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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for some ppl privacy arguments don't resonate. 'nothing i do is illegal.' ok sure. but the case against surveillance goes beyond individual privacy. it's also abt the huge risks unregulated companies & governments pose to society, and as shown in this illuminating WSJ story, national security.
wsj.com
Video Cameras Are Everywhere—and Now They Are Being Hacked for War
The highly vulnerable devices have turned into tools for combatants to track, surveil and attack the enemy.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 18h
Feds used a piece of tech that simulates a cell tower so all the phones in an area will connect to it so they can find someone working on journalism. Other countries have cut down national security signals intelligence programs just at the risk it might collect journalists' communications!
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 15h
Thousands of local agencies provide police records—including data about 911 callers, victims & witnesses—to a LexisNexis database that ICE relies on to find our immigrant neighbors. Join us on 10/22 to learn more & get the tools you need to protect your community: www.mobilize.us/deiceaction/...
Mass detention and deportation depend on mass surveillance,” showing five stages narrowing like a funnel: mass surveillance, profile-building, targeted surveillance, enforcement actions, and detention and transport. From de-iceaction.org.
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 16h
Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate
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Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer
Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026
Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.
The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...
United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the U.S.
Department of War announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.
"I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mullin began the press conference by saying "We are enforcing this nation's laws. Why is it controversial? Why would that be controversial?" As if all of human history doesn't show that laws and their enforcement can be very controversial (e.g., the 1765 Stamp Act and its impact on U.S. history).
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 09/10/2026
Is your local law enforcement agency feeding data into LexisNexis's pipeline to ICE? The Portland Police, Sacramento Police, Orange County Sheriff's Department, and thousands more are. Register to get the information and tools you need to take action and protect your community. ⬇️
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn. What an icon. RIP
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
perfect frame
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 08/10/2026
Agents 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.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026
Also, I want to highlight this part of the case for all the pilots and avgeeks out there. I’ve heard ICE is doing this with manifests from a number of sources, but this is, as far as I know, the first confirmation. Really shows the complicity of the pilot-in-command. This was an Omni flight.
In the latest court filing, ICE officials did not deny any of his claims, and appeared to confirm at least one of them, saying the charter flight's manifest—a printed receipt given to pilots listing all passengers and crew on a flight—
"served as the travel document."
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LexisNexis plays a key role in ICE's mass surveillance apparatus. Join us on Oct. 22 to learn how they're sharing information from police records with ICE and get a toolkit for local action.
mobilize.us
Spotlight on LexisNexis: The Hidden Data Pipeline From Your 911 Call to ICE · De-ICE Action Network
What happens to your information when you call 911? Thousands of local law enforcement agencies are sharing their records — 911 caller data, victim information, witness information and more — with Lex...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
sltrib.com
ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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De-ICE Action Network @de-ice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October bus tours in Massachusetts are usually for the fall foliage. Not this one. Details & RSVP: deicesignatureaviation.org @indivisiblelab.bsky.social @indivisiblemaynard.bsky.social @indactonma.bsky.social @jalsaboston.bsky.social @activistevenings.bsky.social @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
Event flyer. At top, a photo on an airport tarmac: a white Signature Aviation fuel truck in the foreground, and behind it several people with blurred faces standing beside a white van, hands held in front of them as if restrained, flanked by people in high-visibility yellow vests. Below, on a dark background: "MBTA 76: Depot Square, Lexington → Hanscom Field. October bus tours are usually for the fall foliage. Not this one. ICE IN OUR BACKYARD. A tour and protest of ICE flights from Hanscom. When: Fri Oct 9, Tues Oct 13, Mon Oct 26, Fri Nov 6, 11:45 AM to 1:45 PM ET. Details + RSVP: deicesignatureaviation.org"
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 07/10/2026
Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE took two more people from my local courthouse today. The wife of one of the guys who was taken showed up shortly after. She just had surgery. She was worried about paying rent and feeding her kids. This is happening *every day* in Massachusetts. Lives are being destroyed every single day.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says Iran should attack American cities: “Let ‘em take out Los Angeles and San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 06/10/2026
“They know that they can outsource some of the immigration enforcement functions to private markets in order to scale the scope of the intimidation tactics,” said Charles Moore, a staff attorney at Public Justice.
CBP issued a fine for more than $900,000 to a woman who came to the U.S. from Guatemala to escape domestic violence.

“I’ve had days when I don’t sleep, thinking that at any moment they can knock on my door, arrest, me, leave my children alone,” she said in an interview with Scripps News. “I couldn’t pay off all that money even with my whole life.”
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
aljazeera.com
‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 05/10/2026
“Last year I met a Mexican man who was very sick. He had a serious problem, an infection in his mouth, and they didn’t provide any treatment. When I left and got back in my truck, I began to cry. The 1st thing I thought was that more people will continue to die in Adelanto for want of medical care.”
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 04/10/2026
Thousands of local law enforcement agencies across the country are sharing sensitive records with LexisNexis, which makes that data available to federal agencies including ICE. Learn more and take action: accurintfiles.fineprint.report
From a 911 call to a federal database.
Here is what happens to your data in five steps. Most cities only know about step one.

Step one:911 call
Victim, witness,
or suspect data
entered

Step two: Local RMS
Police records
system stores
the report

Step 3: LexisNexis
PSDEX ingests
every ~15 min,
permanently

Step four: Federal access
ICE, FBI, DHS
customers
query the data

Step five: Reuse
Hundreds of
thousands of
users nationwide

THE DATA LAUNDERING PIPELINE
Local police data is uploaded automatically to a private broker. The originating city has no visibility into who later accesses it. Sanctuary laws restricting cooperation with federal agencies do not apply to the broker.
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ICE published — then removed — internal mortality reviews detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
sfchronicle.com
ICE published — then removed — internal reports detailing medical failures in detainee deaths across U.S.
The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 20/09/2026
When a Capgemini subsidiary took a contract to locate immigrants for ICE, it sparked major backlash in France. Capgemini quickly pledged to sell it off, but months later hadn't moved. Within two weeks of this follow-up reporting, though, the company announced a sale.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE officers reportedly shot and wounded a man today in Austin. Details still coming in. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
statesman.com
ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 18/09/2026
GREAT NEWS: Washington L&I declined to award a contract for interpreter services to its incumbent provider, SOS International (SOSi). SOSi has been doing skip tracing work for ICE since last fall, and is now locating unaccompanied migrant kids for them as well.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 17/09/2026
WA residents, if you don't want a company that contracts with DHS to track immigrants down providing interpretation services for crime victims & injured workers, please reach out to @lniwa.bsky.social to ask them not to renew their contract with SOS International (SOSi).
projectsaltbox.com
ICE triples its orders to the private firms hunting immigrants
Three of the firms also hold ICE contracts to check on migrant children. Another holds a third contract to collect fines from people already deported.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In response to this, the DeSantis administration releases a statement saying that they'd make this outrageous cage "even smaller if we could." The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
"At least ten million illegal aliens entered our country under the Biden administration. Florida decided to do something about it," Lanfranconi said. "The left-wing media wants to focus on a confinement area for violent criminal aliens who have proven they cannot remain peaceful while awaiting deportation. While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we'd make it even smaller if we could."
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🧊🪖 ERO ONE is another step in transforming federal law enforcement into a nationwide military campaign.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Millions in tax money burnt on a 48h Irish golf trip while Americans struggle and immigrants face brutal cruelty. Pure greed on full display.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/09/2026
Heinrich: Is ICE going to be raiding polling places? Homan: "I have not seen any operational plans…They don't want ICE near polling places, don't want voters ID, don't want observers. What are they hiding? There is no plan for enforcement action at polling places."
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 13/09/2026
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, DHS posted a contract notice most people will never see. ERO ONE would give ICE the military intelligence apparatus that ran the war on terror, aimed at people in the U.S. I did this job for 20 years. Here's why it could be the next chapter of the deportation engine.
projectsaltbox.com
OP-ED: The $100 Million Hole in ICE's Deportation Machine
A procurement notice describes the one capability ICE doesn't have yet: a standing near-real-time intelligence enterprise to turn its surveillance into target lists.
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 12/09/2026
The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, appeared as if it was “pulled from thin air” and would impede FEMA’s ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.
washingtonpost.com
Federal judge rules Trump plan to cut FEMA by 50 percent was unlawful
The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, appeared as if it was "pulled from thin air" and would impede FEMA's ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 09/09/2026
Last week: At least 3 people have died at Camp East Montana in the past year, including a 55-year-old father whose death was ruled a homicide after security guards beat him. In Feb., an inspection report found dozens of violations of national detention standards.
texasobserver.org
ICE Contractor for Controversial Camp East Montana Is Trailed by Fraud Allegations
To continue running the deadly El Paso detention center, the feds turn to a company that’s faced numerous lawsuits from labor unions and former employees and is actively fighting a whistleblower in…
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 11/09/2026
My understanding is that Marco Rubio will hire this type staffer for an state Dept. Role at a later time
washingtonpost.com
Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo
A top staffer for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection campaign recently made a playlist of songs in honor of White colonists in Rhodesia and wore a Nazi uniform.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WATCH: "They're so in awe of wealth and power, even if it comes in dictatorial packages." @jessicatarlov.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social discuss Trump envoys Steve Witkoff & Kushner's humiliating/revealing fawning over Putin. Full @thebulwark.com ep: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sad9...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Welp, that looks pretty toast. Left is February. Right is today.
A before satellite picture of a Saudi pumping station, showing a complex of tanks and small buildings next to large road and a pipeline that stretches across the frame.The same picture as before, except this time the entire pumping station complex is entirely black, with what almost look like plumes of oil spilled hundreds of feet away, probably from leaks. The caption reads “Satellite images appear to show extensive fire damage at a pumping station near Al Mesba'ah, Saudi Arabia.
(Airbus, Planet Labs).”
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 11/09/2026
DHS announced yesterday that it is extending its contract with Acentra for "continued" medical claims processing support for ICE Health Service Corps. Source: sam.gov/workspace/co...
Screenshot from a SAM.gov special notice record: 

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE MODIFICATION TO ACENTRA HEALTH, LLC, 70CDCR26C00000002

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Acquisition Management (OAQ), on behalf of the Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), intends to award a sole source modification of contract number 70CDCR26C00000002 to Acentra Health, LLC (Acentra), located at 1600 Tysons Blvd., Ste. 1000, McLean, VA 22102, for continued medical claims processing support.

This anticipated modification will be made under the authority of Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO)(FAR Class Deviation 25-11) 6.103-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Market Research conducted by OAQ and IHSC determined that only Acentra can meet the requirement in the required timeframe.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 11/09/2026
Protecting our neighbors starts in our communities. • If your local LEA has a 287(g) agreement, fight to end it. • Request contract records to find out what data local agencies are sharing indirectly with ICE via data brokers like LexisNexis. This is a fantastic resource ⬇️
accurintfiles.fineprint.report
Accurint Files: Which U.S. police departments upload your data to LexisNexis
A documented, searchable record of the U.S. law enforcement agencies uploading police data to LexisNexis PSDEX via the Accurint Virtual Crime Center.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 11/09/2026
During GWOT, the military often called these "target teams." DHS is signaling to contractors it wants to spend $100M+ building an in-house capability set up the same way the military, NSA, and CIA operate to replicate their find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, disseminate (F3EAD) methodology.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich
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@sharrond62
x.com
Accept they're not free really are they? The cost the tax payer, when giving children a breakfast can be achieved for 50p at home. The cost to the tax payer is far far higher per breakfast than
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
narrator: “he forgot”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad.
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 11/09/2026
Overwatch is "a force protection tactic in modern warfare where one small military unit, vehicle, or aircraft supports another friendly unit while the latter executes fire and movement tactics," according to Wikipedia.
latintimes.com
DHS to Change Official Seal as Secretary Mullin Says Department Is 'At War Every Single Day'
Mullin also said that DHS is also expanding the use of biometric screening at the border to identify people with criminal records who may attempt to enter the United States under false identities
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Boycott Citizens @boycottcitizens.org · 11/09/2026
🚨 DHS is planning to spend $100M+ for intelligence analysts for what looks like a previously unknown unit within Enforcement and Removal Operations called Overwatch and National Security Enforcement (ERO ONE). Source: apfs-cloud.dhs.gov/record/75521...
DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast System record for ICE/ERO, published Sept. 11, 2026. Title, highlighted in yellow: 'ERO Overwatch and National Security Enforcement (ERO ONE) – Intelligence Research Specialists Professional Support Services.' Details: NAICS. is for Administrative and General Management Consulting Services, competed contract via OASIS+ vehicle, firm fixed price, new requirement, anticipated award Q2 FY2027, solicitation expected Dec. 10, 2026, contract complete Feb. 24, 2032, estimated value over $100 million, place of performance Washington, DC. 

Description states ICE ERO's Overwatch and National Security Enforcement (ERO ONE) office anticipates hiring contractor Intelligence Research Specialists for intelligence research, all-source analysis, trend and threat analysis, network and relationship analysis, and related analytical services supporting ERO headquarters and field locations nationwide, plus a DC-based contractor Project Manager. Personnel are expected to require Top Secret/SCI clearance eligibility.
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