Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in #Somali neighbourhoods of #Minneapolis amid #Trump crackdown

“Armed #ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant & demanded papers.

Federal agents also entered East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.

They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.

Everyone present was a US citizen.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/10/federal-agents-use-chemical-irritant-in-somali-neighborhood-of-minneapolis

Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in #Somali neighbourhoods of #Minneapolis amid #Trump crackdown

“Armed #ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant & demanded papers.

Federal agents also entered East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.

They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.

Everyone present was a US citizen.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/10/federal-agents-use-chemical-irritant-in-somali-neighborhood-of-minneapolis

https://newrepublic.com/post/204375/trump-admin-ice-airport-program

#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #GOP #ICE #travel #data #privacy #press

https://newrepublic.com/post/204375/trump-admin-ice-airport-program

#Trump #MAGA #Republicans #GOP #ICE #travel #data #privacy #press

Meta accused of banning LGBTQ+ accounts in one of its “biggest waves of censorship” ever

The alleged actions appear to be an escalation of Meta's Trump-era policies. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/meta-accused-of-banning-lgbtq-accounts-in-one-of-its-biggest-waves-of-censorship-ever/ #lgbtq #lgbt #uspol #meta #facebook #instagram #threads #trump #maga #censorship

Meta accused of banning LGBTQ+ accounts in one of its “biggest waves of censorship” ever

The alleged actions appear to be an escalation of Meta's Trump-era policies. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/meta-accused-of-banning-lgbtq-accounts-in-one-of-its-biggest-waves-of-censorship-ever/ #lgbtq #lgbt #uspol #meta #facebook #instagram #threads #trump #maga #censorship

#Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules

California's governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmddnge9yro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

(c) #BBC #News

#Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules

California's governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmddnge9yro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

(c) #BBC #News

"Spread the word about
@marcorubio."

~ Sarah Connell Campbell

#Republicans #MarcoRubio #Trump #cruelty
/6

https://www.threads.com/@s.connell.campbell.art/post/DSGFX2CEaGR

"Spread the word about
@marcorubio."

~ Sarah Connell Campbell

#Republicans #MarcoRubio #Trump #cruelty
/6

https://www.threads.com/@s.connell.campbell.art/post/DSGFX2CEaGR

"They're joyless. Nothing makes them happy. Nothing even remotely comes near making them happy. And as a result, they treat the world the way that they feel, which is that they are not happy. They don't want other people to be happy. The only thing that actually gives them joy, and i's fleeting, is to hurt other people."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#Republicans #Trump #cruelty
/5

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/in-the-thick-of-it-the-check-in-with

"He’s [i.e., Trump is] cruel, he’s random, he’s chaotic."

~ Jen Rubin

#Republicans #Trump #cruelty
/4

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-year-of-opportunity-ahead-my-conversation

"This new petty cruelty follows other pettinesses in the administration of Chief Petty Officer Donald Trump, the selfsame administration that tried hard, but failed, to ban sign language interpreters from press briefings, that is now routinely humiliating trans people at U.S. Customs desks, and that has downgraded the Coast Guard’s designation of swastikas and nooses from 'hate speech' to something less … unpleasant.

#Republicans #MarcoRubio #Trump #cruelty
/3

"The move to Calibri had been ordered by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in 2023 on the recommendation of the State Department’s office of diversity and inclusion. Rubio has since closed down that office."

#Republicans #MarcoRubio #Trump #cruelty
/2

Gene Weingarten says Marco Rubio has banished Calibri typeface for official State Department communications because it's "woke" in comparison to Times New Roman, which is to be used in its place.

"Sans serif Calibri has been shown to be easier to read for people with certain disabilities, such as dyslexia and substandard visual acuity, and people who need assistive technologies such as screen readers and voice-to-text."

#Republicans #MarcoRubio #Trump #cruelty
/1

https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/this-just-in

Are there still people who want to visit the #USA as tourists ?

#tourism #Trump #travel #visa #ESTA #socialnetworks #privacy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

Even more reason not to consider going to the #US :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

"As well as the collection of social media information, the new document proposes the gathering of an applicant's telephone numbers and email addresses used over the last five and 10 years respectively, and more information about their family members." ......

If you refuse to give them your social media passwords, what are they going to do, deport you ?
Personally, I think if you "have" to go to the US, leave your personal mobile at home and just take a burner phone (feature phone), and make sure your embassy's number is in the contacts, incase you are picked up by the #ice nazis.

#tourism #privacy #policestate #trump

Even more reason not to consider going to the #US :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo

"As well as the collection of social media information, the new document proposes the gathering of an applicant's telephone numbers and email addresses used over the last five and 10 years respectively, and more information about their family members." ......

If you refuse to give them your social media passwords, what are they going to do, deport you ?
Personally, I think if you "have" to go to the US, leave your personal mobile at home and just take a burner phone (feature phone), and make sure your embassy's number is in the contacts, incase you are picked up by the #ice nazis.

#tourism #privacy #policestate #trump

Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the GOP president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new US sanctions on the court if it did not.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #ICC #Trump

Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the GOP president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new US sanctions on the court if it did not.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #ICC #Trump