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bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

But he and the regime don’t care — they want desperation, instability and unrest.

bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

This headline is confusing/confounding.

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bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

The trump regime just wants to do violence. They don’t want to help people but cause death, mayhem and suffering inside & outside of the US.

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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 14h

Plans underway to invade Mexico in vain hope to save American children from the scourge of drugs, while the administration seeks a court ruling to prevent contingency funds from feeding American children.

Make it make sense.

uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-readie...

Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report

Officials say the strikes aren’t meant to destabilize Mexico’s government

uk.news.yahoo.com

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 14h

SUB ROSA SUB JURY SELECTION

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 14h

Jury selection is underway in the trial of the DC “sandwich guy,” but Judge Nichols is doing the whole thing with hushers. Closing voir dire has previously been a violation of 6th Amendment. @nbcnews.com and other outlets have raised objections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

www.nbcnews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...

Carlos Jimenez, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was on his way to work at a food bank when he was shot by ICE officers in what a DHS spokesperson calls “defensive shots.”

On Thursday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., ICE officers were at Vineyard Avenue in Ontario when Jimenez, who was not in the target vehicle, attempted to pull in front of the officers.

According to Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Jimenez was trying to assist and provide aid to the person who was being stopped by ICE officers.

After Jimenez was shot in the shoulder, the LA Times and LA Taco reported that he drove to his brother’s house so he could take him to the hospital.

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Annie @anniemluke.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s a link to little free pantries which are open 24/7 for donations & to get food.

mapping.littlefreepantry.org

mini pantry movement

mapping.littlefreepantry.org

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Sarah D(estroy ICE) Bunting @sarahdbunting.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, we ran out of baseball and the sun went down at like 12:45 and it's hard to know where to start with the grocery crisis. TIL you can search Amazon's registry section by state for food banks' wishlists. If you can, buy a neighbor some soup or tea: www.amazon.com/registries/s...

Search Results | Gift List

www.amazon.com

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bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

Update to this story here: obtained another internal DHS document, showing app may be used on people irrespective of citizenship or immigration status bsky.app/profile/did:...

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

I think this may be the first time a component of DHS has confirmed it is using Mobile Fortify too. Main DHS declined to comment. So I went to CBP instead. CBP confirmed www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to comment on ICE’s use of facial recognition technology, with its statement saying “DHS is not going to confirm or deny law enforcement capabilities or methods.” CBP, meanwhile, confirmed it is using Mobile Fortify. “CBP relies on a variety of technological capabilities that enhance the effectiveness of agents on the ground. This is one of many tools we are using as we enforce the laws of our nation,” a CBP spokesperson said in an email.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

We first revealed Mobile Fortify in June. It takes the CBP system usually used when people enter or exit the US, and puts it into an app to be used on American streets www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

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bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

New York Post headline:

Nearly a million New
Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor
- possibly igniting largest exododus in history: poll

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15h

Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14h

The GOP isn’t just flirting with extremism anymore—it’s opening the door.
After Tucker Carlson gave a platform to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, and the Heritage Foundation defended it, the fight inside the Republican Party became impossible to ignore.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP’s Moral Collapse

Heritage Foundation’s response shows the racist far right isn’t knocking at the door of the GOP—it’s already inside.

open.substack.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 14h

Republicans have no plan to stop the MAGA health care hike.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 14h

As part of my visit to Chicago one month from now, I will be joining the InterCcECT community (greatest logo/acronym) to discuss readings in technofeudalism.

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Is too-late capitalism evolving a new mode of production? A new mode of accumulation? Or just a new political and ideological dispensation of the main forces and relations that have defined moderni…

interccect.com

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 24d

So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation

Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.

paulkrugman.substack.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

Read @pkrugman.bsky.social describe how Trump sold out America for a hill of [soy]beans.

If only there were a way to convey to MAGAts how Trump has made America weak.

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/were-numbe...

We’re Number Two!

How Trump ceded the future to China

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 14h

I am in shock at how out of touch with reality Trump has become. I wrote about what is happening now, and how outrageous it all is - and his poll numbers are finally showing it!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

Trump is Completely Out of Touch with Reality - Let Them Eat Cake!

And his approval is finally plummeting

open.substack.com

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bklynskater.bsky.social @bklynskater.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah….no.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal: "I feel very badly. I mean, it's a terrible thing that's happened to the family. That's been a tragic situation. And it's too bad. I feel badly for the family."

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