The Intercept
Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute surviv...
 The US government claims it is entitled to kill people traveling in small boats in the Caribbean, but admits it has no evidence that they are really "terrorists", and does not even know who they are.
SIGN ON: Stop the destruction of the Dept. of Education!
Donald Trump’s attacks on public education are an attack on every single community in the United States -- and the attacks began the day he took ...
State governments | USAGov
Find your state or territory website for information on officials, elections, social services, motor vehicles, health, and more.
 US citizens: urge states to sue to stop the destruction of the Department of Education. You can find your state governor phone number at USA.gov. If you phone, please spread the word!
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the Guardian
Trump administration to fund just half of food stamp benefits | First Thing
Department of Agriculture using contingency funds to keep benefits going amid government shutdown. Plus, economists warn $70tn in inherited wealth ...
Trump Administration Agrees to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits – Mother Jones
 The bully plans to supply only half the normal amount of food stamps during the shutdown. The shutdown plan is designed to use them as hostages in several ways. Naturally he doesn't want to completely release his
civicshout.com
Tell State Pensions: Reject Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Plan
Elon Musk just asked Tesla shareholders to hand him a $1 trillion pay package — the biggest in corporate history. According to insiders, Musk ...
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State governments | USAGov
Find your state or territory website for information on officials, elections, social services, motor vehicles, health, and more.
 US citizens: call on state pension officials to vote the pensions' shares against the muskrat's proposal for Tesla to pay him $1 trillion. To contact a state or territory governor or state agencies, see USA.gov. If you do, please spread the word!
Tell Congress: Pass the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act and protect federal workers from eviction during the shutdown!
As the government shutdown continues with no end in sight, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going without pay. Federal workers are bei...
 US citizens: call on Congress to pass the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act so as to protect federal workers from eviction during the shutdown. Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121 If you phone or sign, please spread the word!
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Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
 Beware fast food stores that pressure you to place your order through an app, rather than with a human sales clerk. In addition to snooping on you and gouging you with a personalized price, they may be tricking you into signing away your legal rights through the fine print. If you have adopted the practice of always paying cash, as I have, you're safe from this trick. I've urged my state assembly member to make it illegal to impose
the Guardian
AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction | Amandeep Jutla
OpenAI’s CEO has announced loosening the platform’s safety restrictions. He seems not to understand how humans are wired
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
 The tendency to reinforce and magnify users' confusions and even delusions is inherent in chatbots, because of the fact that they have no actual intelligence.
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the Guardian
‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid
Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault
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 Brazilian thugs raided a shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, arrested many young men that they accused of drug trafficking, then murdered them on the spot. Is this the influence of Bolsonaro and the bully?
the Guardian
Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes
Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructure
 *Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes.*
Greg Palast
I met Chávez and Maduro. I know drugs are not the reason Trump wants war with Venezuela
You must know three things about Venezuela to understand why Donald Trump has ordered a covert operation to overthrow their government.
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 Greg Palast writes of repeated US attempts to overthrow the government of Venezuela to steal its enormous oil reserves. He also compares Maduro, an election cheater like the corrupter, with Chavez, who win honestly.