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Also, I heard Texas just ended their border wall program at 8 percent complete.
Another "win" for Abbott and the Republican gangbangers. What a waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars.
An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage
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An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage
_Locking In Profits: Top ICE Officials Leave Agency to Serve Its Top Contractor_
https://www.pogo.org/investigations/locking-in-profits-top-ice-officials-leave-agency-to-serve-its-top-contractor -
_Locking In Profits: Top ICE Officials Leave Agency to Serve Its Top Contractor_
https://www.pogo.org/investigations/locking-in-profits-top-ice-officials-leave-agency-to-serve-its-top-contractor"In April 2018, Tracey Valerio, the top official in charge of “all agency contracting” at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resigned. Within months, she was recruited as a paid expert witness in a lawsuit to defend ICE’s biggest contractor—a large, private prison and immigrant detention company known as the GEO Group."
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"In April 2018, Tracey Valerio, the top official in charge of “all agency contracting” at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resigned. Within months, she was recruited as a paid expert witness in a lawsuit to defend ICE’s biggest contractor—a large, private prison and immigrant detention company known as the GEO Group."
_U.S. Border Patrol Uses Wild Horses Tamed by Prisoners_
https://www.insidehook.com/culture/us-border-patrol-uses-wild-horses-tamed-prisoners -
_U.S. Border Patrol Uses Wild Horses Tamed by Prisoners_
https://www.insidehook.com/culture/us-border-patrol-uses-wild-horses-tamed-prisoners_How Private Prisons Profit from Forced Labor_
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/10/how-private-prisons-profit-from-forced-laborDuring his incarceration, he worked in the facility’s kitchen, making between $1 and $4 per day as part of the ironically named “Voluntary Work Program.” Barrientos explained that in prison, he faced an “impossible choice”: he could either work for pennies, or attempt to live without necessities such as soap and toilet paper, which were not provided to detainees and had to be purchased.
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_How Private Prisons Profit from Forced Labor_
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2020/10/how-private-prisons-profit-from-forced-laborDuring his incarceration, he worked in the facility’s kitchen, making between $1 and $4 per day as part of the ironically named “Voluntary Work Program.” Barrientos explained that in prison, he faced an “impossible choice”: he could either work for pennies, or attempt to live without necessities such as soap and toilet paper, which were not provided to detainees and had to be purchased.
... Barrientos is not alone. On any given day, there are about 50,000 immigrants being held in detention, most of them in private prisons. Just to be clear, these immigrants are not incarcerated as punishment for a crime; rather, they are being held in what’s called “civil” detention until their deportation cases can be heard by an immigration judge or an appeals court. Under the law, “civil” detention is supposedly non-punitive ...
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... Barrientos is not alone. On any given day, there are about 50,000 immigrants being held in detention, most of them in private prisons. Just to be clear, these immigrants are not incarcerated as punishment for a crime; rather, they are being held in what’s called “civil” detention until their deportation cases can be heard by an immigration judge or an appeals court. Under the law, “civil” detention is supposedly non-punitive ...
_Stephen Miller Has Financial Stake in Company Helping ICE With Deportations: Report_
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/stephen-miller-financial-stake-palantir-ice-contractor-1235371343/He owns $100,000 to $250,000 worth of stock in Palantir.
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_Stephen Miller Has Financial Stake in Company Helping ICE With Deportations: Report_
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/stephen-miller-financial-stake-palantir-ice-contractor-1235371343/He owns $100,000 to $250,000 worth of stock in Palantir.
Here is his disclosure
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976892-miller-stephen/#document/p5He earned about 800k a year from political orgs. America First Legal the biggest. He is founder. What better way to get paid by oligarchs.
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Here is his disclosure
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976892-miller-stephen/#document/p5He earned about 800k a year from political orgs. America First Legal the biggest. He is founder. What better way to get paid by oligarchs.
"Technically, the Palantir stock is in a brokerage account for one of Miller’s young children, but that does not legally matter, according to the Office of Government Ethics, which says “an asset that is owned by a spouse or minor child is analyzed under 18 U.S.C.
208 [the criminal conflict of interest law] as if the employee owns it." "Trump's kids run his businesses to avoid *conflicts" but this obviously does nothing to alleviate the conflicts.
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"Technically, the Palantir stock is in a brokerage account for one of Miller’s young children, but that does not legally matter, according to the Office of Government Ethics, which says “an asset that is owned by a spouse or minor child is analyzed under 18 U.S.C.
208 [the criminal conflict of interest law] as if the employee owns it." "Trump's kids run his businesses to avoid *conflicts" but this obviously does nothing to alleviate the conflicts.
It's a poster about identifying ICE agents. On left is a picture of a bona fide ICE agent. At right, a kidnapper. They are the same picture.
"Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ruben Bolling (July 4, 2025 comic)
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It's a poster about identifying ICE agents. On left is a picture of a bona fide ICE agent. At right, a kidnapper. They are the same picture.
"Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ruben Bolling (July 4, 2025 comic)
Trump said the drop in immigration across the border is because of the wall he built but he only built 52 miles of new wall (about 450 including replacement & secondary well)
More lies.
"The original plan was to erect a barrier stretching 1,000 miles along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border.
[When] Trump left office in Jan 2021, only about 450 miles of barrier had been built — much of which replaced or reinforced existing structures rather than creating new walls."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/what-happened-to-the-trump-border-wall-385881/
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Trump said the drop in immigration across the border is because of the wall he built but he only built 52 miles of new wall (about 450 including replacement & secondary well)
More lies.
"The original plan was to erect a barrier stretching 1,000 miles along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border.
[When] Trump left office in Jan 2021, only about 450 miles of barrier had been built — much of which replaced or reinforced existing structures rather than creating new walls."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/what-happened-to-the-trump-border-wall-385881/
Pleading for release does not work. They only understand power.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11280145/canadian-woman-detained-ice-family/
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Pleading for release does not work. They only understand power.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11280145/canadian-woman-detained-ice-family/
Actually thinking about it, offer Trump money.
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Actually thinking about it, offer Trump money.
Swiss woman tried to visit New York but instead got thrown in jail then sent home.
She will no doubt now have fond memories of the U.S.A. which she will recount to anyone who will listen for the rest of her natural life. Wonderful goodwill that Trump is cultivating here.
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Swiss woman tried to visit New York but instead got thrown in jail then sent home.
She will no doubt now have fond memories of the U.S.A. which she will recount to anyone who will listen for the rest of her natural life. Wonderful goodwill that Trump is cultivating here.
"A New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son have been detained by US immigration officials after she tried to return to America from a trip to Canada.
Sarah Shaw had taken her two older children to Vancouver so they could catch a direct flight back to New Zealand on July 24 to visit family, and she then planned to travel back to her home in Washington state with her younger son."
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"A New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son have been detained by US immigration officials after she tried to return to America from a trip to Canada.
Sarah Shaw had taken her two older children to Vancouver so they could catch a direct flight back to New Zealand on July 24 to visit family, and she then planned to travel back to her home in Washington state with her younger son."
"That ICE is an agency rife with allegations of sexual abuse against detainees is not surprising. “He grabbed my breasts,” a detainee named Maria told the New York Times in 2018, describing an assault by a male guard. “He put his hands in my pants and he touched my private parts. He touched me again inside the van, and my hands were tied. And he started masturbating.” "
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/ice-masks-aesthetics-dhs-plainclothes-goon-squad-essay/
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"That ICE is an agency rife with allegations of sexual abuse against detainees is not surprising. “He grabbed my breasts,” a detainee named Maria told the New York Times in 2018, describing an assault by a male guard. “He put his hands in my pants and he touched my private parts. He touched me again inside the van, and my hands were tied. And he started masturbating.” "
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/ice-masks-aesthetics-dhs-plainclothes-goon-squad-essay/
200 billion is basically buying white supremacists into ICE.
ICE is currently running ads with white supremacist dog whistles and video of its trucks in Trump's plane's colour, because ICE are his goons.
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200 billion is basically buying white supremacists into ICE.
ICE is currently running ads with white supremacist dog whistles and video of its trucks in Trump's plane's colour, because ICE are his goons.
"Critics argue that phrases like “America has been invaded by criminals and predators” and “Defend Your Culture” echo nationalist rhetoric historically tied to extremist movements. The meme-inspired van ad and the “absolute boys” tagline, they warn, risk attracting applicants drawn more to political ideology than to the professional responsibilities of federal law enforcement.
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"Critics argue that phrases like “America has been invaded by criminals and predators” and “Defend Your Culture” echo nationalist rhetoric historically tied to extremist movements. The meme-inspired van ad and the “absolute boys” tagline, they warn, risk attracting applicants drawn more to political ideology than to the professional responsibilities of federal law enforcement.
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"... Award-winning journalist Radley Balko points out that some imagery mirrors symbols used by white supremacist groups, raising concerns about the ideological profile of future recruits. Lower hiring standards, he argues, only heighten the risk of politicization."
_some imagery mirrors symbols used by white supremacist groups_
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"... Award-winning journalist Radley Balko points out that some imagery mirrors symbols used by white supremacist groups, raising concerns about the ideological profile of future recruits. Lower hiring standards, he argues, only heighten the risk of politicization."
_some imagery mirrors symbols used by white supremacist groups_
Font used in ICE advertisement is very similar to that used on the cover of Mein Kampf
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nazi-font-in-ice-recruitment-clip_l_689b7a07e4b0196f49c523d7
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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Ieri su Radio Popolare è andata in onda una chiacchierata con me.
Mi piace Radio Pop <3
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La logica dei cartoni
Il cerotto sul vestito
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@macfranc @lauramassera @eticadigitale beh, attenzione perché la Apple deve assolutamente garantire (quasi per contratto) ai suoi clienti la privacy e la protezione dei loro dati. Tanto da avvisare loro stessi diversi clienti che nemmeno si erano accorti di aver subito intrusioni e controlli attivi sui propri dispositivi offrendo persino assistenza legale. Difendono semplicemente il loro "feudo" dando protezione (finché conviene) ai loro protetti che continuano semplicemente a consumare gadget e giochini digitali. Della libertà e della privacy in sé non gliene importa nulla a nessuno, né a chi si lascia possedere né tantomeno alle grandi aziende come Apple.
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Lavoratore muore per il freddo nei cantieri delle olimpiadi a cortina. “lo specchio del lavoro tossico e nocivo dei grandi eventi”
@anarchia
È morto per il freddo all’età di 55 anni Pietro Zantonini, originario di Brindisi, durante un turno di vigilanza notturna nel cantiere delle olimpiadi Milano-Cortina.
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@lauramassera Hai assolutamente ragione, ma diciamo anche che nel 2025 è impossibile non riconoscere che la malvagità antisociale è il tratto distintivo di quelle Big Tech che spesso si presentavano eticamente candide.
L'unica eccezione è probabilmente quella di Apple che effettivamente ha deciso, sia anche solo per questioni di marketing e narrativa aziendale, di opporsi alle nuove tendenze del cattivismo trumpiano
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@mattwiebe.blog what a journey!
I’m really impressed by your plans... I don’t think I’d ever have enough courage to pull something like that off. I hope I’ll get the chance to try your pizza someday!
Would be a great reason to visit Mexico 🙂
...and thanks for all your work on the ActivityPub plugin, I really miss your contributions ❤️
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@OpenSoul era quello che mi stavo chiedendo anch'io. Il guaio è che è difficile fare una discussione seria, perché la maggior parte dei commenti che si leggono sono a tesi...
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@stefano I think, it had been like this for a while. Sites for lots of more or less big projects, especially if they have paid version of a product, are marketing and buzzwords. That why I usually go straight to Documentation->How to get started for some simple overview and examples.
Looks like they just added those AI buttons without changing a site much.
