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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 15h

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

www.wired.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13h

I’m glad the defense is challenging this important point. That damn sandwich did NOT “explode”! (I am imagining the cross being conducted in Pesci’s voice a la My Cousin Vinny 😂)

Snowball Monkey @snowballmonkey.bsky.social · 14h

If it doesn't split, you must acquit.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 12h

I think it is very clear that the Trump regime sees the right-wing influencers on the ground in Portland as an informal arm of their government www.theverge.com/policy/81340...

If this is all a bad-faith hunt for pretext, that’s alarming enough — but if the Trump judges are truly taking clashes between protesters and counter-protesters seriously, and using them to justify the deployment, the situation is arguably even worse. The National Guard are putatively being deployed to protect federal employees; the obvious conclusion here is that the counter-protesters and right-wing influencers now comprise a paramilitary arm of the federal government that the Trump regime believes is also entitled to protection by the National Guard.

That they might possibly be cranks with fewer than 2,000 followers on TikTok is of no consequence — they now have a direct line to the Justice Department, to guns, and to boots on the ground.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …

"It has really become a prison."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h

DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."

She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."

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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark reut.rs/4nDRHI8

Republican lawmakers lash out at Pentagon for keeping them in the dark

Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Pentagon on Tuesday for not briefing them on national security issues and said at times top defense officials appeared to be undermining U.S. President Donald Trump's own policies, in a rare bipartisan show of frustration with the administration.

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Ella Nilsen @ellanilsen.bsky.social · 13h

New: Citing need for cost-cutting, NASA is quietly closing buildings at Goddard, giving employees days to pack up highly specialized equipment or risk it getting thrown away, raising alarm. "The things they’re doing don’t actually seem to save money,” one employee said. www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN

Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.

www.cnn.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"Sources say that President Donald Trump has greenlit plans to host one of the first UFC fights under Paramount’s $7.7 billion deal with the MMA league on the lawn of the White House."

"The discussed date is June 14, 2026 — which coincides with Trump’s 80th birthday."

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 13h

Speaking of food insecurity among military families… here is the video abstract on a new publication by Dr Binny Chokshi and colleagues on work being done at Fort Campbell to identify better ways to increase WIC enrollment by eligible families.

publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Enhancing WIC Referrals for Military Families Through Informatics and Community Health Workers

10.1542/6376450903112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2025-0724796376450903112One-quarter of households with an active-duty service member report food insecurity, highlighting the need for protective nutrition p...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 15h

The thing about Donald Trump is that in many ways that matter he is not functionally the president.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 16h

The White House is now trying to walk back the president's threat. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said the administration is "fully complying" with the court order.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19h

"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.

For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.

Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’

From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...

www.nature.com

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 13h

Has someone put "Make America a Living Hell Again" on a hat yet? I think there's a market beyond the GOP senators.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Maldonado: "Wherever they would put us, there were a lot of us."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13h

Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."

Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

You know who else starved people for political advantage? Joseph Stalin.

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Center for Science in the Public Interest @cspinet.org · 17h

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain state budgets, and pressure the nation’s food supply chain, all while likely hindering the goals of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform.

The nation’s largest food aid program is about to see cuts. Here’s what to know

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 17h

Nerdy/extremely cool piece on potential concussive injury from shooting at indoor ranges

This applies newer military findings about accumulated blast damage to the brain over time (as especially reported re special operators)

Much additional research needed /1

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries (Gift Article)

The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.

www.nytimes.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

What times we live in, folks

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 18h

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20h

Via "One First," my backgrounder and preview of tomorrow's #SCOTUS argument in the tariffs cases—and why they're a referendum not only on the Court's relationship with the Trump administration, but on the justices' consistency (or lack thereof) when it comes to reviewing statutory delegations:

Bonus 187: Previewing the Tariffs Cases

The Solicitor General's substantive defenses of President Trump's tariffs are remarkably weak, but there's still a reason why *these* were the first merits cases he wanted the Supreme Court to decide.

www.stevevladeck.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 18h

The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.

Donald J. Trump © ©
@realDonald Trump
SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden's disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly "handed" to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 19h

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 22h

Dick Cheney lived long enough to witness the horrors he had unleashed.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21h

We don't get Trump without Cheney. Trump is an enormous consequence of Cheney's breathtaking, unchecked corruption and expansion of executive powers. Cheney opposed Trump, but he also's more responsible for our current moment than probably any other person.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 1d

Newsletter: Faced with blowback over his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, President Trump has offered a curious defense: he doesn’t even know the guy.

Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned

President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is.

www.citationneeded.news

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 19h

Totally baffling why Fuentes and his gang of antisemites are making inroads with their fellow travelers in the GOP mainstream. Inexplicable. If only a pundit could pierce the veil.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

“Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!”

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19h

County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds. Voters in 18 counties are headed to the polls for Mississippi’s 10 legislative special elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close

County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.

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