nternal data show that at least 197 of the 238 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador had no U.S. criminal convictions; only six had violent offenses. Nearly half—118 men—were removed while in the middle of their immigration cases, some just days from hearings. Authorities heavily relied on tattoos to link men to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, despite law enforcement experts saying tattoos aren’t reliable indicators of gang membership.
The men were aged 18 to 46, and the incarceration had ripple effects on their families, who faced financial and medical hardships. ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Venezuelan journalists compiled a detailed case-by-case database from government records, court documents, and interviews with relatives to document these findings. The White House and DHS did not provide substantive responses, continuing to frame the deportations as targeting dangerous criminals.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/
The men were aged 18 to 46, and the incarceration had ripple effects on their families, who faced financial and medical hardships. ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Venezuelan journalists compiled a detailed case-by-case database from government records, court documents, and interviews with relatives to document these findings. The White House and DHS did not provide substantive responses, continuing to frame the deportations as targeting dangerous criminals.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/
ProPublica
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away. These are their stories.
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Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
Sam Biddle
August 25 2025, 12:08 p.m.
The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
The Pentagon, headquarters for the Defense Department, seen from the air on Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign target audiences” and “suppress dissenting arguments,” according to a U.S. Special Operations Command document reviewed by The Intercept.
The document, a sort of special operations wishlist of near-future military technology, reveals new details about a broad variety of capabilities that SOCOM hopes to purchase within the next five to seven years, including state-of-the-art cameras, sensors, directed energy weapons, and other gadgets to help operators find and kill their quarry. Among the tech it wants to procure is machine-learning software that can be used for information warfare.
The Pentagon is paying especially close attention to those who might call out its propaganda efforts.
“This program should also be able to access profiles, networks, and systems of individuals or groups that are attempting to counter or discredit our messages,” the document notes. “The capability should utilize information gained to create a more targeted message to influence that specific individual or group.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/25/pentagon-military-ai-propaganda-influence/
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Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
Sam Biddle
August 25 2025, 12:08 p.m.
The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
The Pentagon, headquarters for the Defense Department, seen from the air on Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign target audiences” and “suppress dissenting arguments,” according to a U.S. Special Operations Command document reviewed by The Intercept.
The document, a sort of special operations wishlist of near-future military technology, reveals new details about a broad variety of capabilities that SOCOM hopes to purchase within the next five to seven years, including state-of-the-art cameras, sensors, directed energy weapons, and other gadgets to help operators find and kill their quarry. Among the tech it wants to procure is machine-learning software that can be used for information warfare.
The Pentagon is paying especially close attention to those who might call out its propaganda efforts.
“This program should also be able to access profiles, networks, and systems of individuals or groups that are attempting to counter or discredit our messages,” the document notes. “The capability should utilize information gained to create a more targeted message to influence that specific individual or group.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/25/pentagon-military-ai-propaganda-influence/
The Intercept
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
Poverty fell but is still sky high. The fall was not do to ´healthy´ increases in employment and production but to a price windfall. Argentina is not doing well at the moment.
https://rwer.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/is-poverty-in-argentina-falling/
https://rwer.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/is-poverty-in-argentina-falling/
Real-World Economics Review Blog
Is poverty in Argentina falling?
As is well known, Javier Milei, president of Argentina, tries to kick start the economy by slashing rules, government spending and bureaucracy, and to get inflation down. To do this, he is pursuing…