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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel and journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel and journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 3d

Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say

The clash touched off more protests in the city over immigration enforcement. The Illinois governor said National Guard troops could be deployed soon against his wishes

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Federal Agent in Chicago Shot Motorist in Confrontation, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 5d

United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages to target people for deportation.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 5d

California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies

calmatters.org/justice/2025...

California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies

California limits how police store and share data they collect with automated license plate readers to protect residents' privacy. The state is suing El Cajon, alleging it's misusing that data.

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 5d

California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it

From @wendyfry.bsky.social

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California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it

California's seven ICE detention centers have to open their doors to local health departments. So far, county officials aren't making much use of that power.

calmatters.org

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 6d

Noooo @duolingoverde.bsky.social you can’t show up on my Apple Watch. This thing is just supposed to tell me when I’m a lazy ass about PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 6d

An ICE agent inside 26 Federal Plaza outside an immigration hearing, his glasses branded “Nemesis,” reflect the journalists documenting him in the hallway. Following Tuesday’s incident at 26 Federal Plaza, the image underscores the tense dynamic between press and ICE agents inside the building.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 6d

Some California teachers who posted social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk were disciplined, raising concerns about free speech. https://cal.news/4pRVN1m

📷 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

A classroom at a school in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

HED: Charlie Kirk fallout hits California schools. At least 20 teachers in California’s K-12 schools are facing disciplinary action after they made derogatory comments about right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.

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WIRED @wired.com · 7d

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies. www.wired.com/story/govern...

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

www.wired.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 13d

Reporters: Writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel & journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level.
www.ire.org/training/con...

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 15d

Reporters: Writing about immigration arrests/deportations in your community? Join FAC’s Paloma Esquivel & journalists @wendyfry.bsky.social @jicastaneda.bsky.social & Jill Castellano at AccessFest for tips on covering immigration enforcement at the state/local level. www.ire.org/training/con...

AccessFest 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors

IRE's virtual conference, AccessFest, is October 9-11, 2025. Join us for training and learn how to be a better watchdog journalist!

www.ire.org

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 19d

Mario Guevara is here legally and is not facing any criminal charges.

He is being thrown out of the country for nothing but reporting news.

US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice

Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20d

Of great interest to perhaps 0.5% of readers:

- yt-dlp, a command-line app, can finally download videos of Senate hearings. This has never worked.
- Whisper speech recognition (an app like MacWhisper) can quickly turn the downloaded audio into a decent-quality transcript.

github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 20d

2/2 CoreCivic, the private for-profit prison company running California City, said earlier today conditions were good and meet federal standards.

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 20d

Immigrants rights groups report officers are in military gear & gas masks & are threatening to use force against detainees inside the newly reopened California City detention facility. Detainees started sit-ins & refusing meals to protest conditions; lack of access to meds 1/2

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 22d

This tracks.

Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 22d

Bartender just accurately guessed I'm a journalist because I'm carrying a camera, I look tired, and I ordered the beer with the highest percentage of alcohol.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26d

I hate the fact that in order to understand this stuff you have to have also poisoned your own brain.

tagishsimon.bsky.social @tagishsimon.bsky.social · 26d

The BBC's self-described "far-right expert", too, construes it all as antifa.

The markings on the bullets described by authorities indicate that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, was steeped in online culture and included references to the Antifa, or the anti-fascist, movement.

A fired shell casing was inscribed with “notices bulges OwO what’s this?” - a reference to a “copypasta” - a piece of text that is repeated over and over again, often to troll people online.

Authorities say one unfired casing had the words “Hey fascist! Catch!” and an up, right and three down arrows. The three down arrows alone could be a common symbol used to represent the anti-fascist movement. As a whole, the sequence of arrows could reference a gaming cheat code - although this remains unclear, and authorities have not yet released images of the casings.

A second casing had the lyrics to a song “Bella Ciao” inscribed on it. The song honours WWII-era partisans of the Italian resistance who fought Nazi Germany.

The third unfired casing was inscribed with the words “If you read this, you are gay lmao” - again an apparent reference to online trolling humour.

Antifa is a loose collection of far-left activists who have been active in the US over the last decade, at street protests and other events.

They often oppose Trump's policies and far-right groups.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 26d

“Labor unions representing millions of educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its immigration crackdown, saying arrests near school campuses are terrorizing children and their teachers, leading some students to drop out.” apnews.com/article/scho...

Teachers sue over Trump's immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home

Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 26d

Inside the newsroom:

CalMatters has won first place for general excellence among medium-sized newsrooms in the 2025 Online Journalism Awards. Judges highlighted how our journalism fulfills our mission to “demystify California government.” https://cal.news/47G8gyP

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 26d

How will the recent US Supreme Court ruling allowing racial profiling impact immigration raids in Los Angeles and Chicago? We discussed on Your Call @kalwradio.bsky.social today.

Listen to the audio here, w/guests @wendyfry.bsky.social & @markjacob.bsky.social:

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The impact of Supreme Court's immigration raid ruling

This week, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed racially profiling federal immigration raids in Southern California to continue.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 26d

"The TRiiBE is part of a collaborative of newsrooms across Chicago collecting videos of [ICE] and other federal agents detaining people, using force or using stop-and-frisk tactics."

Share your footage here: callforvideos.formstack.com/forms/chicag...
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

How to share your videos of ICE and other federal agents with The TRiiBE • The TRiiBE

The newsroom collaboration encourages Chicago residents to send in videos of federal agent misconduct

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Wendy Fry @wendyfry.bsky.social · 27d

As Chicago braces for an LA-style immigration crackdown, dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz,” to be led by El Centro Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, one big difference is Illinois has banned any federal immigration detention facilities.

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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 27d

After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE

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