We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’ -biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris -business telephone numbers used in the last five years -business email addresses used in the last ten years.
We cannot speak for all Africans, but in various countries of Africa, we think it is fine, and we hope Europe copies USA. The reason is that we believe there is a brain drain and capital flight from Africa to the West. So this kind of thing the USA is doing will stop, or at least reduce it.
Moreover, China and South America (Brazil) plus BRICS+ countries are a better association for Africans.
In any case, even if Africans still want to study in USA universities, there is e-learning. That can be the case too for those who want European universities.
But overall, many in Africa think it is good for #Africa.
We the People demand Justice for cold-blooded murders & executions of Alex Pretti, Renee Good & every single person & child harmed by the #TrumpRegime ABOLISH ICE DEFUND DHS IMPEACH NOEM #REMOVE TRUMP open.substack.com/pub/america/… #RIPAlexPretti
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations
democracydocket.com/news-alert… The fascists have limited resources to consolidate power in the remaining free US states right now. They want states to make it easy for them to kick down doors and continue terrorizing, disappearing, and murdering good Minnesotan citizens for no reason other than to act on their indoctrination and training over 12 years of public education to remain loyal to the nation and continue to vote their conscience in free elections.
The fascists aren't fucking around. Lots of Minnesota soccer moms, my fellow good citizens bless them, are learning this right now in their volunteer civic training and on the street.
The Big Beautiful Bill provides the funds and institutions for the fascists to build the necessary human transportation networks, the slums to concentrate the overflow of good, decent, everyday folks who voted a certain way, and the work camps, death camps, and battlefields where they will be transported to and exterminated.
The fascists will use voter rolls obtained via violent coercion or flat out theft to decide who best to terrorize, who to disappear, who to murder first. Once the people on the list are taken care of the fascists will continue to terrorize, disappear, and murder us - at will, without provocation, without justification.
Regardless of whether it stays non-violent or turns into a pointless war of attrition (that no one except the very few fascists in power want) plan for terror, plan for detention, plan for death, in fact, expect it. When it happens to one of yours you will be as ready as you can be to set aside emotional paralysis, follow your training to do the right thing which includes setting aside time to morn.
And that my fellow humans of the world, is this tiny insignificant laborer and Minnesotan nobody's current take on what's going on outside, right now.
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Saturday morning marked the third shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. “How many more Americans need to die for this operation to end?” said Mayor Jacob Frey.
The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of #SexCrimes against children under the #Trump administration, which limits their ability to carry out this work.
The sweeping cuts, enacted soon after Donald #Trump began his second term as US president, are putting vulnerable #children at risk and impeding efforts to bring child #predators to justice, according to four prosecutors and law enforcement officers specializing in cases of child #sexual #exploitation, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Federal vaccine advisory panel chief, in a podcast released Thursday, casts doubt on the polio vaccine, reiterates claim children died from the Covid shot.
Federal vaccine advisory panel chief, in a podcast released Thursday, casts doubt on the polio vaccine, reiterates claim children died from the Covid shot.
Judge Young agreed, describing the behavior of Mr. Rubio and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as an “unconstitutional conspiracy” to “pick off” a few students with an eye to “violating” the free speech rights of thousands of noncitizen scholars.
“These cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.”
Primary them into oblivion. The seven Democratic representatives who voted yes to approve ICE funding were: Tom Suozzi (New York) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Don Davis (North Carolina) Laura Gillen (New York) Jared Golden (Maine) Vicente Gonzalez (Texas) Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington)
7 Democrats voted with MAGA Republicans to push through ICE funding. If they voted no, it would’ve been blocked. Hakeem Jeffries can’t get his caucus in order to stop ICE fascists as they arrest without judicial warrants, kidnap children, and kill citizens.
Indefensible.
I’m in Minnesota freezing my fingers off protesting their ICE fascists and last night, I get to my hotel to see this monstrosity from Corporate Democrats.
Just 1 day in Minnesota has improved my outlook on hope for the future of this country--but we need Corporate Democrats to stop betraying us
I’ve been in Minnesota for just one day, protesting ICE alongside community members, faith leaders, parents,…
We spent a lot of time last year calling out how dangerous it was that Elon Musk and his inexperienced 4chan-loving DOGE boys were gaining access to some of the most secure government systems. We a…
33K likes, 879 comments - lawyer_oyer on January 20, 2026: "Some very disturbing news in the Renee Good case: We’re now learning that the FBI actually opened a civil rights investigation into the shooter — ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
You really can’t make this stuff up. On Friday, the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs posted to Twitter/X condemning Nicaragua’s government for—and I quote—&…
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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •We cannot speak for all Africans, but in various countries of Africa, we think it is fine, and we hope Europe copies USA. The reason is that we believe there is a brain drain and capital flight from Africa to the West. So this kind of thing the USA is doing will stop, or at least reduce it.
Moreover, China and South America (Brazil) plus BRICS+ countries are a better association for Africans.
In any case, even if Africans still want to study in USA universities, there is e-learning. That can be the case too for those who want European universities.
But overall, many in Africa think it is good for #Africa.
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