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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1h

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
www.politico.eu/article/labo...

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1h

"Marine Corps recruiters have long promoted enlistment as a path to stability for families without legal immigration status, but experts say those assurances have eroded as federal authorities have moved to enforce existing laws more strictly." apnews.com/article/immi...

This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad

A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.

apnews.com

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 2h

"Spain has every right to defy Mr Trump, and to defend multilateralism. But standing up to bullies requires coalition-building, including across partisan lines. Alone, resistance is sadly futile." www.economist.com/internationa...

Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance

For Spain’s leader, Pedro Sánchez, opposing Trump is a lonely endeavour

www.economist.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 2h

Right, let's have that debate. The agency has crossed some red lines during Trump #2.

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 2h

Have to go further than ICE, though. Eliminating DHS was in Project 2025. You can achieve a bipartisan consensus to totally dismantle the agency, reform its constituent parts, and redistribute them in the government. You'll also get support from libertarian-types who've never liked the agency.

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 2h

It's remarkable to watch the president of the "Center for American Progress" go after the progressive candidate in Maine.

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 20h

the opportunities have to be made, but it would be nice for some people disinterested in creating them, and with records of failure, to get out of the way (e.g. Schumer/Tanden/Establishment trying to block Graham Platner)

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 21h

Pete offers a hopeful, thoughtful message for this moment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Opinion | Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump

www.nytimes.com

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 23h

They did that huge insane raid in Georgia.

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Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · 1d

The kind of stuff that Arpaio was doing ended up being politically toxic for Arizona Republicans because of how it outraged US citizen Latinos, leading to consequential political changes in AZ. I think there are underappreciated potential parallels now with national immigration enforcement.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
slate.com/news-and-pol...

He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

slate.com

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

-Americans (estadounidenses) are the largest foreign-born population in Mexico and Mexicans are the largest in the U.S.

We are actually in a pretty good place, and it would be helpful to recognize that.

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

-Mexico is willing and able to effectively cooperate with the U.S. on managing irregular migration (especially on individuals from outside North America)
-Mexico is becoming a country of immigration, not emigration
-Mexicans are culturally and socially proximate in many ways

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like we could have a more rational, sane, and constructive immigration debate if we all coalesced around some priors about Mexico:

-Bordering Mexico is an asset, not a burden (unlike, say, Poland bordering Russia and Belarus)

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

“There’s a generation of children who’ve lost faith in the predictability of life, and lost faith in normality remaining the same,” said Anne Longfield, former children's commissioner for England. theweek.com/education/co...

Was shutting schools during Covid a mistake?

Former education secretary Gavin Williamson says the ‘consequences for children weren’t properly taken into account’

theweek.com

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

EU to bypass Washington and woo US states on green agenda
www.ft.com/content/b03b...

EU to bypass Washington and woo US states on green agenda

Brussels plans to work on clean energy and climate action with ‘subnational entities, business and think-tanks’

www.ft.com

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, this is a point that Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper made in Original Sin, to their credit.

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, we should probably go all the way back to 2019 and 2020 -- and encourage those responsible for Biden's first term to reflect on their responsibility for Trump's second. It was obvious then that Biden was not capable of bringing 100% to the job.

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things I hope Biden defenders recognize when listening to [insert national Democrat here] is how utterly insane it was for the Democratic Party to try and argue that a man who literally couldn't communicate was capable of governing the country until January 2029.

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

“We were wrong to downplay the importance of what was happening on the border. It’s clear that we thought some of what we were hearing was overblown when actually it was impacting people in a real way.”

Important admission from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. More Democrats need to say this.

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

"But what is clear is that a party that prides itself on being concerned with making sure low-income people get ahead did not command the support of the people it thinks of itself as helping. That’s a huge problem." @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent discussion from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social about identity politics: "If it seems that all we can see is one group at a time, then we’re not really telling a story that speaks to everybody or one that people can see themselves belonging in, whatever group or identity they might claim."

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

"I think investing in what’s sometimes called social infrastructure — I literally mean things like parks and recreation. If you have more safe, physical spaces for your kids to play in and for people to gather in, that really matters." @petebuttigieg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

Good point from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on national renewal: "And it means the Democratic Party needs to get more interested in what we can do next than in preserving the status quo that’s being smashed to pieces."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

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ajlamesa.bsky.social @ajlamesa.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson 'chose NHS over children', ex-minister tells Covid inquiry
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shutting schools in 2021 put 'NHS over children', Williamson says

The former education secretary tells the Covid inquiry there was a "lack of seriousness" in government.

www.bbc.com