r/PoliticsVermont

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Too many people are murdered by ICE without media coverage, accountability or consequences at all

u/56000hp — 16 hours ago
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Swipe through and share every slide, our communities deserve to have their stories heard.

Credit: @solidarityorganizinginitiative

u/Foreign_Librarian193 — 16 hours ago
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China has mandated that artificial intelligence become an essential part of the national school syllabus by 2030. The policy has sparked a surge in AI summer camps, with educators framing the shift as the next industrial revolution that students must be equipped to face.

u/CeFurkan — 12 hours ago
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Family accidentally held at gunpoint after Flock cameras misread their license plate

u/BenFord333 — 4 days ago
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Big Oil is using Big Tobacco’s playbook of misleading the Public, while Trump’s DOJ and the Republicans are trying very hard to shield oil companies from climate lawsuits.

No Immunity for Big Oil: noimmunityforbigoil.org

Sharon Eubanks: no-smoke.org/board/sharon-eubanks

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Video by Climate Town - July 29, 2026. Here’s the full 30-minutes on YouTube: Please Don’t Watch This Senate Hearing - Climate Town - July 29, 2026 (YouTube)

Episode Sources & Citations: climatetownproductions.com/youtube/kennedy-troll

From the description: Special thanks to the Center for Climate Integrity and Amy Westervelt for the research help and expertise. ~:~ Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center for their continued support.

From Climate Town's bio: Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. ~:~ LinkTree: linktr.ee/ClimateTown

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u/NihiloZero — 4 days ago
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Trump Orders Navy to Restore Older Tech on Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults

wsj.com
u/Mr_strelac — 6 days ago
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 he's made billions, has a magic immunity cloak for everything from tax audits to inciting an insurrection, and is going to take a billion dollar plane with him to Florida when he leaves office

u/Conscious-Quarter423 — 5 days ago
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

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Civil rights advocates expressed alarm at the plan, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Compliant Technologies says the devices function as a normal pair of patrol gloves until officers press a switch to activate their electrical mode. The gloves must be applied directly to someone’s skin to deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the company.
“It’s immediate and sharp, and it will distract you. I call it like a bee sting,” said John Peters, president of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, who is studying how the device has been used. “If the officer is getting any type of resistance from the person, this is certainly an effective tool.”
Peters said he believed ICE’s planned purchase would likely be the largest from the company to date. He said he could envision ICE officers using the gloves to help remove uncooperative subjects from cars and houses and in and out of detention facilities.
“For smaller officers or weaker officers or older officers, I think it has a great advantage” because it can produce faster takedowns and shorten confrontations, he said.
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apnews.com
u/General_Caregiver339 — 7 days ago