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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm

Support Jamaica

supportjamaica.gov.jm

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S.

They have asked folks to reach out to them at [email protected] to coordinate support.

The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

Support Jamaica

supportjamaica.gov.jm

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 18h

Every last one of these officers should be charged.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

A running team from Chicago posted that Trump’s federal agents dragged a runner (67 years old) from his car, broke his ribs, and caused internal bleeding.

IG: dwrunning1

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19h

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

If you need someone to talk to, Trans Lifeline is here for you

+1-877-565-8860

translifeline.org

Home - Trans Lifeline

Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

translifeline.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 1d

Same, girl. Same.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

How your email finds me. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a woman in a long fur coat sitting on a couch, slouched down and petting a longhaired tabby in her lap.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Indivisible Houston ❌ 👑 @indivisiblehouston.bsky.social · 1d

groundavelo.org

ground avelo

groundavelo.org

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Jerry Whitmore, Jr. @jwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

The way they will keep demonizing people who look like me is astonishing. I expect them to claim that scores can improve if you reduce the percentage of "non-white" students or if the school implements "assimilation" programs.

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 1d

They are all still campaigning like it's 1996.

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 1d

Once again highlighting the power of journalists who actually do their jobs.

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 1d

This and what's in the thread.

Many SNAP recipients ARE working but can't afford to feed their families, while the CEOs of their companies make hundreds of times their salaries, AND the corporations don't have to pay the taxes that would easily cover SNAP and many other basic human needs.

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 1d

Do not look away. This is what is happening in our names.

JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 2d

😲 SEATTLE: Shackled at his wrists and ankles, an elderly man struggles in the cold rain to mount the slippery stairs to this Avelo jet, which will fly him to another detention facility in Texas 👀

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 2d

Yes - this is the messaging. From BOTH. Call out the racism in the moment. Remind people about the law.

Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 3d

Yes

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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 3d

Yes

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.”

Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.

"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.

"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.

Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know but seems very suspicious

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 4d

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alixeden @alixeden.bsky.social · 4d

This and the Australian Democracy Sausage exist while we are revitalizing post-Reconstruction/Jim Crow poll-watchers.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 4d

The Plain People of Ireland: begob that Banshees of Inisherin was a bundle of oul slabbers. We're a proper modern country these days.

Also Ireland:

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

OK. *deep sigh* If we’re really doing this …

If anyone has information about this alleged $130 million “donation” — including the identity of the “donor,” if such a person or corporation exists, and any legal opinions purporting to authorize this — please send it my way. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 4d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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