I named my 2014 book on my work with @Snowden -- No Place to Hide - after Frank Church's warning about what would happen if CIA, NSA, FBI turned their powers inward, to infiltrate our domestic politics.
Snowden's main warning was that they had. But it's so much worse now:
i like how over the weekend it was basically confirmed the CIA killed JFK but it was so unsurprising and common sense that we just kinda went “yeah” and moved on
The Rich always threaten to move if local politicians tax them. So servile politicians dare not. If we block tax-evasive moves, taxing the Rich would work.
This Peruvian congressmember from leftist party Perú Libre says US-backed coup regime leader Dina Boluarte made an alliance with the far-right Fujimoristas:
"It's the cynical face of fascism"
Their conception of "peace" is "cemeteries with dozens dead and dialogue with bullets"
There are so many brutal videos coming out of Peru, showing the US-backed coup regime killing protesters
This horrifying footage shows a massacre yesterday in the city of Ayacucho, where the US-backed coup regime killed at least 8 protesters and wounded 52 more in one day
#FuneralHomes were once dominated by local, family owned businesses. Today, your local funeral home is likely owned by #ServiceCorporationInternational, who bought hundreds of funeral homes (keeping the proprietor's name over the door), hiking prices and reaping vast profits. 1/
A reminder as Meta sends proxies to influence public perception of the FTC’s action to enjoin their bid for VR dominance: They outnumber the FTC 10:1. This is evident in the courtroom, too.
That’s not even counting the Chamber of Progress and other 3rd party spin funded by Meta.
Only Bernie Sanders and 10 other senators voted against legislation authorizing a shocking $858 billion in military spending for 2023.
https://t.co/tr0c2FNZ3b
😱 The Pentagon recently failed their 5th-ever audit, meaning they've never successfully been audited. But within that failure, we learned some shocking new details — such as they can't account for over HALF of their assets.
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We don’t just need a new political party in the United States. We need a new system that is built around community, sustainability, and peace to replace this old decaying system that is built around capital, exploitation, and war.
Pacific Gas and Electric
Southern California Electric
San Diego Gas and Electric
There are some truly evil people running these companies.
https://t.co/SlxfxFAljt