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KING CONSULT | Kommunikation<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@dpgalliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dpgalliance</a> Congrats! 🙌 > <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>’s mission is to ensure that our online social spaces belong to the people forever, and provide a safe place for public discourse. This is the ideal place for <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a>, public institutions, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> and everbody who shares these values!<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/WissKomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WissKomm</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/FediCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediCampus</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/FediLZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediLZ</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Bildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bildung</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Demokratie</a>

Babs E. Blue #IStandW/ZelenskyFrom <a href="https://mstdn.social/@jackhutton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jackhutton</a> "It’s always right wing violence. It is always attacks on Democrats—the right wing, Fox, OAN, Murdoch, Musk are terrorists. "<a href="https://genomic.social/tags/MN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MN</a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a>Me: Add the so called leader to the list of terrorists as well as all GOP lawmakers and admin secretaries like <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> who paint Dems as the enemy.

Nonilex“This is what happens when the president & (Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Defense</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PeteHegseth</a>) demand the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> state assets deploy immediately with no plan in place … (&) no federal funding available for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fuel</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lodging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lodging</a>,” the source said. “This is really the failure of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a>. If you’re going to federalize these <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a>, then take care of them.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Title10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Title10</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USTroops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USTroops</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a>

Nonilex‘Wildly underprepared’: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalGuard</a> troops sleeping on floorsThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fuel</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#equipment</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lodging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lodging</a>, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> ofcls & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> National Guard were not to blame.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php</a>

mobidic<a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eff</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@evacide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evacide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@404mediaco</a> Instead of suing the indiv. plaintiff—which rarely works—target the law’s structure. A const. challenge citing “chilling effect” on rights (e.g. privacy, travel) is possible. Anti-SLAPP laws in some states help if the suit aims 2 intimidate. In court, use counterclaims 2 defend your rights directly. Goal: delegitimize the system, not the person.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#texas</a>

NonilexThis is what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarrenBeattie</a> — & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeBenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikeBenz</a> —have long called for. Many of the names & keywords he included in his request reflect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grievances</a> promoted by Revolver News—which Beattie founded after being fired from his job as a speechwriter during the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin when CNN reported that he had spoken at a conference with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalists</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/darren-beattie-mencken-club/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/darren-beattie-mencken-club/index.html</a>

Nonilex🚨🚨 Several people familiar with the matter say that by early April, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarrenBeattie</a> had received many of the documents he’d requested, retrieved through eRecords, as well as a list of grantees. One source says the more sensitive list of subgrantees was not shared.…5 weeks after Beattie made his requests for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#information</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept shut down R/FIMI.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexEmployees worried about the sensitivity & impropriety of the broad scope of the information requested, particularly because records would be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unredacted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unredacted</a>, as well as about how the search would be conducted: through the eRecords file management system, which makes it easy for administrative staff to search through & retrieve <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept employees’ emails, typically in response to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOIA</a> requests. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexIt also asked for a search for 32 right-wing buzzwords related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionDenial</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a>, suggesting a determined effort to find <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept staff who even just discussed such matters.Multiple sources say State Dept employees raised alarms internally about the records requests.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexIn total, he sought communications about 16 organizations, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s Berkman Klein Center & DHS’s’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> & Infrastructure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a> Agency (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CISA</a>), as well as…about 39 individuals.Notably, this includes several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalists</a>: In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bellingcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bellingcat</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AnneApplebaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnneApplebaum</a>, the document also asks for communications w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NBCNews</a> senior reporter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrandyZadrozny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrandyZadrozny</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexFinally, he sought a list of additional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unredacted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unredacted</a> agency records—including all GEC <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grants</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contracts</a>, as well as subgrants, which are particularly sensitive due to risks of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retaliation</a> to subgrantees, who often work in local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FactChecking</a>, or pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> orgs under repressive regimes. It also asked for “all documents mentioning” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionIntegrity</a> Partnership, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> collaboration between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academics</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> that has been a target of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightWing</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarrenBeattie</a> specifically asked for “all documents, emails, correspondence, or other records of communications amongst/between employees, contractors, subcontractors or consultants at the GEC or R/FIMI” since 2017 with all the named individuals, as well as communications that merely referenced them. He sought communications that referenced any of the listed organizations.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

NonilexMost people on the list appear to have focused at some point on tracking or challenging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> broadly, or on countering specific false claims, including those related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2020election</a>. A few of the individuals appear primarily to be critics of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarrenBeattie</a> or others in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> ecosystem. Many have been the subject of Trump’s public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grievances</a> for years.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DanielFried</a> echoes this sentiment. “I spent 40 years in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept, & you didn’t collect names or demand email records…I’ve never heard of such a thing”—at least not in the American context, he clarifies. It did remind him of Eastern European “Communist Party minder[s] watching over the untrusted bureaucracy.” He adds: “It also approaches the compilation of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnemiesList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnemiesList</a>.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a>

NonilexWhen told of their inclusion in the records request, multiple people expressed alarm that such a list exists at all in an American institution. “When I was in government I’d never [have] done anything like that,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillKristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillKristol</a>, a fmr chief of staff to VP Dan Quayle, says. “What would be the innocent reason for doing that?”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a>

NonilexThe document also seeks all staff communications that merely reference <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> or people in his orbit, like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlexJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexJones</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlennGreenwald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlennGreenwald</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a>. In addition, it directs a search of communications for a long list of keywords, including “Pepe the Frog,” “incel,” “q-anon,” “Black Lives Matter,” “great replacement theory,” “far-right,” & “infodemic.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a>

NonilexA previously unreported document distributed by snr US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept ofcl <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarrenBeattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarrenBeattie</a> reveals a sweeping effort to uncover all communications between the staff of a small govt office focused on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#online</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> & a lengthy list of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#public</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#private</a> figures—many of whom are longtime targets of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexSenior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Department official sought internal communications with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalists</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#European</a> officials, & Trump <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/critics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#critics</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> buzzwords for a “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TwitterFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TwitterFiles</a>” style document dump about alleged conservative censorship.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/</a>

Nonilex"If the underlying disclosure wasn't concerning enough, the targeted, physical intimidation & surveillance of my client is. If this is happening to Mr. Berulis, it is likely happening to others & brings our nation more in line w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> regimes than w/open & free democracies," wrote Bakaj, his atty, in a stmnt to NPR. "It is time for everyone–& <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> in particular–to acknowledge the facts & stop our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, freedom, & liberties from slipping away…."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

NikuNashiJust going to pin this here for the foreseeable future... <a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow</a><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tyranny</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TimothySnyder</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/JohnLithgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnLithgow</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/20Lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#20Lessons</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnTyranny</a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DoNotObeyInAdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoNotObeyInAdvance</a>

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