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  1. ICE continues targeting motorists across cities in Washington state in what seems like a hunting sport to terrorize residents (Bellevue, Kent, and Tacoma WA, 10/01/26)

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wva58f

    Several ICE fascists chased a work van on the 405 in Bellevue, WA before stopped at an exit where the passenger was reportedly able to escape. The same morning in a separate incident, another man was chased on foot and tackled in the middle of the FWY by ICE agents after pulling over and boxing in his vehicle, and another driver was chased by several ICE vehicles in Tacoma.

    ICE has been targeting work vehicles such as gardeners, construction workers, painters, movers, leaving their vehicles abandoned on the side of the road after kidnapping drivers and passengers. Workers are often followed leaving stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, and gas stations. If you are near any of these areas stay vigilant, and report any ICE activity to alert your nearby community.

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #washington #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  2. ICE continues targeting motorists across cities in Washington state in what seems like a hunting sport to terrorize residents (Bellevue, Kent, and Tacoma WA, 10/01/26)

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wva58f

    Several ICE fascists chased a work van on the 405 in Bellevue, WA before stopped at an exit where the passenger was reportedly able to escape. The same morning in a separate incident, another man was chased on foot and tackled in the middle of the FWY by ICE agents after pulling over and boxing in his vehicle, and another driver was chased by several ICE vehicles in Tacoma.

    ICE has been targeting work vehicles such as gardeners, construction workers, painters, movers, leaving their vehicles abandoned on the side of the road after kidnapping drivers and passengers. Workers are often followed leaving stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, and gas stations. If you are near any of these areas stay vigilant, and report any ICE activity to alert your nearby community.

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #washington #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  3. ICE continues targeting motorists across cities in Washington state in what seems like a hunting sport to terrorize residents (Bellevue, Kent, and Tacoma WA, 10/01/26)

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wva58f

    Several ICE fascists chased a work van on the 405 in Bellevue, WA before stopped at an exit where the passenger was reportedly able to escape. The same morning in a separate incident, another man was chased on foot and tackled in the middle of the FWY by ICE agents after pulling over and boxing in his vehicle, and another driver was chased by several ICE vehicles in Tacoma.

    ICE has been targeting work vehicles such as gardeners, construction workers, painters, movers, leaving their vehicles abandoned on the side of the road after kidnapping drivers and passengers. Workers are often followed leaving stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, and gas stations. If you are near any of these areas stay vigilant, and report any ICE activity to alert your nearby community.

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #washington #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  4. ICE continues targeting motorists across cities in Washington state in what seems like a hunting sport to terrorize residents (Bellevue, Kent, and Tacoma WA, 10/01/26)

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wva58f

    Several ICE fascists chased a work van on the 405 in Bellevue, WA before stopped at an exit where the passenger was reportedly able to escape. The same morning in a separate incident, another man was chased on foot and tackled in the middle of the FWY by ICE agents after pulling over and boxing in his vehicle, and another driver was chased by several ICE vehicles in Tacoma.

    ICE has been targeting work vehicles such as gardeners, construction workers, painters, movers, leaving their vehicles abandoned on the side of the road after kidnapping drivers and passengers. Workers are often followed leaving stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, and gas stations. If you are near any of these areas stay vigilant, and report any ICE activity to alert your nearby community.

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #washington #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  5. This is A correct message in context. #CitizensUnited is your enemy, not #AI. The people are your enemy. That #Technology properly managed ends human suffering cuz it tells the truth WHEN YOU MAKE IT. It's really fucking fast. Read my #Research. Don't let them take AI away from us. #PoliceState 🔦🔦🔦

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s3m33wvdsixxr2ifnkldlfp3/post/3mwq2evdfkk2q

  6. ICE Fascist Threatens to Kill Legal Observer (Chicago, IL, 9/25/26)

    An ICE faacist threatened to kill a legal observer during an abduction in Chicago. This same thug was recorded September 20 in Evanston, IL, where he and his paramilitary injured a US citizen whom they attempted to detain.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsi2lq

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_threatening

  7. ICE Fascist Threatens to Kill Legal Observer (Chicago, IL, 9/25/26)

    An ICE faacist threatened to kill a legal observer during an abduction in Chicago. This same thug was recorded September 20 in Evanston, IL, where he and his paramilitary injured a US citizen whom they attempted to detain.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsi2lq

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_threatening

  8. ICE Fascist Threatens to Kill Legal Observer (Chicago, IL, 9/25/26)

    An ICE faacist threatened to kill a legal observer during an abduction in Chicago. This same thug was recorded September 20 in Evanston, IL, where he and his paramilitary injured a US citizen whom they attempted to detain.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsi2lq

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_threatening

  9. Fascist poses as police to abduct someone they injured from the emergency room (9/23/26, Jersey City, NJ)

    ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, resulting in needing ambulance transport for him to Jersey City Medical Center (@jcmedcenter ) At the ER, fascists posed as police to try and gain access inside. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jersey City
    PD assisted ICE and escorted them demonstrating clear collaboration.

    ICE is not welcome in our neighborhoods or our hospitals.

    Every day, they endanger our communities with their reckless and violent behavior.
    Do not stay silent. Your neighbors are being chased, hunted and dehumanized.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsu2iz

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  10. Fascist poses as police to abduct someone they injured from the emergency room (9/23/26, Jersey City, NJ)

    ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, resulting in needing ambulance transport for him to Jersey City Medical Center (@jcmedcenter ) At the ER, fascists posed as police to try and gain access inside. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jersey City
    PD assisted ICE and escorted them demonstrating clear collaboration.

    ICE is not welcome in our neighborhoods or our hospitals.

    Every day, they endanger our communities with their reckless and violent behavior.
    Do not stay silent. Your neighbors are being chased, hunted and dehumanized.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsu2iz

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  11. Fascist poses as police to abduct someone they injured from the emergency room (9/23/26, Jersey City, NJ)

    ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, resulting in needing ambulance transport for him to Jersey City Medical Center (@jcmedcenter ) At the ER, fascists posed as police to try and gain access inside. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jersey City
    PD assisted ICE and escorted them demonstrating clear collaboration.

    ICE is not welcome in our neighborhoods or our hospitals.

    Every day, they endanger our communities with their reckless and violent behavior.
    Do not stay silent. Your neighbors are being chased, hunted and dehumanized.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsu2iz

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  12. Fascist poses as police to abduct someone they injured from the emergency room (9/23/26, Jersey City, NJ)

    ICE injured a man they were trying to abduct, resulting in needing ambulance transport for him to Jersey City Medical Center (@jcmedcenter ) At the ER, fascists posed as police to try and gain access inside. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jersey City
    PD assisted ICE and escorted them demonstrating clear collaboration.

    ICE is not welcome in our neighborhoods or our hospitals.

    Every day, they endanger our communities with their reckless and violent behavior.
    Do not stay silent. Your neighbors are being chased, hunted and dehumanized.

    Video Source
    reddit.com/comments/1wsu2iz

    #ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_abduction

  13. “Joshua Michael’s Flock Surveillance Map highlights the locations of what he says are 300,000 Flock surveillance devices spread across the country. His findings — which were cited in Wednesday’s Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Flock — differ from existing maps of Flock’s automated license plate readers in scope and methodology.

    Unlike crowd-sourced projects such as DeFlock, which are built on locations submitted by users, the Flock Surveillance Map relies on location data culled from a snapshot, archived by Michael in December 2025, of Flock’s own records. In addition to cameras, it maps supplemental devices — including 27,000 acoustic detection devices, as well as networking equipment that integrates third-party cameras — to illustrate the scale of Flock’s surveillance web.

    “These cameras form a nationwide surveillance network that tracks where everyone drives,” Michael told The Intercept, “so foreign nations don’t need to send spies to harm our country. They can simply watch where our soldiers, federal agents, and politicians go.””

    theintercept.com/2026/09/24/ho

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #PoliceState

  14. “Joshua Michael’s Flock Surveillance Map highlights the locations of what he says are 300,000 Flock surveillance devices spread across the country. His findings — which were cited in Wednesday’s Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Flock — differ from existing maps of Flock’s automated license plate readers in scope and methodology.

    Unlike crowd-sourced projects such as DeFlock, which are built on locations submitted by users, the Flock Surveillance Map relies on location data culled from a snapshot, archived by Michael in December 2025, of Flock’s own records. In addition to cameras, it maps supplemental devices — including 27,000 acoustic detection devices, as well as networking equipment that integrates third-party cameras — to illustrate the scale of Flock’s surveillance web.

    “These cameras form a nationwide surveillance network that tracks where everyone drives,” Michael told The Intercept, “so foreign nations don’t need to send spies to harm our country. They can simply watch where our soldiers, federal agents, and politicians go.””

    theintercept.com/2026/09/24/ho

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #PoliceState

  15. “Joshua Michael’s Flock Surveillance Map highlights the locations of what he says are 300,000 Flock surveillance devices spread across the country. His findings — which were cited in Wednesday’s Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Flock — differ from existing maps of Flock’s automated license plate readers in scope and methodology.

    Unlike crowd-sourced projects such as DeFlock, which are built on locations submitted by users, the Flock Surveillance Map relies on location data culled from a snapshot, archived by Michael in December 2025, of Flock’s own records. In addition to cameras, it maps supplemental devices — including 27,000 acoustic detection devices, as well as networking equipment that integrates third-party cameras — to illustrate the scale of Flock’s surveillance web.

    “These cameras form a nationwide surveillance network that tracks where everyone drives,” Michael told The Intercept, “so foreign nations don’t need to send spies to harm our country. They can simply watch where our soldiers, federal agents, and politicians go.””

    theintercept.com/2026/09/24/ho

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #PoliceState

  16. “Joshua Michael’s Flock Surveillance Map highlights the locations of what he says are 300,000 Flock surveillance devices spread across the country. His findings — which were cited in Wednesday’s Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on Flock — differ from existing maps of Flock’s automated license plate readers in scope and methodology.

    Unlike crowd-sourced projects such as DeFlock, which are built on locations submitted by users, the Flock Surveillance Map relies on location data culled from a snapshot, archived by Michael in December 2025, of Flock’s own records. In addition to cameras, it maps supplemental devices — including 27,000 acoustic detection devices, as well as networking equipment that integrates third-party cameras — to illustrate the scale of Flock’s surveillance web.

    “These cameras form a nationwide surveillance network that tracks where everyone drives,” Michael told The Intercept, “so foreign nations don’t need to send spies to harm our country. They can simply watch where our soldiers, federal agents, and politicians go.””

    theintercept.com/2026/09/24/ho

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy #PoliceState

  17. “As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: “We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party companies are telling cops that they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.”

    A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. VIDIZMO is a several decades-old video analysis and database company that has started offering facial recognition technology to cops within the last six months. In a May email to Johnson City, Tennessee, deputy police chief Michael Adams, a salesperson from VIDIZMO wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.””

    404media.co/surveillance-compa

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #PoliceState #FacialRecognition

  18. “As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: “We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party companies are telling cops that they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.”

    A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. VIDIZMO is a several decades-old video analysis and database company that has started offering facial recognition technology to cops within the last six months. In a May email to Johnson City, Tennessee, deputy police chief Michael Adams, a salesperson from VIDIZMO wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.””

    404media.co/surveillance-compa

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #PoliceState #FacialRecognition

  19. “As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: “We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party companies are telling cops that they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.”

    A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. VIDIZMO is a several decades-old video analysis and database company that has started offering facial recognition technology to cops within the last six months. In a May email to Johnson City, Tennessee, deputy police chief Michael Adams, a salesperson from VIDIZMO wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.””

    404media.co/surveillance-compa

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #PoliceState #FacialRecognition

  20. “As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: “We will not add facial recognition to our devices,” Flock CEO Garrett Langley said in a recent video. But other, third-party companies are telling cops that they are willing to add facial recognition to data gathered by Flock cameras in order to “close that gap.”

    A company called VIDIZMO is advertising the capability to export footage from FlockOS to its own platforms that do facial recognition, behavior prediction, and racial and gender analysis on live camera feeds. VIDIZMO is a several decades-old video analysis and database company that has started offering facial recognition technology to cops within the last six months. In a May email to Johnson City, Tennessee, deputy police chief Michael Adams, a salesperson from VIDIZMO wrote that the company’s product could do facial recognition on both Flock and Axon data in “one searchable platform.””

    404media.co/surveillance-compa

    #USA #Flock #Surveillance #PoliceState #FacialRecognition

  21. “A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests.

    More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders.

    A freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates and shared with the Guardian shows that equipment hire and police staffing for the 18 deployments across the trial cost £320,786 and led to only one alert on a watchlist, which turned out to be an incorrect identification, also known as a false positive.

    Last month BTP announced it was extending the trial for a further four months and expanding the deployments to include London Underground stations. British Transport Police said that since the extension there had been three positive confirmed alerts of people who were subsequently confirmed to be complying with sexual harm prevention orders or other imposed court conditions.”

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #UK #London #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LFR #PoliceState

  22. “A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests.

    More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders.

    A freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates and shared with the Guardian shows that equipment hire and police staffing for the 18 deployments across the trial cost £320,786 and led to only one alert on a watchlist, which turned out to be an incorrect identification, also known as a false positive.

    Last month BTP announced it was extending the trial for a further four months and expanding the deployments to include London Underground stations. British Transport Police said that since the extension there had been three positive confirmed alerts of people who were subsequently confirmed to be complying with sexual harm prevention orders or other imposed court conditions.”

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #UK #London #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LFR #PoliceState

  23. “A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests.

    More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders.

    A freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates and shared with the Guardian shows that equipment hire and police staffing for the 18 deployments across the trial cost £320,786 and led to only one alert on a watchlist, which turned out to be an incorrect identification, also known as a false positive.

    Last month BTP announced it was extending the trial for a further four months and expanding the deployments to include London Underground stations. British Transport Police said that since the extension there had been three positive confirmed alerts of people who were subsequently confirmed to be complying with sexual harm prevention orders or other imposed court conditions.”

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #UK #London #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LFR #PoliceState

  24. “A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests.

    More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders.

    A freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates and shared with the Guardian shows that equipment hire and police staffing for the 18 deployments across the trial cost £320,786 and led to only one alert on a watchlist, which turned out to be an incorrect identification, also known as a false positive.

    Last month BTP announced it was extending the trial for a further four months and expanding the deployments to include London Underground stations. British Transport Police said that since the extension there had been three positive confirmed alerts of people who were subsequently confirmed to be complying with sexual harm prevention orders or other imposed court conditions.”

    theguardian.com/technology/202

    #UK #London #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LFR #PoliceState

  25. Trump is surprised that we have let suspects be bailed when there is no evidence that they have done anything illegal? Is it possibly because we are not (quite yet) a police state that can keep people detained indefinitely for no reason?

    #justiceforall
    #policestate
    #RAFBases
    #RAFFairford
    #USAFbases

  26. Trump is surprised that we have let suspects be bailed when there is no evidence that they have done anything illegal? Is it possibly because we are not (quite yet) a police state that can keep people detained indefinitely for no reason?

    #justiceforall
    #policestate
    #RAFBases
    #RAFFairford
    #USAFbases

  27. Trump is surprised that we have let suspects be bailed when there is no evidence that they have done anything illegal? Is it possibly because we are not (quite yet) a police state that can keep people detained indefinitely for no reason?

    #justiceforall
    #policestate
    #RAFBases
    #RAFFairford
    #USAFbases

  28. Trump is surprised that we have let suspects be bailed when there is no evidence that they have done anything illegal? Is it possibly because we are not (quite yet) a police state that can keep people detained indefinitely for no reason?

    #justiceforall
    #policestate
    #RAFBases
    #RAFFairford
    #USAFbases

  29. "Here’s me with the #pinkhairdatawhistleblower (second left) and the then deputy leader of the Labour party at the Labour conference in 2018. He’s the guy standing up making an impassioned point in front of the screen saying: “The Cambridge Analytica Files: data, scandal and democracy.”

    Fast forward eight years and Tom Watson is the data scandal. If you want to know what a rogue agent looks like: it’s Lord Watson of Palantir. Watson stepped down as an MP and, as is routine in Britain, he was “elevated” to the Lords, the equivalent of the Senate if Senators didn’t bother to stand for election and were simply gifted a paid sinecure for life by their mate, the President. America’s dystopian future is Britain’s actual present day.

    Watson is now Baron Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, a lifetime position in which he gets a daily allowance, subsidised bars, his pick of any number of directorships and the opportunity to play an active and important role in the UK legislature. And, as of last week, he’s also Palantir’s latest hire. Step forward: UK Senior Vice President at Palantir Technologies.

    This was my reaction on the announcement. I was genuinely gobsmacked by the news. How could someone go from Silicon Valley-data-surveillance-technologies-are-a-threat-to-democracy to pass-me-my-pay-cheque-please?

    Watson wasn’t someone I just sat on a few panels next to. I’d considered him an essential ally during those years. He actually “got” the story. And - appeared to - understand the ramifications."

    broligarchy.substack.com/p/mee

    #UK #Palantir #Plutocracy #AI #Surveillance #PoliceState

  30. "Here’s me with the #pinkhairdatawhistleblower (second left) and the then deputy leader of the Labour party at the Labour conference in 2018. He’s the guy standing up making an impassioned point in front of the screen saying: “The Cambridge Analytica Files: data, scandal and democracy.”

    Fast forward eight years and Tom Watson is the data scandal. If you want to know what a rogue agent looks like: it’s Lord Watson of Palantir. Watson stepped down as an MP and, as is routine in Britain, he was “elevated” to the Lords, the equivalent of the Senate if Senators didn’t bother to stand for election and were simply gifted a paid sinecure for life by their mate, the President. America’s dystopian future is Britain’s actual present day.

    Watson is now Baron Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, a lifetime position in which he gets a daily allowance, subsidised bars, his pick of any number of directorships and the opportunity to play an active and important role in the UK legislature. And, as of last week, he’s also Palantir’s latest hire. Step forward: UK Senior Vice President at Palantir Technologies.

    This was my reaction on the announcement. I was genuinely gobsmacked by the news. How could someone go from Silicon Valley-data-surveillance-technologies-are-a-threat-to-democracy to pass-me-my-pay-cheque-please?

    Watson wasn’t someone I just sat on a few panels next to. I’d considered him an essential ally during those years. He actually “got” the story. And - appeared to - understand the ramifications."

    broligarchy.substack.com/p/mee

    #UK #Palantir #Plutocracy #AI #Surveillance #PoliceState

  31. "Here’s me with the #pinkhairdatawhistleblower (second left) and the then deputy leader of the Labour party at the Labour conference in 2018. He’s the guy standing up making an impassioned point in front of the screen saying: “The Cambridge Analytica Files: data, scandal and democracy.”

    Fast forward eight years and Tom Watson is the data scandal. If you want to know what a rogue agent looks like: it’s Lord Watson of Palantir. Watson stepped down as an MP and, as is routine in Britain, he was “elevated” to the Lords, the equivalent of the Senate if Senators didn’t bother to stand for election and were simply gifted a paid sinecure for life by their mate, the President. America’s dystopian future is Britain’s actual present day.

    Watson is now Baron Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, a lifetime position in which he gets a daily allowance, subsidised bars, his pick of any number of directorships and the opportunity to play an active and important role in the UK legislature. And, as of last week, he’s also Palantir’s latest hire. Step forward: UK Senior Vice President at Palantir Technologies.

    This was my reaction on the announcement. I was genuinely gobsmacked by the news. How could someone go from Silicon Valley-data-surveillance-technologies-are-a-threat-to-democracy to pass-me-my-pay-cheque-please?

    Watson wasn’t someone I just sat on a few panels next to. I’d considered him an essential ally during those years. He actually “got” the story. And - appeared to - understand the ramifications."

    broligarchy.substack.com/p/mee

    #UK #Palantir #Plutocracy #AI #Surveillance #PoliceState

  32. "Here’s me with the #pinkhairdatawhistleblower (second left) and the then deputy leader of the Labour party at the Labour conference in 2018. He’s the guy standing up making an impassioned point in front of the screen saying: “The Cambridge Analytica Files: data, scandal and democracy.”

    Fast forward eight years and Tom Watson is the data scandal. If you want to know what a rogue agent looks like: it’s Lord Watson of Palantir. Watson stepped down as an MP and, as is routine in Britain, he was “elevated” to the Lords, the equivalent of the Senate if Senators didn’t bother to stand for election and were simply gifted a paid sinecure for life by their mate, the President. America’s dystopian future is Britain’s actual present day.

    Watson is now Baron Tom Watson of Wyre Forest, a lifetime position in which he gets a daily allowance, subsidised bars, his pick of any number of directorships and the opportunity to play an active and important role in the UK legislature. And, as of last week, he’s also Palantir’s latest hire. Step forward: UK Senior Vice President at Palantir Technologies.

    This was my reaction on the announcement. I was genuinely gobsmacked by the news. How could someone go from Silicon Valley-data-surveillance-technologies-are-a-threat-to-democracy to pass-me-my-pay-cheque-please?

    Watson wasn’t someone I just sat on a few panels next to. I’d considered him an essential ally during those years. He actually “got” the story. And - appeared to - understand the ramifications."

    broligarchy.substack.com/p/mee

    #UK #Palantir #Plutocracy #AI #Surveillance #PoliceState

  33. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

    The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel," according to the notice.

    The technology is also used by the Secret Service. In 2024, the company's robot dogs were seen patrolling Mar-A-Lago in social media videos that went viral.

    DHS seeks to purchase electric shock gloves for ICE officers
    The robot dogs, which are equipped with 360-degree cameras and can open doors, are also used by police departments across the country.

    They cannot attack like a normal police dog, but they do have extendable arms."

    abcnews.com/Politics/ice-plans

    #USA #Trump #ICE #BorderPatrol #PoliceState #RobotDogs #Surveillance

  34. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

    The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel," according to the notice.

    The technology is also used by the Secret Service. In 2024, the company's robot dogs were seen patrolling Mar-A-Lago in social media videos that went viral.

    DHS seeks to purchase electric shock gloves for ICE officers
    The robot dogs, which are equipped with 360-degree cameras and can open doors, are also used by police departments across the country.

    They cannot attack like a normal police dog, but they do have extendable arms."

    abcnews.com/Politics/ice-plans

    #USA #Trump #ICE #BorderPatrol #PoliceState #RobotDogs #Surveillance

  35. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

    The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel," according to the notice.

    The technology is also used by the Secret Service. In 2024, the company's robot dogs were seen patrolling Mar-A-Lago in social media videos that went viral.

    DHS seeks to purchase electric shock gloves for ICE officers
    The robot dogs, which are equipped with 360-degree cameras and can open doors, are also used by police departments across the country.

    They cannot attack like a normal police dog, but they do have extendable arms."

    abcnews.com/Politics/ice-plans

    #USA #Trump #ICE #BorderPatrol #PoliceState #RobotDogs #Surveillance

  36. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs, according to a federal procurement notice.

    The Boston Dynamic SPOT Robots will help "support public safety and law enforcement operations by providing a remotely operated robotic capability for inspection, situational awareness, and hazard assessment in environments that may pose risks to personnel," according to the notice.

    The technology is also used by the Secret Service. In 2024, the company's robot dogs were seen patrolling Mar-A-Lago in social media videos that went viral.

    DHS seeks to purchase electric shock gloves for ICE officers
    The robot dogs, which are equipped with 360-degree cameras and can open doors, are also used by police departments across the country.

    They cannot attack like a normal police dog, but they do have extendable arms."

    abcnews.com/Politics/ice-plans

    #USA #Trump #ICE #BorderPatrol #PoliceState #RobotDogs #Surveillance