Scott Nicol
@scottnicoltx.bsky.social
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
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"The legislative language would uniquely benefit 8 Rep. senators who were recently found to have had their phone records (not the contents) accessed as a part of the investigation that led to former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the Jan.6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol."
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"The legislative language would uniquely benefit 8 Rep. senators who were recently found to have had their phone records (not the contents) accessed as a part of the investigation that led to former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the Jan.6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol."
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Senate Democrats apple pie recipe:
- Make crust, cut apples, add sugar, butter, cinnamon
- Place top crust and put in oven at 375
- When nearly golden brown and exuding delicious aroma: remove pie from oven and throw in garbage
- Make crust, cut apples, add sugar, butter, cinnamon
- Place top crust and put in oven at 375
- When nearly golden brown and exuding delicious aroma: remove pie from oven and throw in garbage
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Senate Democrats apple pie recipe:
- Make crust, cut apples, add sugar, butter, cinnamon
- Place top crust and put in oven at 375
- When nearly golden brown and exuding delicious aroma: remove pie from oven and throw in garbage
- Make crust, cut apples, add sugar, butter, cinnamon
- Place top crust and put in oven at 375
- When nearly golden brown and exuding delicious aroma: remove pie from oven and throw in garbage
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What a way to throw away a week of wins, Dems. Retire so we can vote in folx with spines.
a group of skeletons are dancing together in a cemetery .
Alt: dancing skeletons
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What a way to throw away a week of wins, Dems. Retire so we can vote in folx with spines.
CBS News (under new management) quotes a White House social media claim that there were ZERO border crossings for 6 months. If they had checked with @wola-org.bsky.social or even Customs and Border Protection - you know, basic journalism - they would know that isn't true. www.cbp.gov/newsroom/sta...
'All we needed was a new president': WH touts 6-month streak of zero illegal crossings
There haven't been any illegal border crossings in the U.S. during the last 6 months, according to the Trump administration.
cbsaustin.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
CBS News (under new management) quotes a White House social media claim that there were ZERO border crossings for 6 months. If they had checked with @wola-org.bsky.social or even Customs and Border Protection - you know, basic journalism - they would know that isn't true. www.cbp.gov/newsroom/sta...
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The @apnews.com confirms: the "boat strikes" are the equivalent of straight-up massacring 16-year-old drug dealers on US street corners.
It satisfies some people's anger or bloodlust, but hitting the poorest and most replaceable links in the trafficking chain does nothing to affect drug supplies.
It satisfies some people's anger or bloodlust, but hitting the poorest and most replaceable links in the trafficking chain does nothing to affect drug supplies.
The Trump administration alleges the boats targeted by recent U.S. strikes were being operated by narco-terrorists and cartel members. The AP identified four of the men who were on the boats—and found the truth is far more nuanced.
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The @apnews.com confirms: the "boat strikes" are the equivalent of straight-up massacring 16-year-old drug dealers on US street corners.
It satisfies some people's anger or bloodlust, but hitting the poorest and most replaceable links in the trafficking chain does nothing to affect drug supplies.
It satisfies some people's anger or bloodlust, but hitting the poorest and most replaceable links in the trafficking chain does nothing to affect drug supplies.
What was Trump saying about acing his cognitive tests?
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What was Trump saying about acing his cognitive tests?
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It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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NEW: The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached the Texas Department of Public Safety, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
In other words: Texas is deputizing some of its state officers to act as roving ICE agents.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-28...
In other words: Texas is deputizing some of its state officers to act as roving ICE agents.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-28...
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
www.texasobserver.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
NEW: The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached the Texas Department of Public Safety, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
In other words: Texas is deputizing some of its state officers to act as roving ICE agents.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-28...
In other words: Texas is deputizing some of its state officers to act as roving ICE agents.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-28...
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Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Border czar Tom Homan has said repeatedly that he recused himself from all contracting matters.
But ProPublica reported he has been involved in conversations with industry players about government contracts.
But ProPublica reported he has been involved in conversations with industry players about government contracts.
Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center has called on the Homeland Security inspector general to investigate potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations by border czar Tom Homan and his senior...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Border czar Tom Homan has said repeatedly that he recused himself from all contracting matters.
But ProPublica reported he has been involved in conversations with industry players about government contracts.
But ProPublica reported he has been involved in conversations with industry players about government contracts.
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"Detainees said ICE officers used the restraints on them after they had been shackled. They said this was done to intimidate or punish them for asking to speak to their attorneys or expressing fear at being deported, often to places they fled due to violence and torture."
ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.
apnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Detainees said ICE officers used the restraints on them after they had been shackled. They said this was done to intimidate or punish them for asking to speak to their attorneys or expressing fear at being deported, often to places they fled due to violence and torture."
At the same time that the GOP claims that there is no money for health care, they've given Trump $46.5 billion for hundreds of miles of new border walls.
Here is one of the existing border walls this morning, accumulating ladders just as it has since the day it went up.
Here is one of the existing border walls this morning, accumulating ladders just as it has since the day it went up.
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
At the same time that the GOP claims that there is no money for health care, they've given Trump $46.5 billion for hundreds of miles of new border walls.
Here is one of the existing border walls this morning, accumulating ladders just as it has since the day it went up.
Here is one of the existing border walls this morning, accumulating ladders just as it has since the day it went up.
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New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
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READ THIS ARTICLE
👉👉👉"I’ve made three trips to Africa to report on children dying as a result of Trump slashing humanitarian aid programs — his most lethal policy. In village after village I’ve found children perishing for want of $2 anti-malaria mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day AIDS medicines."
👉👉👉"I’ve made three trips to Africa to report on children dying as a result of Trump slashing humanitarian aid programs — his most lethal policy. In village after village I’ve found children perishing for want of $2 anti-malaria mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day AIDS medicines."
Trump slashed USAID so that children die for want of $2 mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day medicines--but he now is backing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will also pour money into the pockets of billionaire hedge fund investors. My take: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
READ THIS ARTICLE
👉👉👉"I’ve made three trips to Africa to report on children dying as a result of Trump slashing humanitarian aid programs — his most lethal policy. In village after village I’ve found children perishing for want of $2 anti-malaria mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day AIDS medicines."
👉👉👉"I’ve made three trips to Africa to report on children dying as a result of Trump slashing humanitarian aid programs — his most lethal policy. In village after village I’ve found children perishing for want of $2 anti-malaria mosquito nets or 12-cent-a-day AIDS medicines."
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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Trump's plans for the $46.5 billion that the GOP gave him for border militarization:
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
Smart Wall Map
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump's plans for the $46.5 billion that the GOP gave him for border militarization:
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
The Trump admin. recently awarded more than $4 billion in border militarization contracts, incl. 17 miles of buoys at Brownsville. The green line on CBP's map shows more: 59 miles of buoys in the Rio Grande running from Brownsville to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Trump admin. recently awarded more than $4 billion in border militarization contracts, incl. 17 miles of buoys at Brownsville. The green line on CBP's map shows more: 59 miles of buoys in the Rio Grande running from Brownsville to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
Trump's plans for the $46.5 billion that the GOP gave him for border militarization:
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
Smart Wall Map
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump's plans for the $46.5 billion that the GOP gave him for border militarization:
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
628 miles of new border wall in places that have never been walled.
115 miles of border wall replacing older walls.
538 miles of murder buoys in the Rio Grande.
And much much more.
www.cbp.gov/border-secur...
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In "no surprise at all, the Trump administration is racist" news.
"The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the US refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans & Europeans who oppose migration."
"The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the US refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans & Europeans who oppose migration."
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In "no surprise at all, the Trump administration is racist" news.
"The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the US refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans & Europeans who oppose migration."
"The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the US refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans & Europeans who oppose migration."
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The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
Tomorrow DHS will waive laws that cover the awarding of federal contracts for border wall construction.
In other news, the Trump administration quashed an FBI investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan, who took a bag of cash for help with contracts.
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
In other news, the Trump administration quashed an FBI investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan, who took a bag of cash for help with contracts.
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Federal Register Documents Currently on Public Inspection
The following are a preview of unpublished Federal Register documents currenly on Public Inspection and scheduled to be published on the dates listed.
www.federalregister.gov
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tomorrow DHS will waive laws that cover the awarding of federal contracts for border wall construction.
In other news, the Trump administration quashed an FBI investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan, who took a bag of cash for help with contracts.
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
In other news, the Trump administration quashed an FBI investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan, who took a bag of cash for help with contracts.
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...