I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in IranThe question is: what on earth is Google doing?www.digitaldigging.org
Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
INDY WeekPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Our deep dive (73pp) into the FCC forcing ABC to apply to renew its broadcast licenses, the most egregious abuse of power in the 92-year history of the FCC. This is Carr at his most shameless, ruthless, and dangerous. techfreedom.org/fcc-cant-use...
“Chevron was asked to give $50 million this year.” — yeah chevron, did you even say thank you for the Venezuela job?
Catherine RampellA republic, if you can shake it down www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
These are bribes, and every individual and company who pays them should be held criminally liable.
Carl QuintanillaFour-byline alert: 🚨 “.. no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. .. Trump has been demanding large checks .. telling executives and lobbyists that their companies should give $25 million or $50 million.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Dr. Fauci was, and remains, widely popular among most American people, who reject quackery and conspiracism. The fact that Republican Senators thought they were furthering their political interests in advance of a crucial election by performing for fellow MAGA wackos on TV confirms their weakness.
The Editorial BoardDr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
It's noteworthy that the sticking point in getting Todd Blanche confirmed as AG involves financial corruption rather than Blanche refusing to release files about the sex trafficking of children by Trump's former friend. To Republicans, money is always more important than the welfare of children.
all the cabinet, appearing on reality shows (RFK, Jr. cooking, Sean Duffy schlepping his family across America). Just a matter of time, before tRump brings back The Apprentice with the rest of his cabinet members . . . who's the biggest ass kisser and wants to keep their job?
What “they” did to your kids. Remind me again, who was president in the spring and fall of 2020 when the majority of in-person school closures happened?
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
The Supreme Court invited exactly this when it held that the president's attempt to conduct "sham" "investigations" was a core executive power immune from all regulation, including criminal prosecution, in Trump v. United States.
Deborah Pearlstein"Secret Service agents who questioned the former FBI director James B. Comey were told to send details of the interview to Air Force One so President Trump could review them....One government document said that 'POTUS was requesting a copy of the interview notes to use in his 6pm press conference.'"
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.www.eenews.net
The campaign to demonize Fauci and other public servants is designed to convince the next generation of talented scientists and experts that serving America isn’t worth it. That’s a gift to America’s enemies. The Kremlin couldn’t have scripted it better.
A senator is refusing to confirm the president’s personal attorney as attorney general unless the nominee rescinds a slush fund for pardoned insurrectionists in writing. That’s an INSANE SENTENCE. Oh, and I guess the tax immunity provision is totes cool.
If I were a Republican official serving in the Trump administration, I'd be feeling pretty concerned by the precedents that Rand Paul is creating.
Flo Débarre"Neither HHS nor Paul’s committee alerted Fauci ahead of time that they had obtained his diary and that they planned to publish it in full, according to a person familiar with the matter." This is so vile
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. (Published May)
Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...www.propublica.org
I keep thinking about the business owner who stood up for his Haitian employees back in 2024 and got so many death threats that the FBI visited to give him and his family advice about how to vary the routes and times they used to go to school and work.
An Ohio Businessman Faces Death Threats for Praising His Haitian Workers (Published 2024)The lifelong Republican employs fewer Haitians than others in Springfield, but his life has been upended since Donald J. Trump spread falsehoods about immigrants in his hometown.www.nytimes.com