Exactly this. Anyone who thinks that we the people would be given communication tools for free (free of cost, under our control and completely secure) from those that oppress us is sadly, sadly mistaken.
They handed us the very thing that allows them to look deeply, deeply into our lives. Oh! And sell us shit while they do it.
Every state needs to do this at minimum, as much as possible and NOW.
Every resident should be contacting their representatives and demand this.
Every state that is able to do this needs to join in collaboration with other states and combine collective power.
Exactly. Is this the ‘good guy with a gun’ that Conservatives want in our schools? I wish I could say that this story is unbelievable, despite the shock I felt reading it.
You said it: ACAB. Fuck them all.
Volunteer during the election (to your capacity), esp your local polling places. Volunteer in any way you feel the call to action.
We have every reason to be. Anyone who can volunteer, should.
How about both? I like both ideas, and any others that hold these goons accountable.
You are right, this has been going on for over a very long time now. They just don’t need to wear the mask any longer.
This is the background I need, thank you.
It’s pertinent to assume nothing is safe, however it’s ever more important to exercise and defend our right to free speech.
In the articles I’ve read, it seems that his use of ‘Russian Roulette’ and ‘Taliban’ in his email is a big part of what triggered all of this.
Tinfoil hat: what if AI is flagging these emails based on keywords, which sets off the domino effect leading to this ‘investigation’? Given that he used a Gmail account, is it Google that is sending this info to this administration?
In light of all of the info gathering/stealing that is going on in this administration, I wouldn’t be surprised if this were true. They indeed want to terrorize people, and stunts like this are likely to become commonplace imo.
This take is fraught with overgeneralization, and completely unfair as well.
You understand there are citizens in Russia, everyday people like you and I in Russia that have nothing to with this war, right? They too are not represented by their government and have zero choice in what their leader chooses to do.
Agreed - and who knows how much she actually knew, I highly doubt she knew everything and just the cherry picked version her ex gave her.
Leaving a marriage, especially an abusive (speculation here) one, and especially when you’re raising children, and (yes one more) especially to someone as rich as he is no easy, simple, or fast task.
I hope this as well, however I also know that this is an American institution that has made a lot of people very rich and very powerful.
100%. A Fascist’s true power lies in being taken absolutely seriously. Take that away and you can see just how hollow the ground they stand on is.
It’s all been a power flex. ‘I don’t need to do what you tell me and there’s nothing you can do about it.’
I mean…so far we’ve proven them right.
I believe they do care, because they:
A. Don’t want trouble in their own backyards B. Are aware of the lax gun laws in Texas and other red states C. Are all in to ‘punish’ blue states, as well as recon said states for upcoming election intimidation and interference
Based on your comment alone, I urge you to look deeper into history before you make statements like that.
If you need a place to start, read or listen to the book called: The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
This book tells exactly how this land was stolen from the Native population.
To your point, many lands have indeed been stolen. Just because it has happened many times throughout history doesn’t erase its meaning.
This is so real. Dude lives perpetually in 2010 when most people thought he was Tony Stark, which he makes obvious today with his tantrums when anyone calls him out for what he truly is.
The thing that truly makes me sick about him is how much his buffoonery aids as a cloak to all the other billionaires we don’t know of and don’t talk about.
Ew, why is grandma wearing a vest with the word ‘police’ on it? She’s not a police officer.
And at the very least intimidate them out of voting.
Peace plans and press releases mean nothing more than the value of pacifying people enough to keep the actual plan running smoothly in the background.
We know their actual plan, they’ve been talking about it and acting upon it the entire time.
Why do you think our president’s real estate investor son in law has been running around Gaza and its strategic neighbors since the first administration? Why is he now a key intermediary in ‘diplomatic’ negotiations regarding the Israel-Hamas ‘war’? This guy had zero experience in anything even relating to international diplomacy before he joined his father in law’s administration.
This is all going according to plan, while they distract us with everything else.