If you know anything about the smart glasses ICE is developing, text me via signal at 202-510-1268

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Exclusive: ICE Glasses Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence on Americans

Here's what a senior homeland official told me about their development of ICE smart glasses: "It might be portrayed as seeking to identify illegal aliens...but the reality is that a push in this direction affects all Americans, particularly protesters."
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Trump administration begins refunding more than $166bn in tariffs Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs

So you and I and everyone else are in effect now refunding American corporations for import tariffs, although we paid for most of them in the form of higher prices — which they won’t now lower because they have monopoly power to keep prices high.

The Art of the Deal.

Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties "They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...

With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

NEW: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) will be sworn in as U.S. House member within the hour.

Further narrowing GOP majority

These are the stories of animals harmed by Russia’s war in #Ukraine - ones I have written about over the years. Sadly, there are many more.

Do you remember them? Which story stayed with you the most?

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

Way to fuck up the font size on this site, assholes.

Latvian FM Baiba Braže: Ukraine will continue to stand for its statehood and sovereignty.

And again, let's remember: when in 2022 Putin started war, Ukraine wasn't threatening anyone, NATO wasn't threatening anyone.

It was war of choice, not war of necessity.

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.

Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

Over the past two years, 3,000 Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, starting from age 14, have undergone military training as part of the teenager program by the Warrior (Voin) center.

A blured photo. A young girl is visible. She is wearing a blouse. She has quite long blond hair.

20 April 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Kolerstein, was born in Nancy.

In November 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.”

We all need to watch this carefully. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Another explosion in Kharkiv ‼️ Close. Scary.

A portrait photo of a boy. His face and shoulders can be seen in an oval fuzzy frame. His hair is very short. He is wearing a shirt with a rather wide collar unbuttoned at the neck.

20 April 1929 | A Polish Jew, Michał Lask, was born in Będzin.

On 24 June 1943 he was deported from the ghetto in Będzin and was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

One day in the fight for democracy The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.

Days like Friday are a testament not only to the lawyers I work with but also to our clients. The voters who are standing up and the institutions that are fighting back play no small role in protecting democracy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-...

This is Denys. He was only 16 years old. Today, Russian terrorists killed him in Chernihiv, attacking the city overnight with drones 💔🕯

💥 Russia struck Kharkiv twice with kamikaze drones. Locals are posting video of the strikes.

Russia dropped 9 guided aerial bombs on settlements in the Kherson region on Sunday evening, targeting Kherson, Chornobaivka, Bilozerka, and Rozlyv.

As of now, there is no information about civilian casualties, head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Prokudin said

A photograph of a young boy's face and shoulders. His hair is short - two strands fall on his forehead. The photo is very blurry. You can see that he is wearing dark clothing. Behind him the outline of some building or fence is visible.

19 April 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Bernard Nugelman, was born in Paris.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 817 people murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

Don't let anyone tell you that an area is too red or too far out of reach for our message.

Just look at how many people turned out on a Saturday night in April, in a gym in Oklahoma.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

19 April 1902 | A Polish man, Rudolf Rosner, was born in Bielsko. A Catholic priest.

In #Auschwitz from 8 January 1942.
No. 25319
He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.
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Learn about the fate of Christian clergy & religious life in the camp: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/

There's no reason for this man to be wearing these twee little glasses on TV except for a desperate need to make himself look smart

If you paid even a penny in federal income taxes on your income last year, you paid more than Tesla. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

If you paid even one penny in federal income taxes on your income last year, then you paid more than Tesla.

Here's why.

Absolutely.

"These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that."

That's a pretty simple and effective message.

Honoré de Balzac visited this palace in 1848 and described it in his notes as “a little Versailles.”

A new Hidden Ukraine letter has been sent.
Supporters can read it first.

Please check your email or Patreon.

If Dems retake either house, they must launch an investigation into this. There's no easier way to highlight the corruption of this era and to establish that Dems are committed to fighting it.

Pretty sure @wyden.senate.gov and Maxine Waters would be the chairs to do it.

A destroyed base of Russian Rubikon drone operators near Russian-occupied Makiivka.

Those drones cause a lot of harm to Ukrainian soldiers on the frontlines, so that's a very important target.