Too Venal for Words category archive
American Stasi 0
The EFF warns us that ICE is ramping up its surveillance–and not just of immigrants. From their report:
- ICE had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults.
- ICE had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records.
- ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies.
- ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs.
Follow the link for the full report.
And, in more news of the American Stasi . . . .
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
UVa’s Larry Sabato, regarding Donald Trump’s reaction to the death from cancer of JFK’s granddaughter:
Follow the link for context.
The Nutcracker Suet 0
This is the official dance in celebration of Republican family values.
This New Gilded Age 0
The Trump maladministration launches plans to stiff national park employees of their honorably-eaarned wages.
Destructive Driving 0
Just what we wanted: More evidence that we are a broken society.
What’s the Best Catch There Is? 0
Why, of course, it’s a Trumpled Catch-22>.
Aside:
The pretzel twists that the Trump maladministration comes up with so as to be mean for the sake of mean leave one’s jaw ajar.
Cabinet Capers 0
Lawrence talks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the abominable antics of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees.
Patriot Pariah Gamers
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I never expected to find myself living in a rogue state . . . .
Republican Thought Police 0
Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Park Dangers 0
Mary Trump reports on the damage that the Trump maladministration’s government shutdown in doing to America’s national parks.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier finds Doanld Trump’s SNAP decisions somewhat–er–disquieting. Here’s a tiny bit from his article.
Thus the president defies multiple court orders to feed hungry children, or am I oversimplifying?
You have to wonder at this point why the administration even bothers to retain lawyers, to go into courts, to file briefs, to meet deadlines. Under Trump, Trump is the law. Any legal judgment not in his favor is simply ignored.