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Cute, cute — in a stupid-ass way.
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In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.

At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
Consciousness of Guilt: An Opaque and Secret Memorandum with Threats of Reprisal 13. Despite the May 12 Memo being addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the memorandum has only been distributed to select DHS and ICE officials. Furthermore, our clients have been told that the May 12 Memo must be treated with unusually strict access control for a document without any confidentiality markings. 14. To wit: one of our clients was allowed to view the memorandum only in the presence of their supervisor. They were handed the Memorandum, allowed a few minutes to review it without the ability to take notes, and were directed to hand it back. They were also informed that another employee had been reassigned for contradicting a supervisor about a different ICE policy. Our client understood their supervisor shared this piece of information as a warning that expressing disagreement with the new arrest policy could result in adverse career consequences. 15. Together, our clients are aware of multiple DHS employees who faced retaliation for expressing their concerns and/or disagreement with the May 12 Memo’s policy change, likely constituting prohibited personnel practices. One client is aware of a seasoned government instructor, tasked with teaching this new doctrine, who chose to resign rather than be forced to teach what they understood to be unlawful.
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers.

Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
blumenthal.senate.gov Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 1d
I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6
January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
dhricker.bsky.social
Agreed. I’m curious if there’s a pipeline of non-US climate monitoring satellites soon to launch. In case all US ones go dark.
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
dhricker.bsky.social
There’s no way out of this mess that doesn’t involve steep tax increases on the 1%.
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
dhricker.bsky.social
The Legion of Boom, with tears in their eyes, proclaimed that this *really* belonged to me.
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM