Julian Assange: "The goal is to have an endless war, not a successful war."
War is a catastrophe for ordinary people—but it's big money for the global elite. Weapons manufacturers collect massive government contracts, oil and commodity markets can surge, and defense, logistics, intelligence, security and reconstruction companies can cash in. The public gets the casualties, inflation and debt. Someone else gets the contracts.
You don’t need a secret room full of elites plotting every conflict to understand the incentive: follow the money. When destruction generates billions in government spending, there will always be powerful interests positioned to profit from the aftermath. For the people paying the bill, war is sacrifice. For those holding the contracts, death is quite lucrative.
It’s wild how data centers have become something that unites people from the full spectrum of political beliefs. I live in Brooklyn. They’ll never build one here because the land is too expensive but I still hate what these monsters are doing to other communities.
Today in Austin, TX, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by an ICE agent. His wife spent hours keeping a heartbreaking vigil outside the hospital, enduring an agonizing wait.
1PM today ICE shot a man in Austin.
All info has been kept hush hush... I wonder why?
Does anyone have video of what happened today?
It's time to get loud, and get ICE out of Austin!
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ICE run over man with their car during traffic stop—family says it was intentional.
"Agents literally chased him down with a car," she said.
"As if he was an animal just on the side of road."
Now under armed guard at hospital—not allowed to see his attorney.
Injuries include: one leg so badly broken it feels paralyzed, a fracture to his spine, and that half his body is just in terrible condition.
ICE claims that agents tried to stop a van, the occupants ran, and the fleeing driver fell in the median and accidentally became "lodged under" an ICE patrol car that was traveling there.
Incident occurred on Liberty Expressway near the Moultrie Road exit in Dougherty County, Georgia.
Posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.
Farmers all over the Country are worried that they will lose the Generational farms that have been in their family’s for decades and now because of the skyrocketing prices of diesel,water and electricity they worry that they may end up losing them to the banks.
Who knew that MarkWayne Mullin who is married with 6 kids shares an apartment in Washington with his unmarried male bestie Rep.Jason Smith from Missouri & the House tax writing chair. Mike Johnson shares a $3.7 million dollar townhouse with Evangelical pastor Steve Berger.
Dave Lowe isn’t the only Texan who voted Republican and is now fed up with elected leaders who are allowing data centers to take over our communities.
@GinaHinojosaTX sat down with voters in Red Oak and they want regulations that protect THEM. They don’t want @GregAbbott_TX who gave these companies tax breaks in exchange for $20 MILLION in campaign contributions.
Many people are continuing to protest against ICE in N Austin where the shooting happened this afternoon.
Traffic appears to be flowing in one direction, but much of the intersection is shut down.
@cbsaustin
BREAKING: ICE agent shoots and wounds a man in Texas – the latest violence from Trump’s “deadly mass deportation machine”!
Another city. Another ICE shooting. Another community left furious and demanding answers.
A federal immigration agent shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, early afternoon. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
Democratic Rep. Greg Casar is already demanding a full independent investigation, the immediate release of body-camera footage, and accountability.
“Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes,” Casar said. “We will demand truth, transparency, and accountability… Austinites will speak out peacefully against this deadly mass deportation machine.”
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the shooting followed a “small foot pursuit” under a highway overpass. Video and photos from the scene show a blue Toyota Corolla riddled with bullet holes and yellow police tape everywhere.
Mayor Kirk Watson didn’t hide his anger: “I’m very angry about the incident, but not surprised at all. It’s happened in other cities with the nature of ICE and the way ICE is doing its business these days and the chaos that we see it performing and fomenting.”
This is the latest in their grim pattern.
In July an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston while he was simply on his way to work. Other deadly encounters have piled up in recent months as the administration pushes aggressive enforcement tactics.
Once again, an ICE operation ends with gunfire, a wounded civilian, and officials scrambling to explain what happened while the public is told to wait for answers that too often never fully come.
This has simply got to stop. The Democrats must de-fund ICE as soon as they take power after the November election.
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ICYMI — Trump’s Department of Education clearly backed up Republican candidate Bo French’s blatantly racist tweet about the UT-Austin student body not being white enough, which even other Republicans condemned.
When they show you who they are, believe them.