The Jewish Barber, posing as the dictator, Adenoid Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin), stands before the dictator’s army and gives a speech. Emboldened by hope, the faux dictator makes an impassioned plea for a way of life full of humanity and kindness, a life without greed or enslavement by dictators.

Oregan National Guard General says he will advise to protect america and Oregonians #portland #iceprotest #nationalguard #usa #freedomofspeech

@vanhollen.senate.gov Meets with Abrego Garcia! "Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “death camps” & “torture”, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!🍹" Nayib Bukele #kilmarabregogarcia

Grassley constituents angry about the government violating the constitution in regards to no due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Also immigration, asylum, & deportations. "No person shall... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." #nodueprocess #personnotcitizen

A lawsuit claims Musk's 2024 giveaway was an illegal lottery. Musk's defense argues the money was not a prize but an opportunity to earn as a spokespeople for the PAC. 2024, Musk: "Every day, from now until the election, we're giving out a million-dollar prize. And all you have to do is sign..."

"Schools will be less likely to support West Virginia farmers now that funding has been slashed. Schools will be forced to purchase the cheapest food possible, which provides jobs for folks in foreign places, but does nothing for communities here in West Virginia.” #farms #fed #usda #wv

Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), combat illicit activities based on corp struct's *Money Laundering: shell co's hide illegal origins *Tax Evasion: hide assets & income *Terrorists: anon co's finance act's *Fraud: complex corp struct's to hide perpetrators *Drug/human trafficking, organized crime

Criminalizing free speech Srinivasan was arrested while walking back to her room from a picnic with friends as the protests occupying Hamilton Hall were occurring, her charges were quickly dismissed. She liked and shared posts on social media, and also signed open letters related to the war. #ice

Veteran locks self in protest of VA cuts

Bill proposed to ban DeepSeek AI (and other Chinese AI) by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). Individual violators face up to 20 years in prison. While corporations face fines up to $100 million. If passed, the bill would impose some of the strictest penalties ever associated with technology restrictions.

Federal appeals court ruled FCC lacks the authority to restore certain net neutrality rules Since last June, the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference Judges are now expected to use their own interpretation of the law instead of deferring to more specialized government agencies #consumer

Poverty up 8% where Walmart exists relative to places without, using most optimistic cost-savings. “So much about Walmart contradicts the perfectly competitive market model we teach in Econ 101. It’s hard to think of a clearer example of an employer using its power over workers to suppress wages.”

Breaking: Amazon appears to have flooded striking workers in Queens with raw sewage and freezing water during sub-zero temperatures this afternoon. Video courtesy of Ryan Bruckenthal and details from Bianca Cunningham.

Elon Musk opposed US spending bill because it would restrict investment in certain Chinese industries, intended to curb the transfer of U.S. capital and expertise to China’s military. Musk has significant business interests in China and argued that regulations could weaken US industries. #foreign

Police are basically working as Amazon security. They tried to push him back into the truck, then when he tried again, arrested him. "from what I can tell, the NYPD just arrested this driver for trying to join the strike. a cop then got in his vehicle and drove it away" @alexnpress.bsky.social

Amidst Biden's sweeping pardons, he pardons at least 2 corrupt judges... Pennsylvania Judge Michael Conahan, “kids for cash” scandal. 2011, sentenced 17.5 years for $3 million in kickbacks for sending 2,300 children, some as young as 8 years old, to for-profit prisons on false charges. #pardons

President Yoon is avoiding impeachment trial after hearing threats of trial/arrest for treason. Special Warfare Commander Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-geun claimed President Yoon called him to “break open the door, and drag the lawmakers out. They have not reached the quorum yet”. #democracy #coup

Today's Democrats, the extreme center "There's a symbiotic relationship between these centrists who are sort of sneering elitists and these guys who are scam artists who pretend to be.. idiots or fascists. They are trying to set up a situation where those are the only two viable political choices"

Grubhub settles with FTC over: -Adding restaurants without their consent. -Inflating driver pay expectations. -Hidden fees. -Blocking accounts with large gift card balances. #ftc #linakhan #grubhub #fees @engadget.bsky.social www.engadget.com/big-tech/gru...

FTC bans junk/hidden fees from event tickets and hotels “People deserve to know up-front what they’re being asked to pay — without worrying that they’ll later be saddled with mysterious fees that they haven’t budgeted for and can’t avoid” -FTC Chair Lina Khan #ftc #consumerprotection #linakhan

Democrat switches party after relection to the House to add to Republican supermajority #elections #house #party

The long-awaited report from DOJ Inspector General office comes nearly four years after a crowd of Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to try to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election win.

FOIA government's documents and findings related to Trump investigation for classified documents & 2020 elections #justice #freedom #foia #democracy

#waronterror #syria #jordan #middleeast

Credible evidence of president's plans to arrest political leaders. “I learned last night the president ordered the defence counter-intelligence commander to arrest major political leaders, characterising them as antistate forces, and mobilised intelligence institutions in the process,” Han said.

Republicans block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz #ethics #UnderTheRug

UnitedHealthcare CEO killed in suspected targeted shooting #news #healthcare #corp #breaking #breakingnews