An NBC News and Get Real Security [analysis](www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech… /internet-thinks-video-gaza-ai-s-proved-isnt-rcna209617) found no evidence of AI generation or manipulation in the video of people waiting for food in Rafah. #Gaza

Absolutely not surprised by Musk exit from US government role.

The Tax bill is just an excuse

Musk is just groking how foolish, naive and ignorant his whole approach was and cannot phantom the idea that he failed, so he’s using the Tax bill to exit.

More interesting take from @emptywheel.bsky.social

This may be an attempt to preserve the damage Elon did to government, up to and including the data consolidation that DOGE carried out.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/2…

Muted by Design: How Algorithms Erase Outcry Between 2020 and 2025, we witnessed the troubling normalization of self-censorship by design. Not in the name of safety or sensitivity, but to appease opaque algorithmic systems—systems that suppress certain words not because they cause harm, but because they trigger discomfort, controversy, or legal risk. Survivors, activists, educators, and creators were pushed to distort language: rape became “r@pe,” sexual assault became “SA,” trafficking became “tr@ff1cking. Continue reading →

Really interesting time travel

Tax Revolt : this special four-part miniseries from the Lever Time podcast team traces the decades-long rise of the US anti-tax movement — a crusade that has now become one of the central missions of Donald #Trump’s administration.

Reading :

Tony Schwartz’s Responsive Chord theory predicted the media war we’re in—and how we might still win it

The Responsive Chord: the belief that the most effective messages don’t implant new ideas—they resonate with the feelings, memories, and beliefs people already carry. Read More

Reading Micah Lee : TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with #Trump officials

“Online, they find a community around collective crises and traumatic events, such as fear of migration or the war in Gaza, which they connect to their personal struggle.”

“AI and the algorithms are partly doing that job of a charismatic recruiter, just a hundred times better.” Read More

👀🎙️Ils vont endoctriner des enfants

The New Abnormal: Stephen Miller Rolls Out MAGA’s Indoctrination Plan for Kids

Episode webpage: shows.acast.com/the-new-a…

🏳️‍⚧️They added, “There’s a real cognitive dissonance; most people I know really hate what’s going on, or believe it’s wrong, yet they’re doing it anyway.”

Feels like a cult, walks like a cult : it’s literally an expression of fascism where unwilling 🇺🇸 are participating in it, willingly or not.

It’s crazy, How the 🇺🇸 Left ©®™ missed this train And wasn’t able to organize against the corporate-tech-conservative-neoliberal-neofascist alliance nexus leading up to Trump.

Interesting read :

The group chats that changed America

Extract :

The political journalist Mark Halperin, who now runs 2WAY and has a show on Megyn Kelly’s network, said it was remarkable that “the left seems largely unaware that some of the smartest and most sophisticated Trump supporters in the nation from coast to coast are part of an overlapping set of text chains that allow their members to share links, intel, tactics, strategy, and ad hoc assignments. Also: clever and invigorating jokes. And they do this (not kidding) like 20 hours a day, including on weekends.” He called their influence “substantial.”

In the second term of the Trump elected regime, a deliberate strategy has emerged: inundate the media landscape with rapid, successive actions to outpace scrutiny and erode institutional checks. This approach not only overwhelms journalistic capacities but also pressures U.S. institutions to compromise their constitutional responsibilities. A Deluge of Deportations Central to this strategy is the imposition of stringent daily arrest quotas on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Each of ICE’s 25 field offices has been directed to execute at least 75 arrests daily, aiming for a nationwide total of 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day. Continue reading →

It’s good, that Comedians in the US are still able to write and take down other figures trying to normalize the regime.

Looking at you Bill Maher.

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/2…

Interactive Map #handsoff2025

What to know about Saturday’s nationwide “Hands Off!” anti-Trump protests

The key point is this: Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be unleashing such havoc. In short, Trump’s lawlessness and his economic destruction are the same story: The former doesn’t just enable the latter; the two are inextricably entangled with each other.

Cory Brooker breaking the #filibuster record and still going strong, while millions of people have been watching. THIS is what Democrats must do more, urgently more. Unite the country on the back of the Trump regime. Win the Midterms Impeach Trump. Abundance

In the aftermath of the “Signalgate” scandal and economic freefall, President Donald J. Trump’s administration teeters on the edge of authoritarian ambition. With the Wisconsin Supreme Court election just days away and Project 2025 serving as the ideological and operational blueprint, the regime accelerates its grip on power. This four-part fiction explores four possible futures unfolding between now and 2029, each rooted in real legislative, economic, and political dynamics at play today. Continue reading →

In 2022, one of Peter Thiel’s favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO” who was not Trump and laid out a playbook for how it might work. Elon Musk is following it. Read the article about this here What would be the name of such system? First some definitions : Technocratic Authoritarianism A system where unelected elites or CEOs are placed in charge of government on the grounds of efficiency or managerial competence, often sidelining democratic institutions. Continue reading →

The Atlantic kicks off opening night at the NOLA Book Festival with a dynamic conversation reflecting on the Signal breach and weighing its national-security implications.

He’s not joking. It’s not a joke, it’s a demonstration of intent. Pretty much like what Putin did to Ukraine. #Trump #Annexation

First, they came for the refugees and migrants, and I did not speak out—because I was not one of them. Then they came for trans people, LGBTQIA+ communities, and women’s rights, and I did not speak out—because I thought my rights were secure. Then they dismantled federal agencies like USAID, eliminating 83% of its programs and terminating thousands of staff. This abrupt action halted critical global health and humanitarian initiatives, leaving millions without essential support. Continue reading →