In #books: In the early 20th century, new federal drug prohibition laws were reshaping the societal and penal landscape. Against this backdrop, Texans took a central role in the attempt to balance punishment with treatment for the growing percentage of the U.S. population addicted to drugs. https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/
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Some murderers are being arrested for crimes against humanity & sent to the Hague. Just not many white ones.
Interview: Former president of the Philippines, Duterte, has been arrested & sent to the Hague for slaughtering thousands of people during his so-called war on drugs.
Duterte once compared himself to Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” 3 million drug addicts.
Democracy Now! · “Monumental Step”: Ex-Philippines Pres. Duterte Arrested, Sent to Hague for Crimes Against Humanity
Some murderers are being arrested for crimes against humanity & sent to the Hague. Just not white ones.
Interview: Former president of the Philippines, Duterte, has been arrested & sent to the Hague for slaughtering thousands of people during his so-called war on drugs.
Duterte once compared himself to Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” 3 million drug addicts.
Democracy Now! · “Monumental Step”: Ex-Philippines Pres. Duterte Arrested, Sent to Hague for Crimes Against Humanity
In #books: New federal drug prohibition laws were reshaping the societal and penal landscape. It’s against this backdrop that Texans took a central role in the attempt to balance punishment with treatment for the growing percentage of the U.S. population addicted to drugs.
https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/
The Texas Observer · Inside Fort Worth's Narcotic Farm ExperimentRehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.
These comics from the Real Cost of Prisons Project were a real eye-opener for me about the deep perversion of the American "judicial" system
https://therealcostofprisonsproject.wordpress.com/rccp-comics/
The Real Cost of Prisons Project · RCPP ComicsThe RCPP has published 3 comic books: 1. Prison Town: Paying the Price By Kevin Pyle and Craig Gilmore See Full PDF Text Here: 2. Prisoners of the War on Drugs By Sabrina Jones, Ellen Miller-Mack a…
chinese name? drug trafficking / money laundering indictment from the #FBI?
ctrl-F "#Tether" (5 matches found):
> "After the meeting, UC-2 used Tether to pay ZHANG for one kilogram of #cocaine"
https://www.universalhub.com/files/li-affidavit.pdf
it's always Tether (and therefore it's always Trump's Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick). #WarOnDrugs not corrupt enough for you already? You're in luck, it's going to be a wild 4 years.
Previously: “Many, many of the people involved in influencing policy in Washington D.C. are not registered as lobbyists. The most important people tend not to be registered as lobbyists.” https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/
The Texas Observer · New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border MisinformationDerek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.
Featured story: “The closet is a very dangerous place for people who use drugs. It’s where stadiums full of people die every year.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
The Texas Observer · How Texas’ War on Drug Users Fueled an Austin Overdose DisasterA mass casualty event last spring lays bare the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
From our magazine: Holly M Karibo's new book traces #Texas' historic role in the origins of the war on drugs and shifting attitudes towards addiction. A review from Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-fort-worths-narcotic-farm-experiment/
#books #bookstodon #WarOnDrugs #drugs #health #history #politics #USpol #MentalHealth @bookstodon
Earlier: Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like #ICE and Texas DPS.
https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/
The Texas Observer · New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border MisinformationDerek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.
“Many, many of the people involved in influencing policy in Washington D.C. are not registered as lobbyists. The most important people tend not to be registered as lobbyists.” https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/
The Texas Observer · New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border MisinformationDerek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.
Recap: The deadly cost of banning fenantyl test strips. Propaganda maker at the border. Trump's favorite Texas oligrachs. One of Cecile Richards' final interviews. And more in our January/February 2024 issue. https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/january-february-2025/
Featured story: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
The Texas Observer · How Texas’ War on Drug Users Fueled an Austin Overdose DisasterA mass casualty event last spring lays bare the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
“Many, many of the people involved in influencing policy in Washington D.C. are not registered as lobbyists. The most important people tend not to be registered as lobbyists.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/
The Texas Observer · New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border MisinformationDerek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Trump's pick for top drug enforcer, Derek Maltz, formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like #ICE and Texas DPS.
https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/
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reminder that the only things that will be gained by sending military special forces and economy destabilizing #tariffs to wage war against #fentanyl will be #carfentanil and #corruption.
Trump’s rhetoric on drug cartels seems to be of a leader of a democracy in decline that seems bent on deceiving the public by emphasizing force and determination over substance.
https://www.texasobserver.org/mexico-us-cartels-terrorists-ftos-essay/
The Texas Observer · Cartels Are Not 'Foreign Terrorist Organizations,' but Terror in Mexico Is RealIt is difficult to determine how these heterogeneous crime groups target the United States, but Mexican authorities need to respond to what might be called domestic terrorism.
"The Criminals' Go-To Cryptocurrency Has a New Friend in the White House"
Missed this great #FT reporting last month:
> "The eye-popping constellation of gangsters and sanctions evaders using #Tether includes cocaine cartels, North Korean hackers, Iranian and Russian spies, and #fentanyl smugglers."
Tether is the most profitable company in the history of the world on a per employee basis and it's not even close. Crime pays, obviously (or at least collecting interest from the US government while you look the other way about terrorists and rogue nuclear states commiting crimes pays).
* FT: https://www.ft.com/content/b3c5b67d-1df8-4417-8dd5-2c86d76d6392?commentID=555beffd-ebc8-4211-8351-f68efe0f315f
* My piece on #HowardLutnick: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered
From Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera: Unlike other international groups who have been historically designated as global terrorists, Mexican cartel leaders espouse no unified political agenda. It is difficult to determine how these heterogeneous crime groups target the United States. https://www.texasobserver.org/mexico-us-cartels-terrorists-ftos-essay/