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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy week.

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NPR @npr.org · 14h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

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Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

California is proud to congratulate FIVE California university-affiliated scholars among this year's Nobel laureates.

From quantum computing to clean energy and medical breakthroughs, these trailblazers reflect the strength, innovation, and creativity that define our state.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“After dumping it for Texas, Elon Musk quietly expanding in the Bay Area again ***
The brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in San Francisco, a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the region's tech scene.” 10/13/25 … 1/ www.statesman.com/business/tec...

After dumping it for Texas, Elon Musk quietly expanding in the Bay Area again

The brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in San Francisco, a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the region’s tech scene.

www.statesman.com

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“Musk calls for federal troops in San Francisco even as Benioff softens stance” 10/13/25 … 1/ www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/m...

Musk calls for federal troops in San Francisco even as Benioff softens stance

With Dreamforce about to kick off in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff inserted himself into a national debate about crime in U.S. cities.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“Musk calls for federal troops in San Francisco even as Benioff softens stance” 10/13/25 … 1/ www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/m...

Musk calls for federal troops in San Francisco even as Benioff softens stance

With Dreamforce about to kick off in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff inserted himself into a national debate about crime in U.S. cities.

www.cnbc.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco ***
Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump.” 10/10/25 … Gift Link: 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco ***
Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump.” 10/10/25 … Gift Link: 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Feb 24

Patri Friedman leads Pronomos Capital—backed by Peter Thiel & DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen. Last year, he tweeted,”I’m super-excited for the Freedom Cities initiative & my dream is to turn part of the Presidio…into a neo-Tokyo of LED-accented skyscrapers & Make San Francisco Great Again.” 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Feb 4

👀 The “network state” crowd wants to build in the SF Presidio. “Beff Jezos” aka Gillaume Verdon spoke during Balaji Srinivasan’s 2023 “network state” conference. Balaji has also invested in Verdon’s AI company, Extropic. Josh Steinman founded Galvanick where Thiel has invested via Founders Fund. 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Feb 5

As “Network State” enthusiasts salivate over the Presidio in San Francisco, this is a highly relevant and important piece by @gilduran.com 1/ newrepublic.com/article/1804...

The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues”

If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not OK.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13h

“After dumping it for Texas, Elon Musk quietly expanding in the Bay Area again ***
The brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in San Francisco, a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the region's tech scene.” 10/13/25 … 1/ www.statesman.com/business/tec...

After dumping it for Texas, Elon Musk quietly expanding in the Bay Area again

The brain-implant startup Neuralink has leased a vacant building in San Francisco, a fresh sign of the billionaire’s renewed interest in the region’s tech scene.

www.statesman.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 11d

The US Department of Education “in partnership” w/ America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Moms for Liberty, TPUSA, Heritage, etc. recently launched a new civics education coalition.

AFPI’s team is led by Katie Gorka (Sebastian’s wife) & by Erika Donalds of Moms for Liberty infamy. 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6d

In Feb, Pete Hegseth “fired the Air Force’s & Army’s top judge advocates general (JAGs). Last month, he commissioned his personal lawyer as a Navy JAG. He is now reportedly paving the way to make major changes within the JAG Corps—including how military lawyers advise on the law of war…” 4/4/25… 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6d

There it is. “Trump told reporters on Monday that he would consider utilizing the Insurrection Act…to sidestep any court rulings restricting his orders to send Guard troops into cities over the objections of local and state officials.” 10/7/25 … 1/ www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d

It seems like a bad sign when they fire the people who tell the military what’s legal and what is not.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 6d

“[M]ilitary lawyers & legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army & Navy's top judge advocates…sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as…Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox & potentially illegal ways.” 2/25/25…1/

'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears

Military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration's firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy's top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Sep 9

“A Reuters investigation found that Pulte's father and stepmother claimed two homes in wealthy neighborhoods in Michigan and Florida as their primary residences, the basis for Pulte's accusations against Cook.” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: Charging Trump foes over mortgage misstatements would be rare step, data shows

The Justice Department opened investigations into Lisa Cook and two others for allegedly misstating their primary residences on mortgage applications, which the U.S. has criminally charged only 20 times in the past eight years.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4d

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4d

I knew something was afoot in Missouri: On 9/30/25, Judge Kacsmaryk transferred a long-standing suit re: the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone from TX to the eastern district of Missouri. “All but one of the current full-time district court judges in [that district] were appointed by…Trump.” 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d

MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Jul 2

This seems ominous. Trump just appointed Josh Craddock—who recently signed a letter urging the DOJ to use the Comstock Act to curtail the distribution of abortion pills—to serve as Deputy Assistant AG in the OLC at the DOJ. 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 3d

“Do we really want armed 18-year-olds on ICE raids?” 10/10/25 www.pilotonline.com/2025/10/10/c...

Column: Do we really want armed 18-year-olds on ICE raids?

In its rush to expand, ICE is placing immigrants, citizens and its own agents in harm’s way, immigration attorney Raul A. Reyes writes in an LA Times column.

www.pilotonline.com

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