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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 14h

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 15h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 11h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 13h

this is insane

lucy diavolo really blazed a trail at teen vogue that she doesn't get enough credit for because media's memory is short. how lex and other teen vogue staffers evolved that work was beautiful. this is a huge blow to journalism

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 15h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 16h

accidentally used rosemary instead of thyme when making minestrone this weekend, turned out to be a major slay???

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 17h

high schoolers and college students have been SO brave these last couple years

H Kapp-Klote @hkappklote.bsky.social · 17h

Things have been rough - but this story is so cool:

300 Little Village High Schoolers Walk Out To Protest Immigration Raids

"This is not political. This is personal. Our people are under attack," one student said.

blockclubchi.co

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: Trump administration’s Chicago immigration raids are coming to a city near you as Homeland Security sidelines old ICE leadership. “What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect. This is the new model.” Our story on what that means www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...

Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership

“What we’re seeing now is what the rest of the nation can expect,” said Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 2d

“defund the police was a bad slogan”

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 2d

Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 3d

honestly crazy that more people didn't think this was the inevitable conclusion of that technology

Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3d

Amazon Ring cameras are a privacy nightmare 👹but we know there are many reasons why people get them, so we have some suggestions ….

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5d

Really proud of this profile Samantha Riedel wrote of me in THEM. We talked about BLACK FLAME, DC comics firing me, Palestine, and real-life community as it relates to the internet.

www.them.us/story/gretch...

Horror Fiction’s It Girl Gretchen Felker-Martin Doesn’t Care if You Like Her

The ‘Black Flame’ author talks to Them about queer horror, getting dropped by DC Comics, and the perils of being hyperonline.

www.them.us

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

the way i snort laughed

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

OH! i am the number one iron claw hater. i think that movie is so shallow and riddled with cliches about toxic masculinity. like, the real dad performed as a nazi when he wrestled??? show me the psychic wounds caused by that!!! imho it's only worthwhile cuz everyone's hot

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

oh! hmm......okay one movie i really love that has never been popular is fur: an imaginary portrait of diane arbus

it was panned when it came out, and i never hear it mentioned. i love that movie! it's a stupid, highly esthetized harold & maude. first movies i cried to were that and harold & maude

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 5d

there's so many things people LOVE that i'm just like "?!???(??)" and so many things people hate that i'm like "no this is perfect."

being the lone dissenter can feel lonely, but part of the beauty of art is how no work evokes a universal response - so much is cultural, contextual, or individual

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5d

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

Rosen Thorne @rosenthorne.bsky.social · 6d

We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

🎉🎉🎉

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

big thief does not have a place on my radar, but i welcome any and all laraaji news

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

no i just learned about it from this tweet

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

huge news for me, personally

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

They've used Chicago as a testing/training ground for this roving army of BP dipshits after doing the same in LA. Feels pretty crucial that everyone not in Chicago continue paying attention to Chicago to know exactly what to expect when they move elsewhere.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 7d

landlord finally turned on the heat, i am 78% more of a person now

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 9d

great reporting on the socio-political state of affairs in chicago 👇

the corlew always rings chris @thecorlew.bsky.social · 10d

FRIDAY LINKS IS UP feat @teoshannon.bsky.social @corli.thetriibe.com @unraveledpress.com @morganelisej.thetriibe.com @colinbphoto.bsky.social @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social @almacampos.bsky.social @juggaloreporter.bsky.social @blackjor-el.bsky.social and MORE!

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Friday Links: What Do You Do With The Knowledge Of Monsters Edition – Lazy & Entitled

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 11d

this performance art lives in my head rent-free

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 11d

LOVED your article. thank you both for a great discussion!

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molly ✨ @brat.fm · 11d

BRO WET HIMSELF

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 11d

we're on the same team putting up with too much dogshit to get these jobs done. we all wanna feel like our work matters, we all wanna feel like we have each other's backs in this game

i think it's super cool how much more local spending he found & that this is bigger than united tactical systems!

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