of misconduct by federal agents during immigration arrests across the country,
focusing on the detainment of American citizens.
The investigation, a joint effort between the House Oversight Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
will inquire how long American citizens have been held and whether the…

Congressional Democrats Investigate Arrests of Americans During Raids
Representative Robert Garcia and Senator Richard Blumenthal started an inquiry to examine reports of misconduct by immigration agents, focusing on the arrests of citizens.

"America Must Reject Trump’s Corrupt Foreign Policy.
A call to action as Trump pressures Ukraine to capitulate to Russia"
https://www.avindman.com/p/america-must-reject-trumps-corrupt?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeO…

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced dumb-ass legislation today
that would allow private entities to play at Pirates🏴‍☠️in the Caribbean
The "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act"
authorizes felon-president Trump to commission American pirates,
under "letters of marque"
to seize property and persons on land or sea.
Representative Tim Bimbo Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

Patriots of the Caribbean: Lee Bill Authorizes American Privateers to Seize Cartel Assets with President’s Approval
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation today that would allow private entities to stop drug cartel smuggling and violence. The Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act authorizes President Trump, as provided under the Constitution, to commission American operators under letters of marque to seize cartel property and persons on land or sea. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the House version of the legislation.

Over the last decade, America’s roads have become more dangerous,
with serious crashes increasing by nearly 20 percent since 2013.
Approximately 94 percent of crashes are the result of driver behavior
like speeding, impairment or distraction
— behavior that can be detected and corrected by a new generation of machine learning-enabled dash-cams.
Seamless integration between machine learning, IoT management and the cloud allows these cameras to improve safety in r…