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🚨Meet “Follower of Christ” and anti-LGBTQ Trump supporter Dale Nixon of Kenosha, WI who was just arrested on allegations he s*xually abused a child hundreds of times.
A former youth church volunteer, Nixon spent years online lecturing strangers about “Biblical truth,” calling abortion “cruel,” and insisting homosexuality is a sin that people need to “repent” of and “turn away from.”
Now he’s charged with child enticement, s*xual assault, inc*st, and causing mental harm to a child — after his adopted daughter, now 17, told Kenosha Police he assaulted her as often as 5 times a week for about 5 years, starting when she was 10 years old.
She estimates roughly 260 incidents total; investigators say the real number could be higher.
The alleged abuse happened at the family home and during trips to Cancun and Sedona, and reportedly continued until winter 2025.
When Kenosha Police asked him on August 25 if he knew about the allegations, the complaint says he paused, took a breath, and answered “maybe” while nodding yes.
He’s due in court for his initial appearance on September 3.
Nixon spent a decade online telling LGBTQ people they’re the sinners, told a trans actor Elliot Page to check “where the real hate is coming from” when he criticized the hate coming from right-wing Christians, cheered on far-right lawmakers Scott Walker and Paul Ryan, and called birth control access “handouts.”
Family values, indeed.
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@BulwarkOnline did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was about to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever.
It is glorious
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Let me get this straight, Republicans went berserk when Lloyd Austin took three days to notify the WH about his emergency hospitalization - but when Mitch McConnell disappears for 84 days - not a fucking word.
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MAGA math lesson:
America buys $100 from Canada.
Canada buys $80 from America.
Trade deficit = $20. That does not mean America “lost” $20. You got $100 worth of goods.
The only thing this man is good at is scamming his stupid base of idiots.
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Mike Johnson is worst fucking Speaker in American History.
The U.S. House will be in session only 4 full days from July 24th to November 8th.
That’s 100 paid days off versus 4 full workings days plus 4 travel (half) days.
Meanwhile TRUMP says YOU have too many holidays.
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NEW: Trump officials are drafting a plan to pay parents who stay home to care for their children, using federal funds meant to subsidize child care for working parents.
The benefit would be limited to married couples—NYT
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This is frightening, everyone should be paying attention. Israeli spyware being deployed domestically. Signal and WhatsApp aren’t safe even with encryption.
ICE is using Israeli zero click spyware called Graphite that can compromise phones and expose Signal and WhatsApp messages without breaking their encryption.
ICE says it’s using the capability against fentanyl traffickers and foreign terrorist organisations, but Israel’s export approvals allow Graphite to be sold for much broader government use.
That’s one of the investigations in my drafts folder and I’ll publish it in the coming hours. See below for a link to my drafts folder.
I’m looking beyond the $2M ICE contract at Paragon Solutions, the Israeli company that built Graphite, its connections to Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, named journalists and civil society figures previously targeted, and the wider Israeli offensive surveillance industry exporting these capabilities globally.
I’ll publish a shorter version here, but @Substack gives me room for the technical details, people, companies, contracts, data and connections that don’t fit. Everything stays compact and information heavy.
I’ve opened my drafts folder so you can see what I’m investigating before I publish it and contribute insights, data or stories you think I should prioritise.
🇺🇸 While the West condemns China over surveillance, suppression of expression and human rights, Western governments are using spyware to target political opponents, journalists and activists, expanding facial recognition and surveillance, working with military contractors on predictive policing, and making agreements with companies like Meta to expand identity verification while claiming it’s about keeping children safe online.
🇫🇷 I investigate the companies, investors, governments, intelligence links, legislation and incentives behind this expansion: AI PR stunts, privacy harms caused by ChatGPT, surveillance enabling legislation across the US, UK, Ireland and France, and new powers in countries like Australia that increase government access to personal devices.
🇪🇺 I also look at AI moderation and legislation designed to suppress political dissent and make people censor themselves once identity verification is rolled out because they fear permanent bans without human appeal, and EU proposals such as Chat Control designed to force foreign companies to monitor private messages and posts for EU citizens while officials promote data sovereignty and protection from foreign surveillance.
🇮🇱 That’s only a small part of it. The same companies, technologies, governments, investors and incentives keep appearing across these stories. I’ll eventually map those relationships to show how a relatively small group of people and organisations are shaping technology and legislation that expand surveillance, identity controls and government access across the AI and digital services people increasingly rely on every day.
X and LinkedIn make it difficult to find new posts or see everything I’ve written, so LinkedIn readers convinced me to write on Substack.
Everything is free and a community is forming around privacy, surveillance, personal digital safety and government power.
If you want to see each investigation when I publish it, create a free account and follow me there, or subscribe for the weekly digest.
If you know someone who cares about privacy, surveillance, AI, cybercrime or government power, send them this.
paulfwalsh.substack.com/p/dr…
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ICE is using Israeli zero click spyware called Graphite that can compromise phones and expose Signal and WhatsApp messages without breaking their encryption.
ICE says it’s using the capability against fentanyl traffickers and foreign terrorist organisations, but Israel’s export approvals allow Graphite to be sold for much broader government use.
That’s one of the investigations in my drafts folder and I’ll publish it in the coming hours. See below for a link to my drafts folder.
I’m looking beyond the $2M ICE contract at Paragon Solutions, the Israeli company that built Graphite, its connections to Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, named journalists and civil society figures previously targeted, and the wider Israeli offensive surveillance industry exporting these capabilities globally.
I’ll publish a shorter version here, but @Substack gives me room for the technical details, people, companies, contracts, data and connections that don’t fit. Everything stays compact and information heavy.
I’ve opened my drafts folder so you can see what I’m investigating before I publish it and contribute insights, data or stories you think I should prioritise.
🇺🇸 While the West condemns China over surveillance, suppression of expression and human rights, Western governments are using spyware to target political opponents, journalists and activists, expanding facial recognition and surveillance, working with military contractors on predictive policing, and making agreements with companies like Meta to expand identity verification while claiming it’s about keeping children safe online.
🇫🇷 I investigate the companies, investors, governments, intelligence links, legislation and incentives behind this expansion: AI PR stunts, privacy harms caused by ChatGPT, surveillance enabling legislation across the US, UK, Ireland and France, and new powers in countries like Australia that increase government access to personal devices.
🇪🇺 I also look at AI moderation and legislation designed to suppress political dissent and make people censor themselves once identity verification is rolled out because they fear permanent bans without human appeal, and EU proposals such as Chat Control designed to force foreign companies to monitor private messages and posts for EU citizens while officials promote data sovereignty and protection from foreign surveillance.
🇮🇱 That’s only a small part of it. The same companies, technologies, governments, investors and incentives keep appearing across these stories. I’ll eventually map those relationships to show how a relatively small group of people and organisations are shaping technology and legislation that expand surveillance, identity controls and government access across the AI and digital services people increasingly rely on every day.
X and LinkedIn make it difficult to find new posts or see everything I’ve written, so LinkedIn readers convinced me to write on Substack.
Everything is free and a community is forming around privacy, surveillance, personal digital safety and government power.
If you want to see each investigation when I publish it, create a free account and follow me there, or subscribe for the weekly digest.
If you know someone who cares about privacy, surveillance, AI, cybercrime or government power, send them this.
paulfwalsh.substack.com/p/dr…
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Ethiopia was the only African country to successfully resist European colonization, maintaining its sovereignty at a time when nearly the entire continent was falling under foreign rule. This historic resistance reached its defining moment at the Battle of Adwa in 1896, where Ethiopians united across regions, classes, and cultures to defend their homeland against invasion.
Crucially, women marched alongside men to the battlefield. Ethiopian women were not passive observers of history; they were active participants in the struggle for freedom. They carried food, water, and ammunition across difficult terrain, cared for the wounded, relayed messages, and, when necessary, took up arms themselves. Like their male counterparts, they were prepared to sacrifice their lives to prevent colonial forces from infiltrating their country and condemning future generations to foreign domination and servitude.
Their resistance was driven by a clear understanding of what was at stake. Colonization meant the loss of land, autonomy, culture, and dignity. Victory at Adwa ensured that Ethiopian children would grow up free in their own homeland, governed by their own people. The triumph was not only a military success but a powerful declaration of African self-determination that shattered the myth of European invincibility.
The Battle of Adwa became a symbol of hope across Africa and the African diaspora, inspiring future generations to resist oppression and fight for independence. Ethiopia’s victory—and the indispensable role played by its women—stands as a lasting reminder that freedom is defended not by armies alone, but by the collective will of an entire people determined to remain free at all costs.
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If you were to list the top 1000 real problems in the United States, voter fraud wouldn't be one of them. It's not even in the top 10,000. Donald Trump made this up in order to make it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat.
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Scott Bessent looks to be intentionally crashing the $.
I studied currency collapses and found that there were 7 indicators that preceded every major currency collapse in modern history.
I then measured the US dollar against those 7.
And as of right now, based on what Scott Bessent did last week, we have hit all 7 indicators.
No country in modern history has met all 7 and avoided a currency collapse. None.
And this doesn't look to be happening to us, it looks to be being done to us, by the people who swore an oath to prevent it. And they are getting rich while they do it.
Full article is up on Substack now (link in bio and it's free). I also give the things I am eyeing to hedge it and what we can do to fight it.
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