Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 7h🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀 2221554990
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12hJudge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2 627586
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12hFour days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2 10585236
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAllen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 6hFederal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policy Denying Detained Immigrants Access to Legal Protections davisvanguard.org/2026/10/cour...davisvanguard.orgFederal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policy Denying Detained Immigrants Access to Legal Protections - Davis VanguardA federal court in the District of Columbia issued a temporary injunction, compelling U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume biometric data collection from detained immigrants. This actio... 052
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side 2243103643659
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11hFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmedRegulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic 96695395
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11hWho are you going to believe, the preeminent expert on surveillance pricing or George W. Bush’s communications director during the Iraq War who now works for Walmart?gizmodo.comWalmart Denies Plans for Surveillance Pricing Despite Holding Patents for Surveillance PricingWho you gonna believe? 20732192
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11hIts the current Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution that’s the main problem. 2564077968
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10hIf it wasn’t clear enough which side the Trump administration is on… 0225
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas. 15738041210
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yesterday afternoon, ICE agents — who did not present a warrant, and who appear to have been disguised as construction workers — fired 7 shots into a car with a 5-year-old child, hitting Oscar Belgal in the neck. 421208479
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026the rare case of trump being one hundred percent honest with you 41912107
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 09/10/2026I can tell you right now, that they will be locking it down under regulations meant to make it almost impossible to dispense. Because the data says it’s safe and they can’t get past that. 35529
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 10/10/2026You could play this on local news saying its a carjacking and no one would be able to tell the difference. Expecting someone to follow orders from people without uniforms, screaming and pointing guns withing a span of 5 seconds is asinine. These actions were destined for a bad outcome. FUCK ICE 13113
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 08/10/2026A federal judge found that ICE agents' sworn testimony bears the hallmarks of fabrication. That is wrong, and it should alarm everyone, wherever they stand on immigration. When ICE agents lie under oath, people get locked up and deported because of it. 17325
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 08/10/2026Agents of the state appear to have invented sworn testimony to justify arresting people. ICE lies, and people get deported because of it. This is why so many people are calling for ICE to be abolished. It has lost its legitimacy, and it's their own fault. 24020
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAllen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026DACA Truck Drivers. A federal rule effective March 16, 2026, bars DACA recipients, asylum seekers, and refugees from getting or renewing commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs), impacting roughly 200,000 drivers as their credentials expire @claycane.bsky.social @urbanviewradio.bsky.social 125
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”texastribune.orgAustin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agentThe surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back. 25910396
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797653046
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026 11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.” 3373237
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community. 501251695
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump AlliesPresident Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 601612820
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026NEW: The Tompkins County DA refused to consider additional evidence in the Cornell case. It's the whole damn system. I'm glad Letitia James is on it now. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...nytimes.comD.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional EvidenceRecords show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped. 903049781
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sky-high diesel prices have many farmers questioning Democrats’ decision to vote to release the Epstein files. 1270474
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Atlantic spoke with more than 40 sources: Weeks before the midterms, Kash Patel is desperate to help Trump's Justice Department deliver numerous indictments on Trump's 2020 election lies just to please Trump. In meetings, Patel has expressed frustration that there have been no new findings.theatlantic.com 591034361
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialIrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 03/10/2026Officials within the Department of Justice are thinking of reopening the files pertaining to the Watergate scandal to review whether or not former President Richard Nixon might have gotten a raw deal.irishstar.comTrump DOJ launches bizarre investigation into Nixon Watergate scandal 411
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialIrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 03/10/2026Natalie Harp ranked higher than the first and second lady on a list of Washington’s most powerful women.irishstar.comNatalie Harp beats Melania Trump and Usha Vance on new Washington power ranking 395
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialEuronews @euronews.com · 03/10/2026The worst ever Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 4,000 people out of more than 8,000 confirmed cases, Congolese officials said on Friday. ➡️ l.euronews.com/9g6N 02424
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026Trump on Letitia James being special prosecutor for the Cornell rape case: "I feel badly for whoever she's looking at, because they won't get a fair shake" 5131485364
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is brilliant 1962063
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 14568001789
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830871185
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialSendika.Org @sendika.org · 02/10/2026Yıldız Tar’ın 100 günü aşan tutukluluğu AİHM’e taşındı sendika.org/2026/10/yild...sendika.orgYıldız Tar’ın 100 günü aşan tutukluluğu AİHM’e taşındıMLSA Hukuk Birimi, gazeteci Yıldız Tar’ın tutuklanmasına dayanak yapılan eski iletişim kayıtlarının ve barışçıl faaliyetlerinin “örgütü üyeliği” suçlaması için yeterli olmadığı gerekçesiyle AİHM’e baş... 022
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026just catching up on JD Vance telling Hannity that Jeffrey Epstein is actually "a great character reference" for Donald Trump 😳 3912886828
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialHellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring ICE to report and investigate deaths that occurred within 30 days of someone being released.motherjones.comThe deaths ICE doesn’t countPrisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention. 01212
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialImmigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“This is actually enforced disappearance by a government.” ICE’s decision to remove some people from its detainee locator makes it harder for attorneys and families to find them and safeguard their rights. Read more: 🔗https://lataco.com/final-removal-order-resource-guide 0198
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/10/2026🧵 1/ The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, with >8,000 confirmed cases and nearly 4,000 deaths, remains uncontrolled. There are treatment units but not enough health care workers to staff them. Those who are there face risk of infection, exhaustion, and trauma, some while not even being paid.medpagetoday.comCongo Is Running Short of Health Workers as Ebola Remains Out of Control, WHO SaysOne treatment center requires about 300 health professionals, said WHO representative 7191108
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care." 5634514988
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.washingtonpost.comTSA officers must now stand up on the jobThe agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations. 379413151
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Corporate profits now represent 14.9% of GDP, the highest share on record going back to 1947 Citadel Rubner 20327125
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Trump: "As you know, we went to war with Venezuela" 5242780
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Trump: "The Democrats are a hoax" 184641140
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62631531121
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continues. Cases in the state, home to the country’s largest ongoing measles outbreak, have climbed to 943 across 39 counties. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...washingtonpost.comPennsylvania reports 5th measles-associated death as outbreak continuesCases in the state, home to the country’s largest ongoing measles outbreak, have climbed to 943 across 39 counties. 17226112
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 525101872230
Reposted by @bahtar.bsky.socialWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ICE posted an inspection of the Midwest Regional Reception Center detention camp today that found that the facility's policy is to conduct routine strip searches on immigrants. It's owned and operated by CoreCivic.ice.gov 25037
