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Tim Nafziger
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Mennonite writer, organizer, photographer & facilitator in Ventura watershed / Chumash land in California. Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/gN5UTP

Co-Founder of Congruity Works. We build marketing & engagement infrastructure for communities of purpose.
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Me Too was Pearl Harbor for elites. Most of them saw Harvey Weinstein and thought, "that could be me," and since then every hint of accountability for elites, or mass movements by peasants, has further convinced them they are facing an existential threat that must be destroyed at all costs.
gilmored85.bsky.social Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 23d
Increasingly of the opinion that the Rosetta Stone to understanding elite politics in America in the present era --news media, tech, & finance elites esp--is Me Too, The Pandemic, & BLM experienced thru the prism of social media and group chats.
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
tnafziger.bsky.social
A look at how ChatGPT and #GenerativeAI are being used to polish or completely take over chats in dating apps.

"she found herself checking with the bot between every message, and requesting five variations before choosing the one that sounded most like her."

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"For immigrants in the system, these chaotic transfers can feel like a punishment, designed to wear people down, said Faisal Al-Juburi, head of external affairs at the legal aid group Raíces."

Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) runs the majority of ICE flights.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo
44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
‘Let’s just power it on and update [it] and see what happens,’' [greentheonly] recalled [Tesla] suggesting. 'If I wanted to destroy evidence on the computer, that would be exactly the advice I would give.'

He easily found the data #Tesla claimed it had "lost"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.
The key evidence was presented last month to a jury, which found the company partially liable for the 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said."

“They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled..."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#AlligatorAlcatraz
Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’
Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beat and teargas was fired
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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jonathanstegall.bsky.social
From @tnafziger.bsky.social’s most recent email, a piece about what he’s learned in the work to save Oak Flat. www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...
The fight for sacred land
As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.
www.christiancentury.org
August 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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christiancentury.bsky.social
“Fighting alongside Apache Stronghold is not just about saving Oak Flat. It is about recovering the rootedness of our ancestors: everyone beneath their vine and fig tree, in peace and unafraid (Mic. 4:4).”

– @tnafziger.bsky.social

www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...
The fight for sacred land
As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.
www.christiancentury.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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kentremendous.bsky.social
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
tnafziger.bsky.social
A disturbing, innovative use of LLM training...

"...the impostor sent fake voice messages and texts that mimicked Rubio’s voice and writing style to those targets including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress." #ai #generativeAI #llm

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AI scammer posing as Marco Rubio targets officials in growing threat
Fake voice and text messages on Signal tricked senior leaders, as AI impersonation rises in global politics
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"An agent can be seen lifting Velez off the ground and carrying her away. Witnesses told media, including CBS Los Angeles, that the agents never asked Velez for identification, and that she did nothing wrong."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’
Andrea Velez, 32, a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
tnafziger.bsky.social
“…rather than oppose Trumpism’s masculinist domination politics and unaccountable cult of personality, the idea now [with Cuomo] seems to be to mimic them; not to oppose corruption and dictatorial politics per se, but to offer a Democratic version of them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With Andrew Cuomo, Democrats are doing a disastrous imitation of Trump | Moira Donegan
The former governor, now a New York City mayoral candidate, marks the party’s drift into boorishness and cruelty
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"Increasingly, ex-judges and legal experts warn the verbal attacks by Trump, his attorney general, Pam Bondi, and Maga allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers the safety of judges and their families." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US judges ruling against Trump barraged with abuse and threats, experts warn
Verbal attacks by Trump and allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers judges’ safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
A new report chronicles decades of deception by the fossil fuel industry. It looks at hopeful parallels with collapse of similar lies by the tobacco industry and “efforts to revive a 2018 attempt to obtain a blanket waiver of legal liability from Congress.”

insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...
How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News
A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...
insideclimatenews.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"In social-media clips... ICE officers appear in dark clothing, some wearing masks or neck gaiters that make them look like bandits. The people they target may be walking down the street, sitting in a car, or otherwise going about their lives." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash
The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
“In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,” Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government
(RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the p...
religionnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
Breaking: The new Pope:

“Prevost has been a vocal proponent of Francis' emphasis on synodality, which has emerged the first week of general congregations as an important issue to a significant bloc of cardinals who can vote in the conclave.”

www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
The first American pope? This cardinal has the best chance of making history in this conclave
It is typically absurd to think of an American as pope. But in this conclave, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who has spent much of his life outside of the United States is worthy of serious consider...
www.ncronline.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"Bondi would go on to claim that Trump saved '258 million lives'."

Any pretense of a constituency other than Trump is gone. Like courtiers in a King's court, Bondi and her fellow cabinet members understand their jobs depend on their emotional impact on one man.

www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
Pam Bondi 'goes full North Korea' at Trump cabinet meeting with bizarre praise
The obsessive praise drew sharp comparisons to North Korea, a dictatorship where officials are reportedly forced to keep Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un happy or face his wrath
www.irishstar.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🤥 WATCH: Trump insists repeatedly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia LITERALLY had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles

All the people who said he was just implying the tattoos stood for MS-13 and didn’t mean for the photoshop to be taken literally have gobs of egg on your faces 🥚

Liar-in-chief strikes again
April 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
tnafziger.bsky.social
I've updated the #Mennonite starter pack I put together last year with a few newer Mennonites I found here on Bluesky. As always, nominations are welcome: go.bsky.app/BcVbQ3R
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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jonathansmucker.bsky.social
One reason Democrats have such a bad "messaging problem" is because every time a prominent Democrat does something good, courageous, etc., other prominent Dems do dumb shit like this—making it so the Democratic Party brand is not improved by the good act. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...
Jeffries Wants Dems to Put an End to the El Salvador Trips
Cory Booker and the Hispanic Caucus were planning on going. But Democratic leadership seems to want El Salvador trips to stop for a while.
www.thebulwark.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
"...to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi said after his release... "What we are witnessing now and what we’re understanding is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King has said before: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after judge orders his release from federal custody
Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained during his April 14 naturalization interview in Vermont.
www.nbcnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
“…when the current administration closed the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (Oido) last month, detainees… were left with less protection than ever…

‘It’s all happening in the dark’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Disabled people detained by Ice sound alarm over overcrowded jails
Rodney Taylor, whose legs were amputated as a toddler, just one of many people with disabilities at risk from detention
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
“In the absence of a increase in actual deportations, the [Trump] administration seems to have pursued an increase in deportation spectacles: images celebrating people's expulsion from the country with a visceral glee...” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/m...
Why the White House Started Making Deportation Cartoons
The Trump administration hasn’t yet delivered huge deportation numbers — but it is using the internet to provide regular deportation spectacles.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
tnafziger.bsky.social
This evening, after watching the upteenth classical music / poetry reading / stage play on Start Trek: The Next Generation, I had an epiphany.

This show is someone's answer to the question: what happens if you give your navy a really thorough liberal arts education?

#StarTrek
April 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM