The latest from the Quad9 blog => The Public Risk of Governments Controlling #DNS Providers
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Federal law bars improper disclosure. But it is so ordered! Under a draft of agreement between #IRS and #ICE, the tax agency would verify whether #immigration officials had the right home address for people who have been ordered to leave the United States, according to a copy of the document viewed by The New York Times. #humanrights #civilliberties #taxes #Tens of millions of workers are failing to file tax returns in fear of #deportation #fascism #fear #trump #maga #GOP #privacy
Republicans: "Terrorism is every act of civil disobedience that we don't agree with. And if you don't agree with that, go to Venezuela, Cuba, or China" --->
"The government will now need to prove (in the case of American citizens) that individuals plotted against Tesla and undertook their laws to influence government policy. Even if what they did can be argued to meet the dictionary definition of terrorism, its legal application would give the government a frankly terrifying amount of power. Trump is now unleashing the deep state (their deep state) to go after associates and others who support or contemplate similar acts, in other words to criminalize and then stigmatize opposition.
When I reported last month that FBI Director Kash Patel’s vow to carry out “the world’s largest manhunt” against “anyone that wishes to do harm to our way of life,” I warned that Americans would be caught in the dragnet. But I had no idea how quickly."
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-domestic-war-on-terrorism
Ken Klippenstein · Trump's Domestic War on Terrorism
The #DHS Office for #CivilRights & #CivilLiberties is being ENTIRELY ELIMINATED through a Reduction in Force (#RIF).
Also, the staff were not given reassignments.
Purportedly the office’s operations will be taken up by other offices — highly doubt that’ll happen.
(source Maria Kabas)
#Trump #law #immigration #HumanRights
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"Visa-holders, green-card carriers, and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs. In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all."
It is not just #russia who in control of our failing #democracy - #Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump’s Cuts to Voice of America #voa #Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free #Asia, for highlighting #HumanRights rights abuses in #China. Can you imagine up until 6 months ago running on a platform that championed serving the China's Communist Party that ruled for 75 years https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/world/asia/china-trump-voice-of-america.html #maga #fascism #doge #trum #gop #republicans #civilliberties
The New York Times · Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump’s Cuts to Voice of America
Five political science profs from Columbia U. respond to the latest Trump/MAGA assaults on civil liberties and academic freedom.
https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post-we-are-professors-at-columbia
Drezner’s World · GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond.
"Trump cannot summarily declare a class of people exercising their First Amendment rights as domestic terrorists. He can try to encourage domestic terror charges, which can be terror crimes or sentencing enhancements on other felonies, but the efforts would be unlikely to stand up in court.
“It’s absurd,” said organizer Alice Hu, executive director at the youth-led climate justice group Planet Over Profit. “It’s obvious, both legally and from a common sense perspective, that First Amendment-protected peaceful protest is not domestic terrorism.”
The response from Trump and Musk, Hu said, is a sign that the protests are working. Tesla’s stock prices tanked. And Musk, who is spearheading Trump’s controversial effort to gut the federal government, is using his social media platform Twitter to target individual organizers and grassroots groups, Hu said.
“They’re trying to label this peaceful movement an illegal, violent, whatever, domestic terrorist movement,” she said “The reality is that it’s DOGE’s illegal rampage destroying the government, taking over the government. That’s the real problem here.”"
The Intercept · If Protesting Tesla Is Domestic Terrorism, Then What Demonstration Against Musk Isn’t
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#MAGA will pull a #reichstagFire routine
any violent expression- real or #agentProvocateur, will be met with a huge crackdown on #civilLiberties
this is not an argument to not fight
this is a recognition of what we are up against, and some people in denial out there need to understand what's coming
#fascism only understands one thing. and it should have met that a long time ago, because by waiting and "it will all just go away" bs the threat only grows
en.wikipedia.orgReichstag fire - Wikipedia
Good people are asking, “What can I do to stop the MAGA assault on law and pluralist democracy?”
The answer they are hoping to hear is something quick, convenient, painless, and cheap.
Who do I write? Tell us where the march is? Is there a Venmo?
It’s not going to be like that. It’s going to be more painful and costly than anything Americans have experienced.
Watch the Mahmoud Khalil arrest video, and you will see what I mean.
You can't make this up - #history #facts #fascism #americafirst. Dr Seuss #Theodor SeussGeisel was the chief editorial #cartoonist for #liberal New York newspaper, PM, during #WWII. Drawn over 80 years ago - yet this is #america now #trump #maga #project2025 #history repeats itself when no lessons are learned. #democracy at #risk as #nazism #musk #trump #gop those who mine the past to fuel the war on #constitution #freedom #justice #civilliberties
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…#Trump alleged that the Tren de Aragua gang is “conducting irregular warfare” against the #UnitedStates at the “clandestine” direction of the authoritarian Maduro regime in #Venezuela, but #CivilLiberties orgs filed a lawsuit Sat saying the admin had wrongly labeled immigrants as dangerous criminals while depriving them of the opportunity to defend themselves in #immigration courts. 5 immigrants identified in the case said they had fled gangs or the Maduro regime & feared for their safety.
#law
Today in Labor History March 13, 1848: The German revolutions of 1848-1849 began in Vienna. While the middle classes were fighting for a unified German state and increased civil liberties, the working class had more revolutionary aspirations. Participants in the revolution included communist and anarchist revolutionaries like Marx, Engels and Bakunin, as well as the composer Wagner. The aristocracy exploited the split between the classes, facilitating their eventual violent defeat, with great loss of life and mass imprisonment. Many fled to the U.S. and became known as “forty-eighters.” They moved to places like Cincinnati’s Ober der Rhine neighborhood, or Saint Louis. After risking their lives fighting against serfdom in Europe, many were so horrified by the persistence of slavery in their new country that they dedicated themselves to the cause of abolition and free thinking, joining organizations like the Freimӓnverein (Society of Freemen) and the Wide Awakes (a radical militia that defended free blacks and fought Confederates in the streets). Some of them also became publishers, like Henry Boernstein, who had previously published “Vorwärts!” in Paris with Karl Marx, Engels, Heinrich Heine and others.
You can read more on The Wide Awakes and the Antebellum Roots of Wokeness here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/27/the-wide-awakes-and-the-antebellum-roots-of-wokeness/
![Origin of the Flag of Germany: Cheering revolutionaries in Berlin, on March 19, 1848. By Unknown author - im Original: "Erinnerung an den Befreiungskampf in der verhängnisvollen Nacht 18.-19. März 1848", Kreidelithographie, koloriert, gedruckt im Verlag Winckelmann, Eigenth. v. C. Glück, Berlin, Signatur rechts unten nicht lesbar, wohl Blatt II, post-1848 und zeitgenössisch (genaues Datum unbekannt), gescannt von User:APPER, siehe https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/YSA74GHCTOXUCF2V3JY6ZQ2CC3TKLHP2, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=364558](https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/155/425/733/646/164/original/b0062cdfc40d4d60.jpg "Origin of the Flag of Germany: Cheering revolutionaries in Berlin, on March 19, 1848. By Unknown author - im Original: "Erinnerung an den Befreiungskampf in der verhängnisvollen Nacht 18.-19. März 1848", Kreidelithographie, koloriert, gedruckt im Verlag Winckelmann, Eigenth. v. C. Glück, Berlin, Signatur rechts unten nicht lesbar, wohl Blatt II, post-1848 und zeitgenössisch (genaues Datum unbekannt), gescannt von User:APPER, siehe https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/YSA74GHCTOXUCF2V3JY6ZQ2CC3TKLHP2, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=364558")
If this doesn't scare you, it should!
NYTimes: These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
The New York Times · The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
What is a #SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speech:
#CivilLiberties #Greenpeace
https://buff.ly/gdJbsZD
The ConversationWhat is a SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speechLegal experts see a current lawsuit against the environmental group Greenpeace as a classic example of using litigation to stifle public criticism.
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…#CivilLiberties advocates expressed alarm about #DOGE’s access to the #HUD data, saying it may violate the #Privacy Act. “It’s difficult to see why a system dedicated to #CivilRights complaints would have any impact whatsoever on a department looking for inefficiencies in governmental spending,” said Cody Venzke, snr policy counsel at the ACLU.
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IDEA: I don't have the technical chops to do it, but I'd loooove if someone used open-source license plate reader software and enabled people to set up a network of raspberry pies with inexpensive cameras attached them to surveil the surveiller: these devices could track cop plates as they move around cities, which could then be fed into a live, open map
I bet they wouldn't love getting a taste of their own medicine.
GitHubGitHub - openalpr/openalpr: Automatic License Plate Recognition libraryAutomatic License Plate Recognition library. Contribute to openalpr/openalpr development by creating an account on GitHub.
**Privacy Alert: The New French Surveillance Law**
The proposed law not only targets drug trafficking but also poses a significant threat to the very foundation of our digital privacy. By mandating "backdoors" in encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, this legislation compromises the security of all users. This sets a dangerous precedent that could lead to widespread surveillance and abuse.
**Why It Matters**: Encryption is essential for safeguarding our personal communications from prying eyes, including those of malicious actors. If the government can access our messages, so can hackers.
**Take Action**: Join the fight against this invasive law! If you are a French national or resident, contact your representatives and demand they prioritize our digital rights. 
For more information, including how to find and contact your local representative, visit the French article: [La Quadrature du Net](https://www.laquadrature.net/narcotraficotage/).
La Quadrature du NetContre la loi surveillance et narcotraficotageAu milieu du tumulte médiatique sur le trafic de drogues, une loi relative au « narcotrafic » est en train de passer au Parlement. En réalité, ce texte ne s'applique pas seulement à la vente de stupéfiants et conduit à renforcer lourdement les capacités de surveillance du renseignement et de la poli
A Half Century of Failure to Reform the #FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power
Fifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
From #TheNation (USA)
Steve Howell
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kash-patel-fbi-abuses-church
The Nation · A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming PowerFifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
Zoom in on the TV in the photo and you'll see yours truly with a green box around his head. Yes, it's facial recognition in an ASDA in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK. I don't recall giving them permission to capture and store my data, but hey, that's #SurveillanceBritain for you. That's another store added to my blacklist.
#CivilLiberties
