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  1. On 10/5/2025 at 10:04 AM, ChickenSandwich said:

    That is not what the article says at all
     

    Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the Brighton Park shooting erupted after patrolling agents were “rammed by 10 cars” and “boxed in.” Agents then fired “defensive shots” when they discovered the woman “was armed with a semi-automatic weapon” while driving one of the cars, McLaughlin said.

    Chicago police records shared with the Sun-Times show that a Border Patrol agent had called for assistance, reporting that roughly 30 agents had been “surrounded by a large crowd of people.” But police officials weren’t sent to help, the records show.

     

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    update to this, all the charges from this event have been dismissed with prejudice, following DOJ (the prosecution) submitting a motion for dismissal

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops-charges-2-people-accused-ramming-vehicles/story?id=127714651

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    Federal prosecutors initially claimed that Exum fired rounds at Martinez in self-defense, saying that Martinez drove toward him when he exited his vehicle after the collision.

    During an Oct. 6 hearing, Parente claimed in court that he viewed a body-camera video from one of the agents involved in the incident that he said appeared to show the federal vehicle swerve into Martinez's car.

    "When I watched the video after this agent says, 'Do something, b----,' I see the driver of this vehicle turn the wheel to the left. Which would be consistent with him running into Ms. Martinez’s vehicle, okay," Parente said. “And then seconds later, he jumps out and just starts shooting."

    Parente also said Martinez is licensed to carry a concealed weapon and that the gun federal officials claimed she had during the confrontation with CBP agents was never removed from her purse.

    In response to an ABC News request for comment about the motion to dismiss and Exum's text messages, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin reiterated the agency's previous statements, again calling Martinez and Ruiz "domestic terrorists." McLaughlin did not address Exum's text messages and referred ABC News to the Justice Department for information about the charges against Martinez and Ruiz.

     

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  2. ICE doesn't give a single fuck, and is eager to flex their thuggery

    https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/ri-judge-intervenes-after-ice-mistakenly-detains-superior-court-intern/

    Multiple sources told Target 12 that Rhode Island sheriffs earlier noticed someone taking photos of the intern inside the courthouse and in Superior Court Judge McBurney’s courtroom. When approached, the individual identified himself as an ICE agent and was told to abide by standard courthouse rules, and to stop taking pictures.

    The intern was reportedly shaken, so McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.

    Dana Smith, Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents and told both the judge and the intern to stay inside the car. After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen and left. The intern was released once his ID was checked.

    “This egregious incident underscores both the community’s and the Judiciary’s concerns about how ICE is conducting its operations in Rhode Island,” R.I. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell said.

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  3. Just now, Baldwin said:

    It is incredible that you think one side is special just because you cheer for them. So cute.

    One side is special because they keep lobbying for the release of pedophiles and sexual abusers and human traffickers. It's the side that lobbied for Tates release. 

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  4. 3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Ukraine going to pick up 100 Rafeles, including some from French reserves.

     

    Rafales are no joke, especially if Ukraine is getting them with Meteor missiles. Meteros are damn near a cheat code for air to air engagements, not to mention the built-in EW suite and low obseravability. That's a big BIG deal that will effectively make Ukraine's airforce superior in theatre if they're able to activate the fighters quickly

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  5. 5 minutes ago, Pasken said:

    So I need some help here. Let's say the trump Clinton rumors are true. In what scenario would this happen? I mean the only thing that makes sense is if he was on drugs.  What is the rumored scenario in which this took place?  Group sex and streams get crossed? 

    Hey now, it could have been Ghislane's horse and not Billy Cee

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  6. 24 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

    I already pivoted it's a commodity like gold (and explained why I was wrong), but it's not a currency. and if it were, tell me this, when was the last time you spent BTC on mundane goods or services? when did you buy a car with it? when did you buy a house with it?  it's theoretical underpinnings may be there for it to be a currency but the vast majority who hold it do not treat it like a currency, including you.

    What makes it a security? What thing does it secure for you? There is no other side to the transaction of a Bitcoin sale that the Bitcoin is securing for you. There is no promise of goods to be bought or sold with it, and no utility to gain with it by your own acknowledgement.

    Buying a stock gives you a vote in the company's decisions. Buying a bond gives you a contractual obligation to get paid back by the bond issuer. There's another side to those transactions that the asset is securing for the buyer. There is no such thing for Bitcoin.

    And applying the asset lense, what asset does it represent? There is not anything that it represents aside from an entry on a distributed ledger.

    Again, there's nothing wrong with buying and selling cryptos, but it's definitionally NOT a security and is explicitly a currency in name and architecture and implementation 

  7. Pretty good breakdown from DefCon 33 on SignalGate and the kakistocracy were all enjoying

    The biggest thing I didn't realize is that they weren't even using signal! They were using an Israeli fork of the app that sniffed all their messages and exposed them unencrypted with exposed heapdump endpoints left online

     

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  8. 1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

    I’m just saying get ready for an absolute shit show if it happens. Which it won’t unless he wants an NFL job. Sark has the cards for one more year.

    well he needs to hire a fucking offensive coordinator because his playcalling is more cooked than Lincoln Riley's brisket

  9. 2 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

    What it was created for and how it’s being used are different. It’s just facts. 

    But you're saying the only reason to buy it is to sell it to a greater fool later. Other assets represent real tangible goods or interests in a business. Bitcoin is an entry on a distributed spreadsheet - by your argument it's not good for anything else. 

    So why is a line item on a distributed ledger intrinsically a security? If there's no value or function intrinsic to the thing itself, I mean

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  10. 6 hours ago, scramblyn said:

    I don’t give a fuck. It doesn’t function like a currency for 95% (maybe more) of its holders at all.  It’s actually probably more like a commodity (held directly) than a security with trades in BTC being securities through ETFs etc. 

    So you're saying it's entire purpose is not to deliver a utility but fish for a greater fool? I can't disagree 

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  11. 7 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

    I understand that was the start but how fucking stupid does the guy who spent 10 bitcoin on pizza and beer 10 years ago feel now? Btw bitcoin isn’t a currency, it’s a security according to legal principles.  

    The underlying protocol hasn't changed. Code is law in cryptocurrency, and it's definitionally a currency with extremely low throughput and extremely high energy requirements 

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