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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11h

Margolin previously served as the security chief at Marine Base Quantico but was dismissed from that role after accidentally firing his weapon into the floor of his office.

www.justice.gov

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11h

They’re really excelling at selecting woefully underqualified individuals. The Justice Department has appointed retired Marine Corps Colonel Daren K. Margolin as the new head of its immigration court system.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h

The Senate voted to confirm Neil Jacobs as the new head of the NOAA. Jacobs previously served as acting director during the first Trump administration, a period marked by the “Sharpiegate” hurricane forecast controversy.

www.congress.gov

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17h

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud claiming that Trump has plenary authority when it comes to deploying troops. (Plenary means full authority.) After making the statement, he froze completely, like a deer in headlights. The video is worth watching.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration plans to mint a $1 coin featuring Trump’s image, yet another illegal move. This violates the 1866 law, which states that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

This.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America land of the free and martial law!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to block court rulings against him.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing to see here, just one guy running both the agency and the legal department. Checks and balances? Never heard of ’em.

www.reuters.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

After the Portland ruling, Illinois is now taking action. The state filed a lawsuit today seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Been seeing this a lot lately. MAGA folks calling judges Trump appointed “leftist” the moment they rule against him for unconstitutional orders. Funny how quickly “loyalty” turns into “betrayal” when the law doesn’t bend their way.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Many have asked why Trump’s actions were blocked and the answer lies in a core American principle: the military is not to be used to police civilians. This safeguard, rooted in the balance between state and federal power, exists to protect civil liberties and prevent government overreach on US soil.

thehill.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

along with the city of Portland, halting the Trump’s planned action.

At the heart of the decision is the question of state sovereignty.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Another win! A federal judge issued a late-Sunday ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut (a Trump appointee) granted a restraining order sought by the states of Oregon and California,

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, there are multiple eyewitness reports confirming.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

You don’t have to imagine this; it’s real. This is the country Trump is building a place where military-style raids sweep up families and even American citizens, trampling the very rights they’re promised. They call it the “American Dream.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Four U.S. citizen children have been held, until they could be placed with guardians.

In the wreckage of that night, the walls whisper stories of fear and violation of sleep interrupted, homes invaded, and lives upended.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

When morning creeps in, the building is ravaged: doors torn from hinges; walls pocked with holes; personal effects scattered (birth certificates, picture frames, shoes, clothing) tossed like confetti in a storm.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Agents rappel down onto rooftops, bounding into adjacent units. The building is ringed. On the street, neighbors peek from windows, stunned, silent. Some clutch phones; others rush to their doors, trying to see if their homes will be next.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Another stands trembling in pajamas, hands clasped around a stuffed toy. Agents handcuff adults in line, moving them toward waiting vans a U-Haul, a black transport van, lights flashing.

Outside, helicopters hover overhead, spotlights slicing through the night.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Through the hallway, chaos, neighbors screaming, doors crashing, voices shouting in both Spanish and English. Infants cry, the walls tremble, and water leaks from a burst pipe, dripping over strewn papers and broken photo frames. One child is carried out, swaddled hastily in a thin shirt.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

She is yanked to her feet, arms twisted behind her back, hands bound with thick zip-ties. The child cries, naked, having not had time to dress fully. The mother pleads, soft and urgent: “My child… my child…” but the agents do not pause.

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