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Glossary
Brennan Center for Justice
Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuou...
American Civil Liberties Union
How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and Activists | ACLU
What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do.
The Intercept
“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity
After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.
Haymarket affair - Wikipedia
 The wrecker's order designating the nonexistent "Antifa" organization
The Intercept
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
 Larry Bushart has been jailed for a month so far, and charged with "Threatening Mass Violence at a School," for posting mockery of Charles Kirk.
the Guardian
Don’t use AI to tell you how to vote in election, says Dutch watchdog
Data protection authority says chatbots are ‘clearly biased’, as Netherlands prepares for national poll
 *[so-called] AI chatbots give "unreliable and biased" advice to voters, says Dutch watchdog.* If this were a special problem unique to the Netherlands, it would not be globally significant. But it is a consequence of the nature of bullshit generators. We can help reduce the impact of this problem by firmly refusing to call them any sort of "intelligence". Please join in!
What Can We Do Now?
What comes next, after No Kings 2.0
 Robert Reich: The No Kings rallies on October 18 were a great success, with 7 or 8 million participants. What should patriotic Americans do now? By voting for progressive candidates and spreading the word, we can support freedom, democracy, well-being, and justice for all.
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the Guardian
Ex-police commissioner sues New York City and Eric Adams over alleged NYPD corruption
Tom Donlon claims he was sidelined after warning Adams he had ‘uncovered systemic corruption’ by NYPD leadership
Glossary
 *Ex-police commissioner sues New York City and Eric Adams over alleged NYPD corruption.* He says that he informed Night-Mayor Adams privately and was then pushed out of the post. *Donlon claims that his efforts to establish internal NYPD oversight were "sabotaged". He gives examples including that his meetings were cancelled, his communications were spied on,
the Guardian
Pregnant women report medical neglect in ICE detention, rights groups say
Women report miscarriages, delayed care, being shackled and being held in solitary confinement, letter says
 *Pregnant women report medical neglect in [US deportation prisons], rights groups say.*
Win Without War
Tell Congress: Rescind the Wounded Knee Medals of Honor
“There is no honor in murder.”
 US citizens: call on Congress to reject giving medals to soldiers that massacred Lakotas at Wounded Knee. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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the Guardian
Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality
the Guardian
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
 A French court ordered TotalEnergies to stop pretending to be aiming to reduce fossil fuel use. In a French airport jetway this month I saw a series of posters from TotalEnergies which illustrated many kinds of non-fossil-fuel energy sources, as if to distract people from
the Guardian
The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones
The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rights, says Guard...
Glossary
 The new leader of the British Green Party has embraced the partial socialism that Starmer Labour has rejected. It offers a way out of the plutocratist ideas of Starmer Labour.
the Guardian
Australian Christian Lobby says any new laws protecting people from cults could be ‘very dangerous’
Lobby groups tell Victorian inquiry legitimate churches could be caught up in any proposed crackdown on coercive practices
 The Australian Christian Lobby representative said that if Australia adopts laws against coercive behavior by cults, "legitimate" churches might be found to violate them. If that happens, what should we make of it?