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Nonilex

“We ultimately have a perception versus reality problem,” Caroline Turco, a lawyer for the city, argued in court on Friday. “The president’s perception is that it’s ‘World War II out there.’ The reality is this is a beautiful city and with a sophisticated police force that can handle the situation.”

#Trump#law#RightToProtest
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Nonilex

Internal reports from the week before #Trump ordered #troops into #Portland show that, by & large, the officers observed displays of civil disobedience, including protesters standing in front of vehicles on the road, playing loud music & “flipping a bird,” & an older woman using chalk to write on a wall.

#law #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #NationalGuard #PosseComitatusAct #Gestapo #fascism #tyranny #propaganda
nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/poli

Protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 27. President Trump announced earlier that day that he would send troops to Portland to handle what he described as a “War ravaged” city.
The New York Times · Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’By Hamed Aleaziz
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Nonilex

Before #Trump Ordered In #Troops, Federal Officers Called #Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

On Sept. 27, Trump described Portland, #Oregon, as a “War ravaged” city that was “under siege from attack by Antifa” mobs protesting #ICE raids.

But here is how federal officers described the scene outside the ICE building in southwest Portland on Sept 25: “low energy.” The next day the same: “low energy.”

#law#RightToProtest#MilitaryState
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Cy
Y'know a lot of people pop up during any of these migrations, loudly claiming to be some oppressed minority, totally not being paid by big centralized corporate social networks to scare people away from the Fediverse, and they all say basically the same thing:

1) The Fediverse is full of persecution of said minority
2) Said minority has been attacked here and driven away, but protected and defended on centralized corporate networks (even when they're not)
3) Frame everything as if the minority is an identity you must embrace that makes everyone else an unwelcome outsider.
4) Heavy implications that the people programming the Fediverse are doing this on purpose
5) The only solution is totalitarian control to make sure nobody's allowed to be mean, which conveniently can only be done by the centralized corporate networks

Not saying they're full of shit, and fearmongering to persecute the minority they claim to defend, but watch out for this sort of thing. Someone saying they're oppressed does not mean they are oppressed. (Quite the opposite really. Oppressed people tend to be bullied into silence.)

#Fediverse #advice #NewHere #propaganda #racism #sexism #SocialJustice #rant
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Nonilex

Sen #JoshHawley is going off about “Biden tapping Republicans’ phones”

To be clear,

THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.

IT IS TOTAL BULLSHIT.

The FBI obtained phone data from several Republican senators in 2023, as part of the special counsel's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The data included CALL LOGS & TIMESTAMPS, NOT the CONTENT of the conversations.

#propaganda #gaslighting #GOPlies #ArcticFrost #law
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

NBC News · FBI analyzed Republican lawmakers' phone records during Jan. 6 probe, GOP senators sayBy Frank Thorp V
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Nonilex

#JBPritzker also said he wanted to know
more about an episode in #Chicago Saturday when a federal agent shot & wounded a motorist who, acc/to federal ofcls, had rammed & boxed-in a law enforcement vehicle.

“It’s really hard to know exactly what the facts are, & they won’t let us access the facts,” he said. “They are just putting out their #propaganda. And then we’ve got to later determine what actually happened.”

#Trump#law#FreedomOfAssembly
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Nonilex

The WH confirmed Saturday it has “authorized” the deployment of #NationalGuard units to #Illinois over opposition from Gov #JBPritzker…

Brace for the #propaganda:

“Amidst ongoing violent riots & lawlessness, that local leaders like Pritzker have refused to step in to quell, President Trump has authorized 300 national guardsmen to protect federal officers & assets,” White House spox Abigail Jackson said in a statement issued late Saturday afternoon.

#Trump #law #Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025

pritzker-trump-combo.jpg
Chicago Sun-Times · Trump seeks to call up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Pritzker saysThe request to the Illinois National Guard comes after Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”
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Steve Thompson PhD

Apple gets into the media propaganda game.

"Apple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administration"

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/apple

Apple said that it is removing ICEBlock and similar apps "based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock."

NBC News · Apple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administrationBy Steve Kopack
#immigration#Apple#ICEBlock
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Steve Thompson PhD

Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm

Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.

NBC News · Education Department employees' emails changed automatically to blame Democrats for shutdownBy Natasha Korecki
#GOP#hypocrites#education
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"“My jaw dropped when I read it,” says an SBA employee... they worried that if someone actually used the email template, it “would be a blatant violation of the Hatch Act.”
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“It feels like coerced speech where the #government is forcing employees to spread its #propaganda in communicating with the #public,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy"
wired.com/story/government-emp

Text from article: “My jaw dropped when I read it,” says an SBA employee who asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak to the press. The employee says they worried that if someone actually used the email template, it “would be a blatant violation of the Hatch Act.” The Hatch Act is a law that sets limits on the kinds of political activities government employees can engage in and protects “federal employees from political coercion in the workplace.” Violating the Hatch Act could result in a government worker losing their job. “It feels like coerced speech where the government is forcing employees to spread its propaganda in communicating with the public,” says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. SBA did not respond to a request for comment (and none of its press team members appear to have used the suggested out-of-office reply template).
#Shutdown#GovernmentShutdown#Trump
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