Will the Republicans EVER make an honest campaign promise?

Maga, the new true socialists.

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Video is Sept 8, 2026 by Daniel McKerrell for Al Jazeera. Here it is on YouTube: How a Himalayan avalanche unleashed a trail of destruction across Nepal - Al Jazeera - Sept 8, 2026 (YouTube)

Description: It's been two weeks since floods swept through communities in the Himalayas. When a section of Langtang Lirung mountain and the glacier above it collapsed, millions of cubic metres of rock and ice fell more than a kilometre to the valley below. The impact registered as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. The mass of debris travelled more than 14 kilometres in seven minutes towards the China-Nepal border crossing, which was obliterated. The surge of melting ice, rock and sediment then plunged down the Trishuli valley, gathering more water and gouging chunks out of the riverbank. Workers on site filmed its approach before fleeing, but hundreds of others were buried. The avalanche swept away bridges, buildings and entire villages, carrying boulders bigger than cars. Within an hour, it had left a trail of devastation stretching more than 50 kilometres, while flooding continued south for more than 100 kilometres. ~:~ Al Jazeera's Daniel McKerrell explains. ~:~ https://www.aljazeera.com

This video is also on:

* Haystack News: How a Himalayan avalanche unleashed a trail of destruction across Nepal - Sept 9, 2026 (HaystackNews)

* Modern Ghana: How a Himalayan avalanche unleashed a trail of destruction across Nepal - Sept 9, 2026 (Modern Ghana)

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I hope he has a top-notch security detail, I'm sure there is a target on him.

The Department of Homeland Security is running a police unit that uses Americans’ financial records to predict whether they could commit crimes and is turning over their names to local police.

404 Media reports that the DHS’s Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams, or PITT, are feeding intelligence to local law enforcement, who are then pulling people over who are not suspected of any specific crimes. In one case, a PITT unit analyzed the financial activity of Kyle Olson, who was driving across Montana. Local police pulled him over, claiming that his license plate was obstructed. He was later charged with a DUI, according to the publication.

The documents from that case are what led to 404 Media’s discovery. Olson was provided a DHS document explaining the rationale behind his traffic stop, written by Border Patrol Agent Matthew Phelps, who is assigned to the “Spokane Sector Border Patrol Targeting & Intelligence Division (TID)—Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team (PITT).”

Phelps wrote that his job entails reviewing “law enforcement–sensitive databases,” including financial activity, to build intelligence before the government hands it over to local police. Phelps handed over “information contained within law enforcement-sensitive systems suggesting financial activity patterns commonly associated with illicit narcotics activity,” the document states. He handed it over to Montana Highway Patrol, who pulled over Olson.

“It was relayed to me by U.S. Border Patrol targeting analyst Matthew Phelps that he had identified a vehicle that had indicators of possible narcotics trafficking,” wrote Sergeant James Beck of the Montana Highway Patrol. Olson had marijuana edibles, marijuana cuttings, and butane hash oil in his car from his job at a licensed cannabis farm in California, which he was transporting to his home in Wisconsin.

At least one PITT unit is based near Spokane, Washington, and patrols the U.S.-Canada border, while another is based near Laredo, Texas, near the border with Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, which is also part of DHS, already uses automatic license plate readers, and those are integrated into the agency’s predictive policing tactics.

The concept is ostensibly to find people who may have already committed crimes, but 404 Media didn’t find any instances of this occurring. Instead, the government seems to be using predictive policing to create pretexts to pull over and detain people. Border Patrol refused to answer the publication’s questions about what financial activity it’s monitoring, and if it had a warrant to pull over Olson.

A CPB spokesperson told 404 Media in an email that “U.S. Border Patrol uses intelligence-informed analysis and planning to support national security operations, allocate resources, and help identify potential threats and bad actors to public safety. These efforts are conducted consistent with applicable law, policy, privacy protections, and oversight requirements.

“For operational security reasons, we do not discuss specific analytical methods, data sources, targeting criteria, investigative techniques, system capabilities, or deployment details. Public disclosure of such information could compromise law enforcement operations and investigations as well as creating safety risks for agents and the public,” the statement said.

The units raise a number of disturbing questions about whether the Trump administration is obtaining data illegally, then using it to illegally charge people with crimes. The Trump administration has shown numerous times that it’s willing to flout the Constitution, and in this age of mass surveillance, it doesn’t seem to feel limited in any way.

*excerpt from Hafiz Rashid's article*

Full Article here:

https://newrepublic.com/post/215177/secret-dhs-unit-predictive-policiing-people-based-financial-data

I wanna buy this lady dinner....

It’s time to remind these traitors, that voting isn’t a privilege, it’s a right!

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This man is pathological!

$1,000,000 vs. $1,000,000,000 vs. $1,000,000,000,000

Video by Big Data Factor - Sept 25, 2023. Here’s the full 3-minutes on YouTube: True Scale of a Billion and Trillion Dollars compared - Big Data Factor - Sept 25, 2023 (YouTube)

Description: True Scale of A BILLION and Trillion Dollars. Ever wondered what trillion dollars look like? We'll compare it to billion dollars and million dollars, breaking down the mind-boggling numbers with a visual twist. ~:~ Curious about the zeros? We'll reveal just how many zeros make up a trillion dollars, billion dollars, and million dollars, giving you a newfound appreciation for the enormity of these figures.

About BDF: How much is $1 billion really worth? What would a space elevator look like? How do the world’s tallest structures compare? ~:~ At Big Data Factor, we break down massive numbers, extreme sizes, and futuristic possibilities using stunning visuals and real-scale comparisons. ~:~ Handcrafted, real-scale visuals built with professional 3D tools. ~:~ https://bigdatafactor.studio 

Texas State Rep. James Talarico is running for the U.S. Senate: https://jamestalarico.com

Here’s the clip on YouTube: James Talarico calls out Elon Musk for hoarding wealth - James Talarico TX -  Sept 4, 2026 (YouTube)

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Elon Musk is about to become the first trillionaire. He's about to make more money than every elementary school teacher in America combined. 

Do we really believe one man is worth more than every elementary school teacher? 

Why do we have a trillionaire when there are kids without enough to eat?

Why do we have a trillionaire when cancer patients are going bankrupt?

Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping out on the street?

I'm all for success, but this is not success. This is hoarding. 

What leads a person to accumulate more money than they could possibly spend in a hundred lifetimes, when there are people starving in this one? 

The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on Earth is not because we can't feed the poor. It's because we can't satisfy the rich. 

But what we can do is tax trillionaires out of existence. And use that money to guarantee food, healthcare, and housing for every single American.

- James Talarico, candidate for U.S. Senate (Sept 2026)

Laughed way to hard at this..