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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 13h

Well thank god APD’s helicopter is on the case of the shoplifter at Target. tt-cdn-prod.trunktrio.com/mp3/19727-17...

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 15h

Airport fire dept. reported that the smell was due to sewer fumes. Yummy.

Ground stop is now clear.

FAA Airport Updates @faabot.paxex.aero · 17h

Ground stop program in effect at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) since 2025-10-10 17:14 EDT affecting flights from ZAU/ZTL/ZDC/ZNY/ZHU/ZJX/ZFW/ZOB/ZMA/ZKC/ZME/ZID until 2025-10-10 18:15 EDT due to fire. Additional details here.✈️🛑 #AvGeek

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19h

I can't stress enough that if this is what Border Patrol does to a middle-aged Midwestern white woman producer on camera, imagine what they are doing to people who are *not* middle-aged Midwestern white women off-camera

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 20h

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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George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social · 21h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’

www.theguardian.com

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 23h

And get a full timeline of events from @pressfreedom.bsky.social here: cpj.org/2025/07/time...

Timeline: Reporter Mario Guevara’s arrest and ICE detention - Committee to Protect Journalists

Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara, who has covered immigrant issues in the Atlanta metro area for the past 20 years, was detained by local law enforcement while livestreaming a local “No Kings” ...

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 23h

You can learn more about Mario's work here: 285south.com/detention-of...

Detention of reporter Mario Guevara hits Hispanic community

After two months in immigration detention, his newsroom feels “empty” and many of his followers say they feel less secure

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 23h

GCSO claimed Mario's work is dangerous & against "societal norms", esp. his filming of local law enforcement & federal agents. ICE wholesale used those claims keep Mario detained prior to deportation. That's not editorializing: it's literally what happened. georgiarecorder.com/2025/08/21/i...

ICE relied on sheriff’s office to fight releasing Spanish-language reporter in Georgia, records show • Georgia Recorder

The federal immigration case against a jailed, Spanish-language journalist has been bolstered by the help of a metro Atlanta sheriff’s office, public records show. Mario Guevara’s two-month confinemen...

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 23h

ty to @jamesstout.bsky.social for mentioning the deportation of Mario Guevara on this week's episode of Executive Disorder (which you should be listening to anyway). Gwinnett Co. Sheriff's Office & ICE explicitly targeted Mario bc of his work as a journalist.

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Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37

Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 10/10/2025 · 1h 3m

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 1d

I have so many questions

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah that’ll do it

A picture of a power pole snapped completely in half after a car accident. Half of the pole is still being held in the air by the power lines, the other half of the pole is sticking out of the ground at a low angle.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 1d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

So this is a pretty wild part of the TRO: mandating agents wear visible identification. Taking bets on how long before they violate it, lol

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official

duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when wearing riot gear.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New from 404 Media: cocaine in private jets. Drug traffickers entering sailing races to move drugs. And mountains of meth hidden in sex toys. These are some of the things the FBI saw on its secretly backdoored encrypted chat app according to newly leaked documents
www.404media.co/cocaine-in-p...

Cocaine in Private Jets and Sex Toys: What the FBI Found on its Secretly Backdoored Chat App

New leaked documents show how the FBI convinced a judge to let its partners collect a mass of encrypted messages from thousands of phones around the world.

www.404media.co

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

Three SCOTUS cases saw movement this week targeting LGBTQ+ people: A conversation therapy case, a shadow-docket case on trans passports, and a sports ban that will determine equal protection for trans people.

Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.

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Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week

From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 3d

was putting off some healthcare stuff until next year bc I was planning on buying better insurance but now I’m like welp I’ll be lucky to be able to afford my current plan (already bottom tier Obamacare) next year

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 4d

Georgia depends on GFAF!

Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 4d

I'm on the board of the GA First Amendment Fdn, a tremendous space for defending open gov't, press freedom & the First Am. It's been a generative place in these contentious times. Oct 28, we're hosting our annual awards honoring some 1st Am. heavyweights. Join us! membership.gfaf.org/event-6288981

Georgia First Amendment Foundation - 2025 Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 23rd Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Celebration

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 7d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara has reunited with family members and media colleagues after being deported to Olocuilta, El Salvador.

"GOD IS GOOD FRIENDS, Ready to continue working double time from my land, that's what my God wanted. Thank you very much to ALL," he wrote in Spanish on his Facebook page.

Mario Guevara enjoying an orange Fanta and pupusas

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
cpj.org/2025/10/jour...

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Atlanta Civic Circle @atlantaciviccircle.org · 7d

Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara set to be deported Friday

Mario Guevara, an Emmy award-winning, Spanish-language journalist who has served Atlanta’s Latino community for over two decades, will be deported Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to his family.

Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara set to be deported Friday

Mario Guevara, an Emmy award-winning, Spanish-language journalist who has served Atlanta’s Latino community for over two decades, will be deported Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to his family.

atlantaciviccircle.org

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 7d

ah so that’s why I feel like shit

Screenshot from Apple Weather app showing the current barometric pressure is 30.31inHg, which is on the high end of the scale.

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ACLU of Georgia @acluofga.bsky.social · 7d

ICE will deport Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained in retaliation for livestreaming a metro Atlanta protest, to El Salvador.

Mario had the right to work in the U.S. He and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press. bit.ly/4mQD2sy

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 8d

So he was first arrested in DeKalb County while covering a protest. He was 1 of 30 people arrested & the only journalist. He was charged with pedestrian in the roadway, obstruction & a third misdo charge I can’t remember. All dropped.

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jen ramos-eisen 🇵🇭 @jenramose.online · 8d

at the ASG presser, I had mentioned in my question that Atlanta is the only city in the US where a journalist has been detained by ICE for doing his job. this is cruel and unnecessary and, plainly, a violation of human rights. it was the case months ago and still is the case now. fuck ICE.

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 8d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

www.wabe.org/family-says-...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 8d

Journalists should never have to fear government retaliation for reporting on government activity, and showing up to work shouldn't result in your family being torn apart.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 8d

Mario had the right to work and report in the U.S. at the time he was arrested for livestreaming a protest in June.

He was held for over 100 days in ICE detention, and he did not have the chance to say goodbye to his family in person before being deported.

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