Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 23/05/2025If “conflict of interest” had a face…reuters.comExclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concernsElon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans. 132
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A Tale of One City. www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/p... www.reuters.com/business/aer... 030
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 19/05/2025San Francisco is shutting down schools for lack of funding and Babbit gets $5M? This is egregious. 38910
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Damn straight. The Germans kept records and Trump is deleting them.apnews.comThe future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US presidentDonald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history. But it's taken even more drastic steps than his first to shield key documents and information from the public. 000
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 19/05/2025thehill.com/homenews/med... Apparently CBS is just Paramount now. Fun. 010
Reposted by PlopAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/05/2025Speaker Mike Johnson on the US credit downgrade: "Moody's is not incorrect, but that emphasizes the very need for the legislation we're talking about -- historic spending cuts." (Part of Moody's concern is in fact the reconciliation bill, which is projected to add trillions to US debt) 1426107042898
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 18/05/2025www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat... I don’t think America will ever recover from these people’s hatred without taking a good, hard look in the mirror. 210
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 18/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b... Good thing Trump doesn’t post AI-generated photos of himself as the Pope or playing piano in a stadium or “proof” that can exile American residents to international black-sites without due process in direct opposition to Supreme Court rulings… 000
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Yeah, this vision of the future is terribly bleak. “Hey remember those human teams that used to provide a mental health positive work environment? What if we fired everyone and replaced them with our products at a ratio of 1,000:1?” UH NAH 001
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Apparently it’s more “efficient” to skip due process in America…usatoday.comICE adopts new tactic: Deport before court, removing people facing criminal chargesSuspects and witnesses are being deported without justice being served, prosecutors and legal experts say. 122
Reposted by PlopIgor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Russia: Putin planted a Russian spy posing as a translator sent by the US embassy in Moscow for Witkoff's latest meeting in the Kremlin in April. She is from SVR - Russia's foreign intelligence. 23483154
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 17/05/2025So Temu and Amazon sell fake ICE merch and Meta/Facebook pushes fake DOGE & ICE hats as well. Uh. 153
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Trump’s being Weekend at Bernie’d by the Heritage Foundation & their Christian Nationalist billionaire donors. The whole Middle East trip was just a sales pitch for Boeing and Starlink, alongside a lot of other tech CEOs that see aligning themselves with this administration as a winning strategy… 163
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025No.theintercept.comTrump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICEThe U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries. 101
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025www.vcinfodocs.com/implications... . www.wired.com/story/the-tr... 000
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2NS www.instagram.com/p/DJt5JEeg7H... 000
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025media.datacenterdynamics.com/media/docume...vcinfodocs.comThe Tech Fascist Infrastructure Project — Venture Capital Status 000
Reposted by PlopStardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 16/05/2025It was only a matter of time.. “Hackers have been using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior US government officials in an ongoing effort to break into the online accounts of current and former US officials, the FBI warned Thursday.”cnn.comHackers are using AI-made voice messages to impersonate senior US officials, FBI warns | CNN PoliticsHackers have been using AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior US government officials in an ongoing effort to break into the online accounts of current and former US officials, the FBI war... 75524
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Kash Patel wrote a children’s propaganda book in which he described Comey’s investigative agents as “slugs.” He portrayed himself as a wizard with the ear of a medieval king. These were sold on Amazon. Amazon is now selling fake ICE and DHS badges. This shit isn’t confusing, it’s just blatant. 121
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025“Now reports suggest that you are planning to remove immigrants with no due progress and send them to prisons in Libya. Libya is in the middle of a civil war. It is subject to a Level IV Travel Advisory, meaning we tell American citizens NEVER to travel to Libya. We don’t have an embassy there.”youtu.beMurphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of ControlYouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy 26626
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 16/05/2025www.nj.com/politics/202... This will surely lower the cost of 🥚… 100
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.reddit.com/r/Political_... It’s bad bad. 102
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.newsweek.com/trump-mocks-... This is just vile behavior across the board. Truly vile. 010
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u... www.vcinfodocs.com/implications... 020
Reposted by PlopPlop @plopseven.bsky.social · 14/05/2025www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn... MAGA are gutting institutions and filling them with skeleton-crews of yes-men. It’s a national security concern in and of itself. 151
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 14/05/2025www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn... MAGA are gutting institutions and filling them with skeleton-crews of yes-men. It’s a national security concern in and of itself. 151
Plop @plopseven.bsky.social · 14/05/2025www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol... sfist.com/2025/05/13/s... lawandcrime.com/high-profile...sfexaminer.comAI to airplanes: Bill barring OpenAI change deadAssemblymember withdraws legislation after pushback. 020