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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 4h
Do you think it:

A) increases support

or

B) decreases support

for disbanding a small agency when you say it creates a nation-wide militia
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 4h
I'm not taking the bait on conflating DHS with ICE. If you want to go full-panic doomer on ICE/CBP relative the general pop, go ahead. It's what they want.

But it's innumerate.
DHS employee
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
also those portable flagpoles are cheap! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7WXK85
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
We are a nation of 340 million.

The original point of debate is whether disbanding ICE seeds a nation-wide paramilitary.

There are exponentially more Girl Scouts than ICE's current numbers.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
is that bad
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
Right, but even if they tripled their numbers in that span, Trump's gestapo wouldn't fill Michigan Stadium.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 5h
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 6h
another win for Betteridge's law of headlines
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 7h
www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
A Democrat goes to war on progressive groups
Adam Jentleson’s new project will counter leftwing organizations that he blames for Democrats’ electoral failures.
www.semafor.com
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 7h
should focus less on the Not Giving A Fuck chapters and more on the Subtle Art areas
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 8h
It's not a big agency tho!

2024 estimates had ICE (combined with CBP) at about 88k, with the armed officer count at less than 30k. That's less than the NYPD.

Their media strategy is all about projecting a greater presence than they actually have. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/t...
The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security - American Immigration Council
Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, the federal government has spent an estimated $324 billion on the agencies that carry out immigration enforcement.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 10h
but which rich people?

No one cares what any think tank says about electoral strategy (unless they commission a poll, and sometimes not even then). But the Searchlight people are saying big-donor PACs are a fundamental problem for Democrats, whether it's AIPAC or Emily's List
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 10h
hearing through the organizer grapevine that if you have the choice between attending a local No Kings protest vs. a big urban one, choose the former

logistics are getting insane
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 11h
monteregie
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 11h
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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 2d
This place is never beating the "4chan for hall monitors" allegations.
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 11h
Parts of Quebec may as well be Napa in the summer.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 11h
Identifying & sidestepping that trap is a skill I wish could list on my resume.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 22h
Padilla wants to affect outcomes. Normally, any governor of California is a presidential contender, absent age or citizenship.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 22h
edmure in the GOT finale was that series' most Veep moment, and The Crown's casting directors knew exactly what they were doing
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 1d
I laughed out loud. And then I sort of, darkly frowned.
chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 1d
high-chance games invoke certain deities, who by their nature are predisposed against long-ball, strike-out orgs like LA

baseball gods do not decide outcomes (see final), but they look favorably upon stolen-base clubs like milwaukee, and loose idiosyncratic spirits like Uecker

finger on the scale
cjzero.bsky.social
CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d
what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 1d
The starch must maintain shape absent manipulation.

Pizza is toast.

Unless it’s from Chicago.
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 1d
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chrismcneil.bsky.social
generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social · 1d
Literally, at minimum. Summarily fired, healthcare and pensions revoked. This is the floor.
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