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one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!

In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.

At least 2 people — both citizens — were detained by immigration agents in Albany Park Friday. blockclubchi.co/4hDz8Cu

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.

That includes any race-based scholarships and programs, including any promotion of external scholarships that consider race, and DEI trainings and workshops. Institutions were also told they should no longer prioritize “underrepresented groups” for admissions or hiring, and they must prohibit transgender students from playing on sports teams and using facilities designated for women and girls.

The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.

The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken.

Story tk.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

Released from jail late at night Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.

For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.

In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.

My latest, for @chicagoreader.com

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We've recieved more photos from the inside of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided over Monday night.

Doors bashed in, window panes missing, furniture smashed, water on the floor.

It's unclear what damage was pre-existing and what was inflicted in the raid.

The unidentified federal agents DHS assures us are heroes working to make America safer are now shooting journalists in the face

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:

ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.

Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.

Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

the scope of the pre-08 housing bubble is categorically insane. house prices (adjusted for inflation) were relatively stable for over a hundred years. from 1997-2005 (when the construction market contracted) they increased in value by *eighty-five* percent

more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis

Zohran being asked in every single interview about “globalize the intifada” while zero pro-Israel politicians are asked how they can support a country committing war crimes is one of the most blackpilling things in recent memory.

The U.S. is such a backward, fucked up place.

yeah

While writing this story, a legal expert with the National Immigrant Justice Center told me immigrants detained by ICE sometimes choose not to fight for their cases if it means getting out of jail.

I witnessed that happening today at Chicago's immigration court during a detainee hearing session.

Arrested, transferred, lost, dismissed: One Chicago resident's journey through ICE detention U.S. immigration authorities have moved one young man so often over the last month that even the Department of Homeland Security has had trouble keeping track of him.

ICE agents detained a 19-year-old immigrant in Chicago on June 12; in the month since he's been shuffled across 3 Kentucky jails.

His story so far is a look into the legal and logistical strategies being used to defeat immigration cases nationwide.

My latest: djbyrnes.substack.com/p/arrested-t...

A bridge is packed with people, with scattered pride flags in the crowd. A headline reads: "Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Government Ban." Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images.

More than 100,000 people marched in Hungary’s annual Pride parade in Budapest on Saturday after Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ban on the event backfired, turning what is usually a low-key parade into a mass rally against his government. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

so far I’ve got Vox, Atlantic, and WSJ!

you know how author twitter bios usually do “words in [list of outlets they’ve published in]”? I should do the same for all the punctuation typos I’ve corrected

pesto was kinda the gochujang of 2017

also the impact here is still, uh, absolutely devastating - 30% tarrifs on China still cuts imports by 75% (per the public OEC model oec.world/en/tariff-si...)

it's like going from a cat 5 hurricane to a cat 1

Crowdfunding campaign for woman allegedly involved in viral TikTok garners over $250K A fundraiser created by the user "Shiloh Hendrix" has raised more than $250,000 to help her family relocate after claiming the viral video led to their address, names and her Social Security number to...

One of the bleakest things I've seen in a while: white supremacists have crowdfunded several hundred thousand dollars in support of a woman who was filmed calling a Black child the n-word in Rochester, MN. www.postbulletin.com/news/local/c...

“Dog bites man” type headline

Gaza Aid Ship Bombed, Echoing 2010 Flotilla Attack "Today’s attack on our flotilla off the coast of Malta is not just an act of piracy—it’s a consequence of global complicity," a Freedom Flotilla Coalition organizer said.

NEW: The attack on a Gaza aid ship didn't come from nowhere.
In 2010, Israel raided a fleet of civilian ships trying to bring aid to Gaza, killing 10 people.

The Obama administration blocked UN efforts for an independent investigation.

Joe Biden & Chuck Schumer *defended* the attack.

the worst part about an e-mail job is that people don’t even read your emails

A couple of yellow-bellied sapsuckers are doing what they do in a tree. The first one gasps and says: "Leaves! Finally! Spring is here! Relief from the misery at last!" The second one goes "Oh, this winter wasn't so bad, in fact, the daily highs were well above average–" but this statement gets interrupted by the thoughts of the first bird thinking "I could kill him. No one would have to know."

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how do I professionally ask my team “can u guys lock tf in”

an Epic Rap Battle of History would go so hard rn at this club