Notices by Steve Thompson PhD (stevethompson@mastodon.social)

Colorado Has a Massive Home-Grown Crypto Crime Problem

https://futurism.com/colorado-chinese-crypto-crime-market

#technology #PRESS

The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse

https://futurism.com/head-us-copyright-fired-ai

#technology #PRESS

Trump’s Attack on ActBlue’s “Dark Money” Was Backed By Dark Money.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/

B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N

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DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-civil-service-schedule-f/682609/?utm_source=feed

KEWL🌀NEWS

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Nightshot Georgia

Tulsi Gabbard taps another Koch-affiliated official to key intelligence post

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/tulsi-gabbard-taps-another-koch-affiliated-official-to-key-intelligence-post/

William Ruger, named as a deputy director of national intelligence, has been an outspoken critic of military engagement against Iran

#Gabbard #Koch #Press

ICE Director: Deportation Should Operate Like Amazon ‘But With Human Beings’

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ice-director-todd-lyons-deportation-operate-amazon-1235314047/

“We need to get better at treating this like a business," Todd Lyons said of kicking migrants out of the United States

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Chief Propagandist "Trump Press Secretary Says Everyone Is Lying About Hating the Tariffs"

https://newrepublic.com/post/193760/donald-trump-press-secretary-everyone-lying-hating-tariffs

According to Karoline Leavitt, all the backlash to Donald Trump’s tariffs is made up.

#Leavitt #propaganda #Trump #WH #press

Amid attacks, Judge Boasberg weighs holding Trump officials in contempt

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/amid-attacks-judge-boasberg-weighs-holding-trump-officials-in-contempt/ar-AA1Cl7Cm

During President Donald Trump’s first weeks back in office, Judge James E. Boasberg watched the president and his allies attack other federal judges for halting some of the administration’s most far-reaching initiatives.

His turn came on a Saturday in mid-March.

#Trump #contempt #Boasberg #courts #USA #MAGA #press

Paula White Gets Passover Wrong

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/paula-white-house-faith-passover-video-supernatural-blessing-prosperity-gospel-exodus/

The televangelist misappropriates God’s promises to ancient Israel in Exodus as a prosperity gospel for today.

#CHRISTENDOM #PAULAWHITE #EXODUS #PASSOVER #MOSES #THEOLOGY #PROSPERITYGOSPEL

Danish Foreign Minister Scolds Trump Admin For Its Criticism Of Denmark And Greenland

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/danish-foreign-minister-scolds-trump-administration-criticism-denmark-greenland_n_67e7f536e4b051cf99eaaa43

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“This Is When 1st Bombs Will Drop”: Atlantic Reveals US Chats On Yemen Attack

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/the-atlantic-war-chat-leak-yemen-attack-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-yemen-leak-houthis-this-is-when-1st-bombs-will-definitely-drop-atlantic-reveals-us-c-8017669

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Klimt Painting of an African Prince Lost for Nearly 100 Years Goes on Show in Austria

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/klimt-painting-of-an-african-prince-lost-for-nearly-100-years-goes-on-show-in-austria/

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Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child

https://theonion.com/grimes-slaps-i-bought-this-before-elon-went-crazy-sticker-on-child/

#MUSK #GRIMES #SATIRE

Handmaid’s Tale‘s First Season Still Feels Uncomfortably Timely in 2025

https://gizmodo.com/handmaids-tale-season-1-2025-politics-trump-2000578392

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Families search for loved ones after hundreds taken on U.S. immigration flights disappear from online locator

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/families-search-for-loved-ones-after-hundreds-taken-on-u-s-immigration-flights-disappear-from-online-locator

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‘Like they’re trying to do with Trump’: Florida man arrested for alleged threats to kill Kamala Harris ‘with a sniper rifle’

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/like-theyre-trying-to-do-with-trump-florida-man-arrested-for-alleged-threats-to-kill-kamala-harris-with-a-sniper-rifle/

#Trump #MAGA #idolatry #guns #violence #threat #KamalaHarris #press

Hey, GOP. Don't tell elected officials of democratic nations what they should be doing to gratify a tyrant, you sycophant worms.

Propaganda 101: Russia Praises Trump and Scolds Europe for Being the Crucible of War

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-02/russia-praises-trump-and-scolds-europe-for-being-the-crucible-of-war

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 with thousands of troops, triggering the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the depths of the Cold War. The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed separatist forces fighting Ukraine's armed forces.

#Trussia #press

Europe must show leadership against Trump’s ‘ruthlessness,’ Baerbock says

https://www.politico.eu/article/annalena-baerbock-europe-leadership-against-donald-trump-ruthlessness-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

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#TRUMP #RUSSIA #TRUSSIA #UKRAINE #PRESS