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hongpong @hongpong.bsky.social · 22d

New release for ICE Detention Facilities scraper v 1.1.0-alpha1, a python script greatly enhanced. Now can collect prisoner data on each facility, carefully matched addresses & more. new contributor overhauled everything in detail. Volunteers tested!
Release notes:
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Release 1.1.0-alpha1 · Open-Security-Mapping-Project/ice_detention_scraper

Large rewrite of the ice_detention_scraper, many thanks to @johnseekins and a couple volunteers who tested the many new refinements and additions. This brings us up to more than 190 facilities, man...

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 2d

Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...

Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator

Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.

www.politico.eu

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia Dems are going to get Saddam Hussein style election numbers

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FEDERAL LAYOFFS WILL BE IN THE THOUSANDS: WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM @ Everybody can reply

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

Former Republican elections official buys Dominion Voting, the company at the center of false 2020 conspiracy theories
BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI
BY NICK LICHTENBERG
BUSINESS EDITOR
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM EDT

"You Sure About That?" meme from I Think You Should Leave

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 1d

naming names for the broad spectrum attack that’s coming against liberal NGO’s

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hongpong @hongpong.bsky.social · 1d

these barmy dudes have the run of the roost nowadays .. ed martin types to boost their fanciful dreams in every possible locale of power

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 1d

In a Zoom chat among election denial figures earlier this week that was streamed on Rumble, the head of the election denial organization previously known as United Sovereign Americans said that his organization has been "engaged with multiple US attorneys now."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

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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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 2d

Did you guys know Christopher Cantwell, the Crying Nazi from Charlottesville, ended up

-becoming an FBI snitch (which turned out to be a ruse the FBI used to gather incriminating evidence against *him*)
-came out as queer, admitting to 100's of Grindr hookups
-started self publishing gay erotica

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Debt Peon (Tijuana Burrito Taxi) @debtpeon.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Jesus gave Charlie Kirk a horse ranch🎶

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hongpong @hongpong.bsky.social · 1d

charlie is riding on a horse with jesus

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d

A tearful Kim Robinson reports that God showed her that Charlie Kirk was rewarded with a horse ranch in Heaven and she saw "Charlie riding on a horse, with Jesus."

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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 1d

I've always pictured any theoretical afterlife as this beyond-human-comprehension abstraction, like your brain during a k-hole but x1000

So it catches me so off guard whenever evangelicals are like "Yeah in heaven you'll own 7 or 8 dodge chargers & golden corral is ALWAYS open--"

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d

A tearful Kim Robinson reports that God showed her that Charlie Kirk was rewarded with a horse ranch in Heaven and she saw "Charlie riding on a horse, with Jesus."

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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Cantwell's coming out post is a perfect example of how nazis *almost* understand a thing but then arrive at the craziest answer

Like "it isn't emasculating for me to have sex with men..."

That's true, Chris, good jo--

"...Because I'M SEXUALLY DOMINATING & DEGRADING HOMOS"

Ah jeez

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller asserts that because Trump has "plenary authority" he will win the appeal pending before the 9th circuit of the Oregon restraining order keeping National Guard troops from being deployed in Portand

No such term in the Constitution

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 3d

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 3d

I would actually point out that the level of resources, the number of members of leadership that are involved, etc. in Chicago demonstrates just how little bandwidth they actually have for this.

They can do a city or two with token forces AT MOST.

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 3d

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

This is almost as bad as the infestation NYC saw in the 1970s, in which violence would often break out between the Baseball Furies and the Gramercy Riffs or you'd be caught in a rumble between the Lizzies and the Boppers. Terrifying times.

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 3d

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

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