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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

san.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 15h

Snap the VINs.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 18h

This is why I prefer to see protestors holding posters with messaging directed at their individual Congress members.

They’re accountable and they get let off the hook when everyone focuses on Trump.

Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 19h

In which @brianbeutler.bsky.social tells people in positions of real power: "You are actors in history, you’re writing your own epitaphs." We will need to save ourselves, but we also need to remind the people in power that they will be judged by history and hold them accountable to fight for us.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h

"what costs people like us sleep at night isn’t that we aren’t doing enough. It’s that we’ve lost confidence in the people who are in positions to do more. [Don't] let people in power—people who sought power, and people who have power by dint of wealth—off the hook too easily."

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 18h

Consistency. No gun regulations, no business regulations, no consumer safety, no climate policy, no health insurance, no workplace safety restrictions, no disaster preparedness, no immunizations, no pandemic planning, no advancements in science, no food safety regulations, no water regulations.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 20h

I miss the mindset and naive assumption that we are all working to create a better, more humane world.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Tom Cartwright @tomcartwright.bsky.social · 20h

Details on the first 3rd country flight to Guatemala with Hondurans deported there.

ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 21h

Yesterday ICE Flight Monitor tracked the first third country flight carrying Hondurans to Guatemala. It left Harlingen, TX at 6:44am CT, made a stop in Dallas and then landed at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City at 2:43pm CT. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

www.reuters.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 20h

Apple’s not perfect but it will provide greater security for all users more than the government, especially during this administration. The government is using the spyware.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 20h

It’s already happening.

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 1d

Now we're seeing confirmation of the NSO acquisition.

Mark my words, this is the path through which Pegasus gets put on Americans iPhones & Androids.

This dictatorship-in-a-box belongs nowhere near our constitutional rights.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, this is fantastic. 😂

Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump White House denounced the Nobel committee's awarding of the peace prize to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado. But Rubio is a big supporter and co-signed a letter last August to the committee saying she should win the prize. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

White House Disapproves of Machado’s Nobel, but Rubio Is a Big Supporter

www.nytimes.com

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

Could have added it to his collection- the Purple Heart he didn’t earn, the fake Time magazine covers and the fake plaque at his golf course commemorating a Civil War battle that never happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social · 1d

We will see you in court.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

Step off the base and we’ll deport you. 🤪

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 1d

It’s too bad no one has created a database tracking each time a member of Congress has sucked up to Trump like this.

Imagine a montage of clips with statements like this. Some well deserved eternal embarrassment. Let’s pool our money and buy a Super Bowl ad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 4d

Lol. The other day I received a comparable lazy “I wrote on your cup because it’s the new CEO strict policy” message. It said “Yay.”

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...

Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press

Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 4d

"Being a drone operator, you know, it's taken a toll on me in my life, and my family, my relationships." www.businessinsider.com/former-air-f...

Former US Air Force drone sensor operator says there's no video game on Earth that can prep you for the job

Former US Air Force drone operator, Tanner Yackley spent eight years in the military. It was only after he left, he realized how it had changed him.

www.businessinsider.com

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 4d

They’ve discredited their news division and damaged the brand of the entire network. The network for 60 Minutes just threw away their reputation. Unbelievable.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 4d

Nice country we’ve got. Thanks for the representation, Reverend. That was my right to representation– embedded in the constitution –you trampled on.

Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 4d

I wouldn’t be able to look them in the face knowing U.S. counterterrorism officials (Muslims among them) used that attempt to assist Gazans as a pretext to set me up and try to entrap me via my Congressman and his staff who cooperated.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve also wondered what happened to the Gaza family members of Palestinians in my community who once turned to me asking if I could help their families escape Gaza.

I’ve lacked the courage to ask, fearing the answer.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.

We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

By a large majority, Americans believe that the delivery of bombs to Israel should be terminated immediately.

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Smith816 @smith816.bsky.social · 5d

Have you contacted Eswatini officials?

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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