The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he would like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US.
I guess the USA doesn't have a very good railway system.
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” the acting Ice director, Todd Lyons, said. He said that he wanted to see a deportation process “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”. His comments were first reported by the Arizona Mirror.
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Several speakers, Homan included, echoed the opinion of having a deportation system that is run like a business, with assurance that the Trump administration is depending on the private sector for completion of its mass deportation agenda. Many representatives from the military-industrial complex were in attendance.
He expressed hopes that the agency could utilize artificial intelligence to “free up bed space” and “fill up airplanes”, allowing Ice to deport immigrants at a quicker pace.
They want to run it with industrial efficiency so they can keep freeing up those beds.
The Ice director also said that he has been working with Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) for access to social security numbers to look for “voter fraud”.
The ongoing outrage over the proposed tax is a little funny, given that it’s already been known for quite some time that the legislation has almost no chance of being enacted. That’s because California Governor Gavin Newsom has already stated that, should the bill somehow pass, he would veto it.
That's not funny. But the billionaires should still march. They might be surprised how many people will gladly come and help march them through the streets.
A rioter who was pardoned by Donald Trump for the felony he was convicted of in the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 has pleaded guilty to a harassment charge over threats to kill the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries. ...
Yeah but this guy thinks Jeffries sucks for all the wrongest and dumbest reasons.
“Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live … I will kill him for the future,” the text messages read, according to the complaint.
These people think Hakeem Jeffries is a terrorist and ICE are not. They have a chronic and apparently incurable case of wrong-about-every-damn-thing.
Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019. ...
There are two theories beginning to appear everywhere right now: that Epstein worked for Russia and that Epstein is still alive. Both smell very much like deliberate attempts to muddy the waters and confuse people into giving up on the truth. We shouldn't let ourselves be distracted. Epstein is almost certainly dead and probably worked for Mossad, perhaps with some freelance blackmail for others too. And the main issue now is to get the rest of the files released and unredact the names and crimes of the perpetrators whom Trump's DOJ is determined to protect.
Except Italy, which still loves a bit of the fash. And Germany's on the way. And of course Russia is fascist too this time. It's like WW2 except the allies are also fascist.
And they always could be racist and sexist out loud. People just told them they didn't like it. So it's about violently silencing any criticism that might hurt their bigoted snowflake feelings. The whole "free speech" and "small government" and "anti-cancel culture" bit was just the lies fascists use while they prepare the machinery of violence.
I wonder if they gave considered crowdsourcing this, having many people type in small chunks of the data by hand, doing their own character recognition? Get enough people in and enough overlap and the process would have some built-in error correction.
Amazon reported fourth-quarter earnings slightly below Wall Street estimates even as sales surged and it reported the fastest growth in its prominent cloud computing business in 13 quarters. ...
Amazon abuses employees, destroys the environment, attacks unions, kills local businesses, sells fake crap, spies on us, supports a violent fascist US regime that threatens to invade my country, and is causally responsible for that godawful stunt where Katy Perry spent 2 minutes in space then made us all stupider with the dumbest interview in the history of dumb interviews. Any one of these is a great reason not to shop with them.
The theology of "burn it all down so God can destroy the bad ones and we good ones can get our reward from God" is childish, selfish and lazy. No wonder it's so popular compared to doing the kind of hard work Jesus did.
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers’ civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. ...
I believe Canada is also introducing legislation to increase the amount of data on its citizens that it shares with the USA. In the current climate these moves seem crazy. But I guess only fascists and billionaires (and billionaire fascists) get to decide what happens.
The Washington Post is expected to announce mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing a significant blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point. ...
But beneath the spectacle lies a question that mainstream commentary continues to avoid, despite its growing inevitability: Was Epstein operating as part of an intelligence-linked blackmail operation? And if so, for whom? This is not a conspiracy theory, but a legitimate question that the files themselves provoke. ...
Mossad seems like the most likely culprit by far, unless he was freelancing for a bunch of intelligence agencies (which they might allow as long as he delivered the goods). And yet the Daily Mail is pushing the line that he was working for Russia. I have to wonder whether the Daily Mail's stories are part of a campaign of deflection and muddying the waters.
In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up ( apnews.com )
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. ( www.nytimes.com )
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. ( www.nytimes.com )
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An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax ( techcrunch.com )
Pedophile Epstein called Peter Thiel a 'great friend' ( stanforddaily.com )
US deported Palestinians to Israel on private jet twice: Report ( www.middleeasteye.net )
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US deported Palestinians to Israel on private jet twice: Report ( www.middleeasteye.net )
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Pardoned January 6 rioter pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries ( www.theguardian.com )
A rioter who was pardoned by Donald Trump for the felony he was convicted of in the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 has pleaded guilty to a harassment charge over threats to kill the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries. ...
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade ( www.democracydocket.com )
‘I saw kids being shot, women, old people’: how a massacre unfolded in one Iranian city ( www.theguardian.com )
'Beyond Crazy': FBI Summons State Election Officials to Secretive Meeting After Trump Threat to ‘Nationalize’ Midterms ( www.commondreams.org )
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Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then removes it amid bipartisan outrage ( www.cnn.com )
Trump Reportedly Demanded His Name on Penn Station in Exchange for Unfreezing Tunnel Project Funds ( www.mediaite.com )
ICE confirms armoured vehicle contract with Ontario company as Ford seeks distance ( www.nationalobserver.com )
ICE confirms armoured vehicle contract with Ontario company as Ford seeks distance ( www.nationalobserver.com )
Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency? ( www.commondreams.org )
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Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency? ( www.commondreams.org )
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Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency? ( www.commondreams.org )
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Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts. ( www.cbsnews.com )
Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase toward the isolated, locked tier where his cell was located at approximately 10:39 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2019. ...
Elon Musk calls Pedro Sánchez a ‘tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain’ ( english.elpais.com )
DHS Is Hunting Down Trump Critics. The ‘Free Speech’ Warriors Are Mighty Quiet. ( www.techdirt.com )
Epstein's 2016 Christmas Day email batters president's denials: 'With all the Trump boys' ( www.rawstory.com )
Epstein's 2016 Christmas Day email batters president's denials: 'With all the Trump boys' ( www.rawstory.com )
U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next ( www.cbc.ca )
U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next ( www.cbc.ca )
Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts. ( www.cbsnews.com )
Epstein files leak personal passwords including #1Island and ghislaine ( www.techdigest.tv )
The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact ( www.theguardian.com )
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The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact ( www.theguardian.com )
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People are noticing the word "don't" is censored in the Epstein files, and that this may be automated censoring of "Don T" ( altmedia.house )
Democrats’ 10 demands to ‘rein in’ ICE – the full list of proposed reforms ( www.theguardian.com )
Party says it will not back funding bill without reforms on – among other things – masks, ID and judicial warrants ...
Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments ( neosmart.net )
Amazon misses 4Q profit estimates despite better-than expected growth in cloud computing business ( apnews.com )
Amazon reported fourth-quarter earnings slightly below Wall Street estimates even as sales surged and it reported the fastest growth in its prominent cloud computing business in 13 quarters. ...
Mike Johnson Spars With Pope Leo XIV Over Christian Treatment of Immigrants ( www.notus.org )
Grindr boy claims that mistreating immigrants is okay by the Bible. ...
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. ( boltsmag.org )
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Nike faces federal probe over allegations of 'DEI-related' discrimination against white workers ( apnews.com )
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers’ civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. ...
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data ( www.biometricupdate.com )
TikTok takes down Gaza journalist Bisan Owda’s account mere days after US deal ( therealnews.com )
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CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant ( futurism.com )
CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant ( futurism.com )
Washington Post tells staff to stay home today for a Zoom call about ‘significant actions’ | CNN Business ( www.cnn.com )
The Washington Post is expected to announce mass layoffs Wednesday morning, dealing a significant blow to a storied media company and a newsroom that has reached a breaking point. ...
Epstein, Mossad, and the question we are not allowed to ask but must do ( www.thecanary.co )
But beneath the spectacle lies a question that mainstream commentary continues to avoid, despite its growing inevitability: Was Epstein operating as part of an intelligence-linked blackmail operation? And if so, for whom? This is not a conspiracy theory, but a legitimate question that the files themselves provoke. ...