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#Trump’s #SecretPolice Are Stalking More and More Students

We are at that point when one can consider that travelling to the #USA if you're not #WASP and wealthy, is highly dangerous. And also remaining in the US if you are only on #visa or #greencard also puts you at high risk of being simply disappeared on a pure whim, by zealote officers of a heavily #racist, #xenophobic and #authoritarian #dictatorship . The USA are not a #democracy anymore. You can't trust it.

motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Mother JonesTrump's secret police are stalking more and more studentsScholars targeted by ICE are suing to fight deportation—and halt Trump's war on the First Amendment.

Yeah this kind of makes sense.

#Musk is skipping now from training it's (anti woke) #XAi model by real-life rightwing extremistst on #Twitter to training the latter by the former. So XAi owns Twitter now (and everybody in it).

theverge.com/news/638933/elon-

Sales pitch could be to customize you own little #authoritarian society with your own digital (social media) tools.
Lets say in for instance Turkmenistan or Argentine.

Business risk is to receive a bullet in your head by the #resistance before.

Vector illustration of the xAI logo.
The Verge · Elon Musk’s xAI buys Elon Musk’s X for $33 billion on paperBy Richard Lawler

Andrew DeCort: ‘…citizens & residents under #authoritarian regimes come to feel…they must insulate their consciousness behind a protective layer of fear, hyper-vigilance & self-censorship. The regime creates this helmeted consciousness through acts that stoke public anxiety, insecurity & terror. The #ArbitraryArrest of #RumeysaOzturk…is an example... these lawless acts are meant to send…a clear & potent message:“If you cross us we will punish you,with or without the law.‘ facebook.com/share/p/16GuAE5oL

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Shakedown #Politics, Sabotage, Self-Enrichment: How to Talk About #Trump & Musk's Authoritarian Activities
lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown

" #Trump & #Musk are not merely creating another #autocracy along the lines of #Hungary or #Turkey, with inspiration from South African #apartheid and the #JimCrow South. They are innovating the #authoritarian playbook with their power-sharing agreement and their chainsaw & wrecking-ball tactics."

Ann Arbor,MI…There you are!
Remnants of our foundation…roots!
I was proud that it grounded me.
#HashBash & all.

We stand up for working families!
That’s who our parents & gparents were…
If they were lucky!

I’m looking at you…Uof〽️!
Broke my 💔
Erasing your #history …you’re very soul…
Why? Greed?
Compliance is DEFEAT?

Cowards…or Champions?
You choose.

#dei #trump #authoritarian #oligarchy

#postalworkers rally in #annarbor against proposed nationwide restructuring
share.newsbreak.com/c8cy6qhf?s

Postal workers rally in Ann Arbor against proposed nationwide restructuring
MLive · Postal workers rally in Ann Arbor against proposed nationwide restructuring - NewsBreakBy Justin Engel
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Given Russia's potential both the #Soviet union and #Putin has been a disaster and prominent examples of why these types of #authoritarian governments don't provide the best life for it's citizens.
What Putin want is power and money. That is why he will not tolerate #democracy. Former Soviet states from the dissolved union has formed democracies and some are Nato members. This is a perceived threat to Putin's kleptocracy but only as ideas of democracy in #Russia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Sov

en.wikipedia.orgPost-Soviet states - Wikipedia

Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon's #spyware | TechCrunch

#Paragon has long tried to distinguish itself from competitors, such as #NSO Group — whose spyware has been abused in several countries — by claiming to be a more responsible spyware vendor. In 2021, an unnamed senior Paragon executive told Forbes that #authoritarian or non-democratic regimes would never be its customers.
#privacy #surveillance

techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/rese

TechCrunch · Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunch