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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 14h

It's in the long alley that parallels the red line tracks between Albion and Sheridan.

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 14h

It's on the long wall in the alley that runs along the red line between Albion and Sheridan.

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 1d

New graffiti art in my Rogers Park, Chicago, neighborhood.

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Mike Sington @mikesington.bsky.social · 2d

Kristi Noem blasts “foreigners” for dangerous driving. According to the Rapid City Journal, that state’s court records show Noem had 20 speeding tickets dating back to 1989, alongside other violations, including failure to stop at an intersection and invalid license plates.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 6d

My carving for this year.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

The time to organize with your neighbors and your community is right now.

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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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 8d

When will people like Biden and Obama drop the protocol of not criticizing current presidents and start calling out the mental illness? If this is not the moment, what will it take?

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 10d

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 11d

L.A. TACO caught up with Leo Martinez of VC Defensa to get his full breakdown on what happened the day ICE agents rammed and T-boned his truck out in Oxnard on the morning of Thursday, October 16th.

Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Editing by Errin Vasquez

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12d

You're not gonna believe who is funding the destruction of the White House. Ok, ok, maybe you will...

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12d

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 15d

If things do not change after yesterday (and I truly fear that nothing will change), then it seems that it is time to start convincing people that a general strike is necessary.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15d

Wow. Chicago shows up.
"With their city caught in the country’s largest immigration enforcement operation, as many as 250,000 Chicagoans flooded Downtown on Saturday to condemn Donald Trump’s administration as part of the second nationwide No Kings protest."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/18/t...

Chicago's Massive No Kings March Stretches Two Miles Through Loop

The No Kings rally in Downtown Chicago was just one of many planned for around the Chicago area and the country. With their city caught in the country’s largest immigration enforcement operation, as m...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15d

2/ Front page of the @chicago.suntimes.com:

"REIGN CHECK"
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

front page of the chicago sun times times for sunday oct 19

headline reads: Reign Check shows photo of protestors at No Kings march

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15d

So proud of Chicago for turning out 250,000 strong to let Trump know how we feel about his terror campaign against our city. Incredible crowd and like in other big cities, it was peaceful with no arrests. #NoKings

Throngs descend on Loop as part of 'No Kings' nationwide protests against Trump policies
After a massive rally in Grant Park, people took to downtown streets to show opposition to efforts including the deportation campaign that’s deployed federal agents and troops to the Chicago area.

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 16d

CHICAGO!!!

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 18d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 19d

Mike Johnson is covering up for pedophiles. I won't stop saying it.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19d

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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victordlombardi.bsky.social @victordlombardi.bsky.social · 20d

Someone--a journalist, members of Congress-- needs to press this further. Publicly ask him about how this and things like the daily abuses committed by ICE line up with his Catholic faith he loves to claim.