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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 09/10/2026

Really interesting story here, and worth a read. This Utah police chief has a very different tone from most of the statements I've read from law enforcement officials re: 287(g) participation, and seems genuinely aware of the negative impact on local communities.

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Utah police department reconsidering cooperative accord with ICE after ride-alongs

The North Valley Police Department in Sanpete County is reconsidering its cooperative accord with ICE after ICE agents detained five people in ride-alongs with local officers.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6h

Maybe the last train was running late

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 6h

As much as Texas stinks Oklahoma stinks way worse so this is really something

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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 5h

New Delhi is a tinder box. The Modi government is essentially shutting down roads, rail, metro, and cellphone networks, and deploying police and military personnel in response to protests calling for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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India: Delhi police must facilitate right to peaceful protest amid lockdown-like restrictions in capital

Responding to the sweeping and disproportionate restrictions imposed by the Delhi Police and the Government of India ahead of planned protests in the capital on Saturday 10 October, Aakar Patel, Chair...

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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10h

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

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Bronsalem Witch Trials @snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social · 5h

Very cool, sometimes I go to the movies with my human wife

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:

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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests

Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing says a country is serious about science than vanity science awards for the president who has launched a war on higher education

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Robby Kalland @rkalland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

tell you what i'd do man, play two qbs at the same time

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Think about how intolerable ICE arrests are right now Then nearly double it

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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5M

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

tfw someone is trying to undo your father’s legacy

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt

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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 07/10/2026

God forbid I try to give back on my day off.

Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/10/2026

however the election shakes out, a minor lesson of 2026 is that maine is basically an alien planet where everyone is a grumpy old salt retiree at birth and we should consider giving them to canada as an apology and goodwill gesture for what we did to the Expos

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dr peppermint patty @jessespector.com · 08/10/2026

maybe we stop asking the guys who get hit in the head at work what they think about things

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If someone offers you a second round pick for a declining cam Jurgens, the only thing you can say is, “yes!“

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is there one person in this administration—say, the person who changes the urinal cakes in the Agriculture Department men’s room—who is not shamelessly using their position to grift every dollar they can? Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think we know what this means

Variety: Glen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because It 'Divides People' and 'I Genuinely Do Not Like the Discourse'

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing but respect for MY Digger

Publicity photo of William H. Macy as The Shoveler, a superhero from 1999 film
Mystery Men who actually doesn't have any superpowers, but he is very handy with a shovel. He is a clean shaven, middle-age white man wearing a yellow hard hat with a miner's lamp on it, a black protective vest with red trimming, a brown leather jacket, and thick black protective gloves.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My privileged take as an Eagles fan is that I just don't pay attention to "dead money" or "void years", etc. Howie Roseman handles that. Maybe someday that blows up in my face, but it's been over a decade of him keeping those plates spinning, I trust him until proven otherwise.

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Stephen @tgk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Co-sign Zach, but I can't help myself and need to chime in about the actual correct list / order: 1. Minneapolis 2. Chicago 3. New York City 4. Los Angeles 5. Philadelphia

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The Good Phight @thegoodphight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Phillies have tried nothing, and they’re all out of ideas From @joeedinger.bsky.social www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...

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The Phillies have tried nothing, and they’re all out of ideas

Lousy beatniks

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"When I'm called off, I got a sawed off Squeeze the trigger, and protons are hauled off..."

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Stephen @tgk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Get fucked, Atlanta

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Joe Edinger @joeedinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dave Dombrowski’s manager search strategy

We’ve tried Alex Cora and we’re all out of ideas

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026

oh look paid protesters

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it may not be his origin story but “nobody liked my art” is such a common denominator among world-historic assholes

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Ben Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

People outside of Philly wondering if it’s an eagles firesale. People in Philly wondering how the fuck Howie got a second round pick.

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

ARE YOU A BASEBALL MANAGER HUNGRY FOR A CHALLENGE*? The Philadelphia Phillies have an opportunity for you! Amenities include: -Meet Bryce Harper (once) -Free "WELCOME ALEX CORA" banner -Rawest milk you've ever bathed in -Octobers off *Challenge not guaranteed to satisfy hunger

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cam Jurgens sacrificed his body for an Eagles Super Bowl and then got the team back the 2nd rounder that was spent on him anyway. Philadelphia Legend.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A list of 250-year-old things that Trump has destroyed in 2026 1. The Grandmother Tree 2. The United States of America

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Bronsalem Witch Trials @snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just thinking about how Dombrowski would never make a Jurgens-esque trade like that in a billion years, don’t mind me

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