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Mark G

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"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

Los Angeles Times

Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU

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Here's another example of the noxious trend we identify below: Stephen Miller claiming "all asylum claims" are "fake." What he really means is no asylum seeker is *worth caring about.* It's the same trick Musk uses with "zero" died from USAID cuts. (h/t @lastpositivist.bsky.social @mattortega.com)

Greg Sargent

The pattern is unmistakable: *Nobody died from USAID cuts. *Nobody killed by ICE is innocent. *No Muslim in the UK can escape the charge of being a rapist or a murderer. *No Somali in Minnesota is there legitimately by definition. And so on: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

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Oh look, maybe why he was sucking up to Trump. Federal Probe into Dodgers Owner’s Financial Empire Was Sparked By Whistleblower. Authorities are examining $16 billion in private-credit deals involving Walter’s insurance companies to determine whether fraud occurred. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Exclusive | Federal Probe into Dodgers Owner’s Financial Empire Was Sparked By WhistleblowerAuthorities are examining about $16 billion in private-credit deals involving Mark Walter’s insurance companies to determine whether fraud occurred.www.wsj.com
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Marc was one of the most dedicated civil servants I’ve ever met, a man who wanted to make sure the government got the facts rights, and the public could understand what was going on. To see him driven out gives you a sense of how Orwellian this administration has become. Truth is their enemy.

Scott Horton

Marc Rosenblum, head for statistics at DHS, resigns, saying he is delighted to no longer be involved in supporting the agency's war against facts and the truth. www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

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