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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> unclassified email listed all employees hired by the agency over the last 2 yrs; fmr ofcls the move risks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leaking</span></a> the list to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/adversaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adversaries</span></a>.</p><p>The list included first names &amp; the first initial of the last name of the new hires, who are still on probation—&amp; thus easy to dismiss. It included a large crop of young <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/analysts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysts</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/operatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatives</span></a> who were hired specifically to focus on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, &amp; whose identities are usually closely guarded because Chinese <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> are constantly seeking to ID them.</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>I Revisited Everyone <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pardoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pardoned</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a>. One <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Consequence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consequence</span></a> Was in Plain Sight. </p><p>His <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disgraced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disgraced</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/operatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatives</span></a> have been very <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/busy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>busy</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/trump-harris-election-pardon-jan-6-russia-bannon.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/trump-harris-election-pardon-jan-6-russia-bannon.html</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"“It is a deliberate effort by some people to make them believe that our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> system is broken. To make them believe that things are pessimistic. My God, every time I hear <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> give a speech, it’s like the next screenplay for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MadMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadMax</span></a> or something. They are rooting against America.”</p><p>That bleak version of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> ... echoes the talking points <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> handlers gave to their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/operatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatives</span></a> working in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-4-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/september-4-2024</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A separate US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> accuses the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platform</span></a>, at the time led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackDorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackDorsey</span></a>, of enabling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuses</span></a> against its users. The case comes from the sister of a fmr aid worker, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbdulrahmanalSadhan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbdulrahmanalSadhan</span></a>, whose anonymous parody account… mocking the country’s govt earned him 20 yrs in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a>. But it connects his fate to a pattern of behavior that includes the kingdom’s installation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/operatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatives</span></a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>’s ranks to funnel to authorities private info on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissidents</span></a>.</p>