Jim Swift
@jimswift.bsky.social
Senior Editor and Cincinnati Bureau Chief at The Bulwark, Kentucky Colonel, Ope-inion Leader™, former hill staffer, Cleveland, Ohio, Cincy, DC and STL sports fan, cheap watch aficionado. 🫡
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
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I am certain this will all be clear in two weeks.
TRUMP ON GREENLAND: WE WILL EXPLAIN DEAL DOWN THE LINE
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I am certain this will all be clear in two weeks.
We need more heckling of these jabronis. If you're in a position to do it, do it. Every opportunity.
FT Exclusive: Howard Lutnick was heckled at a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos hosted by BlackRock’s Larry Fink, according to people at the event ft.trib.al/N8IBIvT
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 PM
We need more heckling of these jabronis. If you're in a position to do it, do it. Every opportunity.
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"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." - @radleybalko.bsky.social
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." - @radleybalko.bsky.social
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“Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law”
Noreen Marcus for Florida Bulldog
Noreen Marcus for Florida Bulldog
Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org - Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook, says statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law
www.floridabulldog.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
“Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law”
Noreen Marcus for Florida Bulldog
Noreen Marcus for Florida Bulldog
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New Action Cookbook Newsletter!
It's cold outside!
As my family copes with cabin fever, inevitably *someone* (maybe even me) is going to suggest we play a board game.
When this happens, we face a question: what kind of argument do we want to have tonight?
www.actioncookbook.com/good-news-ev...
It's cold outside!
As my family copes with cabin fever, inevitably *someone* (maybe even me) is going to suggest we play a board game.
When this happens, we face a question: what kind of argument do we want to have tonight?
www.actioncookbook.com/good-news-ev...
Good news, everyone: it's Family Game Night!
[ominously] Choose and perish.
www.actioncookbook.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New Action Cookbook Newsletter!
It's cold outside!
As my family copes with cabin fever, inevitably *someone* (maybe even me) is going to suggest we play a board game.
When this happens, we face a question: what kind of argument do we want to have tonight?
www.actioncookbook.com/good-news-ev...
It's cold outside!
As my family copes with cabin fever, inevitably *someone* (maybe even me) is going to suggest we play a board game.
When this happens, we face a question: what kind of argument do we want to have tonight?
www.actioncookbook.com/good-news-ev...
THE SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS ARE 18-1 SOMEHOW.
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 AM
THE SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS ARE 18-1 SOMEHOW.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?
An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Shut up, lie back, and take it, demands US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Standing up for yourself and your interests is, like, totally unfair to us. We started this fight for no reason, so you calm down.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Shut up, lie back, and take it, demands US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Standing up for yourself and your interests is, like, totally unfair to us. We started this fight for no reason, so you calm down.
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Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
Bessent: "Everyone take a deep breath. Do not escalate. Do not escalate. President Trump has a strategy here. Hear him out and then everything will be fine."
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
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Lunacy.
Trump posted an image to his Truth Social platform overnight showing a map with Greenland, Canada, and Venezuela annexed by the United States.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Lunacy.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Also, if you're an Indiana fan... Congrats. What a game.
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Also, if you're an Indiana fan... Congrats. What a game.
This wasn't meant as a compliment but I guess we called it?
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This wasn't meant as a compliment but I guess we called it?
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who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
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I have some bad news for Samantha about who would've played Anne (and Catherine) in Shakespeare's Henry VIII back in 1613.
Personally if I was Anne Boleyn I’d be far more upset that someone made a musical about my head getting cut off
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I have some bad news for Samantha about who would've played Anne (and Catherine) in Shakespeare's Henry VIII back in 1613.
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NEW: Finding that the 1/8 Noem policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional visits to immigration detention facilities is a "new agency action," Judge Cobb (Biden) denies a motion to enforce her order blocking an earlier policy. This is the wrong vehicle to challenge the new action, she finds.
![Plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED. ECF 40. Plaintiffs use the wrong procedural vehicle to
challenge the January 8, 2026 memorandum and policy announced therein, which is a new agency
action not subject to the Court’s prior stay order. The Court’s stay order was directed towards
Defendants’ oversight visit policies as announced in June 2025 and did not purport to address all
future DHS policies which may implicate congressional access to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) facilities. See ECF 37 (“postpon[ing] and stay[ing]” the “effective dates of
implementation and enforcement of” specifically the “challenged Oversight Visit Policies” from
June 2025). The Court’s opinion found that the unlawfulness of the notice requirement arose from
the “limitation on the use of funding contained in Section 527,” and the fact that the seven-day
notice requirement as announced in June 2025 was promulgated, implemented, and enforced
through the use of Section 527 funds. ECF 36 at 72.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihnsj7jujzxkdfeiodz6hlerx7fb7b66eymeurzefib2wypmulsk4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
NEW: Finding that the 1/8 Noem policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional visits to immigration detention facilities is a "new agency action," Judge Cobb (Biden) denies a motion to enforce her order blocking an earlier policy. This is the wrong vehicle to challenge the new action, she finds.
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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haul Bovino’s ass in front of the judge every six hours to explain this shit
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
haul Bovino’s ass in front of the judge every six hours to explain this shit
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
keep hauling him in, hold him in contempt, make his life miserable until he tells his goons to cut it out
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On Richard Hanania. I’m fine with him speaking out against this administration, but I also by no means have to hand it to him. Nor will I.
January 19, 2026 at 8:28 PM
On Richard Hanania. I’m fine with him speaking out against this administration, but I also by no means have to hand it to him. Nor will I.
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Yeah, the thing is, Weiss had complete editorial control over the Free Press for years and if you read it you would not understand the threat to American society that Trump poses. I don't care what she says privately to her friends. She got the CBS job because of this acquiescence to Trump.
This is the heart of it. Both-sizing because you don't know what to do. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Yeah, the thing is, Weiss had complete editorial control over the Free Press for years and if you read it you would not understand the threat to American society that Trump poses. I don't care what she says privately to her friends. She got the CBS job because of this acquiescence to Trump.
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Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
With Greenland Threats, Trump is Destroying the Western Alliance
A point-by-point breakdown of Donald Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre about a Nobel Peace Prize and control of Greenland
www.arcdigital.media
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
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On top of everything that's in that huge Bari Weiss profile today, the New Yorker confirmed my report about Bari excitedly embracing Trump in Mar-a-Lago at the conclusion of his '60 Minutes' interview and kissing him on the cheek.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
On top of everything that's in that huge Bari Weiss profile today, the New Yorker confirmed my report about Bari excitedly embracing Trump in Mar-a-Lago at the conclusion of his '60 Minutes' interview and kissing him on the cheek.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...