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  1. #Whistleblower Says #Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on #VotingByMail

    A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

    Chris Cameron
    By Chris Cameron
    Reporting from Washington
    Sept. 1, 2026

    Excerpt: "A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a 'secretive, rushed' effort to carry out President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.

    "The official filed a whistle-blower report, published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, asserting that the 'risky and haphazard' implementation of Mr. Trump’s order could lead to a 'catastrophic failure' in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s #MidtermElections. The report said that the agency had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1.

    " 'Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,' the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of #WhistleblowerAid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.

    Speaking to reporters by phone on Monday, Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.'

    "A Postal Service official declined to comment on the record."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/poli

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/IJg8U

    #USPol #Elections2026 #Fascism #USElections #Trump #StealingElections #VoterSupression #TrumpIsAFascist #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  2. Prozess um WM-Katar 2022: Whistleblower an Ausreise gehindert

    Der Ex-Mediendirektor des Organisationskomitees der WM 2022 in Katar ist ein wichtiger Zeuge, wenn es um den Vorwurf der Zwangsarbeit und des Menschenhandels geht. Doch Abdullah Ibhais darf nicht zu einem Prozess in die USA reisen. Von B. Best.

    ➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/jo

    #Jordanien #Katar2022 #USA #Whistleblower

  3. 🚨 EMERGENCY🚨

    A #whistleblower has come forward to reveal the true motive behind the targeted exploding of Alex Jones, who, video shows, popped like a balloon in his truck in May. Must watch !

    youtube.com/watch?v=flHMHkrdJjA

    #InfoWars #AlexJones #AlexJonesIsDead #BigIodine

  4. He transferred secrets. He prevented a war. He asks for no acquittal, only that you see. A closing argument for conscience over the law.
    medium.com/wanderers-tavern/to
    #MoralCourage #Whistleblower #Geopolitics

  5. Gavin Hood – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

    Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  6. Amy Goodman is on Jon Stewart's podcast this week, and it's well worth a listen.

    My first TV interview about Match Group was on her show, and it was a live one, just a few hours after the Guardian article came out. If nothing else, it taught me not to do any live interviews again! Still, it was an interesting experience.

    Note how well I curate my background with neat bookshelves, showing a load of boring books that I think reflect my personality.

    #DemocracyNow #AmyGoodman #News #Interview #Democracy #Guardian #JonStewart #Podcast #Dating #Tinder #Hinge #OkCupid #Safety #Whistleblower #Books #Tetley #Tea #Dodgy #Technology

  7. Ich stimme klar mit NEIN gegen die Klarnamenpflicht!

    Der Irrsinn von Aussagen, dass das Hass-Kriminalität bekämpfen würde, ist ziemlich realitätsfern, wenn man sich die Problematik mal etwas genauer anschaut.

    Kriminelle umgehen Verifikationen leicht
    Professionelle Täter nutzen gefälschte Identitäten oder ausländische Accounts, um Klarnamenpflichten zu umgehen. Betroffen sind vor allem „Otto Normalverbraucher“, während Kriminelle kaum gestoppt werden. Studien zeigen, dass #Hassrede durch Klarnamenpflicht nur marginal reduziert wird, da Täter schnell Ausweichstrategien finden.
    Quellen: Studie Südkorea, Expertenmeinung, Faktencheck

    #Moderation & #KI sind effektiver
    Automatisierte Systeme und menschliche Moderation können Hassrede schneller erkennen und sanktionieren, ohne die Privatsphäre aller Nutzer zu opfern. KI-gestützte Moderation wird bereits erfolgreich eingesetzt, um Hassrede und #Desinformation zu bekämpfen, ohne auf #Klarnamen angewiesen zu sein.
    Q: KI-Moderation, Forschungsprojekt HaSPI

    #Datenlecks & Angriffe
    #Südkorea führte 2007 eine Klarnamenpflicht ein, musste sie aber 2012 nach massiven Datenschutzverstößen wieder abschaffen. Hacker stahlen die Daten von 35 Millionen Nutzern (70% der Bevölkerung), was zu Identitätsdiebstahl und Missbrauch führte. Das Verfassungsgericht erklärte die Pflicht für verfassungswidrig, da sie die Meinungsfreiheit einschränkt.
    Q: Südkorea: Datenskandal, Verfassungswidrigkeit, Details,
    YouTube Video @[email protected]

    Überwachungsrisiko & Missbrauch durch Behörden/Unternehmen
    Unternehmen wie #Palantir könnten #Klarnamendaten für #Massenüberwachung nutzen. Palantir wird bereits von deutschen Polizeibehörden eingesetzt, obwohl Datenschützer vor dem Missbrauch warnen. Die Software ermöglicht die Verknüpfung von Datenbanken und könnte für politische #Repression genutzt werden.
    Q: Palantir & Datenschutz, Einsatz in Deutschland, Kritik,
    YouTube Video Doktor Whatson

    Einschüchterung & Chilling Effect
    Eine Pflicht führt dazu, dass sich Menschen aus Angst vor Konsequenzen (z.B. berufliche Nachteile, soziale Ausgrenzung) nicht mehr frei äußern. Besonders betroffen sind marginalisierte Gruppen, #Whistleblower und politische #Aktivisten sowie eine Vielzahl an Personen die teilweise als Autisten deklariert werden können oder Journalisten, aber auch andere.
    Q: Chilling Effect, Risiken, Piratenpartei

    Kein wissenschaftlicher Beleg für weniger Hass
    Studien zeigen, dass anonyme Nutzer oft weniger aggressiv kommunizieren als solche, die mit Klarnamen auftreten. Die Annahme, dass Klarnamen den Diskurs „zivilisieren“, ist nicht belegt. In Südkorea änderte sich das Verhalten von Hassrednern kaum.
    Q: Studie Südkorea, @[email protected], Faktencheck

    Verstoß gegen Grundrechte & EU-Recht
    Die Klarnamenpflicht widerspricht dem Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung und eventuell auch gegen EU-Datenschutzrecht (#DSGVO). Das Unabhängige Datenschutzzentrum Saarland betont, dass eine solche Pflicht mit höherrangigem Unionsrecht kollidiert.
    Q: Datenschutzzentrum Saarland, Piratenpartei, RSW Beck

    Bei der Civey Umfrage könnt ihr eure Stimme gegen eine Klarnamenpflicht zum Ausdruck bringen:
    civey.com/umfragen/56421/sollt

    Bei der Petition von Hood Informatik (IT-YouTube Kanal), könnt ihr gegen eine #Klarnamenpflicht unterschreiben:
    keine-klarnamen-im-netz.de/

    Begründungsvideo dazu: youtu.be/AITBsUGA5lY

  8. 👨‍💻 So, a brave "whistleblower" developer from a food delivery app takes to #Reddit to "expose" their evil corporate overlords, revealing... surprise... fees go to the company! 😱 Meanwhile, the internet collectively yawns, as we all knew this already. 📉 Also, if you're reading this from the library WiFi, congrats on your courage... and your subpar #OpSec. 🏆
    reddit.com/r/confession/s/gbrh #whistleblower #fooddelivery #corporateexposure #internetreaction #HackerNews #ngated

  9. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
    A 2015 email reveals journalist Michael Wolff advising Jeffrey #Epstein on how to handle Donald Trump.

    Wolff: "You can hang him in a way that generates a benefit for you… or save him, generating a debt."

    Epstein’s reply: “What do you think it should be?”

    #MichaelWolff #DonaldTrump #PoliticalScandal #BreakingNews #EmailLeak #PowerPlay #PoliticalIntrigue #Investigation #NewsAlert #Journalism #Politics #Corruption #Conspiracy #Whistleblower #Exposed #Truth #Investigate #Justice

  10. At #DNL36, whistleblower Terry Albury and journalist Lynzy Billing explore what it takes to confront state secrecy and systemic surveillance.

    From CIA-backed night raids to FBI profiling, this keynote traces the power of truth-telling from inside and out.

    @reimagineeurope
    #DNL36 #Technoviolence #SurveillanceState #Whistleblower #InvestigativeJournalism #NewPerspectivesForAction

  11. How do you break the cycle of silence in Big Tech?

    At #DNL36, whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma shares how she exposed injustice at Pinterest—then helped pass the Silenced No More Act to protect others.

    @reimagine
    🔗 The Guardian: bit.ly/ozoma-dnl36
    #Technoviolence #DNL36 #Whistleblower #SilencedNoMore #NewPerspectivesForAction

  12. At #DNL36, whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma opens the conference with a keynote on how NDAs are weaponised to silence tech workers.
    She shares how collective action, legislative reform, and financial pressure can force real change.
    Moderated by Tammarrian Rogers.
    19–21 Sept · Berlin
    disruptionlab.org/technoviolence
    Part of Re-Imagine Europe: New Perspectives for Action. Co-funded by the European Union.
    #dnl36 #technoviolence #IfeomaOzoma #NDAs #whistleblower #newperspectivesforaction

  13. Terry Albury saw how the FBI's post-9/11 tools were used to target Muslims, journalists, and activists. He leaked classified docs to The Intercept, was sentenced, and remains a powerful voice for truth.

    Now he joins #DNL36 to speak internationally for the first time.

    📅 Sept 19–21 · Berlin
    🔗 disruptionlab.org/technoviolence
    #Technoviolence #SurveillanceState #Whistleblower #TerryAlbury #NewPerspectivesForAction #DNL36

  14. I hate CNN and MSNBC, and I can't stand #JakeTapper who weaponises antisemitism against Palestinians and particularly his nauseating targeting of #LindaSarsour

    Yet, this is where the info is. This is the full video that #DaveNeal mentioned.

    youtube.com/watch?v=TsqgXfrSks

    #TheLead 2 days ago

    #Whistleblower from #NLRB (an independent federal agency enforcing the #NationalLaborRelationsAct) said #DOGE took #SensitiveData --- now he's being hounded with threatening notes

    #ARRESTDOGE #StopDOGE #FuckTrumpMusk #ArrestBessent (he gave the keys to DODGE)

  15. SPORTSCHAU: Mehrfacher Verstoß gegen Menschenrechte : UN fordern Freilassung von Whistleblower, Familie attackiert FIFA sportschau.de/fussball/un-ford
    #Whistleblower gegen ausbeuterische Arbeit —> Knast (auch 2024 noch).
    #FIFA so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    Das war #Katar2022. …

  16. Senator Josh Hawley (R) argues that the private right of action is crucial to hold tech companies accountable because FTC fines have not been effective in changing business practices and the only thing companies actually fear is parental lawsuits. #ArturoBejar #Whistleblower #JudiciaryCommitte

  17. Senator Josh Hawley (R) argues that the private right of action is crucial to hold tech companies accountable because FTC fines have not been effective in changing business practices and the only thing companies actually fear is parental lawsuits. #ArturoBejar #Whistleblower #JudiciaryCommitte

  18. Senator Josh Hawley (R) argues that the private right of action is crucial to hold tech companies accountable because FTC fines have not been effective in changing business practices and the only thing companies actually fear is parental lawsuits. #ArturoBejar #Whistleblower #JudiciaryCommitte

  19. Senator Josh Hawley (R) argues that the private right of action is crucial to hold tech companies accountable because FTC fines have not been effective in changing business practices and the only thing companies actually fear is parental lawsuits. #ArturoBejar #Whistleblower #JudiciaryCommitte

  20. Senator Josh Hawley (R) argues that the private right of action is crucial to hold tech companies accountable because FTC fines have not been effective in changing business practices and the only thing companies actually fear is parental lawsuits. #ArturoBejar #Whistleblower #JudiciaryCommitte

  21. @webmink
    Too right. People who do the right thing seem to be at a disadvantage compared to corporates who don't!

    Very occasionally a good #whistleblower can 'buck that trend'. We are reminded of a recent episode of #TheWhistleblowers by #JohnKiriakou in which he interviews an accountant #SherronWatkins, who landed a number of #Enron high-level execs in prison.

    She has something even more damning to explain about a certain #DickCheney.

    Worth an ear:
    rt.com/shows/whistleblowers/57

    @Cdespinosa

  22. The quality of #RT's #podcasts took a dip this week, but among the better ones is #JohnKiriakou's interview with #whistleblower #KatherineGun, who leaked about #spying on #UN representatives for the purpose of #engineeringConsent for the #war on #Iraq.

    Imagine how our world might be today if she was successful in her efforts to stop that war.

    She talks about her successes, tribulations and possible #missteps in the episode, "Bugging the #UnitedNations".

    #wMDs #phonyWar #fourthTurning

  23. It seems #TheWhistleblowers on #RT have a special #Australian double-ep this week.

    In the first episode host #JohnKiriakou interviews the founding lawyer for #BlueprintForFreeSpeech, who co-authored a book alongside #JulianAssange and who works to improve #whistleblower legislation and #FOSS — namely #Tor software for #journalists and whistleblowers (#RicochetRefresh and #Gosling).

    WRT #whistleblowerProtection, she describes Australia as a "great disappointment".

    rt.com/shows/whistleblowers/57