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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump has hired Elon Musk to co-direct a new Pentagon initiative on the future of warfare. www.war.gov/News/Release...

Man in suit wearing Trump mask in front of Trump Tower | text: Trump hired Musk to lead a new Pentagon initiative on the future of warfare

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump has moved to significantly reduce automobile fuel efficiency standards, according to a Saturday rant he posted on Truth Social. In addition to the environmental impact, the government’s own analysis shows the decision will drastically increase gas prices. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Gas pump | text: TRUMP JUST REVERSED CRITICAL BIDEN-ERA AUTOMOBILE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ICYMI: Bernie sanders has introduced a bill to reduce the US work week from 40 to 32 hours — with no loss in pay. sanders.senate.gov

Bernie Sanders at a podium at a rally; text: BERNIE
SANDERS HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO REDUCE THE US WORK WEEK FROM 40 TO 32 HOURS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BREAKING: 90% of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups globally have lost funding since January 2025. outrightinternational.org/breaking-point

Two women with LGBTQ flag colors; text: LGBTQIA+
90%
A RECENT REPORT FROM OUTRIGHTINTERNATIONAL
REVEALS THAT 90% OF LGBTQ AND INTERSEX RIGHTS GROUPS GLOBALLY HAVE LOST FUNDING
SINCE JANUARY 2025.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP. oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/

Background: closeup of Black man in orange jumpsuit standing behind bars | text: OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ARE PAYING PEOPLE IN PRISON $2/HOUR TO CALL VOTERS FOR THE GOP

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Communities across the country have been fighting Flock and other ALPR spy camera companies. A new project allows you to track which towns and cities have canceled their contracts ij.org/institute-fo... @ij.org

Background: surveillance cameras | Text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK WHICH TOWNS HAVE CANCELED THEIR CONTRACTS WITH FLOCK

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

Background: deli store front | text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU SEARCH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO'S COLLABORATING WITH ICE

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Indigenous people represent 18% of the world’s extreme poverty, but only 6% of the population In the US, median household earnings are among the lowest Unemployment rates are among the highest They are 400% more likely to be incarcerated And they are 300% more likely to be killed by police

Three feathers hang on a cord against a tree; overlaid text states Indigenous people in the US are three times more likely than whites to be killed by police.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Trump admin admitted in court that they canceled nearly $8 billion in grants for clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state”. apnews.com/article/trum...

TRUMP HAS ENDED BILLIONS IN CLEAN
ENERGY GRANTS FOR STATES THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You can now search your local police for the surveillance tech they’re using — thanks to a new project from @eff.org atlasofsurveillance.org

A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH YOUR LOCAL POLICE FOR THE
SURVEILLANCE TECH THEY USE

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

ICE is arresting and booking 1,474 people each day, the highest pace on record open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

Background: anti-ICE protesters holding signs. Overlay text: what stage of fascism is this / 1,474 / ICE is arresting and booking 1,474 people each day, the highest pace on record

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Soon, leftists many not be able to travel outside the United States, or return after leaving

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ICYMI: The new $500 “American made” Trump phone is actually a 2-year-old phone made in China www.ifixit.com/News/117789/...

THE $500
'AMERICAN MADE: TRUMP PHONE FOUND TO BE A TWO-YEAR-OLD PHONE MADE IN CHINA

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The FBI raided the home of a Texas activist using flash-bang grenades and armored vehicles… And then offered her up to $200,000 to become a confidential “Antifa” informant. theintercept.com/2026/07/07/antifa-informant-raid-texas/

FBI RAIDED A TEXANS HOUSE, THEN OFFERED HER $200,000 TO BECOME AN ARTIFA INFORMANT

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Donald Trump has just ousted the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission. The EAC is an independent federal agency that helps administer election funds. This is just the latest example of Trump’s efforts to subvert US elections. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

TRUMP JUST REMOVED ALL THREE SITTING MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

ICYMI: The DEA *allowed* hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets between 2023 and 2025 alone. This is the government agency charged with keeping drugs *off* the streets. apnews.com/article/dea-...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

BREAKING: Trump’s rule change for the Office of Management and Budget will not only require agencies to ensure grants advance the president’s priorities, it will also kill up to 5,000 clinical trials — including 1,000 cancer treatment studies fight2win.standupforscience.net @standupforscience.net

TRUMP'S NEW FEDERAL GRANT GUIDELINES COULD KILL
5,000 CRITICAL
HENCAL
STUDIES

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This follows a May 28 decision that left three Washington state residents convicted on federal conspiracy charges for protesting ICE As well as the the conviction of the Prairieland 9 in Texas for a July 4, 2025, anti-ICE fireworks display. www.instagram.com/p/DY-IlicM7qT

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚨 8 Texas activists have been sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for protesting ICE 🧵

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

15 people in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers for protesting ICE earlier this year… minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/16/f... 🧵

THE DOU HAS CHARGED 15 SO-CALLED ANTIFA MEMBERS' WITH CONSPIRACY FOR PROTESTING ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

ICYMI: Trump has put 500 babies and toddlers in ICE detention since January 2025 alone. @themarshallproject.org reports: themarshallproject.org/2026/06/09/babies-and-toddlers-in-ice-detention

TRUMP HAS PUT
500 BABIES AND TODDLERS IN ICE DETENTION CENTERS SINCE JANUARY 2025
ALONE

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

ICYMI: A convicted Jan. 6 rioter has been hired by the Trump administration to work for the Pentagon managing classified military operations. He’ll have the nation’s highest-level security clearance. archive.is/2026.06.11-1...

THE PENTAGON HIRED A
CONVICTED J6 RIOTER FOR A SENSITIVE COUNTERTERRORISM JOB

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Crime rates have reached all-time low under Mayor Mamdani in New York www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/03/n...

CRIME RATES IN NEW YORK CITY HAVE REACHED AN ALL-TIME LOW UNDER
MAYOR ZOHRAN
MAMDANI

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Trump has released a new executive order that puts all immigrants at risk of losing their assets and bank accounts. He announced it on Truth Social. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/

TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO SEIZE ASSETS AND CLOSE BANK ACCOUNTS OF ALL MIGRANTS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Three Washington state residents been convicted on federal conspiracy charges for protesting ICE. www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar have introduced a new bill that would: • Provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack to every student • Eradicate school meal debt for every public school student • Incentivize schools to buy from local farms sanders.senate.gov

BERNIE AND ILHAN HAVE INTRODUCED A BILL TO GIVE FREE MEALS TO EVERY STUDENT IN THE COUNTRY

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Key Biden-era regulations designed to protect our drinking water from the most dangerous cancer-causing substances have been removed by the Trump administration. This decision will impact at least 105 million people — or nearly 1 in 3 Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW TRUMP DECISION
POLSONS THE DRINKING WATER OF
1.5 MILLION AMERICANS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Flock cameras are being used in 6,000+ communities. Are you being spied on?

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE
Privacy x Security
YOU'RE BEING TRACKED IN PUBLIC
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO
@awkwordisthis

FIND THE CAMERAS IN YOUR AREA
Where are they flocking?
Find Flock cameras in your area at deflock.org
@awkwordisthis

LOOK UP YOUR LICENSE PLATE
Have I been flocked?
Look up your license plate at haveibeenflocked.com
@awkwordisthis

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

90% of ICE detentions have been illegal, according to 10,000 judges’ rulings www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

90% of ICE detentions have been illegal, according to 10,000 judges’ rulings

Source: POLITICO

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Your iPhone tracks everything you do — and say. Here are three quick-fixes to tighten your security settings. P.S. No technology is safe.

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE
Privacy x Security
YOUR IPHONE IS LISTENING.
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO
@awkwordisthis

THE IMPORTANT LOCATIONS
TRAP
Your iPhone keeps a hidden map of your most frequented places. It's used to analyze and predict behavioral patterns.
FIX: Settings > Privacy and Security >
Location Services > System Services >
Significant Locations & Routes > Disable
@awkwordisthis

THE INTER-APP TRACKING PIT
Apps talk to each other.
Search for something on Amazon or Target, and Instagram and Facebook know within an instant.
FIX: Settings > Privacy and Security >
Tracking > Deactivate "Allow Apps to Request to Track You"
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

8 in 10 countries have named the United States the world’s number-one threat. allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-pe...

WHAT PART OF FASCISM IS THIS

8 IN 10 COUNTRIES HAVE NAMED THE UNITED STATES THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE THREAT

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Nearly 7 in 10 Black mothers with children under 18 are also their family’s sole or primary earner. [source: US Department of Labor] www.instagram.com/p/DYKUqUGANWf

BLACK WOMEN

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

7 IN 10

65.9% OF BLACK MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 ARE ALSO THE SOLE OR PRIMARY BREADWINNERS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🚨 Trump’s new National Counterterrorism Strategy identifies the “left-wing” and “anti-Fascists” as terrorist threats equivalent to jihadi groups like al Qaeda and ISIS. This follows the recent federal terrorism conviction of nine anti-ICE protesters in TX www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

WHAT STAGE OF FASCISM IS THIS

NEW TRUMP NATIONAL POLICY LABELS
'LEFT-WING AS TERRORISTS, ALONGSIDEÍSIS AND AL QAEDA

SOURCE: WHITEHOUSE.GOV

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

ICYMI: Every car sold in the US will soon include technology to spy on you and your passengers. [source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE

EVERY CAR IN THE US WILL SOON INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY TO SURVEILL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS

SOURCE: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

DHS has stopped monitoring ICE activities on the streets and in the camps. www.wola.org/analysis/den...

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE DHS HAS CEASED INVESTIGATIONS OF ICE OFFICERS AND DETENTION CENTERS, BLAMING THE GOVT SHUTDOWN

SOURCE: WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Palantir has already embedded itself into 27 government agencies — including the Pentagon, CIA, FBI, DHS, IRS, NASA, and the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Health and Human Services. usaspending.gov

WHAT STAGE OF FASCISM IS THIS
PETER THIEL'S CIA-BACKED
PALANTIR CORP
HAS LANDED CONTRACTS
WITH 27+ GOVT AGENCIES
SOURCE: USASPENDING.GOV
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A new “Mamdani” law would deport any US *citizen* considered to be supporting socialism The “Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists” Act — acronym “Mamdani” — specifically targets (not extremists but) the Democratic Socialists of America roy.house.gov

THE RED SCARE
NEW "MAMDANI LAW WOULD DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT ANY US CITIZEN WHO SUPPORTS SOCIALISM
SOURCE: ROY.HOUSE.GOV
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

NEW STUDY: Media coverage of violence against women has reached an all-time low — at only 1.3% of total coverage. This, at the height of the Epstein scandal. www.akas.london/globalmisogy...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The difference between Democrats and Republicans.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning. Unless we stop it.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

NEW: Louisiana is looking to put unhoused people in ICE-style internment camps 🔗 LEGISCAN.COM/LA/BILL/HB211/2026

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE

LOUISIANA IS LOOKING TO PUT UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN ICE-STYLE CONCENTRATION CAMPS

SOURCE: LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Nearly HALF of the AI data centers planned for 2026 have been delayed or blocked, according to Bloomberg reports. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

ORGANIZING WORKS

NEARLY HALF OF THE AL DATA CENTERS PLANNED FOR 2026 HAVE BEEN DELAYED OR BLOCKED

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Now, high off his victory against anti-ICE protesters in Texas… Trump is planning an international summit on “countering Antifa” www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... www.instagram.com/p/DW7hIcjDen...

WHAT STAGE OF FASCISM IS THIS

THE TRUMP ADMIN IS PLANNING AN INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON COUNTERING
ANTIFA

SOURCE: REUTERS

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

“It's a blueprint for how the administration intends to quash freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. The goal is to frighten anyone who dissents from organizing, finding community, and spreading knowledge.” - @iwriteok.bsky.social on the Prairieland 9, convicted of terrorism for being Antifa

The image features the words "Free the Prairieland Defendants" interwoven with a barbed wire and vine design. Blue flowers add a hopeful tone.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

ICYMI: A new study has found that AI is actually *designed* to give us bad advice to keep us content.

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE
NEW STUDY FINDS AL IS DESIGNED TO GIVE BAD ADVICE TO KEEP YOU FEELING VALIDATED
SOURCE: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Trump wants to spend $260 billion more on the military than at the peak of World War Il.

THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

TRUMP WANTS TO SPEND $260 BILLION MORE ON MILITARY THAN AT HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR II

SOURCE: PROPOSED MILITARY BUDGET, APRIL 4, 2026

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Unprecedented: Amazon spent $26+ million on anti-union consultants in 2025. This expenditure marks a new record, surpassing the company’s previous high, and is believed to be the largest such amount spent by a US employer on anti-union consultants in a single year. [source: US Department of Labor]

The Capitalist Hellscape

AMAZON SPENT MORE THAN $26 MILLION ON ANTI-UNION CONSULTANTS IN 2025

SOURCE: US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Renea Gamble, a South Alabama grandma and ASL interpreter, wore a p*nis costume to the local No Kings march — and was violently arrested. When asked for her name, she called herself “Auntifa.” After public outcry, the city slapped Gamble with additional charges. Her trial is set for mid April.

THE CRIMINALIZATION OF PROTEST

GRANDMA FACES TRIAL IN ALABAMA FOR WEARING P*NIS COSTUME TO NO KINGS PROTEST

SOURCE: AL.COM

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Bill Gates is calling for biometric digital IDs to be tied directly to your bank account and payment systems. Next, chips inserted under the skin? Source: Bill Gates, speech, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE

BILL GATES IS CALLING FOR BIOMETRIC DIGITAL IDS TIED DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT

SOURCE: BILL GATES, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Companies are using AI to determine the minimum pay you’ll accept. Experts describe “surveillance wages” as a system in which wages are based not on an employee’s performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data. Source: Washington Center for Equitable Growth

THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE

EMPLOYERS ARE USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO DETERMINE THE LOWEST SALARY YOU'LL ACCEPT

SOURCE: WASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH

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