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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3h

Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen, says he was abducted by masked plainclothes agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he arrived at his Northeast Portland job last Thursday and was kicked to the floor of a van and taken to an ICE detention center.

Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship

The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.

www.wweek.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 20h

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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🦇Stale Andy Corn 🎃 @yourlamentablefriends.com · 8h

This is why you're suddenly seeing obvious AI showing this. It's not to sell you on what the AI says. It's to make you doubt the real shit. Unless you're president, then yeah. It's basically a Galaxy Quest Historical Documents scenario at this point.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 9h

whew this is bleak

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 9h

IF YOU HAVE A CLEARANCE CALL A NATSEC LAWYER BEFORE YOU CALL THE TIP LINE

My info is in my profile. Or call @bradmossesq.bsky.social if you can't reach me.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 17h

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 15h

Andy Ngo and his milkshake

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 12h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 11h

Yup. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-L...

Mar-a-Lago face - Wikipedia

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 12h

They hate us for our freedoms, man, I dunno what else to say

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 12h

I live in one of the deepest red states in the country so yeah I get the doomer impulse pretty often, guess I wasn't feeling it so hard this afternoon.

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 13h

"Stanford's Pfefferkorn warns that while US tech companies are not state-controlled, they have in her view become 'happy handmaidens' when it comes to 'repressing free speech and dissent.'"

www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 15h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 14h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 13h

She dedicated it to Trump, you dipshit.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 13h

As much as I'd love to see it, the only way the hypocrisy angle works is if your opponent has a conscience. Abbott/MAGA have none.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13h

Didn’t take long to seemingly break one

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 13h

tired: binging OnlyFans instead of getting therapy

wired: binging OnlyFans AND getting therapy

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rad uncle Ieftist @raduncle.bsky.social · 13h

Kinda makes me wonder if ICE is forcing their captives to do their dirty work for them, under threat of immediate deportation (or worse). Maybe I've gone insane.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 13h

Hi Senator have you changed your mind since Wednesday?

Eric Michael Garcia • @ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a
precondition to rein in the government says "can't do that. It's gotta be health care all the way."
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM @ Everybody can reply

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

Do you think Corey Lewandowski, Kristi Noem, or Stephen Miller himself thought it'd be cute to falsely claim FPS asked for a Guard invasion of the courthouse?

Finally, the Court notes its concern about a third declaration submitted by Defendants, in
which the declarant asserted that the FPS “requested federalized National Guard personnel to
support protection of the Federal District Court on Friday, October 10, 2025.” Doc. 62-3. This
purported fact was incendiary and seized upon by both parties at oral argument. It was also
inaccurate, as the Court noted on the record. To their credit, Defendants have since submitted a
corrected declaration, and the affiant has declared that they did not make the error willfully. Doc.

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