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#NationalGuard troops on #DC streets for #Trump’s #crackdown will start carrying guns

President Donald Trump on Thursday visited law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington Thursday evening, praising them for their role in his crime crackdown and saying he’ll seek congressional funding for his DC intervention and beautification plans.

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MATT BROWN and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 5:21 PM EDT, August 22, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown, the Pentagon said Friday.

"The Defense Department didn’t offer any other details about the new development or why it was needed. Hegseth referred to it as 'common sense' on social media.

"No troops have been spotted yet with firearms around the city in the hours after the announcement. But the decision is an escalation in the Republican administration’s intervention in the nation’s capital and comes as nearly 2,000 National Guard members have been stationed in the heavily Democratic city.

"Some local officials were harshly critical, with D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen saying Trump’s actions are 'not of a president, but of someone on the march to an #authoritarian #takeover.'

"Trump initially called up 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard to assist federal law enforcement in his bid to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Since then, six Republican-led states have sent troops to the city, growing the military presence."

apnews.com/article/washington-

President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP News · National Guard members in DC for Trump's crackdown will be armedThe Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's crackdown will be armed. The Defense Department didn’t immediately offer any other details about the new development Friday. or why it was needed. The step is a escalation in Trump’s intervention into policing in the nation’s capital and comes as nearly 2,000 National Guard members are stationed in the city, with the arrival this week of hundreds of troops from several Republican-led states.
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#Google first announced plans to use machine learning to power age estimation earlier this year, which aligns with a global #crackdown on child safety online.

Last week, the UK’s #OnlineAgeVerification rules went into effect, requiring users to verify their ages on sites with porn or content deemed “harmful.”

Several states have passed laws blocking minors from accessing porn sites, while efforts to age-gate social media platforms have largely fallen flat. The #EuropeanUnion is also testing an age #verification prototype that it will eventually link with #DigitalID s.”

#OnlineSafteyAct / #OAS / #UK / #AUS / #USA / #BigTech / #censorship <theverge.com/news/715343/youtu>

The Verge · YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AIVon Emma Roth

Don't give #Trump any ideas, #Putti!

#RussianParliament approves a bill punishing online searches for information deemed ‘#extremist

Updated 6:47 AM EDT, July 25, 2025

MOSCOW (AP) — "The Russian parliament’s upper house on Friday quickly approved a bill that punishes #OnlineSearches for information officially branded 'extremist,' the latest in a series of moves by authorities to tighten control of the internet.

The legislation makes what it describes as 'deliberately searching for and accessing extremist materials' online punishable by a fine of up to the equivalent of $64.

"The bill, which was endorsed by the lower house earlier this week, is now set to be signed into law by President Vladimir #Putin.

The official definition of extremist activity is extremely broad and includes opposition groups like the #AntiCorruptionFoundation, created by the late opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny, and the 'international #LGBT movement.'

"It’s not clear how authorities will track down violators.

"Officials and lawmakers said ordinary internet users won’t be affected and only those who methodically seek outlawed content will be targeted. They didn’t explain how authorities would differentiate between them.

"Russians widely use #VPN services for access to #BannedContent, but authorities have sought to tighten restrictions and close the loopholes. The state communications watchdog has increasingly used technology to analyze traffic and block specific VPN protocols.

"Russian authorities have ramped up their multipronged #crackdown on dissent after sending troops into #Ukraine in February 2022.

"Since then, online #censorship and prosecutions for social media posts and comments have soared.

"Multiple independent news outlets and rights groups have been shut down, labeled as 'foreign agents' or outlawed as 'undesirable.' Hundreds of #activists and critics of the #Kremlin have faced criminal charges."

#Gaza #MarchOnGaza [4] #Crackdown

"Hossam el-Hamalawy: Egypt's crackdown on activists joining Global Gaza March shows regime's weakness" [6:38 min]
by MiddleEastEye

youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3IuAxkpN

Quote by MEE:
"Jun 12, 2025
In an interview with Middle East Eye, Egyptian journalist and blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy condemned the Egyptian regime’s deportation of international activists arriving to join the Global March to Gaza, calling it a "knee-jerk reaction" rooted in fear of dissent.
El-Hamalawy explained that the regime, which emerged from the 2013 military coup, has systematically outlawed public assembly and restructured urban spaces to prevent any form of collective mobilisation. He noted that international activists arriving at Cairo airport were detained, interrogated, and in many cases deported—some on the same flights they arrived on.
He also criticised Egypt’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing and its deference to Israeli approval for aid or evacuations, calling it a betrayal of Egypt’s historical stance and evidence of the regime’s weakness."

#NeverAgain #STOPtheGenocide
#JUSTICEforHindRajab #JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan
#LIFEfor#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich

And who will work in the fields? Children?Folks who have just lost #FoodAssistance and #Medicare?#Protestors who piss off Trump?

#Trump’s Immigration #Crackdown Hits #CaliforniaFarms

#Farmworkers hid in fields on Tuesday as word spread that ICE agents were conducting raids in California’s breadbasket, an activist said.

By Bernard Mokam and Pooja Salhotra
June 11, 2025, 9:08 p.m. ET

Excerpt: " 'The #Trump administration is ramping up its immigration crackdown, with a focus on workplaces with undocumented #laborers, such as #farms, #restaurants and #construction sites. Estimates show more than eight million undocumented #immigrants work in the United States.

"Last Friday, federal immigration agents swept through the garment district of Los Angeles, setting off protests that have rattled sections of downtown L.A. and have spread to a number of cities across the country.

"For #farmworkers — about 42 percent of whom are undocumented, according to the Agriculture Department — the escalation in arrests has created widespread fear.

" 'Children are terrified,' Ms. Romero said. 'They don’t want to go to school because they don’t know if their parents will be home when they come back.'

"Local leaders have rebuked the escalation, which could bring hardship to one of California’s agricultural corridors. The #CentralValley — which grows #almonds, #grapes, #walnuts and #cherries, among other crops — produces a quarter of the nation’s food, worth an estimated $17 billion a year, according to federal data.

" 'These actions are completely unjustified and harmful,' said Mayor Luis McArthur of Oxnard. 'They create chaos in our city without contributing much to public safety. Furthermore these actions undermine the very principles of #DueProcess.'

"The raids this week represent the first organized immigration enforcement from the new Trump administration to hit California’s agricultural region, which covers about 40 percent of the state, Ms. Romero said. A handful of federal operations have been conducted in other rural communities in recent weeks. Last month, federal agents pulled over a bus in #AlbionN., and detained 14 immigrants who worked at a nearby farm. In April, three children and their mother were detained at an upstate New York dairy.

"Rural migrants are particularly vulnerable to immigration enforcement because they stand out in towns that are often racially homogenous, said Will Lambek of Migrant Justice, an advocacy organization for farmworkers in #Vermont, where eight dairy workers were detained in April.

"In California, Ms. Davalos said the agents could have made more arrests had the community been less prepared. Once a volunteer spotted officers in the area, an alert was sent through a network of support.

"Federal agents were denied entry to at least nine farms in the Central Coast, Ms. Davalos said. Some growers parked their vehicles in front of their gates. Employees also obscured their cars.
'We demonstrated the power of brave, nonviolent #resistance to #ICE’s tactics of #terror,' Ms. Davalos said, lamenting what she described as politically driven attempts to reach a deportation quota. 'At the end of the day, they’re seizing our family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.'

"If federal immigration enforcement activities continue, #FoodProduction will become increasingly difficult, and food prices could rise, warned Bryan Little, senior director of policy advocacy at the California Farm Bureau."

Read more:
nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/trum

Archived version:
archive.ph/NFWuO

The New York Times · Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits California FarmsVon Bernard Mokam

WTAF! ‘#NoKings’ protest organizer calls #Texas #NationalGuard deployment an overreaction by Governor

by Cora Neas
Wed, June 11, 2025

AUSTIN (KXAN) — "A protest planned to occur at the Texas Capitol Saturday comes after Texas Governor #GregAbbott’s deployment of the state’s National Guard to #AustinTX and other Texas cities following a Monday night protest in the state’s capital city.

[...]

" 'Soldiers are on standby in areas where mass #demonstrations are planned in case they are needed,' reads part of Mahaleris’s statement. 'Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles. Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be swiftly held accountable to the full extent of the law.'

"The Monday night protest, organized by the Party for #Socialism and #Liberation, was held to show solidarity with #protesters in #LosAngeles.

"Saturday’s protest, ' #NoKings / #KickOutTheClowns,' is part of a nationwide action against a #MilitaryParade in #WashingtonDC, also on Saturday. The Austin rally is organized by Hands Off Central Texas (#HOCTX), a coalition of liberal activist groups such as #50501, #IndivisibleAustin, #IndivisibleRosedale, #ThirdAct Texas and #ResistAustin.

"#HandsOff Central Texas President Sophia Mirto said that the rally will feature speeches by activists and locally elected politicians, as well as performances."

Read more:
yahoo.com/news/no-kings-protes

Yahoo News · ‘No Kings’ protest organizer calls Texas National Guard deployment an overreaction by GovernorVon Cora Neas

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“Meet Palantir's Bloodthirsty, Zionist, Neo-Con Head Of Defense Business”

by The Dissident on Substack

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour

“Mike Gallagher Will Use Palantir To Crack Down On Anti-War Activists While Taking America To War”

open.substack.com/pub/the307/p

The Dissident · Meet Palantir's Bloodthirsty, Zionist, Neo-Con Head Of Defense Business.Von The Dissident
#Press#US#Palantir

*Must read* & please boost!

“Meet Palantir's Bloodthirsty, Zionist, Neo-Con Head Of Defense Business”

by The Dissident on Substack

“Mike Gallagher Will Use Palantir To Crack Down On Anti-War Activists While Taking America To War”

open.substack.com/pub/the307/p

The Dissident · Meet Palantir's Bloodthirsty, Zionist, Neo-Con Head Of Defense Business.Von The Dissident
#Press#US#Palantir

“How Palantir Will Build A Zionist Surveillance State”

by The Dissident on Substack

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes

“The Newest Expansion Of The Surveillance State Will Help With The Crackdown On Pro-Palestine Speech”

open.substack.com/pub/the307/p

The Dissident · How Palantir Will Build A Zionist Surveillance State.Von The Dissident
#Press#Gaza#Palestine

“New Evidence Suggests The UK Government Collaborated With Israel To Crack Down On Speech”

by The Dissident on Substack

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour

“An email suggests that the UK government collaborated with Israel to arrest journalists and activists”

open.substack.com/pub/the307/p

The Dissident · New Evidence Suggests The UK Government Collaborated With Israel To Crack Down On Speech.Von The Dissident
#Press#UK#Israel