ICE Barbie Wants Her Blanket NOW
A federal tool flags citizens as noncitizens in Texas, while a new poll shows 54% of voters support Democratic demands for ICE reforms. The U.S. oil blockade grinds life in Cuba to a halt, and Kim Prost, an International Criminal Court judge, is locked out of her daily life by U.S. sanctions. Attorney General Pam Bondi admits to a secret domestic terrorist list, and federal agents in Minnesota seize phones and documents from protesters without charges. Homeland Security expands "masked engagement" surveillance on social media, while the FBI targets climate activists at their homes. Trump scraps the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, and the New York Fed reports that U.S. consumers are shouldering 90% of tariff costs. Google fulfills ICE subpoenas for student journalists' data, and the Pentagon pushes OpenAI to deploy tools on classified networks. Spotify developers stop writing code due to AI, and the U.S. smuggles Starlink terminals into Iran. Gender studies programs shut down across the U.S., Nick Fuentes calls women "political enemies," and Kristi Noem faces backlash for "chaos" inside the DHS.
Dark Money Red Herrings
House Republicans are using "foreign influence" hysteria to label progressive nonprofits as national security threats. An analysis of the February 10 Ways and Means hearing, the "process as punishment" strategy, and the MAGA playbook for smothering dissent.
Half of America Now Thinks Biden Was a Better President
Trump Gives Coal Participation Trophy, Half of Americans Think Trump is Lying About Epstein and that Biden Was a Better President
Russian Tech Bros Make AI Pigeons, GOP Pushes Bogus Election and Climate Claims, and more
Russian Tech Bros Make AI Pigeons, GOP Pushes Bogus Election and Climate Claims, and more
Endangerment Finding Endangered, Erik Prince ALSO
The Trump Administration aims for “total victory” over a livable future, Erik Prince might be in captivity in the DRC, what it was like to be in Bad Bunny’s halftime grass, and more.
Trump is spying on Reddit users, research shows America believes conspiracy theories, chip wars, and more
Nearly half of Americans believe false claims, Trump sanctions U.N. and ICC staff, GOP fast-tracks the SAVE America Act, Homeland Security monitors Reddit, a $55 billion contract for domestic military bases raises alarms. ICE neglects trans immigrants, AI spending causes national labor shortages, the EU targets TikTok's "addictive design," Texas fracking threatens floodplains, Trump reopens the Atlantic monument to fishing, massive hidden methane emissions, Substack profits from Nazi newsletters, and the FCC probes "The View."
Is This AI?
Being “against AI” is like being “against” a technology, like, on a simple machine level, the screw. But, in the same way we can be “pro-screw” and yet “anti-getting-screwed,” we can be “pro-AI” while at the same time “anti-getting-screwed-by-AI.” Here’s how.
Bovino Booted from Bar, Crypto Spirals, ICE Drops Death Cards
Bitcoin plunges as $2 trillion vanishes from crypto markets, Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino is booted from a Vegas bar, ICE agents leave "death cards" for immigrants, and the National Park Service erases "racist" references from Medgar Evers' history. Hillary Clinton dares James Comer to a public hearing, Antifa threats lead to a Minneapolis arrest, and Jeff Bezos-funded Melania documentary sets suspicious Rotten Tomatoes records.