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The manufacturer of the tear gas used on migrants in Tijuana by CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) this weekend had just been awarded its largest ever subcontract from CBP.

The firm also supplied the tear gas used on demonstrators in Ferguson & Standing Rock
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“When what you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”
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Here's a map showing the location of the tear gas manufacturer's federal contracts.

Notice that it includes the border states of California, New Mexico, and Texas.
The manufacturer of the tear gas used on migrants this weekend has seen its federal subcontract funds skyrocket under the Trump administration:
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The manufacturer of the tear gas used on migrants this weekend enjoys a Pentagon contract totaling $16 million bearing the description, “M1029, 40MM non-lethal crowd dispersal.”

The contract extends through 2030.
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Trump’s new DOJ chief is still working for *14* different companies, per Iowa state records I reviewed.

The businesses are strikingly varied, spanning road racing, childcare, custom bikes, ice rinks, real estate & more.

This may violate DOJ ethics rules:
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To portray its critics as Soros-backed, Facebook hired a PR firm called Definers Public Affairs.

That firm is headed by Joe Pounder, who also runs America Rising — a right-wing oppo group Trump's Acting AG Matt Whitaker hired for "research" in 2015-16: tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
Definers and America Rising even list identical business addresses
Here's the bombshell NYT report about Facebook hiring a PR firm, Definers Public Affairs, to portray its critics as Soros-backed:
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U․S. fires tear gas to stop migrants from breaching border washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/… via @washtimes
S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants (likely all men) who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.

CPB said later Tuesday that the gas was used to target rock throwers apart from migrants trying to cross
An Associated Press photographer saw at least three volleys of gas launched onto the Mexican side of the border near Tijuana’s beach that affected the migrants, including women and children, as well as journalists. The AP saw rocks thrown only after U.S. agents fired tear gas
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The tear gas used on migrants, commonly known as CS gas, is considered a chemical weapon, and has been outlawed on the battlefield by nearly every nation, including the U.S.
- @washingtonpost
“”Research has noted that an infant exposed to CS gas develops severe pneumonitis and requires a month of hospitalization. But the effects of tear gas on younger bodies is not well documented,” said Anthony H. Cordesman, a biological and chemical weapons expert.”
Trump claimed there was "tremendous violence" during the confrontation with authorities," adding "three Border Patrol people yesterday were very badly hurt through getting hit with rocks and stones."
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This just feeds Trump's border rhetoric-but the MX & US gov't ignoring these desperate people is the reason that it escalated. So cruel #Tijuana #BorderCrisis
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2/"TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.Although the number of of people in
3/"the caravan was relatively small, the unrest, with migrants attempting to climb fences and run through car lanes to reach the United States, and scenes of mothers and children choking on tear gas, represented a serious escalation of the caravan crisis.What had begun Sunday
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Hundreds try to storm the border. Expect significant US response #tijuana
Border now closed to all
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1/2 - Last ditch effort for a peaceful resolution to #Migrants standoff on board VC #NIVIN who refuse to negotiate #SAR #Migrantcrisis #TogetherForRescue #Frontex #Europol #Humansmuggling #SOSMEDITERRANE #Refugees #Seenotrettung #refugiados #migranti #UNHCR #flüchtlinge #EKD #NGO
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THREAD on new 9th Circuit decision in Rodriguez v. Swartz, our (@ACLUaz @sdACLU + @ACLU) cross-#border shooting case: On Oct. 10, 2012, a U.S. Border Patrol agent on duty in Nogales, AZ fired between 14 & 30 bullets across the #border. aclusandiego.org/wp-content/upl…
Approximately 10 of those bullets hit J.A. Rodriguez, a 16 year old boy peacefully walking down the street on the other side of the #border wall, in Nogales, Mexico.
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