Tim Nafziger

Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Advisor, White House said this yesterday.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social compares him to US Senator James Henry Hammond (D-SC) in 1858. He was a wealthy enslaver who made a very similar point to justify the enslavement of black people.

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‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry Insurance practices in an age of climate volatility raise troubling questions about home ownership and housing affordability – the bedrock of the American middle class

What if insurance companies took on big oil to del with rising claims?

“Jones argues that insurance companies should use their clout as institutional investors and divest from, and even sue, the fossil-fuel companies that have driven the climate crisis”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Training is absolutely not the problem with ICE & with the DHS.

Not at all.

They’re hired & trained to do this.

They want to do this.

And the orders to do this come from the very top of the government & are approved by the president himself.

Training doesn’t change that.

A personal look at how US testing of nuclear weapons disproportionately impacted indigenous peoples of the Southwest…

Part of what’s changed about particle physics is that the romance between the military industrial complex and particle physicists ended — kind of. They’re trying to reboot it using AI as the staging ground. Beware narratives that tell you AI is the only or most important path forward.

You’re absolutely right—preemptively launching our nukes at Russia was a bad call. I should’ve checked if there were incoming missiles first—nuclear was is not just mutually assured destruction—it’s also nuclear winter. That ones on me.

The headline is weeks old, but the joke is chillingly on point technically.

LLM hallucinations are bad. Now let’s give them weapons.

Here is more on the US military’s continuing refusal to heed basic AI survival tips from literally every sci-fi film with AI: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

" #Wikipedia ... is the byproduct of something... remarkable: strangers on the internet disagreeing on matters of existential gravity and breathtaking pettiness, and through deliberation and debate, building a common ground of #consensusreality " www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Epstein and ICE Are Cracking Trump’s Armor Guest contribution by Tim Nafziger

. @profgalloway.com coined the term “Marie Antoinette with blazers” to describes the impunity of the extremely wealthy men who corresponded with #Epstein. I wrote about how the exposure of these entitled plutocrats and ICE raids are opening cracks in Trump’s facade: open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...

Me Too was Pearl Harbor for elites. Most of them saw Harvey Weinstein and thought, "that could be me," and since then every hint of accountability for elites, or mass movements by peasants, has further convinced them they are facing an existential threat that must be destroyed at all costs.

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." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views

🚨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.

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

A look at how ChatGPT and #GenerativeAI are being used to polish or completely take over chats in dating apps.

"she found herself checking with the bot between every message, and requesting five variations before choosing the one that sounded most like her."

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo 44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

"For immigrants in the system, these chaotic transfers can feel like a punishment, designed to wear people down, said Faisal Al-Juburi, head of external affairs at the legal aid group Raíces."

Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) runs the majority of ICE flights.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it. The key evidence was presented last month to a jury, which found the company partially liable for the 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida.

‘Let’s just power it on and update [it] and see what happens,’' [greentheonly] recalled [Tesla] suggesting. 'If I wanted to destroy evidence on the computer, that would be exactly the advice I would give.'

He easily found the data #Tesla claimed it had "lost"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’ Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beat and teargas was fired

"A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said."

“They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled..."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#AlligatorAlcatraz

The fight for sacred land As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.

From @tnafziger.bsky.social’s most recent email, a piece about what he’s learned in the work to save Oak Flat. www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

The fight for sacred land As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.

“Fighting alongside Apache Stronghold is not just about saving Oak Flat. It is about recovering the rootedness of our ancestors: everyone beneath their vine and fig tree, in peace and unafraid (Mic. 4:4).”

– @tnafziger.bsky.social

www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

AI scammer posing as Marco Rubio targets officials in growing threat Fake voice and text messages on Signal tricked senior leaders, as AI impersonation rises in global politics

A disturbing, innovative use of LLM training...

"...the impostor sent fake voice messages and texts that mimicked Rubio’s voice and writing style to those targets including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress." #ai #generativeAI #llm

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’ Andrea Velez, 32, a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister

"An agent can be seen lifting Velez off the ground and carrying her away. Witnesses told media, including CBS Los Angeles, that the agents never asked Velez for identification, and that she did nothing wrong."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan The former governor, now a New York City mayoral candidate, marks the party’s drift into boorishness and cruelty

“…rather than oppose Trumpism’s masculinist domination politics and unaccountable cult of personality, the idea now [with Cuomo] seems to be to mimic them; not to oppose corruption and dictatorial politics per se, but to offer a Democratic version of them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US judges ruling against Trump barraged with abuse and threats, experts warn Verbal attacks by Trump and allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers judges’ safety, experts say

"Increasingly, ex-judges and legal experts warn the verbal attacks by Trump, his attorney general, Pam Bondi, and Maga allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers the safety of judges and their families." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...

A new report chronicles decades of deception by the fossil fuel industry. It looks at hopeful parallels with collapse of similar lies by the tobacco industry and “efforts to revive a 2018 attempt to obtain a blanket waiver of legal liability from Congress.”

insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.

"In social-media clips... ICE officers appear in dark clothing, some wearing masks or neck gaiters that make them look like bandits. The people they target may be walking down the street, sitting in a car, or otherwise going about their lives." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government (RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the p...

“In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,” Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

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The first American pope? This cardinal has the best chance of making history in this conclave It is typically absurd to think of an American as pope. But in this conclave, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who has spent much of his life outside of the United States is worthy of serious consider...

Breaking: The new Pope:

“Prevost has been a vocal proponent of Francis' emphasis on synodality, which has emerged the first week of general congregations as an important issue to a significant bloc of cardinals who can vote in the conclave.”

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Pam Bondi 'goes full North Korea' at Trump cabinet meeting with bizarre praise The obsessive praise drew sharp comparisons to North Korea, a dictatorship where officials are reportedly forced to keep Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un happy or face his wrath

"Bondi would go on to claim that Trump saved '258 million lives'."

Any pretense of a constituency other than Trump is gone. Like courtiers in a King's court, Bondi and her fellow cabinet members understand their jobs depend on their emotional impact on one man.

www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

🤥 WATCH: Trump insists repeatedly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia LITERALLY had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles

All the people who said he was just implying the tattoos stood for MS-13 and didn’t mean for the photoshop to be taken literally have gobs of egg on your faces 🥚

Liar-in-chief strikes again

I've updated the #Mennonite starter pack I put together last year with a few newer Mennonites I found here on Bluesky. As always, nominations are welcome: go.bsky.app/BcVbQ3R

Jeffries Wants Dems to Put an End to the El Salvador Trips Cory Booker and the Hispanic Caucus were planning on going. But Democratic leadership seems to want El Salvador trips to stop for a while.

One reason Democrats have such a bad "messaging problem" is because every time a prominent Democrat does something good, courageous, etc., other prominent Dems do dumb shit like this—making it so the Democratic Party brand is not improved by the good act. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after judge orders his release from federal custody Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained during his April 14 naturalization interview in Vermont.

"...to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi said after his release... "What we are witnessing now and what we’re understanding is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King has said before: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...