DHS officials warn about growing shutdown backlogs | Federal News Network The DHS shutdown is leading to unpaid utility bills at the Coast Guard, a vacuum of cyber planning activities at CISA, and grounded aircraft at CBP.

Every day this regime stays in office, we are less safe federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

In the dead of the night, Republicans tried to pass a shady FISA bill that lets the government continue to violate your rights without a warrant.

Thankfully we defeated Speaker Johnson and the White House’s amateur attempt to jam it through without real debate.

This overreach won't fly.

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

Creeping tech feudalism: Once an anti-fascist, this is Palantir's Alex Karp today open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions The Ludlow strike was one of the most bitter and violent in U.S. labor history.

Workers, it is always time to organize! Anniversary of the Ludlow Mine massacre is today theconversation.com/1914-ludlow-...

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Warn your kids! Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Will Pattiz (@willpattiz) They just voted to sell the Boundary Waters to a Chilean mining company so the copper can go to China. The profits go to Chile. The copper goes to China. The pollution stays here. This is what "Ameri...

The GOP voted to destroy America’s beloved Boundary Waters. It’s not over, however. Lawyer up. And hold these Senators accountable. substack.com/@willpattiz/...

Upward Spiral Economics Toward a Networked Theory of Value

As AI accelerates capitalism’s endgame, it simultaneously destabilizes the foundations of legitimacy upon which the entire extractive economy rests.
open.substack.com/pub/omniharm...

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

Do you have a vision of a shared future? Fiction writers take note! The Protopian prize is open for your short stories! protopianprize.com

Who Will Build AI for the Public? - Open Canada Why Canada must lead a coalition of democracies to build the open, ethical, and trustworthy artificial intelligence the world needs.

Public AI--the time has come for a Middle Power strategy to guide the future of this technology. 🇨🇦 #DXC26 opencanada.org/who-will-bui...

Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers

But of course =>The conservatives reacted to Obama’s use of power very differently from Trump’s. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Dear Howard. I'm in Canada right now and they are so over you. The world is moving on. What an embarassment. @semaforben.bsky.social @semafor.com

Economist Daron Acemoglu in conversation with Jayme Poisson at DemocracyXChange Toronto

What is the fate of liberal democracy? 🇨🇦@dacemoglumit.bsky.social w/ CBC at #DXC26

Interior Department crafted talking points for public lands sell-off agenda - High Country News The agency’s leadership distanced itself from the controversial proposal even though staff helped research public-land sales.

Selling off and privatizing America's public heritage. Shameful. www.hcn.org/articles/int...

Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor.

The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.

Author Cory Doctorow in conversation with Jennifer Hollett of the Walrus. Toronto, CA

👏”Disenshittification nation” keynote by @doctorow.pluralistic.net with @thewalrus.ca J. Hollett at Canada’s annual democracy conference. 👏

Welcome slide for gathering on AI, Democracy & Digital Rights

Creating a digital system that supports democracy. Go Canada and Europe!🇪🇺🇨🇦

[2/2] A two-time cancer survivor is praying she doesn’t experience a third recurrence after her premium increased by more than $300 a month. Going from Obamacare to Republican Nothingcare.

[1/2] With Trump terminating tax credits designed to make health premiums affordable, over a million people were forced to drop their coverage.

Now, one in seven who had previously had coverage are giving up their health plan because they cannot afford enormous premium increases.

Who Will Build AI for the Public? - Open Canada Why Canada must lead a coalition of democracies to build the open, ethical, and trustworthy artificial intelligence the world needs.

Canada!!! 💪🏼💪🏿💪🏾🇨🇦 we need an AI system that serves democratic legitimacy, not attention and private profit @opencanada opencanada.org/who-will-bui...

Tax Day 2026: Democrats and Republicans battle over impact of new Trump tax cuts • Oregon Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON — The 2026 tax filing season closed Wednesday with the Trump administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill hailing success under last year’s massive tax cuts law, while Democrats said any…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slammed the new tax law for terminating a free alternative for tax filing and putting taxpayers at the mercy of “tax software giants who overcharge for a service that ought to be free.”

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

After nuking African Am & Women’s studies, U of Iowa paid $34,000 to anti woke pearl clutcher Christopher Rufo for a propaganda speech & invited all the Republicans in the state’s legislature but none of its Democrats. www.ms.now/opinion/iowa...

Ontario legislature in Toronto

As a democracy nerd, I am compelled to share this photo of Ontario’s legislature

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Wayback Machine at risk 😳www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most...

Republican Lawmakers Shirk Their War Responsibility Unlike previous wars, which lawmakers from both parties authorized and funded, the Iran war has become starkly partisan, and will likely be viewed as a largely Republican one.

Unprecedented fail: Congress has not held a public hearing on the Iran military action. In past, Republican-controlled Senate held six oversight hearings within the first 10 weeks of the Iraq War on top of prewar hearings held by Democrats. www.notus.org/analysis/rep...

Tulips and primroses make a colorful spring garden.

Flowers for every Hungarian who voted out the Putin sock puppet Orban regime! Bravo!

If we had a formidable Left in the USA, we would have universal health insurance. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Profoundly anti-humanity funding cuts in scientific understanding from the Trump regime. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Jasmine El-Gamal is a national sec. analyst/former Middle East advisor at the Pentagon

We used to kill a commander, another one comes on board. They prepare for these scenarios decades in advance...

It just demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of Iran & how the Iranian regime operates.

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Democracy is devolving! Here is a nice overview of deliberative technologies to share in your community.HT @harvardash.bsky.social ash.harvard.edu/resources/th...