Sr. Policy Manager at Dream.Org, Host of the Decarceration Nation Podcast (on hiatus). Formerly Incarcerated. Registrant
They have been doing this everywhere and in every way that they can....They bring cases to cause pain, they incarcerate people to cause disruption and pain
Nikhil Shah"This case revealed that the Department of Justice was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, and then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny,” the lawyers said. “That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.”
I don't think that you can (or should) write about this subject without heavily emphasizing the fact the people in charge of how this technology evolves enthusiastically supported fascists who dismantled much of the federal regulatory and public protection apparatus
Opinion | The Environmental Case Against Data Centers Is MisguidedOur animosity toward data centers is really more about our anxieties about A.I.www.nytimes.com
Soo good soo cheap and no AI! www.editorialboard.com/subscribe-to...
Subscribe to a 'fully human-written' newsletter for normal people and the common goodThere are now so many people who are using artificial intelligence to generate their writing that Substack* now offers a service to scan for it. I am happy to report the results of a recent scan of my...www.editorialboard.com
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.www.dropsitenews.com
Texas Pastor Nepthali Zozaya and his wife, who are in the U.S. on religious worker visas with U.S. citizen children, were thrown into an ICE facility and threatened with permanent family separation unless they signed "voluntary" departure papers. So much for Republican "Christian values."
'This Is Not of God': Faith Leaders Demand Release of Pastors, End to ICE 'Terror' | Common Dreams"This is a terror campaign with the mission of traumatizing our neighbors," one pastor said of the Trump administration's deadly anti-immigrant crackdown. "We don't need terror. We need peace."www.commondreams.org
Austin police murdered Anthoneil Williams II, 17 years old. He called 911 on himself from a playground at 3:51am. 34 minutes later, officers gave him 5 seconds to comply, then opened fire. The "weapon" was a water bottle. Let's Address Texas State Director Saadia Mirza shares the full story.
Austin Police Murdered a 17 Year Old Black Child Over a Water Bottle.They continued shooting Anthoneil after his motionless body was already on the floor.letsaddresstexas.substack.com
I'm not a lawyer, so this is pretty baffling. States have the power to regulate gambling or ban it outright, so why not "prediction markets"? Alternately, if I rebrand some roulette tables as "prediction markets" can I now open a casino -- sorry, a trading forum -- anywhere?
Kyle CheneyJUST IN: Kalshi has won a federal court ruling to block a Minnesota law from taking effect that would have banned prediction markets in the state. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
That sh*t ain't gonna work....but the racists should love it
Robert ReichTrump has ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian Museum “warning” visitors that it doesn’t portray American history correctly. Why is he so determined to take over the Smithsonian? It’s all part of his attack on the American mind.
The assets keep mocking him...but guess what he is doing? Implementing a policy agenda to make people's lives better Every single day
Mayor Zohran Kwame MamdaniAt our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.
Adam Sawyer“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Trump traded GEO Group and CoreCivic stocks, two private prison corporations, nearly 30 times in 2025. GEO Group’s profits increased by 700% that year and CoreCivic raked in $650 million in ICE contracts — both benefiting Trump’s stock portfolio. Cashing in on his own cruelty.