Pete Orrall<p>I'm not kidding when I say now is the time to switch to a flip phone. Your privacy matters.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/634264/customs-border-protection-search-phone-airport-rights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/policy/634264/cus</span><span class="invisible">toms-border-protection-search-phone-airport-rights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flipphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flipphone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airport</span></a></p>
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Real Quack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HeavenlyPossum</span></a></span> </p><p>Which doesn't make it any less horrific. </p><p>One of my coworkers has family whose back yard is literally the <a href="https://union.place/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>. Which does mean people cross through it. They are <a href="https://union.place/tags/elders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elders</span></a>, and they are afraid. Especially as they are also Latine. I can't blame them. </p><p>Operation Lone Star is dangerous for <a href="https://union.place/tags/Texans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texans</span></a>, too.</p>
Texas Observer<p>Previously: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration. In this time, the <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>For quite some time, certain people in the U.S. have been 'czars', like Homan being referred to as the U.S. border 'czar'. It's always bothered me that we have adopted this Russian word, without regard for where it came from or what it means.<br>From Merriam-Webster:</p><p>1<br>: emperor<br>specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution<br>2<br>: one having great power or authority<br>a banking czar</p><p>Am I the only one bothered by this?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/czar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>czar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>From our magazine: What does the "border" represent in movies? Crime, drama, danger? A new crop of stories are showing prosaic, beautiful everyday life in the region instead ... <br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-border</span><span class="invisible">-new-frontier-film/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/film" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>film</span></a></span></p>
Sérac<p>Skied in 3 different swiss states today.<br>Jochpass (<a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Titlis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Titlis</span></a>), <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Bern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bern</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Nebelmeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebelmeer</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/ski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ski</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Our top story: “One thing that is abundantly clear is that <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> enforcement, and in particular the construction of detention facilities ... is big business. It’s a huge business. It’s incredibly lucrative for a very small number of people who have every incentive to make this system as big and as bloated as possible.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“Rank favoritism, such as a sole-source award to a contractor who is a major donor to the governor, leads past waste to outright <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, for the motivation of the award is not the bid’s economy but the governor’s campaign treasury.” </p><p>Our top story: Abbott's Operation Lone Star boondoggle has been lining donors pockets for four years now, with no sign of stopping. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“What we are witnessing is the deliberate abduction of individuals as they are being uprooted from their lives. <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s deportation machine knows no bounds, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/ice-raids-ab</span><span class="invisible">bys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SouthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Our top story: The list of purchased matériel seems fit for a nation at war. Drones, helicopters, and airplanes. All-terrain vehicles, tactical marine vessels, and bulldozers. AI surveillance software and mobile surveillance units. Fuel and generators, food and water, zip-ties and razor wire. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “declaration of disaster,” on the border crisis, signed in 2021, allows him to ignore the usual protocol when handing out valuable contracts to private contractors and vendors. And it’s an expensive business: State agencies are paying for everything from zip ties and razor wire to helicopters and planes. Here’s <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span>’s story on who have been the big winners, including some who have become Abbott’s campaign “patrons.”</p><p><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.”</p><p>New: ICE raids at Abby's have divided an already politically shifting community in South <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/ice-raids-ab</span><span class="invisible">bys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/SouthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthTexas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>When exercising this newfound authority as part of Trump's taskforce, local officers must seek guidance from an <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> supervisor—but are allowed to do so “as soon as is practicable” ... after exercising the authority.<br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/local-state-</span><span class="invisible">police-ice-287g-task-force/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Our top story: “Texas has become a pay-to-play [state] if you want these big government contracts because we don’t have fair bidding requirements. Now we see these political donors getting rich off taxpayer money with no accountability. Abbott acts as if he’s king, and he’s rewarding his patrons.”<br><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/abbott-opera</span><span class="invisible">tion-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trudeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trudeau</span></a>: “They’ve chosen to launch a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> that will first & foremost harm American families.”</p><p>Noting that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> measures in response to the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> threats brought seizures of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a> from Canada at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> border to “a near-zero low of less than half an ounce” last month. “We stepped up…We did everything we promised.”</p><p>Trudeau appeals to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> directly, addressing him as “Donald” & citing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WSJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSJ</span></a> says, “You’re a very smart guy, but this is a very dumb thing to do.”</p>
Fionn<p>More of this! Hold up the mirrors to them!<br>Thank you @cjmattis, who - unfortunately - has accounts only at those <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> (yet), that use their money to bring forward the mess he is depicting so nicely.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0aI8fOsX3T4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/0aI8fOsX3T4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PapersPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPlease</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OfficialTrailer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfficialTrailer</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Paul Giulan<p>How much <a href="https://federate.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> states rely on <a href="https://federate.social/tags/imports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imports</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AL</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AK</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AZ</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AR</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DE</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FL</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/GA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/HI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HI</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IL</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IN</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/KS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KS</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ME</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MD</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MI</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MN</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MO</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NE</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NV</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NH</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NM</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ND</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OH</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OK</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OR</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/RI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RI</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SC</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SD</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/TN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TN</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TX</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/UT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/VT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WV</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WI</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WY</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>borders</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Previously: “Many, many of the people involved in influencing policy in Washington D.C. are not registered as lobbyists. The most important people tend not to be registered as lobbyists.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/dea-derek-maltz-border-911-penlink/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/dea-derek-ma</span><span class="invisible">ltz-border-911-penlink/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During his first term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> introduced a "zero tolerance" policy that led to the separation of migrant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> from their parents at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>. The children were sent to children's shelters run by the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Refugee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refugee</span></a> Resettlement (ORR), a government agency housed within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>, while their parents were detained or deported.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilySeparation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilySeparation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In firing Gen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CQBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CQBrown</span></a>, the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JointChiefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JointChiefs</span></a> of Staff in the Fri night purge at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> did not publicly give a reason. In fact, the 4-star fighter pilot w/40yrs of service was at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> tending to one of Trump’s priorities…</p><p>But, Trump advisers point to a video that Gen Brown recorded in the days after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a> was killed by a police officer in May 2020, an act that sparked a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> movement.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/trump-cq-brown-george-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-cq-brown-george-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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