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John Quiggin always has interesting takes: in the medium term, Trump is destroying America as the "indispensable nation". A lot of pain for much of the rest of the world in the short term, but it's a hostile takeover with asset stripping for the US.
https://crookedtimber.org…

Artist Shepard Fairey is best known for the Obama “Hope” poster
Some of his recent artworks depict ICE agents with labels like “Domestic Terrorist,”
used by Trump administration officials to describe protesters who oppose the administration's immigration crackdown.
Fairey says that while he doesn’t think of his art as propaganda, he also doesn’t shy away from the label.
“It's meant to initiate a conversation, a counternarrative that isn’t happening in a robust…

Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: “It Can Happen Here, and It Is”
We speak with artist Shepard Fairey, best known for the Obama “Hope” poster, about the role of art in politics, the rise of fascism in the United States and more. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke with Fairey in Los Angeles last week and toured his studio. Some of his recent artworks depict ICE agents with labels like “Domestic Terrorist,” used by Trump administration officials to describe protesters who oppose the administration's immigration crackdown. Fairey says that while he doesn…

At a store, I saw these #icons on a #microwave . Staff could not explain them. What are they trying to tell us?

"…first case in which a federal agent has been criminally charged for…actions during the Trump administration's…immigration crackdown in Minnesota…
Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr is accused of pointing a gun at motorists…he was driving illegally on the shoulder of a state highway in February…"
https://www.…

ICE agent charged for pulling gun on motorists, Minnesota prosecutor says
There is a nationwide warrant for the agent's arrest as he faces two second-degree assault charges filed by state prosecutors.

More of their ongoing attack against “so-called experts” except now it’s a Christian expert. In this case, Vance has, what, continuing education credits in Christianity? And Trump, who’s never cracked a book, is going to essentially read from the textbook on TV?
https://www.theguardian.com/wor…

Take a leisurely scan of today's Metacurity to check out the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Ransomware negotiator cops to conspiring with cybercrims against US companies,
--NSW official charged in data breach involving sensitive documents,
--UK man faces 22 years in US prison for $8m hacking scheme,
--Hack of French government identity website might have exposed users' data,
--Bundesbank pres. wants level playing field for Mythos, L…

Ransomware negotiator cops to conspiring with cybercrims against US companies
NSW official charged in data breach involving sensitive documents, UK man faces 22 years in US prison for $8m hacking scheme, French gov't identity website hack might have exposed users' data, Bundesbank president wants level playing field for Mythos, Lovable downplays data exposure, much more

Moscow is in the throes of a major mobile internet blackout
as the Russian government tightens restrictions it has touted as
necessary to ensure the “security” of its citizens.
The Russian capital has been more or less spared from a wave of systematic mobile internet outages that have hit the country since May,
-- which authorities have said are necessary to counter the threat of Ukrainian drones.
But since the first week of March, Muscovites have also found t…

Internet blackouts hit Moscow as the Kremlin tightens restrictions
Moscow has been hit by a major mobile internet blackout as the Russian government tightens restrictions it has touted as necessary to ensure the “security” of its citizens.

The final piece of the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia has been laid in place,
bringing the church to its maximum final height 144 years after work began.
After several days when it has been too windy to work,
the upper section of the 17 metre-high four-sided steel and glass cross was winched into position at 11am on Friday,
completing the tower dedicated to Jesus Christ.
At 172.5 metres, the Sagrada Familia, to which the Catalan architect Antoni G…

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories,
whether against South Americans or in the Middle East.
In a charged press conference on March 13, Hegseth did more than attack journalists for questioning his unverified claims about the course of the war in the Middle East.
He singled out CNN, introducing a troubling dimension to the conversation.
“The soo…

Trump and Hegseth Cannot Define the Truth of the US-Israeli War on Iran
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated

A U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring poster-sized displays of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms to take effect
The six judges who voted against the decision wrote a series of dissents,
with some arguing that the law exposes children to government-endorsed religion in a place they are required to be,
presenting a clear constitutional burden
Circuit Judge James L. Dennis, an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton,…

Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect. The full court voted 12-6 to lift a block placed on the law that a lower court first issued in 2024. In the opinion released Friday, the court said it was too early to make a judgment call on the constitutionality of the law. But the six judges who voted against the decision wrote a series of dissents, some saying that the law exposes chil…