@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The move to send Homan, a career immigration agent who led ICE during the first Trump administration, suggests a shift in strategy.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
@Sec_Noem (@KristiNoem) has focused on raw numbers of deportations, placing Border Patrol at the helm of operations traditionally led by @ICEgov.
@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov 3).
@realTomHoman, meanwhile, has backed a more targeted approach to deportations focusing on detaining and removing unauthorized immigrants with criminal records [1].”
@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov @RealTomHoman 4).
„[...] senior Trump administration official confirmed reports that Gregory Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol official who has been a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists, will be leaving Minn. along with some Border Patrol agents [2].”
@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov @RealTomHoman 5).
„Bovinoʼs departure marks a significant public shift in federal law enforcement posture amid mounting outrage over the fatal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents.
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@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov @RealTomHoman 6).
Criticism has increased around Bovino in the last few days after his public defense of the Pretti shooting and disputed claims about the confrontation that led to his death [3].”
@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov @RealTomHoman 7).
„ @realDonaldTrump and Democratic @GovTimWalz (@Tim_Walz) spoke in a phone call and later offered comments that were a marked change from the critical statements they have exchanged in the past.
@RonFilipkowski @Sec_Noem @KristiNoem @ICEgov @RealTomHoman @realDonaldTrump @GovTimWalz @Tim_Walz 8).
Their conversation happened on the same day a federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit aimed at halting the federal immigration enforcement surge in the state [4].”
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factors such as his perceived business acumen, his economic or immigration policies, or perhaps the fact that he was not a career politician increased his appeal. We cannot speak to these possibilities.
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This study illustrates that something other than veracity accounted for his success, as supporters did not change their voting intentions even if they altered their beliefs about the truth of his statements.
@samidhas @BenMullin 1).
„The 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) told employees on Wed. that it was beginning a widespread round of layoffs that are expected to decimate the organization’s sports, local news and international coverage.
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@samidhas @BenMullin @washingtonpost 2).
The cuts are a sign that @JeffBezos, who became one of the world’s richest people by selling things on the internet, has not yet figured out how to build and maintain a profitable publication on the internet.
@samidhas @BenMullin @washingtonpost @JeffBezos 3).
The paper expanded during the first several years of his ownership, but the company has sputtered more recently.”
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[...] [Peter Mandelson] who was serving as business secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, shared market-sensitive information with Epstein that the paedophile could have used to make money.”
@chessclubgringo @atrupar The real quote by Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) [1] [2] of 1973 is:
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„The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed;
@chessclubgringo @atrupar 2).
how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.
@chessclubgringo @atrupar 3).
This is because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history. On the receiving end you get not only one lie—a lie which you could go on for the rest of your days—but you get a great number of lies,
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„Last year @TulsiGabbard also fired the acting counsel in the intelligence community’s inspector general’s office, and appointed a senior adviser within the office who reported directly to Gabbard. Democrats said the moves violated the law.
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In Oct., the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed a new intelligence-community inspector general, Christopher Fox, on a 51-47 vote. No Democrats voted for Fox, who served as an aide to Gabbard in her role as spy chief before taking the oversight job.”
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„Under the Biden administration, Tahnoon’s efforts to get AI hardware had been largely stymied over fears that the sensitive technology could be diverted to China.
@michaeldweiss @RonFilipkowski 2).
Of particular concern was one of Tahnoon’s own companies, the AI firm G42, which had stoked alarm among intelligence officials and lawmakers over its close ties to the sanctioned tech giant Huawei and other Chinese firms.
@michaeldweiss @RonFilipkowski 3).
The company said it severed ties with China in late 2023, but concerns persisted.
@realDonaldTrump's election reopened the door for him. In the months that followed, Tahnoon met multiple times with Trump, @SteveWitkoff (@SEPeaceMissions) and other U.S. officials,