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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 14h

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

this is such a great encapsulation of why this race feels existential even to people outside NYC. Cuomo as the final boss of everything wrong with the current Democratic Party, Mamdani happily grabbing the third rails everyone’s told are too dangerous to touch (trans people, Muslims, socialism)

The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 1d

It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 3d

Los Angeles, CA -

As hundreds of Dodgers fans watch the game in Echo Park, a vehicle containing LAPD horses drives by to raucous boos from the fans.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

🚨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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

THIS is the reason why I have consistently tried to emphasize that Border Patrol and ICE are different agencies with different duties and different leadership and different styles.

Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE. Now they're going to be the ones running the show.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 9d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’

Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November

www.theguardian.com

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, agree with you there. However, throughout the years every time I've tried to time the market and thought "should I pull out cash", it always would have been a worse move than DCA.

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 9d

As a "computer guy," save your freak-outs for other things. AI doesn't "think". It categorically can't resist or blackmail. Fraud, I mean maybe on loose definitions of fraud in that it hallucinates. But even that is reliant on people using it uncritically and taking its word as gospel.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 10d

There is some incredible detergent news I have the honor of announcing very soonly

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 10d

"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"

What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com

dansinker.com

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 10d

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 10d

This is a great watch for movie buffs, because you see the bullet rotation early on, and go "wait hold on, WHEN was this movie made?? How the hell did they do that?" And you know you're in for something special.

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SolveForGenX @solveforgenx.bsky.social · 11d

I believe this is called juxtaposition

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 12d

Do you have reason to believe that 1/3 or more of Mamdani's total primary votes came from exactly Jeffries district?

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 12d

Okay, thank you, that makes a lot more sense.

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 13d

Is that for real? That's buck wild.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 13d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 13d

Still can’t believe so many people take it for granted that Biden was slipping but there’s still no real public discourse about whether this sounds like dementia:

Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 14d

Trump: AOC is talking about having rebellions, she's not the leader, who the hell wants to go into her door anyway, she never took a course on the environment. The only thing wrong with midterms is a President gets elected, and for some reason, you lose the midterms.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 14d

The episode ends with a close up of Riker, furious at the very existence of transphobes.

Be like Riker.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 15d

Shut up and take my money

Charles Bushong @totalnerd.bsky.social · 16d

Marked Safe from Brown Liquid

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 20d

Cancel Spotify. Get everyone you know to cancel Spotify.

Spotify needs to become the prime example of what happens when these platforms run ICE ads.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 21d

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

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Builder's Remedy 🦃🍂 @buildersremedy.bsky.social · 16d

“The fake Trump shit tape is a distraction from the real Trump piss tape.”

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 17d

10,000 people marching in a big city is all well and good, but my heart is with those groups of like three or five or ten in a tiny ass village in the middle of nowhere who are braving ridicule from their community to take a stand. We need every one of you.

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