There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov (1980)
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Stuff I forgot to post about in September - Political Crapitalism Edition

Gonna catch up on some stories I bookmarked to write about and never got around to for September 2026. This one is the politics edition so it’s about A) the stupid shit Trump Duck is doing, B) whatever crapitalists are getting up to, and C) why we need to resist fascist authoritarianism now with 1000% more oligarchic lunacy. #uspol #crapitalism #activism

Trump's attacks on the press suddenly sound more frantic salon.com

Another offshore wind developer exits California in $1.22-billion deal with Trump administration latimes.com

He’s eligible for up to $480K for being wrongly imprisoned for 42 years. The GOP AG says no. salon.com

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com

Bring back the corporate death penalty salon.com

FCC Abolishes Gigabit Speed Goal, Suggesting It Is Unfair To Slower Technologies mobile.slashdot.org

‘The 2026 Plan to Steal This Election, and All Those After’ bylinetimes.com

White House Launches Racist Deportation Video Games cartoonbrew.com

Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters yro.slashdot.org

Secretive DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits, Pulling Them Over news.slashdot.org

'Racist' Transformers-inspired DHS campaign sparks outrage over AI imagery latimes.com

Second Circuit Allows Government to Search Electronic Devices at the Border Without Any Suspicion knightcolumbia.org

Hackers Stole Flock's Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People yro.slashdot.org

It's Past Time to Fix Overclassification. Here's Where to Start. knightcolumbia.org

Kash Patel's attack dog act does more than please Trump salon.com

Tyrants have a playbook for avoiding blame. Trump follows it salon.com

And last but not least…

Professor: Stop Sending HBCU Football Teams to Get Slaughtered [in exchange for a paycheck] theroot.com