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Philip

@disputin.bsky.social
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Mid-30s millennial. Mid-Atlantic USA. ✝️ He/him. Cis. Pro-trans rights, pro-choice, black lives matter, pro-democracy. Wild imagination, trying to stay practical.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
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Philip @disputin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I can’t blame anyone who decides to withhold their vote from Democrats due to anti-trans positions. When a Democrat like James Talarico abruptly backpedals and renounces their support for civil rights, it makes them hard to trust going forward. Democrats who do this SHOULD fear losing over it.
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Doc Vivi's Personal Account @personalvivi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The reason we cannot surrender on "the sports issue" in exchange for other rights is because a surrender there is fundamentally a concession that trans women are not fundamentally women but just "men it is polite to pretend are women", and if we accept that, the rest of the edifice tumbles
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose
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This Is Not A Love Song
Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If I may get on my soap box: No Kings is a tactic. It is not the strategy and no one involved in putting it on considers it sufficient on its own. It's a mass show of defiance that's also served as an onramp to the kind of local organizing work that's necessary to shift power
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026
New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia
A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...
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The Sex Work Historian ☂️(#DecrimNow) @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
(1/4) Newsflash: You don't get a pass to be sexist or misogynistic against someone you find repugnant. Patriarchy is predicated on the hatred, degradation, and belittling of all women and femme persons.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Shout out to the guy I saw out my window today wearing a shirt that said "Gender? I barely know 'er!"
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 21/07/2026
For my newsletter, I wrote about Ohio Dem governor candidate Amy Acton adopting the right wing extremist framing of trans issues. www.burnsnotice.com/amy-acton-tr...
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I Guess We're Trying This Again, Huh?
Democratic nominee for Ohio governor is recycling an anti-trans strategy that didn't work two years ago, there's no evidence it will work this year either.
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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hi. We're in the Age of Diarrhea. I'm a global health expert on helping children survive diarrhea. Here's what to do if you might have picked up cyclospora. 🧵 1. Call your primary care if possible. 2. Take oral rehydration therapy, which isn't just drinking fluids. 1/
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 02/07/2026
Since our founding last summer Trans News Network has taken on everything from the New York Times' bigotry to Epstein's anti-trans cronies and much, much more. As a worker-run news org, we're dedicated to journalism that's in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. Help us keep doing it:
transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
Trans News Network's First Anniversary Fundraiser
Since our founding nearly a year ago, Trans News Network has exposed how The New York Times' bigotry is directed from the very top , revealed Epstein's extensive network of anti-trans cronies, sh...
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
When the inside is outside. And how we all have to deal with the same
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
31 days ago I put out this video. At the 16:17 I said "I strongly suspect we are going to get additional stories out of Platner that will be worse." Thousands of people unsubscribed, thanks in part to other commentators claiming it was a smear job. youtube.com/live/MDXOD2k...
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Platner Accused of DV, Harassment, False Imprisonment. How Many Times Are We Going to Do This?
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.
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Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her
The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 06/07/2026
1. A new Oklahoma law has effectively banned gender-affirming care for many trans adults. Senate Bill 904 has forced many doctors to stop providing gender-affirming care to adults, cut insurance coverage for many trans people, and severely strained the rest of the dwindling care network.
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Oklahoma Effectively Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults
Senate Bill 904 has forced many doctors to stop providing gender-affirming care to adults, cut insurance coverage for many trans people, and severely strained the rest of the dwindling care network.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/04/2026
apparently today's a good day for this
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 04/04/2026
A 1% annual wealth tax on billionaires in Illinois would, by itself, balance the budget. A 2% wealth tax on billionaires would pay for universal single payer healthcare for everyone in Illinois. Tax the billionaires.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If you spot ICE agents at an airport in the coming days, I want to hear from you. Reach me via Signal at marisakabas.04
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 23/03/2026
- Pace yourself - don’t go too crazy - no fedposting - stay on top of regulating your nervous system - act local - find people who’ve been doing the work and ask how you can help - tend to the myriad biological needs we need as confused little apes - give grace to dysregulated people on your side
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor Michele Clark. She was a trailblazing journalist who shattered glass ceilings at CBS News in the early 70s. As the first Black (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/03/2026
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/03/2026
I spent the last week writing up this essay on what it means to be trans in this moment. What it means to live under authoritarianism as the scapegoated minority of the moment and how it feels inescapable as an infinite loop. www.thedissident.news/exit-conditi...
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Exit Condition
On Alderson Loops, Billionaire Cruelty, and Living Inside the Trap “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” — Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks[1] I. The Loop In computer science, there ...
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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 09/03/2026
UNEARTHED: Texas Democrat admits to feeling LOVE, an emotion that is WOKE and GAY
James Talarico saying he loves trans kids
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Breaking 🚨 US CITIZEN Sunny Naqvi, born & raised outside Chicago, 2 other citizens & 3 legal residents were detained at O'Hare Airport. CBP took Sunny to Broadview Detention, then moved her to a Wisconsin facility & finally abandoned her at a gas station after 2 days of lies to her family & police.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/03/2026
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
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Lisa Marie Rhody @lmrhody.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH youtu.be/jomaMvItnew?...
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Justin Fox Deposition (Part 3) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH
YouTube video by ModernLanguageAssoc
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/03/2026
The reason I fight so hard for trans kids is because I was a trans kid myself. I knew who I was in the year 2000, 12 years old, behind my computer, using the name Erin. I wanted puberty blockers so badly. My body shifted and changed in horrifying ways that I suffered for 15 years over.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I’m just curious if any of the disgusting juvenile delinquents making the ridiculous war glorification videos for the White House ever served in combat. Or even served in the military at all.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 08/03/2026
This video shows real smoke over Tehran from Israeli strikes on oil depots & fuel facilities last night—confirmed by NYT, AP, Al Jazeera, Times of Israel. Black clouds from burning hydrocarbons—not normal sunrise.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/03/2026
Praying for the innocent lives. 🙏🏽 🚨 New airstrikes hit Tehran’s oil infrastructure. Reports say Israeli strikes targeted fuel storage and energy facilities, one of the most significant hits on Iran’s oil infrastructure since the war began.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is the “happiness” and “liberation” @billmaher & @MarshaBlackburn think the Iranian people should be grateful for
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/03/2026
Actually yes I am saying that you shouldn’t dehumanize anyone No exceptions to the rule 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org
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Trans Continental Pipeline
Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado
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WOFAVA @wofava.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚨 GROUNDBREAKING NEWS! 🚨 The Virginia Supreme Court has decided our Redistricting Vote can move forward. Please mark your calendars ➡️ Early Voting will begin on Friday, March 6, and Election Day will be Tuesday, April 21. VOTE YES! #virginia #VoteYES #vote
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Philip @disputin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Status Coup News does great reporting!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
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Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The vast majority of transgender youth in the South and half of transgender youth in the Midwest live in states with at least one law or policy that restricts their rights. Read the full report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Let me explain what this genuinely EVIL memo does. The admin is doubling down on its plan to arrest, detain, and interrogate tens of thousands of legally present refugees; people already vetted who’ve lived here legally for 1+ year. Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.
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New Policy
When a refugee is admitted to the United States, the admission is conditional and subject to a mandatory review after one year of physical presence in the United States under INA § 209(a)(1), 8 U.S.C. § 1159(a)(1). [footnote 1] At one year after admission:

[Footnote 1] 18 C.F.R. § 209.1(a)(1) states that every refugee whose status has not been terminated "is required to apply to USCIS one year after entry in order for USCIS to determine his or her admissibility ." 8 C.F.R. § 209.1(b) provides that this [end fragment of footnote 1]

The refugee must return, or be returned, to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody for inspection and examination for admission as an LPR.
If the refugee does not voluntarily return, DHS will return the individual to custody (i.e., arrest and detain) for this purpose.
DHS may maintain custody for the duration of the inspection and examination process.
This detain-and-inspect requirement ensures that refugees are re-vetted after one year, aligns post-admission vetting with that applied to other applicants for admission, and promotes public safety.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first. 2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts. 3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger. 4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover. 5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office 
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Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX  be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)Paul Blume
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Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3)
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CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. 
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
~oh jeez! why won't they chill! they can't even let me ban them from society just a little bit? for fun? why won't they compromise! at least give me one little bathroom ban! these radical activists are trying to radically maintain the status quo of radically not making things worse on purpose grrr~
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision. After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
Sim entered the United States as a refugee in 1983 and became a lawful permanent resident in 1986. He was arrested for disorderly conduct in 1989, indecent exposure in 1996, and larceny in 2005, receiving a suspended sentence and probation but no prison time. In 2006, ICE arrested him, and an immigration judge ordered his removal to Cambodia.
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Philip @disputin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Yes, Colorado!
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rowan ward 🏳️‍⚧️ @rogueclown.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
it's always, always, always, always, always the right time to support the right of trans people to exist in society. the crux of the problem is that the regime denies the humanity of anyone who's not white, cis, straight, just like their fascist cookie-cutter.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
roses are red violets are blue tom homan’s a bitch greg bovino, too
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
People who are only engaging with social movements via social media are not going to be able to grasp the depth of collective discipline and strategy that people are coalescing around across the country. It’s not No Kings peace policing or lib brain rot. It’s almost invisible tactical maneuvering.
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Allison Miller @cliopticon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
JFC. The Pentagon loaned CBP a laser to shoot down a cartel drone. The FAA didn't know what was going on so it closed El Paso airspace. The drone turned out to be a party balloon www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
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