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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

Media companies large and small are using AI to generate news content because it’s cheaper than paying for journalists’ salaries, but that savings can come at the cost of the outlets’ reputations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Wave of Phony News Quotes Affects Everyone—Including EFF

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content—and you can count EFF among the victims. WinBuzzer published a story June 26

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7d

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"These cuts are part of President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which Congress passed into law in July. At the same time, an estimate by the American Immigration Council puts additional funding across federal agencies for border and immigration security at $170.7 billion, on top of their already-substantial budgets, including $45 billion to build more prisons for migrants."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Stephen Miller has never worked a job outside of politics in his entire life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7d

Turn it up.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 7d

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂

More Border Security Means Less Food Security

As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.

More Border Security Means Less Food Security

As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 8d

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has been covering the drug war and the criminal justice system for more than 20 years.

theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...

Introducing Collateral Damage

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 7d

Border wall construction has begun in the vital wildlife corridor of the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona. Devastating for the environment, communities and wildlife.

Border wall slicing through Arizona wildlife corridor begins construction: ‘A show of force for nothing’

The 30ft-high wall between the US and Mexico will cut through one of the last unbroken grasslands in the west, leaving residents alarmed over the potential impact on wildlife and water use

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 8d

Trump and Hegseth Gathered U.S. Military Leaders for an “Embarrassing” Rant

Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades.

theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

Trump and Hegseth Gathered U.S. Military Leaders for an “Embarrassing” Rant

Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday, Trump declared war on American cities.

Since 2021, Texas border communities have been the testing ground for a MAGA military occupation. Now, residents say they have some advice for the rest of the country. 🦂

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

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Melissa del Bosque @mdelbosque.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday, Trump declared war on American cities.

Since 2021, Texas border communities have been the testing ground for a MAGA military occupation. Now, residents say they have some advice for the rest of the country.🦂

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8d

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?

It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 9d

Border communities have lived under militarization for years—and learned hard lessons in defending their rights.🦂

Read: Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.🦂

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

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ELI5 BSI @eli5bsi.bsky.social · 13d

The Darién isn’t a natural crisis. It’s political. Border theater hides it, but @theborderchronicle.bsky.social reports it.

Subscribe: www.theborderchronicle.com

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 12d

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 26🦂

Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about his high-profile trial and the aftermath. 🦂

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 26

Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about his high-profile trial and the aftermath.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 13d

New in The Border Chronicle podcast🦂

Scott Warren was arrested for providing humanitarian aid in the desert during the first Trump administration and endured a high-profile trial before being exonerated.

Now, he's ready to tell his story.

Humanitarian Aid Is Never a Crime: A Podcast with Scott Warren

Listen now (70 mins) | How did the first Trump administration crack down on providing water and aid for migrants? And what insights we can gain from that now?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

PARTIES3. Plaintiff José Escobar Molina is a 47-year-old man who has lived in D.C. for 25 years. He has maintained valid Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for El Salvador since 2001. On August 21, 2025, Mr. Escobar Molina was walking from his apartment building in Northwest D.C.to his work truck, about to start his workday, when two cars pulled up next to him. As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and—without conducting any inquiry—seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him. The agents arrested him without a warrant and without asking for his name, his identification, or anything about his immigration status. The agents also did not ask him where he lives, whom he lives with, how long he has lived here, or anything else about his ties to the community prior to arresting him. After ICE detained Mr. Escobar Molina overnight at its processing center in Chantilly, Virginia, the next day an ICE supervisor finally realized that he had valid TPS, which statutorily prohibits ICE from detaining him, and released him. Due tohis Latino ethnicity, Mr. Escobar Molina fears being arrested and detained again while going about his daily life in D.C.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 16d

New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂

Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥

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Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border

See Sleep Dealer at the Fox Theater in Tucson on October 15 with an audience Q&A afterward moderated by The Border Chronicle.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19d

The FAQ posted online for this program claims that this would be an EB-1/EB-2 visa. That is EXTREMELY illegal.

Those visas are, by law, ONLY for people with “extraordinary” or “exceptional” ability, or advanced degrees (MAs or PhDs) who are being hired by an American business.

What legal classification do l receive as a trump Gold Card holder?
As appropriately determined by the Department of Homeland Security and subject to availability, an applicant receives lawful permanent resident status as an EB-1 or EB-2 visa holder.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 19d

It's The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 19 🦂

Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived." And Mexico and the US fund "water resiliency" for the Rio Grande, plus more news.. 💦🦂

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 19

Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived." And Mexico and the US fund "water resiliency" for the Rio Grande, plus more news.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21d

A new report from Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state shows that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. Yet, some politicians are using that myth to push stringent requirements that will prevent eligible Americans from voting. Learn more by subscribing to The Briefing: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 21d

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People

New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 20d

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Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande? 💧🦂

“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.

Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?

“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.

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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 21d

Buy Jessica's book. It's great. We promise.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 21d

Today is my book's birthday! 🎂 It happens to be around $12 on Amazon right now, which is a steal (if you can handle Amazon).
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...

The Highest Law in the Land by Jessica Pishko: 9780593471319 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigat...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 21d

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground

A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.

theintercept.com/2025/09/17/t...

Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground

A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.

theintercept.com

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