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Creator/ Curator. Optimistic. Film finance. Also I develop, produce & sometimes write movies. www.imdb.com/name/nm1183528

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Reuters @reuters.com · 11h
Japanese annual household spending drops for 9 straight months reut.rs/4yECtbY
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Japanese annual household spending drops for 9 straight months
Japanese household spending ​fell less than expected in ‌August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, ​for a ninth straight ​month of decline.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 18h
Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.
All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 11h
USA Today Co and several newspapers it owns sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court ​on Thursday for allegedly infringing their copyrights by ‌using their content to train its large language models @blakebrittain.bsky.social reut.rs/4zfTI3g
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15h
Another ICE shooting, in NYC abc7ny.com/post/person-...
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Person shot during interaction with ICE agents in Marble Hill
A person was shot during an interaction with ICE agents in Manhattan on Thursday.
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48 News @48news.bsky.social · 16h
Read more >>>> tinyurl.com/4nc46xv4 
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Jay Burnley @jayburnley.bsky.social · 19h
Bad for the hype cycle ⬇️
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 23h
oil prices jumping this morning after several explosions were heard in the Saudi capital, including at Riyadh's airport... WTI up $4/bbl Brent up nearly $5/bbl, with gasoline and diesel futures also rising sharply
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wild news from the NYT: Two of Trump’s top political strategists, Chris LaCivita and James Blair, took in hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide election consulting to the pro-russia authoritarian leadership of Republika Srpska www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
At least 10 civilians were killed in West Kordofan and 5,500 displaced in Blue Nile as clashes widened on Tuesday.
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Sudan's al-Burhan rejects talks, vows to retake all territory from RSF
At least 10 civilians were killed in West Kordofan and 5,500 displaced in Blue Nile as clashes widened on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 07/10/2026
India’s wealthiest state Maharashtra will cut water supplies to homes by at least 10%.
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India’s Richest State Rations Water After Worst Monsoon in Years
Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state, will cut water supplies to homes by at least 10% after a powerful El Niño left the country with its weakest monsoon in more than a decade.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
Yemeni forces launch offensive to retake Houthi-held al-Waziiya in Taiz aje.news/7dwqdh
Yemeni forces launch offensive to retake Houthi-held al-Waziiya in Taiz
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 07/10/2026
India’s central bank hikes rates for the first time since 2023 as inflation creeps up
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India’s central bank hikes rates for the first time since 2023 as inflation creeps up
HSBC and Goldman Sachs expect the RBI to raise interest rates in December as well.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 06/10/2026
New Gehry concert hall takes shape in downtown Los Angeles
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New Gehry concert hall takes shape in downtown Los Angeles
A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/10/2026
Police fired tear gas to control crowds in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday as more than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school pupils demanding more education funding, according to government figures. to.pbs.org/4AOpXs5
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French police fire tear gas as more than 250,000 protest nationwide for school funding
More than a quarter of a million people have marched in cities across France in support of school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President E...
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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 06/10/2026
A high-ranking CIA officer arrested after federal agents found roughly 600 lbs. of gold bars stashed in his home also disclosed details about a secret U.S. intelligence source to a foreign official, prosecutors said Tuesday during his plea hearing. on.nbcboston.com/3ocAVv2
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CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence asset to foreign official
David Rush had access to the nation’s most secret programs -- and he used that to his benefit, prosecutors said.
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Jay Burnley @jayburnley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She will be missed; she was one of the greats. 102!
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/10/2026
In an interview, France’s finance minister said the government is prepared to exercise special constitutional powers and circumvent Parliament to pass billions in cuts if talks stall over the budget. on.wsj.com/3WaLhb7
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Exclusive | French Government Is Willing to Bypass Parliament to Pass Billions in Cuts
In an interview, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said he is open to negotiation but will do “whatever it takes” to get the budget through.
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 06/10/2026
Two planes involved in minor runway collision at Los Angeles International Airport
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Two planes involved in minor runway collision at Los Angeles International Airport 
A pair of planes were involved in a minor collision on the ground at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday morning. Video footage from Sky5 shows a Delta jet stopped on the taxiway next to…
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/10/2026
Iran has increased the pace of attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, just as oil shipments through the energy chokepoint approach prewar levels
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Iran Ramps Up Ship Attacks in Hormuz as Oil, Gas Flows Climb
Iran has increased the pace of attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, just as oil shipments through the world’s most important energy chokepoint approach prewar levels.
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FOX 11 Los Angeles @foxla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A suspected migrant boat carrying 14 people was intercepted south of Newport Beach, and everyone aboard was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody.
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Another suspected migrant boat intercepted off Newport Beach as councilmember pushes for harbor cameras
A suspected migrant boat carrying 14 people was intercepted south of Newport Beach, and everyone aboard was taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/10/2026
“The need to move the bombers out of the base, R.A.F. Fairford, was deemed so urgent that some of the planes and their flight crews left while aerial refueling aircraft were still being scrambled to support their flights to the United States.”
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
FBI arrests ‘Chinese foreign agent’ for spying on Taiwan president’s son aje.news/ndk4d2
FBI arrests ‘Chinese foreign agent’ for spying on Taiwan president’s son
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fox59.bsky.social @fox59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just days before a Trump rally, 1,400 people in Ohio were laid off at a truck factory as a high-stakes midterm election nears. Read more here: fox59.com/news/politics/a-gut-punch…
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Jay Burnley @jayburnley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Actual ignorance posing as trolling ⬇️
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
A Russian agency links the lab worker's death to 'pneumonia of unknown' origin aje.news/i8eejc
A Russian agency links the lab worker's death to 'pneumonia of unknown' origin
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The Manila Times @themanilatimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TIPO-TIPO, Basilan — Ten government personnel, including two army officers, were wounded after a group of armed men ambushed a convoy of six vehicles in Barangay Badja in this municipality on Monday morning, Oct. 5. Read more: mrf.lu/2rbvm
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
Iran war live: Yemen fighting intensifies; Tehran says ready for US attacks aje.news/qtmo08
Iran war live: Yemen fighting intensifies; Tehran says ready for US attacks
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 04/10/2026
Berkeley fashion brand founders found dead as police investigate possible murder-suicide
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Berkeley luxury fashion brand founders found dead outside upscale Oakland Hills home
The founders of Bryn Walker, a fashion brand for women, died at their home near the UC Berkeley campus. The co-founders were married. A gun was found at the scene.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 04/10/2026
Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis
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Yemeni government launches offensive to seize all areas from Iran-backed Houthis
Yemen's government said it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all areas of the country controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 04/10/2026
🇫🇷 Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed Monday because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the education minister says, adding that 24 schools have been 'burned or ransacked' since the movement began ➡️ u.afp.com/S9z5
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/10/2026
What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At least 50 shots were fired early this morning at a homecoming block party in southern Georgia, leaving two people dead and dozens more wounded. www.13wmaz.com/article/news/l...
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2 dead, dozens injured in Vienna block party shooting
Two people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting at a homecoming block party in Vienna early Sunday morning. The GBI is assisting with the investigation.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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Jay Burnley @jayburnley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More borrowed money just absolutely wasted by the federal government ⬇️
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 03/10/2026
Israel said Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment. Local officials said five people were killed, four of them women. Israel said it was reviewing if Ali al-Amoudi was killed or wounded. u.afp.com/S9DT
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 03/10/2026
Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man
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Victim of fatal Culver CityBus shooting was longtime bus driver, loving family man
Additional details about the fatal Culver CityBus shooting have emerged, including the identities of the victim and the suspected gunman.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 03/10/2026
Two people were injured in a shooting outside Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming game Friday night, prompting an evacuation. Police say the shooting was targeted and neither victim was a student.
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Two injured in shooting outside Eden Prairie High School homecoming football game
Eden Prairie police said that the shooting is believed to have been targeted — and that neither victim was a student at Eden Prairie or Minnetonka schools. The shooting remains under investigation, wi...
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 03/10/2026
Police say 2 shot dead at club near California State, Northridge
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Police say 2 shot dead at club near California State, Northridge 
Two people were shot dead at a club near the campus of California State University-Northridge late Friday night, authorities confirmed. Reports of gunfire erupting first came out at 11:05 p.m. in t…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/10/2026
Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over killing of two civilians at border reut.rs/3Tnj402
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Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over killing of two civilians at border
Pakistan ​summoned India's ‌chargé ​d'affaires ​on Saturday ⁠over ​the killing ​of two ​Pakistani ​civilians by Indian ‌border ⁠forces, Pakistan's ​foreign ​ministry ⁠said.
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NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 03/10/2026
NEW THIS MORNING: Search underway off Nantucket after FAA lost contact with a medical plane traveling from Bermuda to Boston with six onboard, the Coast Guard says. on.nbcboston.com/nEwRwQl
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Coast Guard searching for medical plane off Nantucket
The FAA lost contact with the aircraft, traveling from Bermuda to Boston, early Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/10/2026
Fire, smoke seen near Aramco facility in Riyadh, witness says reut.rs/3TyiOLK
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Fire, smoke seen near Aramco facility in Riyadh, witness says
A large plume of smoke ​and fire was seen rising ‌in the vicinity of an Aramco facility in Riyadh on Saturday, a ​witness told Reuters.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 03/10/2026
On isolated Catalina, a lifesaving helicopter flight ends in tragedy, questions
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On isolated Catalina, a lifesaving helicopter flight ends in tragedy, questions
A medical evacuation helicopter crash off Catalina Island that left three dead highlights the many risks of emergency transport to the mainland.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2026
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters aje.news/pmstub
Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive pickers, soldiers assault reporters
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The Manila Times @themanilatimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
SANAA, Yemen — Loud explosions were heard in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, as the Houthis reported airstrikes in the area by Saudi forces. READ: mrf.lu/2rcSX
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Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Iraq sounds alarm on terror threat from Syria one day after US troops leave www.foxnews.com/politics/ira...
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Iraq sounds alarm on terror threat from Syria one day after US troops leave
Iraq's foreign minister warns ISIS fighters could cross the border from Syria, just one day after the U.S. military formally ended its counter-ISIS mission in Iraq.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Two Iranian men identified Manchester synagogue as site for alleged bomb plot, court hears
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Two Iranian men identified Manchester synagogue as site for alleged bomb plot, court hears
Rahman Salehi, 34, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were charged with preparing attacks within city’s Jewish community, including Heaton Park synagogue Two Iranian men identified a Manchester synagogue previously subjected to a fatal terrorist attack as a target for an alleged homemade bomb plot, a court has heard. Rahman Salehi, 34, from Salford, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, from Liverpool were charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism on Friday. Continue reading...
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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