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Meya

@yomet.bsky.social
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Feminism, empathy, equity, earth lover, activist. Fulbright alumni and Doctorate on neoliberalism and the billionaire class from an Aussie perspective

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 19h
Peter Cronau: Runway extensions, new military infrastructure & US planning are transforming Cocos Islands into strategically important forward operating base, with little public debate about role Australia assuming in future conflict with China. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Australian island base's hidden US military role
Runway extensions, new military infrastructure and US planning are transforming the Cocos Islands into a strategically important forward operating base, with little public debate about the role Austra...
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trash Trump the traitor www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russia to supply diesel to US
In an apparent reversal of Washington's campaign to squeeze Russian fuel revenue powering the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump says Moscow will supply diesel to the US.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Margaret Mead told us that we should “Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump and Musk’s corruption is now built into Australia’s most expensive defence procurement. Congrats everyone, never saw this coming.
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US firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with Musk
Anduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts.
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
About time for some good news www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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NSW coalmine climate ruling a massive shake-up to Australia's oil and gas
Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These things are all take with very little give back
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This dossier on Pauline Hanson's utterances, actions, controversies, attempts to solicit money, donations & gifts accepted & voting record looks incredibly comprehensive‼️ Kudos & thanks to the person/team/org behind this incredible public service‼️ 🙏 No journo will be able to say 'I didn't know'
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Our new open-source climate tool – the Carbon Impacts Tracer – will help make fossil fuel companies and governments approving projects accountable for the damage they will do." Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/tjNM6MOu
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is calied foreign interference. Anerica has sunk so low www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
Australians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We've cracked the BHP insurance scam. They are gouging coal workers, lowballing insurance risk, tapping into icare (other people's insurance) and compromising the courts by muzzling evidence #auspol #unions #bhp #minterellison michaelwest.com.au/grifting-ica...
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Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP's big insurance scam unveiled - Michael West
BHP and MinterEllison are covering up a coal industry insurance scam at the expense of mining workers and icare. Michael West reports.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 2017 news report about the recording of James Ashby outlining how One Nation could make money out of the Queensland state election that year & fleece their candidates. #auspol youtu.be/24HcUFHnwRQ
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The Ashby scam: Pauline Hanson & James Ashby recorded discussing profiting from elections
YouTube video by Qldaah
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Power is its own constituency. It exists to protect itself.' Authoritarianism sounds scary, but it arrives bit by bit. We're already doing the work for some grim future. Will be talking about this and more at Sydney Opera House's Curious program this Sunday. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/r...
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Don't think Australia is immune to authoritarianism
Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the first time, an Australian court has heard expert evidence linking Pine Gap to Israel's atrocities. Prof Richard Tanter tendered a 34-page report to the Alice Springs Local Court in a case involving two protestors. www.deepcutnews.com/p/pine-gap-l...
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Pine Gap linked to Israel’s atrocities, NT court told
Expert evidence was tabled in the defence of two protestors charged for an offence at the US spy base
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Government now clear to hack your phone. No warrant. Israel group Cellebrite paid to do it. Is this not fascist? @michaelsainsbury.bsky.social #cellebrite #auspol #nswpol michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
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Cellebrite gets Government blessing to share your phone - Michael West
Cellebrite has government clearance for use by law enforcement agencies to pry into your personal life, and you can't stop them.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis-…
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
Wow. They are doing an indigenous land acknowledgment at an NFL game. Great work, Melbourne!
Indigenous Australians speak on a stage with the aboriginal flag at the NFL game held in Melbourne
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Running out of cards, Trump weighs declaring the Iran war over
The Iran war is showing signs it could drag on into next year as Iran seemingly looks to prolong Donald Trump's political pain for as long as possible.
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The camera above the self-checkout scans you. You're not served. You're processed. This week Coles confirmed it's ending its Palantir contract - bc 85,000 people refused to let it go. People power works. Start with a smile & a 'good morning', today, for free. suebarrett.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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We are not numbers. We are humans. Why it’s time to reclaim our humanity.
People Power: Chapter One - What a supermarket checkout reveals about loneliness, algorithms, and everything we have let a machine take from us. It is time we took it back.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The world is a particularly confusing place just now. But no one seems more confused about their place in it than Australia" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Everyone but Australia reconsiders relationship with America
No-one inside federal politics seems particularly interested in discussing the large orange elephant in the room and how it is materially changing every other country's views of the world.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"We (NDIS) are the guinea pigs for the rest of you" @criprights Claudia Weisenberger investigates how they gave Palantir & Cellebrite access to Australians' data and what total surveillance means #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cel...
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Nothing to Hide? Everything to Lose - Michael West
Australian Governments have given surveillance companies Palantir and Cellebrite access to our data, including NDIS, via AUSTRAC
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In January 2025, DOGE cut funding for USAID's Project SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya, which identified and monitored landslide and climate disaster hotspots in Nepal. Now a Himalayan glacier landslide has killed over 1,200 in Nepal.
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The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal | CNN
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a program to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Ne
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A foreign military is getting more and more bases, control and domination over our country. Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all celebrating this. They are not on our side.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Onlookers were left in shock Tuesday after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly boasted on live television about a successful "influence" campaign waged on American leaders to push the U.S. into launching its deeply unpopular war against Iran. "It... www.rawstory.com/israel-26778...
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Gasps as foreign leader brags on live TV about 'how he manipulated Trump': ‘The gall’
Onlookers were left in shock Tuesday after the leader of a U.S. ally openly boasted on live television about a successful "influence" campaign waged on American leaders to push the U.S. into launching...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
According to a new UN report, global warming will reach at least 1.8 degrees Celsius, even in the best-case scenario. The authors warn that "there are no good outcomes above 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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'Silicon Valley fascism' is waging war on democracy
The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Critically, AI emissions are growing today, while AI-enabled emissions reductions will take time, creating an AI "carbon debt" that accelerates warming. Even if that debt is eventually repaid by AI climate solutions, the additional warming and climate damage will persist for decades to millennia”
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Texas and florida are tax havens for billionaires and residents pay higher prices because of that. Be warned NSW. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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One Nation's state leader wants NSW to be more like Texas and Florida
The NSW One Nation leader promises to reverse bans on uranium mining and nuclear energy, invest in coal-fired power and slash regulation to get "out of the way of business".
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Private data is being shared data between govt agencies with controversial CIA-linked surveillance group Palantir. Without permission, without disclosure. Claudia Weisenberger investigates #auspol #NDIS #AUSTRAC michaelwest.com.au/palantir-is-...
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Palantir is inside the House. Surveillance and the NDIS - Michael West
The Government is sharing NDIS data between agencies and even with controversial CIA-linked surveillance group Palantir. Via AUSTRAC
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cowardly dusgusting behaviour from a labour government www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Anger and confusion over Labor's planned refugee cuts
The Albanese government's plans to slash more than 6,000 places from its annual refugee intake have sparked anger and confusion within Labor, and prompted accusations it would amount to an "extraordin...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Today we have released a plan that would enable the Australian Government to rapidly deploy the $200-million investment that leading nature groups have been calling for since July in response to H5N1 bird flu.” @biodivcouncil.bsky.social More here lnkd.in/g6Pgixmd
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Are we heading for billionaire bunkers and an AI apocalypse?
Wealth inequality is becoming extreme. Political corruption is rampant in the United States. So will the response to AI and automation be redistribution or repression?
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: TWO Australian Scientists, Stacey Edwards & Juliet French, Have Discovered Cancer-Fighting RNA Molecules That Could Lead to a New Generation of Breast Cancer Treatments
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Grim signs the globe is about to run short of food
Just as the global economy was adjusting to higher fuel prices, a new inflationary wave is about to hit. This time, the shortages will involve food and the poorest nations will be the worst affected.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If much of the methane trapped beneath permafrost gets released into the atmosphere then this summer's heat waves will look like a very minor early stage of chaos. Humanity is taking huge risks in order to line the pockets of fossil fuel companies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 20/08/2026
His own 2026 National Defense Strategy calls Pyongyang a clear and present danger of nuclear attack on the homeland. He scaled back seventy years of exercises with Seoul because they might insult Kim, who he calls well behaved. National Review is not usually the outlet noticing.
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'Doddering octogenarian' Trump 'fooled' into new disaster: conservative
This week, President Donald Trump made a move that so blatantly contradicts U.S. interests, the conservative magazine National Review was forced to admit that his decision “does not make sense on any ...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thiel-linked ‘race science’ network penetrated Cambridge, targeted Jason Arday Nafeez Ahmed reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/peter-thiel-race…
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
American drug companies Merck and Moderna have created a vaccine that has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial. Each vaccine is created specifically for an individual patient by sequencing DNA from patient's tumor and using mRNA to create the vaccine.
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Vaccine breakthrough stops cancer returning in trial
A new jab extended the length of time patients were cancer free, but it is unclear for how long.
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All the shit leads back to Israel www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Scam payments lead to an Australian business and its Israeli owner
An Australian e-learning website was used as a front for scammers selling fraudulent investments, an ABC investigation reveals.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 17/08/2026
Science equips us with the tools to reason, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions in a complex, changing world.
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Australia needs more people who think like scientists. Here’s what that means
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
At least the Guardian is calling it what it is … sexual assault and not an ‘incident’. The players involved should be ousted from the team. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
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Sydney Swans AFL players investigated over alleged sexual assault at Melbourne hotel
The Sydney Swans chief executive says he is ‘shocked and disappointed’ that several players have become part of a Victoria police investigation
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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From this camera, Trump's reflecting pool mess has nowhere to hide
Piecing together webcam images, court documents and online posts highlights what the public was told about Donald Trump's reflecting pool saga and the reality behind the scenes.
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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"If you were surprised by people using Meta’s smart glasses to harass and covertly film women on the street, then you quite simply haven’t been paying attention. This kind of tech-enabled abuse is commonplace, and it is predominantly aimed at women." www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...
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Women continue to bear the brunt of bad tech decisions
Meta’s smart glasses are just the latest example of technology being used in ways developers should have anticipated
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Meya @yomet.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So proud of our next generation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Students walk out of school around the country to protest One Nation
Thousands of students around the country have walked out of school to join protests held in capital cities against One Nation and Pauline Hanson.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 11/08/2026
Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
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Delivery drivers to be paid minimum $31.30 an hour across Australia in ‘world-leading’ decision
Fair Work Commission issues a new minimum standards order for gig workers to come into effect 17 August Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of $31.30 an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreement approved by the industrial umpire. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Tuesday issued a new minimum standards order for gig workers who perform on-demand delivery of food, drinks, or groceries, and the operators of the digital platforms who engage their services. Continue reading...
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.
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