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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · 1d

Jeezus

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 2d

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 6d

I've talked before about power struggles within hardening authoritarianism. Usually, regime supporters fight over using rule-of-law in crackdowns (with massive abuses, of course) vs. completely embracing extrajudicial methods. Here, we see the latter dominating. Which is very bad news going forward.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

🚨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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

We live in an episode of Veep

Andrew Desiderio V @AndrewDesiderio
X.com
Funny moment just now in the Senate: Lindsey Graham whispered something into his phone and then Siri responded with full volume: "Calling Sean
Hannity mobile"
8:57 AM • 10/28/25 • 276K Views

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · 6d

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · 6d

The babies getting in Mom's way 🤣. Like me trying to get to the cat bowls at dinnertime

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · 6d

This monster says hi

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 7d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9d

Look. These are Nazi talking points. That's not NICE to say, but it's true, and it makes me sick.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · 9d

YES

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14d

Compare yesterday's millions to this and how we couldn't escape breathless coverage of the Tea Partiers at their peak.

April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations reportedly in more than 750 cities.[73] Estimates of protesters and locations varied. The Christian Science Monitor reported on the difficulties of calculating a cumulative turnout and said some estimates state that over half a million Americans participated in the protests, noting, "experts say the counting itself often becomes politicized as authorities, organizers, and attendees often come up with dramatically different counts."[74][75] Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, estimated that at least 268,000 attended in over 200 cities.[76] Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities, which accounted for all capitols and major cities little noticeable or no reliable media coverage in other protests could have contributed to a lower number of attendees and locations.[77] The largest event, in Atlanta, drew between an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 protesters.[77][78][79] Some of the gatherings drew only dozens.[74]

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 14d

We bombed a fishing boat in distress.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14d

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 15d

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 28

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · Oct 3

I realize this is completely cynical, but what's the story with the service dog she mentioned? That's the kind of thing that would get a lot of attention -- remember that weird squirrel story before the election?

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · Oct 1

Measuring the length of the shutdown in sprints

riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · Sep 30

Done

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Sep 30

Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx"

looks like state capitalism to me

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pfizer Gets Three-Year Reprieve From Trump Pharma Tariffs

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some o...

www.bloomberg.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Sep 29

"In an interview, one woman who identified herself as the wife of one of the dead men said that her husband was a fisherman with four children who left one day for work and never came back."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/w...

Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk

www.nytimes.com

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · Sep 27

This came out on the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated so people missed it. Read it. This is a well-funded effort to turn the information environment to their advantage.

The “Informing America Foundation”.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Inside the hidden conservative network bankrolling an "ecosystem" of right-wing news

John Solomon's Informing America set out to create an echo chamber to shape public opinion. It's working.

www.motherjones.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Sep 27

Yehuda Cohen’s son Nimrod has been held by Hamas since 10/7. I’m in awe of his courage.

He attended the event this wk where France recognized Palestine. And walked out in protest when Netanyahu spoke at the UN.

He knows only a deal, a ceasefire, an end to this horrific war will bring Nimrod home.

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riotbrrd.bsky.social @riotbrrd.bsky.social · Sep 27

This must be a Carolyn imposter account

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☕️ Jeremy Diamond @dmnd.me · Sep 26

"I don't think the hardware is the hard part." FAMOUS LAST WORDS, BOZ

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