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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🔄 {𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} My notes about the article… ⤵
{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} My notes about the article…
Claim set
The Trump administration is running a coordinated federal ❝crime and immigration❞ crackdown using Border Patrol, ICE, other federal agencies and, in some cities, National Guard troops across multiple U.S. cities.1‥7,9‥13
Charlotte and the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region in North Carolina are the latest targets, with more than 130 arrests in the first 48 hours in Charlotte and over 250 statewide.1‥3,5,6
Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, Portland and Washington, D.C., have seen sustained federal operations that mix immigration sweeps, crime-control rhetoric and, in some cases, visible troop deployments.1,6,7,9‥13
Courts have imposed important limits on aspects of these operations, especially the use of National Guard troops in Memphis and the legality of certain deployments and tactics elsewhere.1,6‥9,11‥13
Local political reactions are sharply split: many Democratic city leaders and some state officials denounce overreach and rights violations, while Republican governors and federal officials present the campaign as necessary public-safety enforcement.1‥3,5‥13
Corroboration & Context
The NYT article’s city-by-city narrative of federal forces operating in Charlotte, Raleigh, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, Portland, and D.C. is broadly corroborated by contemporaneous AP, Reuters, Washington Post, Axios and Guardian coverage.1‥7,9‥13AP and Reuters confirm arrest numbers and the ❝Operation Charlotte’s Web❞ branding in North Carolina, including more than 130 arrests in Charlotte in the first 48 hours and more than 250 across the state by 19-Nov-2025.2,3
Axios and the Guardian independently describe the expansion into Raleigh and the Research Triangle, the lack of local coordination, and criticism from Governor Josh Stein and Mayor Janet Cowell over racial profiling and excessive force. 2,5,6
Reuters, the Washington Post and ABC News all detail a Tennessee judge’s temporary order blocking National Guard participation in Memphis, confirming the basic legal posture the NYT story sketches.1, 3,7,8
Multiple outlets document the D.C. ❝crime emergency❞ order, the deployment and extension of more than 2,000 Guard troops, and their unusual use for beautification work as well as law-enforcement support.1,4,9‥12
AP, ABC News and Canadian-linked reporting confirm that federalized Guard units sent to Portland and Chicago have been ordered home without ever being used on the streets, aligning with the NYT’s description of troops on standby and later withdrawn.1,5,9,13
Legal Baseline
Federal immigration enforcement authority allows ICE and Border Patrol to operate nationwide, but traditional practice has emphasized Border Patrol near borders and ICE in the interior; the current deployments invert that pattern by running Border Patrol-led operations deep inside cities.1‥6
In Memphis, a Tennessee chancery court concluded that Governor Bill Lee likely exceeded state militia law by unilaterally deploying the Guard, granting a temporary halt that the state is now appealing.3,7,8In D.C., emergency orders and subsequent executive actions have been used to justify an extended Guard presence as part of a ❝crime emergency,❞ raising questions about the boundary between permissible support roles and prohibited domestic policing by military forces.1,6,9‥12
Ongoing litigation in the capital challenges the legality of using out-of-state Guard units in law-enforcement-adjacent roles without local consent, arguing that the deployment violates federal and local constraints on military involvement in civilian policing.11,12
Chronology & Sequence
In June 2025, large-scale immigration raids and related protests in Los Angeles precipitated the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to the city, marking an early, visible spike in the campaign.1
Around the same time, Portland saw escalated federal immigration enforcement at an ICE facility, leading to daily protests, sporadic clashes, and ultimately an attempt by the administration to send in Guard troops that was blocked permanently by a federal judge.1,13
In August 2025, Trump declared a ❝crime emergency❞ in Washington, D.C., and ordered in Guard troops as part of a federal ❝takeover❞ of crime control; by late October and early November, that deployment had been formally extended into 2026.1,9,11
Federal operations around Chicago ramped up beginning in early September 2025 under a Border Patrol official who later also oversaw Los Angeles and Charlotte; the NYT and other outlets document aggressive tactics and subsequent legal constraints, including rebukes from courts.1,13
In late September 2025, a multi-agency task force including National Guard troops began patrolling Memphis; by mid-November, more than2,600 arrests had been made when a state judge temporarily blocked Guard participation.1,7,8
Charlotte’s federal operation began on a Saturday in mid-November 2025, producing more than 130 arrests within 48 hours; by 19-Nov-2025, AP reported that total arrests in North Carolina had exceeded 250 as operations expanded into the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region.1‥3,5,6
Civics & Accountability (Power Flow)
Strategic direction sits with the Trump White House and the Department of Homeland Security, which are driving city-by-city operations that explicitly target Democratic-led jurisdictions with large immigrant populations.1‥3,5,6,13
Governors’ roles differ sharply: Tennessee’s Republican governor welcomed the Memphis task force and Guard deployment until courts intervened, whereas North Carolina’s Democratic governor condemned profiling and excessive force tied to ❝Charlotte’s Web❞ and its expansion to Raleigh.2,5‥8
Mayors in heavily targeted cities occupy an ambiguous position: many object to troop deployments, aggressive tactics or unilateral federal moves but still cooperate with non-military federal law-enforcement agencies on conventional crime issues like guns and drugs.1,4‥6,9‥12
Federal courts are the main formal check at present, blocking Guard deployments in Memphis, sustaining challenges in Portland, and reviewing legality and scope in D.C. and other jurisdictions.1,7,8,11‥13
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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In October, ICE arrests in OR jumped at least 550% from previous months. Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition says that's likely an undercount. Arrests have included people with citizenship or other legal status. "It's detain first, ask questions later." From @troywb.bsky.social @hbarth.bsky.social:
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‘Detain first and ask questions later’: Oregon ICE arrests shot up in October
The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition reported 329 arrests in Oregon last month.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 11/09/2025
You people trying to rewrite the history of who Charlie Kirk was are pathetic. He used his organization to bully, dox and attack people he didn't agree with. Free speech my ass. He was one of the worst aspects of American politics. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
US rightwing group targets academics with Professor Watchlist
Turning Point USA’s list gains fresh attention after it expands and some notice it disproportionately names academics of color
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Gaia AntiFa @gaiaantifa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
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Nature @nature.com · 31/07/2025
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We are very far over the cliff here folks
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TallyAnnaE ☮️🌊 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦋🐸 @tallyannae.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Release the Epstein files. youtu.be/M7U0obVPolw?...
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Epstein BOMBSHELL Proves Trump Knew EVERYTHING
YouTube video by Harry Sisson
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StevieGrrrl 📚🥁📃📢 @steviegrrrl.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Shout-out to Maga & entitled nonvoters for this dishonor 🤬 "A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
International non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
As anti-Muslim and anti-Arab conspiracies were spread during the Manhattan shooting, NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was being shot and killed while doing his job. Officer Islam, a Bangladeshi Muslim immigrant, leaves behind his wife, who was eight months pregnant, and their two young sons.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
RepubliKKKans have been Fighting AGAINST Middle Class Americans for Decades......
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TJones (Formerly FightFor46) moving 🦋 @thundxrcloud.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Full video of the tsunami in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, Russia, following the 8.7 earthquake. Wave seems incoming and a few meters at least.
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FergusthePug 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @fergusthepug.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Michael de Adder 🎯 @deadder.bsky.social
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Like a bad stink, he never goes away. He's sell out Canada in a heartbeat! #cdnpoli Harper discusses Canada-U.S. relations at Saskatoon conference – July 28, 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4r9...
youtube.com
Stephen Harper discusses Canada-U.S. relations at Saskatoon conference – July 28, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Ship noise in #Arctic silences narwhals, alters their movements, study says #Canada Researchers say narwhals in #Nunavut's Eclipse Sound exhibit behaviour changes within 20 kilometres of ships www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Noisy ships in Arctic Ocean silence narwhals, alter their movements | CBC News
New research on narwhals in Nunavut's Eclipse Sound suggests the animals may be more sensitive to shipping noise than scientists previously believed, and that they change their behaviour when ships ar...
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Ash @h1twom4n.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
My home town in Scotland is so magical
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Ash @h1twom4n.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“Toxic empathy” is a term made up by Christian conservative women to explain why they cry at ai videos of babies tap dancing on Facebook but feel nothing when their own child cuts contact with them.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This is AOC on Bluesky not too Long Ago.......
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Federal employees can now be harassed about religion by their bosses
When the Office of Personnel Management isn’t busy overseeing mass firings , it’s busy figuring out ways to force a very narrow, very conservative version of Christianity on those federal ...
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Gaia AntiFa @gaiaantifa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Make sure all our West Coast friends know about this... www.tsunami.gov?p=PAAQ/2025/...
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U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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BIRDCHASER @birdchaser49.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
TENDAR Ukrainian forces are methodically crippling the Russian rail network infrastructure in the Rostov and Volgorod regions. In the past two days, three strikes in the Russian towns of Saisk, Orlovskii, and Oktyabrsky with devastating results have been observed
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Gaia AntiFa @gaiaantifa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Nat Zero Tsunami coverage... (Hail Soros) Incompetent president in charge during possible massive tsunami... nationalzero.com/2025/07/29/i...
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Incompetent president in charge during possible massive tsunami - National Zero
“Due to a massive earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, a Tsunami Warning is in effect for those living in Hawaii. A Tsunami Watch is in effect for Alaska and the Pacific Coast of the United ...
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Mike Lewinski @wildernessvagabonds.com · 28/07/2025
Crestone, Colorado USA on July 28, 2025 at 04:06am MDT This is the nicest of three notable meteors last night. #meteor #photography #astrophotography
A bright meteor streaks through a starry night sky, pointing down at the 5:00 position. The silhouette of the Rocky Mountains stretches from the center of the horizon up to the right. There is some light pollution from Denver coloring a few clouds orange. There is some green airglow on the left.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#PPOD: Saturn's largest and second-largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other in this true-color scene from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS 🧪 🔭
Two moons are pictured in this image. The larger, in the back, is Titan, orange-hued and hazy. The smaller, less than a quarter size of Titan, is Rhea, an icy, cratered world. Sunlight is coming from the upper left.
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outrunthedevil.bsky.social @outrunthedevil.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I took a long break from South Park, but will be tuning in from now on. #EpsteinFiles
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
South Park is out with a trailer for their next episode on Aug. 6th, and it looks like they have no intention of pumping the brakes on criticism of Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oJ...
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South Park Continues August 6
YouTube video by South Park Studios
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Stunning! Above and below in Alaska.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell
A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A Russian official who spreads propaganda about Ukraine was allowed to present at an international conference in Switzerland this week. ⤵️
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
☠️ Defense Forces Eliminated Commander of Russian Regiment in Kharkiv Region. ❗️"Defense Forces destroyed the commander of 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of 69th Motorized Rifle Division, Colonel Lebedev, who commanded assault operations in Velyky Burlutsk direction," Khortytsia.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Read all labels
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hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
And they helped 🖕🏼
50 people to not vote for in the next federal election.
Conservative MPs that promoted the so-called Freedom Convoy:
50 Conservative MPs promoted the so-called
Freedom Convoy
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Alberduh is free to be dumb @alberduhfreedumb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Lock those terrorists up and throw away the key.
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
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undone for now 💙 @undone-fornow.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Taco the authoritarian Clown needs a distraction: predicting that his Gestapo ramps up attacks on the Media, politicians, celebs—no one’s off limits. The goal? Crank up the fear, drown out Epstein headlines, and toss his cult some fresh red meat. Classic distraction play from a collapsing regime.
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shiverydug.bsky.social @shiverydug.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Back to the fog and phantom trees slowly emerging from the eerie atmosphere of Scottish weather. Visually this kind of scene makes me feel like I am a stranger suddenly entering another land.
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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Gaia AntiFa @gaiaantifa.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
America is a fascist state... www.mediaite.com/politics/you...
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‘You Have No Rights, You’re a Migo’: Teenage U.S. Citizen Secretly Recorded His ICE Arrest
18-year-old American citizen Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio secretly recorded his violent ICE arrest in May, capturing officers declaring he "has no rights," as his friends were pinned to the ground, choked, a...
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Ames Wick Kitty Sniper @ameswick.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
RAFFLE TIME! £5 a ticket 🅿️🅿️ msnancycampbell@gmail.com 1st Prize: Armed Forces of Ukraine - Souvenir Money set 2nd Prize: Usyk Oleksandr 5 Hryven 2024 UNC Booklet Ukraine - Undisputed Boxer 3 Prize: Souvenir Coin - F16 Figher Token Nickel - Weapons Ukraine #FiverFriday
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