Remember this shill thread? >>1444890
Turns out its almost completely debunked, and ICE actually was a group of murderous goons trying to turn blue paradises into MAGA hellholes

Bodycam footage shows ICE officers lied about ambush attack in Chicago

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/06/marimar-martinez-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-border-patrol-shooting-brighton-park

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday.

The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

U.S. District Judge Heather McShain denied a request by the federal government to detain Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, pending trial. Martinez and Ruiz, who wore orange jumpsuits for the detention hearing, were charged Sunday with felony assault of a federal officer.

Parente also offered to play an agent’s body-camera video that shows the shooting, noting prosecutors did not show the video that he claimed disputes the government’s version of the shooting.

Parente said the video shows an agent turning a federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, “Do something b----.” The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller has sparked a controversy after allegedly claiming that President Donald Trump has 'plenary authority.' Speaking to CNN on the issue of sending National Guards to Oregon, the top Trump aide seemed to suggest that Trump has plenary authority - the absolute power to make the decision.

The controversial claim turned awkward when Stephen Miller froze before the camera after speaking about plenary authority, possibly after being reminded by an aide about the issue with his statement. Some said it was a technical glitch, as Miller was seen suddenly freezing in front of the camera. Others noted that Miller was blinking, suggesting he deliberately stopped.

"Well, the administration filed an appeal this morning with the Ninth Circuit," Miller says. "I would note the administration won an identical case in the Ninth Circuit just a few months ago with respect to the federalizing of the California National Guard under Title 10 of the US Code." he then says, "the president has plenary authority..." before suddenly stopping.

Plenary authority means complete, absolute, or full power to act on a particular matter, without needing approval or limitation from another body. In this case, it refers to when a president or governor claims full decision-making power within their constitutional limits.

However, contrary to Miller's claim, the President of the United States does not have plenary authority. The power of the President comes with a lot of checks and balances, sometimes in the form of Congress, sometimes in the form of legal and procedural requirement.

Link: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/does-trump-have-plenary-authority-stephen-miller-freezes-before-camera-in-awkward-live-tv-moment-101759876791525.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/trump-judges-ruling-against-him-00595511
When a Donald Trump-appointed judge delivered a stinging rejection of his effort to put National Guard troops on the ground in Portland, the president had some regrets.

“I wasn’t served well by the people that pick judges,” Trump vented Saturday.

His gripe came four months after he similarly sounded off about the “bad advice” he got from the conservative Federalist Society for his first-term judicial nominations — a reaction to a ruling, backed by a Trump-appointed judge, rejecting his power to impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.

“This is something that cannot be forgotten!” he said on Truth Social.

While Trump and his allies have spent all year leveling pointed attacks at Democratic judicial appointees, labeling them rogue insurrectionists and radicals, the president is increasingly facing stark rejections from people he put on the bench — including at least one from his second term.

Republicans, currently keeping the government shut down to stall a vote to release the Epstein files and delay releasing dismal economic numbers for September, are trying to contain yet another brewing catastrophe for the party: their increasingly erratic and uncooperative leader, Donald Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/07/shutdown-republicans-disarray-00597018

One week into the government shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats, just barely concealing tensions over strategy that have snowballed behind the scenes since agencies closed last week.

In one stark example, Trump scrambled the congressional leaders’ messaging Monday when he told reporters in the Oval Office he would “like to see a deal made for great health care” and that he was “talking to Democrats about it.”

Within hours, Trump walked it back: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open,” he wrote on Truth Social hours after his initial comments.

Johnson said Tuesday he “spoke with the president at length yesterday” about the need to reopen agencies first, while Thune told reporters there have been “ongoing conversations” about strategy between the top Republicans.

A White House official granted anonymity to speak about the circumstances behind the president’s statements said the Truth post was “issued to make clear that the [administration] position has not changed” and was not done at the behest of the two leaders.

But tensions surfaced again Tuesday after a White House budget office memo raised questions about a federal law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed federal workers — one that Johnson and Thune both voted for in 2019.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8wd8938e8o
Illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border have hit the lowest level in over half a century, according to federal data obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS News.

In fiscal year 2025, which spanned four months of former President Joe Biden's administration, US Border Patrol agents stopped 238,000 migrants crossing the southern border illegally, the Department of Homeland Security figures suggest.
During Trump's first eight months in office, there have been fewer than 9,000 illegal crossings recorded each month, CBS reported.

It is the lowest number of apprehensions since 1970, when border patrol agents stopped 202,000 people crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully.
"The numbers demonstrate progress on border security," said Jennie Murray, president and chief executive of the National Immigration Forum, adding that both parties and the White House need to work on passing immigration legislation.

Patrol agents made over half of the apprehensions at the border during the first three months of the 2025 fiscal year, which ran from October 2024 to September 2025, during Biden's tenure, according to the preliminary data.
The apprehensions indicate the number of times border police stopped and processed migrants entering the country illegally at official ports of entry, which may include people who attempted to cross the border more than once after being stopped.

US Customs and Border Patrol has said about 11 million border encounters were recorded over the course of Biden's four years in office.

Day 8 of making a thread every day until Democrats allow the US government to re-open

Day 8 Updates:
- Key dates regarding the shutdown. Oct 10: Federal employees won't get direct deposits. Oct 11: Museums close. Oct 12: Rural people wont be allowed to fly on airplanes. Oct 31: Women and children will starve. Nov 4: record breaking shutdown. Jan 1: Medicare and Medicaid dissolve. https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/government-shutdown-key-dates-social-security-wic-smithsonian-museums-rcna235198
- IRS furloughing half of its staff https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/government-shutdown-live-updates/?id=126242587
- Troops will continued to be paid https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/08/congress/trump-could-shift-funds-to-pay-troops-white-house-officials-say-00599072
- Israelis call the shutdown the second American revolution https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-869789
- Stopgap bill fails senate again https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/government-shutdown-news-today-100825

At the heart of the standoff is Democratic Party demands that Republicans agree to an additional $700bn in spending by restoring cuts to healthcare that were enacted over the summer and make permanent the expiring temporary COVID emergency health care credits enacted in 2023 that are due to expire Jan 1, 2026.

Day 7 of making a thread every day until Democrats allow the US government to re-open

Day 7 Updates:
- Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/g-s1-92251/government-shutdown-health-insurance-premiums
- Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-news-10-07-25
- Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-health-care-subsidies-obamacare-congress-10b2ae9648bc5252fc2bd485ddc83493
- Live updates: Senate won’t hold votes to end shutdown on Tuesday; Trump says some furloughed workers ‘don’t deserve’ back pay https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5541602-live-updates-trump-carney-shutdown-bondi-health-next-summit/

At the heart of the standoff is Democratic Party demands that Republicans agree to an additional $700bn in spending by restoring cuts to healthcare that were enacted over the summer and make permanent the expiring temporary COVID emergency health care credits enacted in 2023 that are due to expire Jan 1, 2026.

> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnTKJ7Cvus

https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-police-sergeant-appears-to-criticize-assault-victims-for-antagonizing-anti-ice-protesters

> An email from a Portland police sergeant appeared to criticize three people he described as "counter-protesters" after confronting anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters outside an immigration facility and getting assaulted.

> The email from Sgt. Andrew Braun of the Portland Police Bureau was filed in Oregon federal court in the state's lawsuit against President Donald Trump, and noticed by Andy Ngo, a senior editor at the Post Millennial who frequently covers Antifa and U.S. protests.

> In the email, dated Sept. 21, Braun writes, "these 3 counter-protesters continue to be a chronic source of police and medical calls at ICE."

> The three individuals are listed as victims in the email and identified as Rhein Amacher, 35, Chelly Bouferrache, 56, and Katelyn Daviscourt, 31.

> "Despite repeated advice from officers to stay away from the ICE crowd, they constantly return and antagonize the protesters until they are assaulted or pepper sprayed," Braun writes of the three individuals in the email. "They refuse or are reluctant to walk away from these confrontations, even when police are in the area trying to meet with them."

> Amacher describes himself as a "Right-wing Provocateur," according to his associated X account. An X account associated with Bouferrache states she is a "Blue state dissident" and "Anti-Communist." Daviscourt is an investigative reporter with the Post Millennial.

> All three X accounts associated with the individuals share video and coverage of the recent anti-ICE protests in Portland.
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