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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.

whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.

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Adam Driver on Jarmusch, 'Star Wars' and putting filmmakers first In an interview with The Associated Press, Adam Driver says he developed a Kylo Ren “Star Wars” movie that would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Adam Driver says he developed a Kylo Ren "Star Wars" movie that would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.

Six Key Moments on the Road to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 As the landmark law turns 60, we trace the historic events that made it a bipartisan reality.

The Voting Rights Act turns 60 today. See how — against all odds — the transformative law came to be:
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Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

Punchbowl’s Samantha Handler: New: Epstein drama is leading into the Education and Workforce panel. Republicans pulled a human trafficking related bill and the panel is now in recess. Dem Reps. Bonamici and Ansari had planned to intro amendments on releasing the Epstein files.

CNN’s Sarah Ferris: Interesting - Dem Rep. @MarcVeasey is trying to bring up this Epstein-related amendment in E&C hearing right now, tying it to student athletes bill Guthrie ruled it not germane (aka not relevant) but full committee is voting now on whether to overrule that

Politico: news - House Dems are prepping more Epstein-related amendment votes ahead of the Thursday CJS Approps [Commerce Justice Science Appropriations subcommittee] markup, per two aides

Semafor’s Eleanor Mueller: New: Tlaib just offered an amendment at House Financial Services Committee's markup that would force the Treasury Department to release a report on Epstein's financial transactions. "To this date, we only have a partial picture of Epstein's financial transactions."

With floor action ground to a halt by Speaker Johnson over Dem amendments on the Epstein files, House Democrats are now using them to jam up committees.

Includes Appropriations, Energy & Commerce, Financial Services, and Education & Workforce, which just shut down as Rs try to figure what to do:

Proposed TX representative maps

The first redistricting proposals for TX are in.

This is what cracking and packing looks like.

This is an intensive gerrymander.

See how the districts spiral in fingers into the cities.

Lizzie Fletcher's district TX7 becomes almost entirely rural.

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

Look beyond the MANDATORY sale of 3 million acres. The Bill authorizes an additional 250+ Million acres for future sales, which is 40% of all public lands in the U.S.

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A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia Over the past year, the Trump family has zoomed around the world signing one new real estate development after another,

NO PAYWALL appeared on NYT
A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia
A group of preservationists has thrown a wrench in the plans for a Trump-branded hotel complex to be built by Jared Kushner, in Belgrade
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🚨PLEASE REPOST🚨
I'll be in DC Thur. 6/12 to hand deliver YOUR healthcare stories to YOUR Senators.

YOUR VOICES ARE NEEDED TO HELP:

1) DM YOUR story about: Medicaid/ACA/Medicare or SNAP
2) A short paragraph including NAME & STATE
3) AZ, WI, MO & OR STILL NEEDED

Thank you so much: NEVER GIVE UP!🙏💜

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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.

Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.

(It will also escalate from here.)

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Man holding a U.S. flag and a red banner that says, “Stop the deportation of veterans. If they fought here, they should stay here. Honor the promise.”

So much this…

So, as you might know, I have been in the process of tracking the activities of DOGE staff across the federal government. And now I've built an auto-updating website to browse the data

It's not done (lots more content to write), but news is moving fast, so here it is dogetrack.info

Enjoy!

Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?

Let's do a mini-Mother's Day thread: When Charles Schulz got drafted in WWII, his mother was dying of cancer. He never saw her again. Mother's Day in Peanuts is often a sad occasion, none more so than this autobiographical strip.

'Everything is sad.' Families protest border separations after Hugs Not Walls canceled Families separated by government policies gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to protest after Hugs Not Walls was canceled.

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Not merely inappropriate, but violates statute and Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution

Democrats reach historic goal: A full slate in Virginia House races • Virginia Mercury For the first time in recent memory, Virginia Democrats have candidates running in all 100 House of Delegates districts — a milestone party leaders and grassroots organizers say reflects rising moment...

For the first time in years, Democrats are fighting in every single VA House district. I’m so proud of the role @runforsomething.net played in the recruitment efforts in this key state in a year where we could win big. virginiamercury.com/2025/05/07/d...

Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.

Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA) under Donald Trump's stewardship has decided to pull the plug on a program...

Trump is about to foreclose on the homes of 90,000 Veterans. www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...

As the federal govt considers “investigating” ActBlue, I can report that i sat through meeting where they literally patterned their version of it, called WinRed as identical. They even follow me (screenshot for when they unfollow in a panic soon:

Warner Bros.'s Sinners has passed the $100M domestic mark.

The film grossed an estimated $45.0M this weekend (from 3,347 locations), which was a 6% decrease from last weekend. Estimated total domestic gross stands at $122.53M.

#SinnersMovie #BoxOffice

What Just Happened: Trump Admin’s State Dept Reorganization If implemented, Rubio's State Department reorganization will reflect a significant shift in how the United States engages with the world.

The Trump admin’s proposed State Department reorg is a realignment of diplomatic priorities that seems set to constrain US soft power & reduce institutional capacity in key areas.

Dani Shulkin, @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @andrewpmiller.bsky.social unpack the proposal & its likely consequences.

Solscan screenshot showing four purchases of a total of 655K TRUMP tokens for approximately $8 million

Someone just spent $8 million on $TRUMP memecoins after the president announced that the top holders would be invited to join him at a private dinner at his DC golf club.

The purchases were funded by a Binance account, suggesting the wallet owner is not based in the US.