Notices by Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: (nonya_bidniss@infosec.exchange)

More politicization and worse, incipient Silicon Valley takeover of the U.S. military from within. I can hardly quantify my level of revulsion at this mockery of the military under a criminal commander in chief.

Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels: The Army is swearing in top tech executives from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir as senior officers to be part-time advisors.

"...the four executives will get up to two weeks of online and face-to-face training at Fort Benning, Georgia on physical fitness, marksmanship and “basic soldier tasks” such as Army customs and courtesies, rank structure and uniform wear. The four will not attend the Army’s full six-week Direct Commissioning Course at Fort Benning, a common but not universal training program for new officers."

“Their swearing-in is just the start of a bigger mission to inspire more tech pros to serve without leaving their careers, showing the next generation how to make a difference in uniform,” the Army said in a release.

#military #techbros #DOD #coup #corruption https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/army-reserve-lt-col-tech-execs/

Adam Serwer: Trump’s attempts to dehumanize large segments of the American people in order to use military force against them fits the classic definition of “tyranny,” and right wing rhetoric using the phrase “third world” to justify it is no accident (gift link) #authoritarianism #fascism https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/trump-military-force-protests/683198/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8Cdfor12GRVOUysWoqfjmig&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

VA: "individual workers are now free to decline to care for patients based on personal characteristics not explicitly prohibited by federal law.

Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated.

Doctors and other medical staff can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on their marital status, political party affiliation or union activity" #veterans #VA #discrimination #fascism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

I'm glad we managed to take the U.S. flag back as a symbol from the performative right wing. I've long felt we need to also take back "We the People" as a symbol from right wing maniacs. To that end I'm adding this to the growing mass of stickers on my car. #WeThePeople #USPol

Damn, girl #NoKings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJQS22Off2E

Over on Bsky the chat has mostly moved on to the dictator's parade, which garnered very poor attendance of the serfs, and the troops are displaying zero enthusiasm as they march, to the point that they aren't even attempting to stay in step. A bunch of real sad sacks. The VIP stand is literally marked up with corporate sponsor "Coinbase" even though this event has cost the taxpayers more than $30M. Along the route, spectators are one to three deep along the barricades. And some subversive fuck put a cover of "Fortunate Son" in the program to play when the miserable sad sacks are walking past the parade stand. Bravo.

Trump is a terrorist leader and MAGA is a terrorist movement.

Grabbed this from reddit. There's seriously nobody around except scores of cops. One woman is trying to get to her apartment, they wouldn't let her pass then they shot her. This is TikTok'er labyrinthlore on 6/9/25 in Los Angeles. #authoritarianism #fascism #ACAB

81 years ago they fought fascism to save their world. Today it's our world, the cancer of fascism is back, and its fastest growing tumor is spreading inside the United States.

We need the courage and unity they had. We don't even face life-threatening risk today like they did 81 years ago. Could a day come when we might? If we fail to fight with our speech, our economic strength, and our bodies en masse to attack this disease, we can't say for sure that it won't. #WWII #DDay #veterans #fascism

"you got riled up by a marketing machine that fooled you into thinking that your problems could be attributed to the immigrant working beside you and not the rich guys picking your pockets." #immigration #ICE https://www.alreporter.com/2025/06/02/opinion-this-is-exactly-what-you-voted-for/

Looking at the video of the ICE raid in California yesterday where they really went total bugfuck and I wish I had a megaphone that would magically blast into every ICE thugs ears across the country. WE HATE YOU! YOU ARE SHIT!

It's a little bit weird how there's a lot of talk about how Elon Musk is "taking Stephen Miller's wife with him" and Stephen Miller probably gave Elon the black eye etc. but let's focus on this mindset that his wife is a thing that is being taken by some guy, that's the framing and everybody just takes that framing for granted. You know, I'm not interested in their weird little drama but what interests me is that Katie Miller, despite probably being a godawful hell bitch, is a person with agency who has apparently made her own decision about where she's going to work. That is all.

I'm listening to #nonfiction #audiobook Attack From Within by Barb McQuade. Disappointed in her mispronunciations, for one thing, and she just mentioned the alien conspiracy theory about "Area 51, a military base in Roswell, New Mexico." Uhhh, Area 51 is in Nevada, you could've just looked that up? I haven't learned anything new from this book 3 hours in, but I'm always aware of the news & politics so I guess if I was a low info person this book would be an eye opener to some extent.

“Theocrats are embedding Christian nationalism into the highest levels of government — and if we don’t push back now, the damage to our democracy could be lasting.”

FFRF is demanding that the Department of Defense immediately cancel any future “Secretary’s Prayer Meetings” and recommit to its constitutional obligation to religious neutrality. The Pentagon must represent all Americans — not function as a megachurch for one religion or political agenda. #FFRF #ChristianNationalism #theocracy #military #DOD https://ffrf.org/news/releases/sectarian-takeover-at-pentagon-must-be-stopped-says-ffrf/

"while the tax cuts would go into effect immediately, the cuts to Medicaid are currently scheduled not to hit until 2029, enabling the Republicans to avoid voter fury over them in the midterms and the 2028 election." https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-18-2025

And ICYMI, tucked away in the disastrous budget bill:

"A provision in the proposed spending bill would restrict the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders. Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored.

There is no way to understand this except as a way to keep the Trump administration from being restrained when it violates the Constitution or otherwise breaks the law." https://www.justsecurity.org/113529/terrible-idea-contempt-court/

The ICE thugs cover their faces because they know they're doing wrong & breaking laws, and at risk because of it. The statute of limitations on their acts is a lot longer than Donald Trump's term. When Dems take Congress in 2026, they need to immediately make it illegal for ICE thugs to wear masks.

"What they are trying to do to immigrants is what they are already doing to U.S. citizens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbSMcIDwdmg

You may have heard about this one but you should really hear the local news report on it. 20 armed men busted in, never identified themselves, they stole everything in the home plus all the family's money, and now the family has no idea which agency to appeal to (or to sue). Who's to say this wasn't just a break-in and armed robbery? If this is the standard for Federal agencies, you can bet other criminals will copy it. #fascism #authoritarianism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUMJqz53YW0

I've never been threatened by a trans person. Never been harassed, abused, assaulted, or discriminated against by a trans person. Never by a gay person either. I've had all of those things happen to me but the perps were every single one of them cishet men.

So I don't need protection from trans people or any variety of LGBTQ people at all. People who claim that are not speaking for me, they are seeking to oppress me. What I need is for cishet men to unfuck themselves and learn to respect others' autonomy and right to live free from cishet men's aggression and odious dominance displays.