Ken Dowler

THREAD: We just released a tool that allows you to search billions of dollars in wealth, ties to the most powerful companies in the country, and details of the personal finances of President Trump and over 1,500 of his appointees. Here’s how it works 1/

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...

Excellent documentary on the Vietnam War. The horrors of War and the reality that killing will not win you "hearts and minds". Still very relevant in our times -- with the Iran-American relations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3rH...

This is an excellent documentary on the history of American-Iran relations. And the impact of the coup d’état in 1953 that overthrew Mohammad Mosaddegh by the CIA and MI5 (at the behest corporate oil interests). Must watch in these times. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

They didn’t “lift” Americans off of food stamps. They kicked people off food stamps.

Important column. We have got to a point where many do not understand the purpose of regulation. I have to hammer this point home in every class I teach on corporate wrongdoing and harm. These policies will kill human beings. We should not normalize deregulation.

Excited to see the book appearing on the publisher's webpage. The goal is to get students engaged and rethink corporate criminality. And give potential instructors or course developers a resource that will help them inspire students. canadianscholars.ca/book/corpora...

Teaching a grad course on Crimes of the Powerful (what a time to teach it!). I am using documentaries as the basis of the lessons. This week (Harms to the Economy). This is one that I am using to illustrate wealth gap. It has only gotten worse since this release. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niW...

Interesting episode of Marketplace that reveals how property controls can increase prices. Features @jimbostanford.bsky.social My favourite economist! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYdi...

Apple CEO TIm Cook went to the White House the evening after Alex Pretti was murdered and took selfies with Trump and the serial sexual abuser who directed the Melania film. No spine. No soul. And your fucking iOS updates are ass.

Very interesting and disturbing. www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...

THREAD. In the section of my Copaganda book on how body cameras as a supposed “reform” are one of the great propaganda achievements in the history of the police/surveillance industry, I explain that one of the reasons police wanted them so badly for years was to link to facial recognition tech.

Here is another video from a different angle, you can more clearly see the agent in grey retreating with what appears to be a hand gun seconds before shots start ringing out Video source: www.tiktok.com/@curiouscree...

The DHS saying that he was brandishing a weapon. Going to perpetrate a massacre. WTF. I have watched video multiple times and still trying to process what the hell happened. But this was not a targeted attack on ICE. This is copaganda on steroids.

It is pretty clear that Republican reps do not want Jack Smith to answer any questions. They won't like the answers. They rudely interrupt and ask unanswerable questions. But not surprising, when you have "crackpots" as elected officials.

The Guuardian's running fact-check of Trump's Davos remarks is essential viewing. He hardly utters a sentence that isn't an easily verifiable lie. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

America elected a deranged racist lunatic. Lot more pain coming before this nightmare will end.

We are witnessing the Madness of King Donald. Truly embarrassing and unhinged. This afternoon, I think I will take a break from political punditry and watch The Madness of King George (1994). Been a long time since I have seen it... I just remember Nigel Hawthorne was great in the role.

An excellent documentary on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Very timely in relation to the ICE murder of Renee Good -- considering many Americans (shockingly!) supported perpetrators implicated in My Lai and torture at Abu Ghraib. On Netflix now. www.imdb.com/title/tt3766...

“Journalists have the right to do their jobs without fear of government interference,” said President Jon Schleuss. “Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist. @postguild.bsky.social newsguild.org/the-newsguil...

The best time to plant a tree, it’s said, was 20 years ago. The second-best time is right now. That also holds true for leaving X, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.

“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” @reuters.com

The corporate playbook in action! Example of corporate media reliance on academics that push narratives that they like. And yet, they want us to believe that "leftists" control the media and that Universities are overrun by Marxists. Lol. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/09/n...

Reminder that Postmedia is primarily owned by Chatham Asset Management, an American hedge fund. It is a propaganda machine run by conservative Americans. It is Canada's Fox News.

i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane

This is incredible. It's the opposite of exculpatory. It's now even clearer that the killing was not at all justified, he was in no sense whatsoever in any serious danger, and indeed it looks very much like the shooting was retribution and nothing more.

VOLUME UP‼️ If you had any questions about this shooting, they should be cleared up now. It was murder. Point blank. Period.

A must read.

Yep, as always, JD Vance is completely full of shit. ICE agents do not have categorical or absolute immunity.

Great point. They do this every single time. And the talking heads and pundits continually push false and misleading narratives -- as if there are two sides to the story. It was clearly murder. Let's call it what it was and not sugar coat it.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

JD Vance supports murdering American citizens. He's made that perfectly clear today. If he's willing to defend the murder of Renee Good, he would defend your murder, too.

JD Vance is a scumbag! Ask him about January 6th. FFS Was that Far-Left?

Horrible. Disgusting. And they continue to gaslight the American public. It was murder.

The National Post is owned by a right wing American hedge fund. They are the official opposition to all things Canadian. While US governors and tourism operators cry out about the Canadian boycott, the Post promotes the few quislings who would sell our country out. A parcel of rogues in a nation.

This is a great documentary on political and corporate corruption. Unfortunately, most Americans have no understanding of how Supreme Court decisions such as Citizens United 2010 have corrupted American politics and harmed democracy. www.imdb.com/title/tt3646...

They are going to Epstein Files a murder

Why is the CBC allowing ICE propaganda on their news feed today? Allowing Noem a platform to spread her copaganda and bullshit. I guess they are waiting for her to answer questions on the murder in Minnesota.

Good article on historical context.

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

I'd love news organizations to get a comment from all the corporations, such as SPOTIFY, that continue running ICE ads on their platforms. Do they support ICE murdering US citizens? They still support ICE? Let American consumers know!

Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents' lives.

Important to note that Tariffs contributed to the Financial Panic in 1893. theconversation.com/trump-is-rev...