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Amee Vanderpool:

On Tuesday, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, through the the Texas General Land Office, offered Donald Trump the 1,400-acre Starr County site to build new detention centers to fulfill his promise of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in the Tuesday letter that her office is “fully prepared” to enter an agreement with any federal agencies involved in deporting individuals from the country “to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”

https://shero.substack.com/p/the-internment-camps-are-coming

#USPOL #Trump #MassDeportation

i posted a very long 🧵 on the birdbrain site about how #Chainalysis basically exists to provide "analysis" to the FBI/CIA/etc. that "proves" that there's actually not that much crime in crypto.

As someone with a long background in data work at a high level i usually just call this kind of thing #scamalytics but while everything about this this report is top grade scamalytics I also came up with a new name:

"Minimize and Legitimize"

Unlike most of the scamalytics companies¹ Chainalysis obviously does employ some real data scientists doing the right thing who repeatedly get overruled by the PR team & C-suite.

Anyways their new report on the state of #crypto crime in 2024 takes minimize & legitimize to brave new heights. Posting 4 screenshots here but sadly you'll have to go there to read bc it's long. Sorry.

https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1829330368727744537

ps Chainalysis is yet another co. in the #a16z / #Trump portfolio.

¹ I've seen these companies up close. The level of incompetence is breathtaking.

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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
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More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-workers-resign-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Health #Government #DEI

Is it just me or are the MAGAtwats being oddly quiet? #maga #trump

When #Trump became president I setup a #Ghost website but I don't have time to add posts to it

It's inspired by Molly's @web3isgreat

https://trumpisgoinggreat.com

Maybe some people on here feel a calling for posting all chaos Trump has caused so far on here?

Kind of a sum up of all that is happening since it's so much..

DM would be fine

“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants
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For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to clear off federal land.

https://www.propublica.org/article/aid-workers-migrant-camp-arizona-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #Aid #Migration #Migrants #Border #Trump

Elon #Musk has just called himself “Dark Maga” during a rally with #Trump. How can science or European government institutions still justify being active on X, a de-facto right-wing extremist propaganda platform?

#InfluencerGate:

oh look the russian agents trying to influence the election are using #cryptocurrency (this is my not-shocked-at-all face)

also popular YouTube influencers Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, #LaurenChen, and one of Benny Johnson/Dave Rubin "unknowingly" agreed to work for Russia for large sums of money ($100,000 per youtube video or a few million/year): https://x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766

in particular the russian agents seem to have moved money through #Lithuania and used #BitPay to buy domains. i wrote a bunch about the Lithuanian central bank's attempts to shut down Russian money last year; it's here (an US company Crypto[.]com is involved): https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con

DOJ affidavit: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf

taking bets on whether Virtual Currency Exchange 1 ("VCE-1") is #Binance or #CryptoCom

#crypto #russia #uspol #election2024 #2024election #Trump #DonaldTrump #Putin #ukraine #VladímirPutin #TimPool #BennyJohnson #LaurenSouthern #DaveRubin #ChangeNow #TenetMedia #Politics #MAGA

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Under #Trump, #EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including #cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.

#News #Science #Environment #Health #Government

(Published Sept. 2024) https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp

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The elected #President of the #UnitedStatesofAmerica may attempt to coerce the elected #VicePresident of the United States to overthrow an election at the #ElectoralCollege and that is now considered an official act of the #Presidency

Got it

#SCOTUS #DonaldTrump #Trump #Treason #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #FedSoc #GOP #RepublicanParty #Republicans

If you think Americans aren't doing anything and nobody is protesting, that's understandable. Corporate media and a lot of billionaire owned social media want you to think we're all just sitting on our hands.

There are protests going on right now. And there will be protests Wednesday at noon in every state capital. I'm going to mine.

#Fascism #Trump #Protest

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/

#Stopproject2025 #harris2024 #the_handmaid_s_tale comes true with #trump

Via Mehdi Hassan:

If you want to understand the failure of U.S. journalism, especially the complete inadequacy of political interviews in this country, in a single short clip, here it is:

RADDATZ: What the heck did #Trump mean in saying his supporters won't have to vote again in four years?

CHRIS SUNUNU: Haha. I think that was a classic Trumpism, if you will.

RADDATZ: Ok. Let's turn to President Biden and Kamala Harris.

#Trump s lining of argument atm;

Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce shortages.

https://propub.li/3W0kw6k

#News #Trump #Government #Military #Navy #Immigration #Labor #DonaldTrump

#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Of Tech Bros And Trumpers

The reason so many Silicon Valley billionaires suddenly decided to back #DonaldTrump is not the mystery the media is making it out to be.

tl;dr The billionaires backing #Trump are crypto bros and they want to continue profiting from committing various kinds of crimes.

This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how some of these bros profit by investing in companies like #Uniswap that create excellent tools for #NorthKorea to launder stolen money with a passing explanation of how #Coinbase facilitates the overall system.

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https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers

#a16z #MarcAndreessen #SequoiaCapital #BenHorowitz #crypto #COIN #Cryptocurrency #AndreessenHorowitz #ethereum #Sunswap #SwftSwap #LazarusGroup #moneylaundering #FinReg #FinCEN #sanctions #CryptoLobby #USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #politics #CraftVentures #GOP #TheNerdReich

Good question. And good idea.

#Trump

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)

How is it that money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?

This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for #Tether. Together they've created an offshore legal fiction by which neither bears any responsibility if that money ends up in the hands of sanctioned countries like #Iran or #NorthKorea or international criminal organizations like #PigButchering frauds and weapons markets.

Which is exactly where it ends up pretty much constantly.

For bonus points $40 billion of those dollars came from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.

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https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered

#USpol #USpolitics #Trump #TenetMedia #Election2024 #2024Election #cantorfitzgerald #HowardLutnick #USDT #Terrorism #fraud #scams #Russia #Theft #cartels #DonaldTrump #SBF #crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin

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"...let’s talk about #LizCheney. Her disdain for #Trumpism is sincere – but so is her opposition to realizing the ideal of egalitarian democracy"

Going to take a wild-ass-guess here, and yes, I had already read your entire thread up to this article

There is one and only one Job One in the United States of America right now and that is to permanently stop #DonaldTrump

Period. Full stop. Permanently (politically, of course. heh heh)

So all this political purity-of-ideological-bloodline as to either of the #Cheneys right now is cloying and off-putting

Let's deal with purity of political thought after #Trump is eliminated

Also see: any port in a storm, and the (even momentary) enemy of my enemy will be an ally at least until the critical problem is solved

Let's pontificate about political nuance in February

If we're all still alive, of course

Leaked Files from Putin’s Troll Factory: How Russia Manipulated European Elections
https://vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/

#Russia #Putin #VladimirPutin #Europe #EU #Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #Kamala2024 #KamalaHarris #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Vote #Republicans #RVAT #Democrats #HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisForPresident #TenetMedia #Germany #AfD #Deutschland #Italy #France #ViktorOrbán #Orban #Ukraine #UkraineWar

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My first podcast! Okay, the primary brain behind this is actually my old friend and occasional partner in crime Ratha Lai of Critical Impact Consulting. In the first episode of "Spin Doctors" we look at #debate preparation and strategy through the lens of the recent #Harris-#Trump cataclysm. Watch for future episodes in the coming weeks! #media #communications #USPol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfG6Cq-FGEQ

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

https://propub.li/4gF50W0

#News #Militia #Jan6 #Insurrection #Trump #USPolitics #Journalism

Remember this, whatever they tell you…

#trump #orangeclown #uspol #CheneyLiz #Jan6

I've shared this article yesterday, but I want to highlight this part:

'Meta has more than 3 billion users globally. In a wide-ranging statement, Zuckerberg said Meta would also “get rid of a bunch of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of touch with mainstream discourse” and “work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more”.

He cited Europe as a place with “an ever increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship and making it difficult to build anything innovative”'

This is an explicit threat to the #EuropeanUnion . Zuckerberg has fallen in line behind #ElonMusk and the incoming #Trump administration in order to promote #fascism around the world to a degree we haven't seen before. If you think that the situation is already bad - and it is - then you will nevertheless see that it _will_ get much worse.

#X #Facebook #Meta
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/meta-facebook-instagram-threads-mark-zuckerberg-remove-fact-checkers-recommend-political-content

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
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Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and #government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.

https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL

#News #Trump #Musk #LasVegas #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Regulation #Environment #Transit #Traffic