By Glitch Hunter, Connoisseur of Controlled Chaos#

An assortment of things found on the internet yesterday. Enjoy šŸ„ƒ

  1. Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death,’ for urging military to ignore illegal orders

    • Source: NBC News
    • Link: https://archive.ph/DahFS
    • Summary: Democratic lawmakers speak directly to the military asking them to kindly not side with El Presidente de manos menudas and think of the children… I mean US citizens by ignoring orders to narc on their fellow Americans and possibly not pull another Kent State. Maybe.

  2. WH Karoline Leavitt Refuses To Rule Out Death Penalty For Democrats Who Told Troops To Follow The Law

  3. Trump Guts Federal Protections for Whistleblowers

    • Source: THE NEW REPUBLIC
    • Link: https://archive.ph/A2YgO
    • Summary: The sleepy loser who already has immunity (see the image) seeks to blow up whistleblower protections to try and stop his approval ratings stop rolling down the cliff.

  4. SNAP Benefits Update: USDA To ā€˜Completely Deconstructā€™ Program

    • Source: Newsweek
    • Link: https://archive.ph/oE01a
    • Summary: Ever the consummate Texan, Brooke Rollins believes those pesky commoners need to get back to work, driving up the cost of goods and fueling her market returns.

  5. Coast Guard says swastika is no longer a hate symbol

    • Source: Washington Post
    • Link: https://archive.ph/VAWLy
    • Summary: The oft forgotten Service (checks notes: The Coast… Guard) decides to simultaneously make a name for itself and drive recruiting numbers by no longer classifying swastikas, nooses as hate symbols.

  6. The House Just Voted 426ā€“0 to Kill a GOP Provision That Would Hand Senators Massive Taxpayer Payouts

    • Source: DAILY BOULDER
    • Link: https://archive.ph/jgN04
    • Summary: In a rare moment of stunning solidarity, House lawmakers voted 426ā€“0 on Wednesday to remind Senators that they were left out of a provision that would have let Senators claim up to $500,000 in taxpayer money every time the Justice Department subpoenaed their phone records without advance notice.

  7. Walgreens ends holiday pay for hourly employees

    • Source: INDEPENDENT
    • Link: https://archive.ph/vNxwp
    • Summary: In a bid to get down with business Sycamore Partners readies the belt in a bid to show employees that they are not paid to think. As the new company slogan goes: “A mindless worker is a šŸŒˆHappy Worker! SHUT UP AND DO YOUR JOB”

  8. Trump tariffs to reduce US deficits by $1 trillion less than previous estimate, CBO says

    • Source: Reuters
    • Link: https://archive.ph/XLdEn
    • Summary: The Congressional Budget Office accidently let’s the cat out of the bag by repeating what Kamala Harris told voters all along: He won’t use lube.

World News about War 3#

  1. Russia ā€˜prepared to take enormous strategic risksā€™ to test NATO, top Swedish general warns
    • Source: POLITICO
    • Link: https://archive.ph/shvWQ
    • Summary: In an effort to gain further funding of new toys, a Swedish Chief of Defense Gen. Michael Claesson theorizes that Putin, humbled and drained of resources, is ready to test Article 5 ā€“ (and weā€™re quoting here): ā€˜to gain whatever they see possible to gain.ā€™

Surviellence Tech News#

  1. The long game: Breaking up Big Tech is a long-run project.

    • Source: Cory Doctrow
    • Link: https://archive.ph/m7ply#i-wouldnt-start-from-here
    • Summary: Cory waxes poetically on how Judge James Boasberg ruled that little guy Meta did not create an illegal monopoly for social media platforms by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp, mostly because the Chinese funded a data harvestor (TikTok) to monitor Americans (read: military).

  2. Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ā€˜suspiciousā€™ travel patterns

    • Source: AP News
    • Link: https://archive.ph/VlPQR
    • Summary: In an effort to test out their new toys Border Patrol agents have begun tracking and monitoring their mistresses and wives in an effort to ensure they never cross paths.

It would be comedy if it wasn’t so depressingly real#

  1. Pentagon Peteā€™s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
    • Source: DAILY BEAST
    • Link: https://archive.ph/LFrKt
    • Summary: In his never ending quest to find the love and approval of his parents Pete Hegseth hires his college drinking buddies to bring back the good ole’ days of America appropriating other Nations land.