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The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 6h

No idea what this is, but it sure isn’t a war zone.

Mac Fox @macfox.bsky.social · 17h

Anyway, if you saw this video today: I filmed it, and it was just as much fun as it looks

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 22h

“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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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

The president's antifa expert tells Holocaust jokes and uses neo-Nazi codes like 1488. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 1d

🚨A quarter of all FBI agents have been assigned to immigration enforcement www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

In July 2024, five months before he allegedly set the fire, Mr Rinderknecht asked ChatGPT to create an image of a "dystopian painting" that included a burning forest and a crowd of people running away from a fire. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pacific Palisades fire suspect snared by ChatGPT image, say investigators

Investigators say evidence collected from the 29-year-old's devices showed an AI image of a burning city.

www.bbc.com

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

ah, thanks

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

This is insane. Why couldn't they just bill him afterwards and threaten to sue for it if need be?

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 1d

Well at least I now know where Elwood Blues got his name. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed for response to ICE

Trump, providing no evidence, said Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker should go to jail, accusing the two Democrats of “failing to protect” immigration agents.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m just emailing you to follow up by sending you the same email I sent you a minute ago.” Gee thanks.

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

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

Milwaukie Man Says He Was Abducted by ICE and Held for Hours Despite Proving Citizenship

Anthony Effinger

www.wweek.com

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Meghan Hoyer @meghanhoyer.bsky.social · 2d

When we hatched a crazy plan asking our TikTok audience to send us their app data, we weren't sure anyone would respond. But 1,100 people, who watched 15 million unique videos, did. Now we've published our first (but not last!) analysis of how TikTok's algorithm pulls people in and keeps them there:

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

I for one welcome our new broadcast overlords.

West Ovarian @westovarian.bsky.social · 3d

I had to look that up. Thanks for that!

NYT Issues Correction After Bari Weiss Uses ‘Antifa’ Account Run By Alt-Right Trolls to Prove Left is Intolerant

New York Times writer Bari Weiss has been duped (again).

www.mediaite.com

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

Today in print.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 3d

Our wrap on the astonishing weekend developments on the ground in Portland and Chicago and in the courts. Free link with marketing caveats. wapo.st/46JxGJu

Trump presses ahead with plans to send troops to Portland despite court setback

California and Oregon pledged to fight the Trump administration’s plans to send National Guard troops to Portland, where protests continue.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 4d

He's been peddling this bushwah for years: www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/u...

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 4d

I’m still mad about Stoned Wheat Thins getting canceled as well, for the record.

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 4d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 5d

Wow. I‘m not sure which part of this is weirder: that they think Starmer’s rep might be worse than theirs, or that they might be right.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5d

Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.

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