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Emmanuel Camarillo

@mannycam.bsky.social
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Reporter. Son of immigrants. Chicago. | ecamarillo@suntimes.com | Signal: MannyCam.10 |

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Chicago Sun-Times Guild @cstguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Join us in demanding no layoffs due to AI from Chicago Public Media! Emails for CPM’s management are in the reply ⬇️
White text on black background with the Sun-Times Guild logo faintly behind it:

Chicago Public Media wants the "flexibility" to be able to lay off union journalists if it thinks our work can be replaced by Al.

We demand no Al layoffs during our next contract.

Join us in demanding a fair contract and tell CPM what you think!
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"Along the way, it might be worth taking a hard look at what your own participation in a gilded celebration of a violent regime says about the job you're claiming to do." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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White House Journalists Swap Integrity for a Good War Story
Journalists have been praising each other in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Caleb made one of the best throws I've ever seen today. Again. Wow.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 07/01/2026
It's very clear from the commentary exploding on the timeline right now that hardly anyone outside Chicago knows ICE shot and killed a man in his car here in the fall. It's probably not your fault—too much news. But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Why are we using human behavior to train AI? We suck.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
My feelings as a #Bears fan are in uncharted territory. That was a dominant game against the Eagles.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I'm very much looking forward to this. www.poynter.org/from-the-ins...
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Poynter names 17 journalists to prestigious 2025 Power of Diverse Voices program - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"All I knew is that I was fucking taken. No one told me what I was there for. I thought no one knew––that I was literally gonna just disappear in there and never see my fucking kids again." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"Chicago has a fair number of Poles, some of whom are in the United States illegally. Will ICE start staking out delis in Jefferson Park and waiting to see who buys a kielbasa?" www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
theatlantic.com
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Tough guy didn’t even leave their name.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 03/09/2025
The Chicago Police Department’s criminal homicide tally for June, July and August is the lowest in 60 years. And overall violent crime remains near its lowest point in more than four decades. trib.al/f4O8yRs
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Chicago sees its fewest summer murders since 1965
The Chicago Police Department’s criminal homicide tally for June, July and August is the lowest in 60 years. And overall violent crime remains near its lowest point in more than four decades.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"Which Way Western Man," a book by white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, has a chapter titled "The Necessity of Eugenics" and a section calling for the creation of a "pure race." ia800609.us.archive.org/20/items/9Ne...
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This buyout offer represents a moral, business and civic failure by Tribune ownership. We should focus on building readership by investing in strong coverage, not cutting staff to satisfy short-term greed. Shame on Alden Global Capital, always.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Isabel Allende: “Soldiers are not made to shine in times of peace. The coup gave them a chance to put into practice what they had learned in their barracks: blind obedience, the use of arms, and other skills that soldiers can master once they silence the scruples of their hearts.”
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Over the past five months, in many hours of many conversations with multiple people who have lived under dictators and autocrats, one message came through loud and clear: America, you are running out of time.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
As a paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell was in high demand, studying ghosts, the Loch Ness monster, crop circles and appearances of Jesus, including one on a tortilla. Nickell solved hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of mysteries. He has died at 80.
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Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80
A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
When it's 4/20 and Easter
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/04/2025
Breaking News: Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador.
nytimes.com
Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17/04/2025
The educators at Finkl elementary helped protect @mannycam.bsky.social and his classmates amid pockets of conflict in Little Village when he was growing up. They still have one more lesson to teach him —that guiding children through school requires community.
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It takes a village to guide kids through school, an educator tells a former student
Reporter Emmanuel Camarillo retraced his steps to the teachers who kept him on track at Finkl Academy in Little Village 20 years ago and guided him to a boarding school in California. And he learned…
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/04/2025
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.
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Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff
Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longsta...
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/04/2025
Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff she is leaving the agency amid internal chaos and the exodus of several senior IRS officials, according to several sources.
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Acting IRS commissioner resigning after agency reaches data-sharing deal with immigration authorities | CNN Politics
Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff Tuesday she is leaving the agency amid internal chaos and the exodus of several senior IRS officials, according to two cu...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I like this guy. chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act
The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I loved my local #library. www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...
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Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
ALIEN ENEMIES ACT:
ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE
In the case of: ________________________________ A-File No:__________________
1. The person named above is fourteen years or older:
2. The person named above is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
States:
3. The person named above is a citizen of Venezuela:
If any of these three requirements are not satisfied, the person named above shall not
be ordered removed under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA). In such a case, you should consult
your supervisor and the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and, where applicable, initiate removal proceedings under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
4. The person named above is validated as a member of Tren de Aragua (TDA), as
determined by reference to the following evaluation form:
Instructions: Complete the following validation evaluation form for each suspected
alien targeted for removal under the AEA, or, following apprehension, for each alien
potentially subject to an AEA removal.
After accounting for the two comments below, aliens scoring 8 points and higher are
validated as members of TDA; you should proceed with issuing Form AEA-21B, titled, “Notice
and Warrant of Apprehension and Removal under the Alien Enemies Act.” Aliens scoring 6 or
7 points may be validated as members of TDA; you should consult with a supervisor and
OPLA, reviewing the totality of the facts, before making that determination; if you determine
an alien should not be validated at this time as a member of TDA, when available, you should
initiate removal proceedings under the INA. Alien scoring 5 points or less should not be
validated at this time as member of TDA; when available, you should initiate removal
proceedings under the INA.The following alt-text is excerpted of a larger checklist, as the whole page doesn't fit within alt-text character limits.

Comment 2: For purposes of validating an alien as a member of TDA, at least one
scoring category must involve conduct occurring, or information received, within the past five
years.
Valuation Explanation
Category Definition Explanation Points
Judicial
Outcomes and
Official
Documents
a. Subject has been convicted of violating Title 18, United States Code,
Section 521 or any other federal or state law criminalizing or imposing
civil penalties for activity related to TDA
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b. Court records (e.g., indictments, criminal complaints, sentencing
memorandums) identifying the subject as a member of TDA, describing
specific activity of TDA
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Self-Admission
a. Subject self-identifies as a member or associate of TDA verbally or in
writing to law enforcement officer, even if that self identification to a
law enforcement officer is unwitting, e.g., through lawful interception of
communications.
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Criminal
Conduct and
Information
a. Subject participates in criminal activity (e.g., narcotics trafficking,
human smuggling, etc.) with other members of TDA, including
preparatory meetings and significant incidents directly attributed to TDA
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b. Law enforcement or intelligence reporting identifying subject as a
member of TDA, to include Bureau of Prisons validations and reliable
foreign partner information.
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c. Credible testimonies/statements from victims, community members, or
informants that affirm the subject’s membership in or allegiance to TDA. 3
d. Detailed open-source media (e.g., newspapers, investigative journalism
reports) that describe arrest, prosecution, or operations of a subject as a
member of TDA
2
e. Subject conducts and/or facilitates business with TDA (e.g., money
laundering, mule, service provider) 2
Documents and
Communications
Final page: Association
a. Surveillance documentation that a subject is frequently observed closely
associating with known leaders and members of TDA 2
b. Subject part of group photos with two or more known members of TDA 2
c. Subject presently resides with known members of TDA 2
Total Points
VALIDATION DETERMINATION
Note: If any of the four requirements are not satisfied, do not
complete this validation determination.
Based on the validation guide and instructions above, including Comments 1 and 2, I find
that the person named above, _______________________________________________:
1. Is fourteen years or older;
2. Is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States;
3. Is a citizen of Venezuela; and
4. Is a member of Tren de Aragua.
Accordingly, the above-named person is validated as an Alien Enemy.
 _____________________ _________________________ __________________
 Name of Agent/officer Signature of agent/officer Date
 completing the form completing the form
 ______________________ _________________________ ____________________
 Name of Supervisor Signature of Supervisor Date
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20/03/2025
Really good reporting illustrating how difficult it is to move around in a car without creating a trail that can be followed.
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How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught
Automatic license plate readers, Instagram captions, and fingerprints.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thirty employees of the Chicago Sun-Times — around one in five on its payroll — have agreed to resign under buyout terms the paper’s nonprofit ownership offered in hopes of stanching persistent financial deficits. chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/0...
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Chicago Sun-Times to lose 20% of staff after buyout offer
Columnists, editorial writers and many more head for the exits as the paper's nonprofit owner, Chicago Public Media, deals with fiscal hardship.
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/03/2025
Days after federal immigration agents showed up to Ranjani Srinivasan’s apartment – prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody – the student is disputing the Trump administration’s account of her story.
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Another Columbia student targeted by ICE says she wasn’t involved in protests on the night of her arrest | CNN
Days after federal immigration agents showed up to her apartment prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody, Ranjani Srinivasan is disputing the Trump administratio...
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“Goddamn it, if I had a wartime consigliere, a Sicilian, I wouldn't be in this shape!”
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’m very late to this but I cannot believe the #Lakers have Luka. LeBron and The Don. It’s crazy.
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 25/02/2025
I had to say goodbye to this guy yesterday, and I’m gutted. I can’t even really describe the anguish I feel right now. It really hurts, and I miss him so much. Love and hug your dogs. It goes so fast.
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
"Older Brazilians carry the scars, in many cases literal ones, of their fight against dictatorship. This fight for them is visceral in a way it isn’t—yet—for Americans." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Brazil Stood Up for Its Democracy. Why Didn’t the U.S.?
Jair Bolsonaro was made to answer for trying to overturn an election.
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WIRED @wired.com · 24/02/2025
On Monday morning, TV sets at the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development played the seemingly AI-generated video on loop, along with the words “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.” Read the full article: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I've been writing a series of essays for PBS on men whose style I admire. The latest is about James Baldwin, a man who knew how to sing through clothes. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way” Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??” History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report
theblue.report
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say. For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story. Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
wired.com
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow. Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change. So, I took a buyout.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Hey thanks for the plug Gutfeld. You’re as bad as Hannity. Don’t you guys have anything else to cover? That’s right. You can’t say anything critical of Trump or Musk! Sad! Hear my response later today on the show.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
You don't want to tell your children that all you did during this time was post. You should be podcasting too
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Emmanuel Camarillo @mannycam.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows." www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
wired.com
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
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