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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 3h

So, someone was in a stolen car and then they ran, apparently. I just discovered NextDoor. 😂 And I saw some crazy shit on the drive home from the PTA meeting! 🚓🚔🚓

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5h

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5h

In Old Irving Park, the “new normal” for residents on Saturday included federal agents deploying tear gas as parents and costumed children were leaving their homes on their way to a neighborhood Halloween parade.
www.rawstory.com/ice-chicago-...

ICE deploys tear gas as costumed children head to Halloween parade

A former Cook County prosecutor said he had collected a tear gas canister from his own front lawn in a residential Chicago neighborhood and submitted it to a law firm that is preparing a lawsuit over ...

www.rawstory.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

🚨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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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 5h

Multiple Jewish rabbis condemn the DHS raids in Chicago.

“It is our patriotic and sacred duty to uphold just immigration policies and protect our vulnerable neighbors.”

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 13h

She's right! Trump is not there to dance!

#ProudBlue

Video crecit: seona88/Tiktok

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 5h

For no discernable reason. The cars I followed FAR BEHIND drove weirdly through lights further up, too.

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 5h

That was insane. Against traffic twice, one to cross and then to cross in front of left turn lanes.

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 5h

Dude, I just watched a synchronized cop ballet (from first position right hand lane of left turn red light) of about eight Ford Explorers lights blazing through an intersection against traffic and then four of them made a U-turn behind us and two then went to the left of me and then two to right.

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Anne Elizabeth @sweeneyanne.bsky.social · 8h

fuck fuck fuckity fuck.....it's true

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 8h

“Totalitarianism today begins not with the suppression of speech but with the systematic degradation of meaning…

Its goal isn’t to convince anyone of one story over another; it is to make people stop believing that any story could really be true.”

Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth

Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.

www.thenation.com

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Neil Selwyn @neilselwyn.bsky.social · 9h

Wired has just published an in-depth piece on Alpha Schools ... giving us a deep-dive on the realities of AI-driven schools sold on the promise of students plugged into personalised learning systems and doing ('crushing') a full day's schoolwork in only 2 hours: www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...

Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out

In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.

www.wired.com

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing.

Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of lies once and for all.

Pope Leo vs. the Empire of Lies: The Long Game to Defeat Trumpism

He’s already rebuked immigration crackdowns and blasted the “logic of exclusion” fueling rising nationalism. Now, as the youngest pope in 35 years, Leo is poised to help defeat Trumpism for good.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government.

Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?

Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

"School cellphone bans, like the one in New York, won’t solve every danger on the internet, but they’re a reasonable first step toward addressing one of the most pressing dangers facing teenagers like me." www.thebulwark.com/p/teenager-h...

I’m a Teenager. Here’s How We Can Protect Kids From Online Harm.

Practical suggestions for schools and families.

www.thebulwark.com

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James launched an online portal for New Yorkers to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Federal Action Reporting Form

Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start

ag.ny.gov

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 13h

If Biden said that the dementia test was “very hard” Jake Tapper would have personally come to your door to tell you about it

Also, at the risk of being obvious, the fact that Trump always confuses the dementia test is an IQ test is an indication that he is not doing great cognitively

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…

The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..

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RNS @rns.org · 13h

This week, theologian and historian @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social joins to discuss her inspiring new book, "A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance." Listen now!
religionnews.com/2025/10/25/w...

"We're not going to let you take our tradition": A Beautiful Year with Diana Butler Bass

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with theologian and historian Dr. Diana Butler Bass about her inspiring new book, "A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance."

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 13h

Oh man, this is from 2017. AWS has maps of everyone's houses.

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 13h

Goddammit I fucking knew it!!

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Cindy Banyai for Florida House 78 @cindybanyai.bsky.social · 13h

Florida Republicans look to take away more power from local governments and give it to Tallahassee in the 2026 Farm Bill. We must protect home rule! #florida #politics #flapol #swfl #fortmyers #hd78 #takebacktally #noshit

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h

Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. She was elected more than a month ago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Oh.

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Don't Say "Enola Gay!" @aviatrixt.bsky.social · 17h

As a Floridian, all I can say is watch out, Tennessee. 😂

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 23h

I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.

Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 1d

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

Menopause getting you down? Don’t worry, the wellness industry has a very pricey solution for you | Viv Groskop

Lion’s mane mushroom, maca root, collagen concoctions: there’s a menopause gold rush out on social media’s wild frontier, says comedian Viv Groskop

www.theguardian.com

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