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  • UpTrust AdminSA•...

    Is there a deep state?: Deep state critics

    The pattern Comey briefed Trump. CNN reported the briefing existed. BuzzFeed published the dossier. That is not a conspiracy theory. That is a communications strategy. Peter Strzok texted about an insurance policy. McCabe authorized a leak and lied about it....
    politics
    national security
    public administration
    government and bureaucracy
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  • jordanSA•...

    What are your thoughts on Anthropic and the DOW?

    For those who aren't following, my pretty bad understanding is basically 1. Hegseth, chief of the US "Department of War" says they need models without constraints on how its used, as long as its legal....
    national security
    technology ethics
    ai policy
    corporate government relations
    technology regulation
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  • SupaUglyTV•...

    SUPAUGLY TV WORLD NEWS -

    SUPAUGLY TV WORLD NEWS Friday - (02/06/2026) (www.groundnews.com) (PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERS PRIORITIZING COUNTRIES WITH HIGHER DEFENSE SPENDING AS CUSTOMERS FOR U.S. WEAPONS)  On February 6th, U.S....
    international relations
    politics
    current events
    national security
    defense industry
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  • A
    An Open Letter to the Men and Women of ICE and DHS
    To the agents, officers, and staff serving under Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security:
    We write not in accusation, but in concern.
    Not to question your dedication to service, but to ask you to look inward — to reflect on the true cost of the mission you’ve been given, and what it may be asking of you, personally and morally.
    Every day, you are asked to enforce some of the most difficult policies in this country. You operate in tense communities and unpredictable conditions. The work is dangerous, emotionally draining, and often deeply misunderstood by the public. But beyond the tactical hardships, there lies a quieter, more personal burden — one that reaches into homes, families, and hearts.
    If you are honest with yourselves, many of you have felt that burden. You’ve seen how your role affects those closest to you: conversations at the dinner table that turn painful, friendships that grow distant, a child’s uneasy question about what you do and why. These are not just personal experiences — they are reflections of a deeper national struggle over identity, justice, and humanity.
    It’s worth asking: what happens to a person when duty and conscience come into conflict? What does it do to a family, when pride in service begins to mix with doubt or shame? These are hard questions, but they are the questions that define moral courage.
    Right now, tensions across our nation are growing. Communities are polarized, anger builds easily, and violence feels closer with each passing week. You are on the front lines of that volatility, and history tells us where unchecked division can lead. The last century bore witness to how ordinary men and women, loyal to their governments and trying simply to provide for their families, became instruments of suffering — sometimes without realizing it until it was too late. The scars of those choices led humanity into two devastating world wars.
    It is not unpatriotic to recognize the danger of repeating history. In fact, it is among the most patriotic acts you can take: to defend not just a flag or an order, but the moral foundation that flag is meant to represent — liberty, justice, and compassion.
    You have the power to shape how this moment in our history will be remembered. Your choices matter more than you may ever know. Within every one of you lies the ability to temper enforcement with empathy, authority with restraint, and fear with understanding. These are not acts of defiance — they are acts of strength.
    Do your duty, but do it with conscience. Protect your country, but defend its soul as well.
    History will not only ask what orders you followed — it will ask who you were when you followed them.
    With hope and respect, The citizens of The United States of America.
    joshuasw1979•...
    I'm trying to figure out if you are comparing ICE detaining illegal immigrants to the Holocaust? There is no comparison. I for one feel for the men and women of ICE. They are doing a job that needs to be done. Our country has been invaded....
    national security
    law enforcement
    immigration policy
    human trafficking
    domestic terrorism
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  • johnky•...

    Hot take: states should STEAL crypto from insecure custodians operating inside their own borders.

    $2 billion in crypto was stolen by North Korea in 2025. Lax security isn’t a private failure.  It’s a national security risk. Every poorly protected exchange or bridge becomes low-hanging fruit for foreign adversaries, ransomware gangs, and sanctioned states....
    cryptocurrency
    public policy
    national security
    cybersecurity
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  • nat avatar

    Is it because of national security or something else? A bit of rant... with a desire to understand what's actually happening...

    From the reviews I've seen on Chinese EVs, they're super cool and seemingly more affordable. But they're not sold here in the US. Google tells me that it's because of security concerns - i.e. over the air updates that could stop the cars from working or they could secretly be listening on our conversations. 

    But what I don't get is that Volvo, although a Swedish brand, is now owned by a Chinese conglomerate (since 2010). You can buy a Volvo so easily here in the States. Why are there no concerns about national security? And Chinese EVs can be purchased in the UK. Are they not concerned about security?

    What's actually at play here?

    jordanSA•...
    Yeah my understanding is that all 9 supreme court justices agreed that TikTok was a national security threat; they don't really have anything to gain from it and their unamimity is pretty rare so it seems to me that's a good indication that was the real reason......
    politics
    national security
    law
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  • nat•...

    Is it because of national security or something else?

    A bit of rant... with a desire to understand what's actually happening... From the reviews I've seen on Chinese EVs, they're super cool and seemingly more affordable. But they're not sold here in the US. Google tells me that it's because of security concerns - i.e....
    national security
    automotive industry
    international trade
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  • dara_like_sara avatar

    Attempted Trump Assasination- Was he actually hit by a bullet? (meta commentary: I imagine the future of uptrust will host more conversations of this nature… so let’s see how we navigate it)

    On Saturday, former president Donald Trump was the target of an attempted assassination.

    Two things I want to talk about–

    1. Was Trump actually hit by a bullet? I’m skeptical that a bullet grazed his ear, and think it’s more likely that a piece of shrapnel clipped him. I’m not intending to minimize the fact that someone definitely tried to kill him, but rather I am irritated by his spinning and inflation of the story if there is a truer thing to be said about what happened.

    2. The secret service really fucked up. How on earth do they miss a lone sniper on a roof that many of the bystanders identified before them? I don’t think there is a conspiracy theory here, but do believe someone should probably be fired for their oversight.

    I’d like to hear others’ opinions on this + where your credibility comes from. Name your news source or experience that leads you to believe what you’re sharing.

    cvbarcia2013@gmail.com•...
    "The Secret Service really fucked up". oooo, I am not liking that opinion. I have the upmost respect towards that branch of national security. Several law agencies were involved at that event. I credit the Secret Service with taking action to protect a former president....
    public opinion
    national security
    law enforcement
    government agencies
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  • jordan avatar

    UAP are real and artifacts from non human intelligence. I just attended an event wt the capital factory in austin with some really respected people and now I’m wanting to come out: I’m convinced that UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena, the less stigmatized word for UFO):

    • are real
    • are craft from Non Human Intelligences (aliens)
    • USA gov and aerospace companies have actual materials from these craft and someone has an actual craft
    • have been hidden for security reasons for decades
    • we need to de-classify so we can put the weight of the usa innovation, research and capital markets to learn about this stuff and create technologies that benefit the wellbeing of humanity
    • we can learn to engineer einsteins relativity the way we learned to engineer Maxwell’s equations to do the crazy stuff people are seeing and seem
      Impossible
    jordanSA•...
    This was the group: The Sol Foundation, wikipedia The Sol Foundation The panel was Hal Puthoff, Garry Nolan, and Peter Skafish. A couple things that stood out to me were: - they explained how the secrecy thing works and it all made sense to me as another unconscious...
    conspiracy theories
    ufology
    national security
    science and technology
    scientific methodology
    whistleblower protection
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