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charlesoberonn · 6 months

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So just today there were two different physical altercations in the US congress (both by Republicans because of course)

You doing okay, America? (rhetorical)

#politics #us politics #american congress #congress #house of representatives #kevin mccarthy #us senate

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kirain · 1 year

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This is truly mesmerising.

"Mr. Chew, if I plug my toaster into the wall, will it have access to my electricity?"

"Mr. Chew, what's your opinion on the laws of thermodynamics and do they prove God doesn't exist?"

"Mr. Chew, would it be a stretch for this congress to assume that you support eugenics?"

"Mr. Chew, if mankind develops the technology to travel to and colonize Mars by 2030, will you personally finance a twenty-team crew to fly to the planet and access the wifi there, and will you sell that data to China?"

"Mr. Chew, if I accidentally leave my phone at home while I'm at work, will your app sleep with my wife?"

#tiktok #tiktok ban #american congress #congressmen #is this a joke #China #shou chew

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bigmeatpete69420 · 7 months

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WATCH: Raskin Goes NUCLEAR On Trump Cronies

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This is the laughable farce going on American congress

Sadge

Btw I did actually register to vote today and I plan on give that to gilf biden

#american politics #american congress #jamie raskin #president joe biden's impeachment #register to vote #vote #Youtube

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georgies-ftts · 1 year

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American films/tv series always claim that the apocalypse starts in a country in East Asia or Africa and the US, with the smartest, bravest, toughest people in the world, always saves the day.

Well congratulations American Government you’ve just flipped that bullshit trope right on its fucking head and as the rest of the world could’ve told you years ago you’ve just fucking killed us all.

From the rest of the world and the majority of your country go fuck yourselves xxx

#the willow project #joe biden #american politics #climate change #america #from the rest of the world go fuck yourselves #american congress #president biden

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intersectionalpraxis · 4 months

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US Congress is trying to ban boycotting because it is working. This was only posted a few days ago, but the progression of this bill is just despicable. THIS could be legislation -if you haven't already heard of this. The US system is one big imperialistic capitalistic machine, and this is just horrifying.

#feminist #feminism #social justice #freepalastine🇵🇸#palestine #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #settler violence #settler colonialism #us imperialism #american elections #american imperialism #us politics #us congress #current events #boycotting #bds movement #boycott starbucks

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akonoadham · 6 months

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simply-ivanka · 1 month

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#liz cheney #RINOS #democrats #J6 #trump #biden.#Obama #schumer #schiff #jamie raskin #congress #trump 2024 #ivanka #president trump #repost #america first #americans first #america #donald trump

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savestate2a03 · 1 year

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FOLKS!!! we have a new speaker!!!!!!!!

#buizel #pokemon #speaker of the house #american politics #congress #jeb bush

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ourbeautifulearth · 6 months

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huariqueje · 2 months

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Congress street , Night - Frank Gregory , n/d.

American, b. 1962 -

Oil on canvas , 27 x 40 in.

#Frank Gregory #american artist #street night scenery #Portland's main street #Portland #Congress street

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charlesoberonn · 6 months

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Updating an old Simpsons joke to make it more accurate

#politics #us politics #american politics #republicans #republican party #congress #house of representatives #the simpsons #republicans can't govern #abolish the republican party

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bigmeatpete69420 · 5 months

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Hunter Biden CONFRONTS Republicans TO THEIR FACES on LIVE TV

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#american politics #hunter biden #putting the money where their mouth is #american congress #Youtube

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dadsinsuits · 29 days

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Tommy Tuberville

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decolonize-the-left · 2 years

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When 3 in 4 (74%) adults in the U.S. connected the gas, electricity, phone or internet in a new home, ICE was able to automatically learn their new address. Almost all of that has been done warrantlessly and in secret.

Dated May, 10, 2022 a report published by Georgetown Law showed how invasive ICE reaches. Obtained through 200 FOIA requests, the reports says ICE has tracked civilians using utilities, drivers licenses, facial recognition, and even used vulnerable unaccompanied minors being held in detention to find more leads (specifically, searching for more of their family members without documentation) . And they do so without warrants or even informing state legislators. Even companies and corporations have shared info with with ICE without their knowledge or consent.

"Most congressional leaders did not learn about ICE face recognition scans of DMV photos until The Washington Post ran an exposé on the practice, reporting on records obtained by the Center on Privacy & Technology. This exposé ran in 2019, over a decade after ICE penned its first known face recognition contract in 2008 for access to the Rhode Island driver database.

The fact that ICE was conducting face recognition scans on driver’s license photos came as a shock to senior lawmakers – even those with the greatest insight into DHS activities. On learning of the face scans, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the longtime chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, denounced the practice as “a massive, unwarranted intrusion into the privacy rights of Americans by the federal government, done secretly and without authorization by law.” ICE’s surveillance initiatives have regularly flown under Congress’ radar. While a few political leaders have pressed ICE in oversight letters and used appropriations riders to end the most aggressive of ICE’s actions, to date there has not been one full congressional hearing or Government Accountability Office (GAO) report focused on ICE surveillance."

Further, even when states become aware and make moves to block ICE from having this kind of access they just use a different door.

In Washington, Governor Jay Inslee enacted a statewide policy to limit state agency cooperation with ICE only to discover that state licensing officials were routinely violating that policy. When state officials cut off ICE’s access to a state-run driver database, previously unseen records show that DHS searches of a separate network of driver data – one not operated by the state – nearly doubled. In Oregon, soon after lawmakers passed a law cutting off state data disclosures to ICE, the Oregon DMV signed agreements to sell its driver’s license records to Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the two primary data brokers that sell ICE access to driver information."

This is a HUGE breach of privacy and goes as far back as 2008 when ICE used facial recognition in Rhode Island under the Bush administration.

The article also discusses the potential danger this has to cause such a deep mistrust in government that it could cause folks to deny or reject state services to avoid being put in an ICE database or otherwise have their data used without knowledge or consent.

Likewise the report also has a section that advises how this privacy could be restored and corrected by Congress. Which means signal boost this. Congress was made aware of these breaches in 2019 and as of yet have done nothing to stop ICE or hold them accountable.

Which means it's on us to hold them accountable because once again the folks in Congress have shown they lack the ambition and initiative.

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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The US House of Representatives passed a bill recently, which could very well effectively ban TikTok -ALL across party lines these so-called politicians who care about the people -are trying to silence an app that has been showcasing what is happening to Palestinian people in Gaza -what western mainstream media won't -the rampant war crimes and genocide being committed by the settler-colonial state of Israel.

I don't care if you hate TikTok. I don't care if you prefer YouTube or Twitter or any other social media site to get your news/create content/to engage with creators you like -this is censorship by the United States government and it SHOULD worry you. I just watched Nancy Pelosi say that this is not "an attempt" to ban the app but to "make it better" and that is utterly horrifying to me. Especially when we know zionists wanted to meet with TikTok executives to 'discuss' the troubling content they keep seeing there -they mean -they don't like how people have been sharing stories of what the IOF has been and is doing -they don't like people advocating for Palestinian liberation. For a free Palestine in our lifetime.

Can you imagine being THAT scared of how much impact an app has to impress upon people this way -to see it as a threat to not only their national security -but to their violent imperialistic agenda? The US government wants to control the narrative -that's what this is about. From the sinophobia, to the covering of a genocide happening in Gaza, to wanting to proliferate and normalize their American propaganda... this is all terrifying. And it's something you should NEVER turn away from.

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deadpresidents · 5 months

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Just to point out that while George Santos was finally expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives after being charged with 23 felony crimes, committing astounding levels of fraud, and fabricating absolutely stupid amounts of his background, it still required the heavy-lifting of Democratic members to close the deal, and a majority of Republicans voted to allow him to remain.

House Speaker Mike Johnson -- who was unanimously elected as the Republican leader of the House by GOP members in October -- continued to demonstrate his moral leadership by voting to let Santos hold on to his seat in Congress.

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