Reposted by AtownusaAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump renaming things seems profoundly stupid, and it is. It's also a classic strongman move. Turkmenistan's dictator renamed "April" and "bread" after his mother. Mussolini renamed "bar" and "sandwich" to made-up words so people could tell which bars and paninis were fascist. Much like SpaceXSI. 49220
Reposted by AtownusaEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW. 531931539
Reposted by AtownusaNPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5Mn.prICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 18491241
Reposted by AtownusaCNN @cnn.com · 08/10/2026Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive. cnn.it/4zgcsQc 49177146
Reposted by AtownusaThe Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is frightening and infuriating. The Ellisons were able to use other people’s money, crippling debt and MAGA-corrupted regulatory agencies: FTC, FCC and DoJ to complete this hostile takeover. Skydance is 49% owned by foreign investors (39% Saudi/Qatar/UAE). Media ownership is power. 43227
Reposted by AtownusaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power. 1162139599
Reposted by AtownusaJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1242617705
Reposted by AtownusaRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Notice the absence of the traditional olive branch? The olive branch symbolized America prioritizing peace with war as a last resort. It has been part of the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and was part of the original seal of the Department of Defense. 19779245
Reposted by AtownusaMr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.newyorker.comICE Is Everywhere and Acting with ImpunityICE arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools. 13922
Reposted by AtownusaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797613043
Reposted by AtownusaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026The goal in detaining these children, a former official says, is “to make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.” Read @samanthamichaels.bsky.social + @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social report on the administration's new family separation policy that targets children in the nation's interior.motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 88739497
Reposted by AtownusaAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...muellershewrote.comEXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA LawsuitSources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review. 11954852314
Reposted by AtownusaGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2026Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent and branded a “domestic terrorist” by DHS — all for just warning her neighbors and speaking her truth during Operation Midway Blitz. She deserves true justice and accountability from the federal government. 271615573
Reposted by AtownusaThe Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 🧵 Announcement: Our 2026 Pro-democracy Election Coverage guidelines. Americans need to understand the stakes of the upcoming elections. Here's how to cover the mid-terms like democracy depends on it. 👉Please read and endorse the guidelines. 1/n www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2026-electio...mediaanddemocracyproject.orgAdd Your Name: 2026 Election Coverage Guidelines Open LetterSign our open letter to American journalists, editors, and media executives. Join us in demanding pro-democracy election coverage of the 2026 midterms! 26953
Reposted by AtownusaRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 45037601888
Reposted by AtownusaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us. 25960402244
Reposted by AtownusaUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/ 231191542
Reposted by AtownusaThe Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...youtu.beBOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funeralsYouTube video by MS NOW 17123751126
Reposted by AtownusaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is how AI will kill us allfuturism.comTrump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With GrokTrump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion. 12477141
Reposted by AtownusaJoshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Reported by the NYT in 2018, rarely mentioned sincenytimes.comTrump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father (Published 2018)The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of ... 13610
Reposted by AtownusaAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump redirected $176.9 million from a US human-rights fund towards global right wing groups, including $40 million for an “anti-communism” consortium and $1 million for fascist groups opposing Brazil’s Supreme Court days before the presidential election.yacnews.comTrump diverts $176.9m of Human Rights aid to far-right groups; targets Europe, Canada and South AmericaMarco Rubio overrode congressional holds, a Democratic aide said. The money funds opponents of Brazil's supreme court days before its vote and Europeans who reject "gender ideology", as Trump official... 50493312
Reposted by AtownusaEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 24730691799
Reposted by AtownusaGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113194106
Atownusa @atwonusa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Replacing the role of government/democracy and letting corporations decide what gets built and “other projects” 010
Atownusa @atwonusa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kegsbreath needs to be impeached before he does any more damage. 001
Reposted by AtownusaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026I’m confused. Trump lies about Democrats being communists because commies are bad. But he likes North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, a murderous communist dictator, and calls him a “friend.” Make it make sense. 137844289
Reposted by AtownusaZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30725321400
Reposted by AtownusaKuan Butts @kuanbutts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Anti Palantir/ ICE march in financial district, SF right now 435186
Reposted by Atownusa404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026The White House has taken steps to ensure local ALPR systems are fed into the “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” (HIDTA) program. For example: cities in Georgia can't operate ALPR systems without signing a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) in which they promise to send their data to a HIDTA.404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. 214241
Reposted by AtownusaChristopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I do not want to live in a police state. 022
Reposted by Atownusa🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The US is in the process of building one of the largest camp systems in history." Agony to hear those words spoken. But the question now is whether it just surpasses the scope of Japanese-American Imprisonment or it does what concentration camp systems want to do: get worse at a sinister pace. 38538
Reposted by AtownusaScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump take tourism www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/09/trum...lawyersgunsmoneyblog.comTrump take tourism - Lawyers, Guns & MoneyAnother hearty round of applause to the Ariana Grande voters who chose Trump because he would be Good Economy Man: Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, ... 2275
Reposted by AtownusaTruthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026A recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.truthout.orgAmazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They FormInternal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move. 1011284
Reposted by AtownusaLorren 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🦩 @lorren13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Senate hearing with Jack Smith farce has taken the headlines (on purpose?), but this 👇 is absolutely a disaster. Trump and Patel's gutting of the FBI has led to a data breach that endangers all agents and their families, as well as national security. A tsunami of shit is hitting the fan. 49832
Reposted by AtownusaAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 30/09/2026fedscoop.comWebsites ‘in jeopardy’ amid U.S. Web Design System takeover, coalition tells GSAThe letter comes after administration officials changed leadership for the system, implemented new AI tooling, and shut out members of an open-source community. 15121
Reposted by AtownusaKeri Leigh Merritt @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today is book release day!!! So thrilled that An Inconvenient Woman is finally out after years of research & writing. Thanks to everyone who has ordered or told their library to order - I truly appreciate you!♥️♥️♥️ @stmartinspress.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...us.macmillan.comAn Inconvenient WomanA revelatory and immersive biography of a white Southern woman who was a key figure in the early civil rights movement, devoting her life to ending segregati... 412139
Reposted by AtownusaMollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports. 131103336
Reposted by AtownusaClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The House has only been in session for 72 days this year 14319120
Reposted by AtownusaGIFFORDS @giffords.org · 25/09/2026“Just be clever about it.” That’s what ChatGPT advised a mass shooter in Canada on how to bypass its own moderation system. The results: A preventable massacre that killed eight people, after the shooter successfully used the AI chatbot to plan the shooting. 42410
Reposted by AtownusaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lots of talk about defending "Western civilization" these days, so here's Richard Wright on what it means to be Western: 14586131
Reposted by AtownusaAtownusa @atwonusa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026From David Byrne in 2017 www.technologyreview.com/2017/08/15/1...technologyreview.comEliminating the HumanWe are beset by—and immersed in—apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each other. 001
Reposted by AtownusaVeterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump: we need to protect women by keeping biological men out of women's locker rooms Also Trump: I used to walk into the Miss Teen USA locker room all the time when they were getting dressed because I owned the pageant and I can do whatever I want 13014
Reposted by AtownusaIndivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🚨 The CDC just changed their COVID vaccine guidance for 2026! ALL ADULTS + immunocompromised children should receive the vaccine. Insurance coverage is mandated. Metro Atlanta is currently experiencing a COVID surge. Please consider getting a booster to protect yourself + your community. 13118
Reposted by Atownusa404 Media @404media.co · 27/09/2026In reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 515352
Reposted by AtownusaClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...youtu.beMUSK | Official Trailer HDYouTube video by Elevation Pictures 6354214
Reposted by AtownusaScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026She was an FBI agent. She started an investigation of the murder of Renee Good. Trump forced her to reclassify it as an ICE agent assault. She was then forced to resign. Her evidence confirms that a cover-up of the homicide has been undertaken, directed from the highest levels.cnn.comFBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN PoliticsThe FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with... 281557899
Reposted by AtownusaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The New York Times remains laser-focused on ignoring the horrible things horrible people are doing to us. Coming Up Next: "Pol Pot's Favorite Footwear." 3653394758