David H. Price
Anthropologist, FOIA scholar, & sometimes historian of anthropology. I mostly write about FBI, CIA, and DoD efforts to undermine democratic movements at home and abroad.
Every billionaire is a policy failure.
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- "Kung Fu practice" needs a new entry in Urban Dictionary.
- We should expect nothing less in a country where our public schools' history classes are seldom more an afterthought delivered by videos and peppered with the impressionistic ramblings of football coaches.
- Happy New Year
- My piece forgotten roots of techno-feudalst movement. "It should concern all of us who dream of a world where Americans have universal health care, food security, and meaningful work, that our oligarchs dream of a world where they have unchecked power and we are chattel."
- Covert Action Mag's review of my book on The CIA and the Asia Foundation.
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- Reposted by David H. PriceI get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
- Salmon running the Deschutes River a few blocks from my home.
- Sights I saw in Washington DC today. National Guard at the National Museum of the American Indian.
- America’s Far Right and the Further Right: the Klan and a Coup in 1920s Lumber Country - CounterPunch.org share.google/rlEwz3zIKDJx...
- Camping along the Yakima River.
- "In some ways, Palantir can be seen as an amplifier of people’s intentions and biases. . . .'It's a really powerful tool,' says one former Palantir employee. 'And when it's in the wrong hands, it can be really dangerous. And I think people should be really scared about it.'”
- Meanwhile, we're now one step closer to living in a Marvel superhero movie...
- I hope that some of you can help donate to a legal fund for this family under threat of separation by Trump. The person stepping up to organize this effort to help them is one of my oldest dear friends, Lisa Queen. Anything you can give helps gofund.me/5d7d6821
- What could possibly go wrong with this plan?
- American Idiocracy brought to you by Citizens United, Fox News, Coast to Coast AM, and American capitalism's refusal to acknowledge what it's doing to the planet.
- Nulli reges sint!
- No surprise here. Pentagon has used UFO buffs for years to divert attention from weapons programs at Area 51 and elsewhere.
- Feeding the National Parks' Memory Hole.
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- Taking the ferry south from Tromsø.
- Rule Number 8: Anyone not marching or not looking at their phone is suspicious.
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- “This is what we were always scared of,” said Kevin Bankston. . . a senior adviser on A.I. . . “The infrastructure for turnkey totalitarianism is there for an administration willing to break the law.” Infrastructure built with policies of Bush, Obama, Trump v1.0 & Biden.
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- This Spy Talk podcast episode has one the best takes on the JFK record release I've heard. Wirth listening to.
- Reposted by David H. PriceAs a lawyer, I can tell you why Abrego Garcia must remain in El Salvador. If he were free, he could sue me for defamation and win. by Pam Bondi
- First light paddle on Salish Sea.
- Olympia barks back at Musk & Trump.
- Trump's plan to make America great again: make the penguins pay!
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- Trump signs executive order targeting all ticket scalpers except Ticketmaster.
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- Dug razor clams at first light this morning.
- My first take on the new massive JFK docs dump up on #CounterPunch. "This is a disorganized, eclectic collection of crumbs, but even crumbs can contain useful information, though anyone expecting answers to the question of who killed Kennedy is going to be disappointed."
- Who wore it better: Lex Luthor or Jeff Bezos?
- Excellent Democracy Now interview with Peter Kornbluh, from the National Security Archive, on this week's declassified JFK records release.
