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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨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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October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸

@gtconway.bsky.social

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

October 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘

@kojamf.bsky.social

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM

jbs2024.bsky.social

@jbs2024.bsky.social

If you know the history of Noem as Governor you knew she would epically fail as head of FEMA.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Jul 12

Imagine leading FEMA and not believing in emergency management. You’d think, as a former governor, she’d know what was going on.

But I guess this is what you get when the president’s cabinet is full of unqualified conspiracy theorists.

The American people deserve better.

July 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM

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Samurai Apocalypse🌹

@sam-apoch.bsky.social

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So Iran discovers 7000 tons of Antimony (extremely rare & valuable for tech), then the US swears in 4 tech execs as Lieutenant Colonels in the military, and suddenly we're at war with Iran and yall are really going to fall for the WMD bit again?

I need you to wake up.

June 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Kristi Noem has that rare ability to shoot her dog in the face and it *still* not be the worst thing she ever did in her sorry, lying life.

June 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

Hell yeah! Put this on loop—this wise man speaks for me. 🔥

May 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM

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Jess Piper

@piperformissouri.bsky.social

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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Zeb Palmer

@zebpalmer.com

"Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, a faith-based health care provider, is arguing in a medical malpractice case that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person” for the purpose of calculating damage awards."

Well isn't that interesting...

www.kcrg.com/2025/04/10/a...

Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn’t the same as a ‘person’

Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, a faith-based health care provider, is arguing in a medical malpractice case that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person” for the purpo...

www.kcrg.com

April 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM

jbs2024.bsky.social

@jbs2024.bsky.social

Sioux Falls, SD 💙

April 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM

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Living Blue in South Dakota

@livingbluesodak.bsky.social

Nice is don’t rock the boat. Go along to get along even if it’s against your ethics and offends every fiber of your being.

Good is standing up for your principles even it means not being nice.

I’m not a nice person.
I’m a good person.
And I’m ok with that.

March 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM

jbs2024.bsky.social

@jbs2024.bsky.social

Worth the watch
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2fvKDnV/

Hello from Germany, the country that — according to the comedian Jan Böhmermann — has been really good at inventing two things: long, complicated words and Nazis. Ahead of the country's parliamentary ...

TikTok video by New York Times Opinion

www.tiktok.com

February 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM

jbs2024.bsky.social

@jbs2024.bsky.social

Kids cancer commercial?

After just defunding NIH research?

Make it make sense.

February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM

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L S D

@lsdaif.bsky.social

Trump and P2025 are actively eliminating the federal government so I’m wondering why tf any of us are paying federal income tax for services that will no longer exist?
Fund your own oligarchy, assholes.

January 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM

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5 Calls

@5calls.org

🚨 Elon Musk is an unelected billionaire now equipped with untethered access to our government's most sensitive data, payment and communication systems.

Call your reps to demand they fight against this unlawful and dangerous takeover! 🔥📞🔥

Info, numbers & script here: 5calls.org/issue/elon-m...

Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls

After spending $288 million to help elect Trump, billionaire and Nazi sympathizer Elon Musk has begun to influence various parts of the federal …

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February 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM

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Eric Feigl-Ding

@drericding.bsky.social

HOLY SHIT—In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have unilaterally declared it will **no longer pay for anesthesia care** if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure takes. Dark times ahead.