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Tim Murphy
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.

Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.

But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
woke soft-on-crime liberalism gets results
This was the single lowest month of homicides in New York City on record...ever.
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
it really depends on which Le Carre we're talking about here. Tinker Tailor? Tailor of Panama?
Not the main point here, I'm not sure "a cloak and dagger mystery reminiscent of John le Carre" that "is swirling around the complaint" helps clarify what's up here. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...?
February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
yeah that's a very good point. i think maybe solution is just that the bus collects parking-ticket fines in real-time and riders get kickbacks.
February 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
$3 is a good price for going into manhattan. it is not a good deal for going like 10 blocks with groceries, while delayed by 25 double-parked cars.
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
i do think the bus should cost less than the subway, at least some of the time, because it is a lot worse than the subway and you also use it differently
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"trump will fuck with the midterms" vs. "it won't work," the most heated and not-at-all-in-conflict argument in the history bluesky, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
february should by all accounts be the worst month of the year. however, it understands that if you have nothing to say you should at least keep it short.
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
we made it through fuckin january
February 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"As she was on the ground, the agents dumped out her purse, found her U.S. passport and left the scene" www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
this was worth the $70 million i paid for this
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
when I tagged along with Greg Casar to a detention center last year they kept an attorney outside the front entrance for 30 minutes without responding to her, in 90-degree heat, until she left. it was stunning to witness, but the numbers back it up.
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.

Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
[in the voice of the manager from Spinal Tap] it's only Tarrant County, not a very important bellwether
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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For those objecting to comparisons between Germany then & the U.S. now:

“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.”
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Republican candidate was an actual Wambsganss. that's their problem right there.
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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This rules so hard. In law school I remember people who wanted to be federal prosecutors spending three years doing everything they could to be maybe, possibly be competitive for an AUSA job someday. Now you just need to hop on X the everything app and DM a guy named Chad.
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Greg Bovino? The overcoat model? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
broke the glass on the emergency thomas wentworth higginson www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act
Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
reaching epidemic levels of yellow snow out there. whatever gods or planets you pray to, please, ask them for some 40-degree temps.
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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The 70th Street bike lane is in the Epstein Files. buff.ly/97ywL08
The Streetsblog Angle: The 70th Street Bike Lane Is In the Epstein Files! - Streetsblog New York City
Somewhere, maybe, Woody Allen finally regrets opposing that bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM