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https://theintercept.com/2026/03/12/antifa-ice-protest-texas-trial-terrorism/*Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury.* More precisely, they claimed that wearing all black is a sign of support for the nonexistent US organization, "Antifa".
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[1/2] https://stallman.org/glossary.html#wreckerhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/trump-dhs-markwayne-mullin-militaryhttps://stallman.org/glossary.html#wreckerThe wrecker's new nominee to head the Department of Hatred and Sadism has a pattern of speaking so as to give the false impression that he has military experience. This deception marks him as untrustworthy, but if he were honest about his lack of military experience, that might not be crucial. The DHS does not manage
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[2/2] soldiers, after all. I expect that anyone nominated by the wrecker would regard it as per mission to be cruel and sadistic, and thus should not be confirmed, but that is a separate issue.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/tesla-cybertruck-crashes-battery-firesTesla "cybertrucks" have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they've disintegrated drivers' bones. States should designate vehicles which can lock passengers in as unsafe and illegal to drive on a road.
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[1/2] https://www.levernews.com/the-christian-zionists-fueling-trumps-iran-war/Christian Zionists want to help Israel conquer much of the Middle East, believing that then sacrifices will trigger biblical prophecies which will result in forcing Jews to convert to Christianity or else be damned. It is not easy to get along with fanatics like that. It is unlikely that the prophecies would actually come true, but there is no telling what might they do if the situation arises and the
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[2/2] prophecies do not come true.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/georgia-murder-charges-abortionA woman in Georgia has been arrested for "murder" for taking abortion pills.
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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/22/friendship-fraud-warnings-of-rise-in-scam-targeting-older-peopleBanning minors from using antisocial networks isn't enough. We seniors need to be banned too, for our own protection, lest we fall prey to romance fraud or companionship fraud.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/20/oceans-germany-baltic-sealife-reefs-toxic-second-world-war-munitions-aoeOld weapons dumped on the sea bottom become a home for large amounts of wildlife.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/27/miners-strike-orgreave-clashes-inquiry-pete-wilcoxIn 1984 British police rioted and attacked a crowd of striking miners, then charged many of them falsely with crimes. Now, belatedly, the government will hold a proper inquiry.
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Richard Stallman will give a talk titled "Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society" at 4pm on April 15 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
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https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/restore-pbs-and-npr-funding-now-4US citizens: call on Congress to restore PBS and NPR funding. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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https://www.ratfactor.com/tech-nopeA rant by an old-time personal computer user who loathes today's big tech and briefly suggests he might be using a Libre operating system - seems to be completely unaware of the free software movement. I think he might sympathize with it if he knew it.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/shut-down-trumps-prescription-drug-scam?nowrapper=truehttps://stallman.org/actionnetwork-letter-instructions.htmlUS citizens: call on your state Attorney General to shut down the corrupter's prescription drug scam. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/30/woody-guthrie-exhibitWoody Guthrie's political songs are becoming necessary again in the US.
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https://futurism.com/health-medicine/covid-vaccine-cdc-reportThe CDC was going to publish a study that found that Covid vaccination reduced the risk of hospitalization for Covid by half, for healthy adults. The organization's acting director, appointed by RFK jr, suppressed publication using an irrational excuse.
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https://stallman.org/glossary.html#magathttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-administration-gun-show-loopholeThe magats reopened the "gun show loophole", which allowed gun dealers to sell guns at gun shows without requiring a background check from the buyer.
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[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/07/tibet-children-chinese-mandarin-school-preschool-language-culturehttps://stallman.org/archives/2018-jul-oct.html#20_July_2018_(Splitting_up_families)https://stallman.org/archives/2021-mar-jun.html#14_June_2021_(Unmarked_burials_of_children)China is trying to eradicate Tibetan culture and language by teaching children to speak only Chinese. This reminds me of the residential schools that the US and Canada forced Amerindian
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[2/2] children to live in during much of the 20th century - likewise designed to erase their cultures and languages. The US and Canada ceased that practice some decades ago; now China is taking it up.
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https://theonion.com/taylor-swift-adds-additional-wedding-dates-in-l-a-miami-boston/(satire) *Taylor Swift Adds Additional Wedding Dates In L.A., Miami, Boston.*