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  In case anyone was wondering whether the regime was going to back off authoritarian tactics post-midterms, this is your answer. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:euynv325eix7glyek377orak/post/3mzxrvnjhcu2u

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  This is the single most important domestic surveillance story of Trump 2.0 so far. Massive props to @propublica.org@bsky.brid.gy for this epic reporting. ICE Is Running One of the Larg...

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  After a hiatus in 2025, Cato #Surveillance Week is back: October 12-15, one panel per day at 1pm ET beginning one week from today. Online exclusively. Registration open now. @lindseywilkinson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @davidcorn.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @adamkeiper.com@bsky.brid.gy @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com@bsky.brid.gy @elfprince13.mumak.app@bsky.brid.gy The Domestic-Foreign Electroni...

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  Investigative journalism helps protect the Republic. I'm a @propublica.org@bsky.brid.gy supporter precisely because of stories like this one. If you're not currently a financial contributor to ProPublica, please consider becoming one. More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Ha...

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  FDR gave the #FBI the national counterintelligence mission in 1936, and the Bureau's record in that area is decidedly mixed, to be kind. But the threats are real & continuous & this 🤡 show regime is putting America's security at direct risk with these misguided cuts & actions. As Trump focuses the FBI on im...

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  Another deeply reported story by @lindseywilkinson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy at @fedscoop.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy on DHS and Washington's "culture of corruption," to borrow a phrase my wife coined when we became CIA whistleblowers. It's also just one more reason why #DHS should be abolished. The revolving door for tech of...

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  Transportation-related surveillance is finally getting the attention it desperately needs, and it will be a topic during @cato.org@bsky.brid.gy #Surveillance Week 2026. Register now. Papers, Please: Transportation...

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  ICYMI, just one of four #surveillance policy and law events we're holding during @cato.org@bsky.brid.gy #Surveillance Week 2026, starting Monday, October 12. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mxcmrki47c24

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  A week from today during @cato.org@bsky.brid.gy #Surveillance Week, we examine the role of commercially available data and its role in fueling the new American surveillance dystopia. Register now. Commercially Available Data: T...

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  For me, the big long term question is whether this crack up of Trump's electoral coalition is a permanent thing. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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  Happening Monday through Thursday, October 12-15, 1pm ET each day. Exclusively online. Registration links below. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mxhhpoijps2g

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  ICYMI. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3muevczib422m

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  GOP internal polling must really be brutal for this kind of triaging to be accelerating. Top G.O.P. Groups Pull Support...

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  Today at 1pm ET & exclusively online. Papers, Please: Transportation...

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  Only an academic completely disconnected from political reality & trends in military planning & procurement would propose reviving the draft. Just utterly absurd. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

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  In three hours, I'll host a panel looking at how easy the Bank Secrecy Act makes it for law enforcement to monitoring your financial transactions. Live stream at 1pm ET. Financial Surveillance: The Ul...

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  If you missed the live Zoom of the kick off panel for Cato #Surveillance Week, fear not it was recorded: www.cato.org/events/cato-... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mxhhpoijps2g The Domestic-Foreign Electroni...

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  Join Cato for #Surveillance Week 2026. Our topics: communications, finances, movements, and data. Register at the links below. www.cato.org/events/cato-...   www.cato.org/events/cato-...   www.cato.org/events/cato-...   www.cato.org/events/cato-... The Domestic-Foreign Electroni...

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  His desperation is palpable. From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Tr...

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  Jay Clayton's nomination hearing to be DNI is underway now, live on the SSCI website: Open Hearing: Nomination for t...

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  If #FISA Section 702 lapses, will federal law enforcement & the intelligence agencies "go dark" as a result? Of course not...but it makes a great fear mongering line for Congressional surveillance hawks & taxpayer funded bureaucrats, right? My latest, out now. The FISA Section 702 Lapse "Go...

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  As of 11:57am this morning, this is where the vote on the rule to move to a vote on #FISA Section 702 reauthorization stands...and the vote has been open for nearly an hour. Johnson could end his own misery by simply making the Biggs amendment in order & let the House work its will.

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  When a major and growing Second Amendment defense organization comes out against #FISA Section 702 reauth, it's turning into a VERY bad day for Trump & Johnson. x.com/gunrights/st...

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  My colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy going head-to-head with Trump on the regime's attacks on legal immigration. Love it. 😎 Cato Institute official pushes...