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This image features a section of an informational document or webpage titled What’s in It for Your Law Enforcement Agency? The text describes the advantages of the 287(g) Program for state and local law enforcement. The main body of the text explains that the program provides access to ICE resources and training, with ICE covering the training costs. It notes that the primary goal is helping agencies keep communities safe from "potentially dangerous criminal aliens." A single bullet point below the main paragraph highlights the Department of Justice’s State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). It explains that SCAAP provides federal funding to states and municipalities to help cover costs associated with the incarceration of certain individuals. The final sentence, in bold, emphasizes that this is entirely separate from the 287(g) program.

Haven't checked the 287(g) page in a while, but @bremg.bsky.social found that this language was quietly added — a quick check of Internet Archive shows that this popped up on/about Sunday, Feb. 15.

Our assessment: ICE is looking to find workarounds to 287(g) bans.

🧊✈️ SEATTLE: Women in chains descend in driving rain from an ICE-chartered Eastern 737 (tail: N917XA) at Boeing Field 👀

How a Maryland Farm Became a Federal Detention Warehouse A family land trust, a vacant warehouse, and $215 million in federal contracts trace the twenty-year path of a Maryland field to an ICE detention facility.

Your long read for the week. We reviewed 20 years' worth of property records, permits, county council meeting minutes, assessor data, business records, land plats — and more — to track how a derelict Western Maryland farm became the site of an emerging ICE concentration camp.

Moderation on Blacksky-Only Posts: A Community Proposal Our team has explored several ways to make permissioned posts possible. Now we’re bringing the decision back to the community. Below are three approaches to moderation: a machine-learning system that ...

Based on the People's Assembly feedback we are sharing 3 proposals for Blacksky-Only Posts. The blog contains 3 possible options and a link to vote on what you feel is best! Let's make this decision together and get Blacksky-Only posts launched!

blackskyweb.xyz/moderation-o...

An Iranian football team official (C) hugs player Zahra Ghanbari (L) in Sydney, after they claimed asylum in Australia

Six Iranian football players and a team official stand with two unidentified local officials in Sydney, after they claimed asylum in Australia

Members of Iran's women's football team arrive at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport after taking part in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026

As Iranian women football players defect, Iran hints men will skip World Cup.

Iranian Football Federation says women playing in the Asian Cup in Australia were coerced into defecting

u.afp.com/SLZ5

hey @colbertlateshow.bsky.social

@drannieandrews.com might be an interesting guest

just saying 😀

If you know anyone of Alberta or B.C., please share this post. Zoe is my cousin’s daughter. Please help us find her.

not now Kilauea

Ellison’s Foreign Funding Furor While David Ellison is vowing to protect CNN’s independence as he prepares to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, Democratic senators are raising fresh concerns to Status about Paramount’s expected use ...

Scoop: In statements to Status, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren raised fresh concerns about David Ellison's expected use of foreign money to finance his takeover of Warners—this time, from China's Tencent.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

shame on NYT

Drone hits U.S. diplomatic facility in Iraq as Mideast violence deepens The attack on a major U.S. diplomatic facility in Baghdad was a suspected retaliation to the U.S.- and Israeli-led war on Iran by pro-Tehran militias.

Drone strike hits the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, a sprawling logistical hub for American diplomats near the Baghdad airport.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Afghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new war President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a d...

President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. https://to.pbs.org/4b2jKxM

chris murphy seems shook 😳

and angry too which is good

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

For months, we warned DOGE's access to Americans' private data was ripe for abuse. And here it is:

A former DOGE employee stole the Social Security numbers & personal info of over 500 MILLION Americans.

Musk, Trump, & their DOGE lackies must be made to answer for this, NOW.

Disturbing if unsurprising thread.

Finally, straight talk...

all bad...

but straight up awful 👇

Kristi Noem's $220M Horseback Riding Ad Dwarfed the Budgets of These 2026 Oscar Nominees Outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem used $220 million in taxpayer money to create a minute-long anti-immigration ad. That's more than the combined production and marketing budgets of nearly every 2026 ...

People link before the post disappeared:

David Ellison Visits Warner Bros., Concedes “Turbulent” Start In Meeting With Execs (Exclusive) The CEO talked to the Warners' executive leaders but left some feeling unsatisfied. "We were hoping for more," says one insider.

I say this for every merger because all media consolidation is pointless layoff producing anti-consumer bullshit, but this shitshow is going to be something SPECIAL

US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high f...

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Imprisoned in Iran, and Under Bombardment

Iranian political prisoners — already jailed for protesting their own government — now huddle under beds as U.S.-Israeli airstrikes blow out their cell windows. They're caught in between. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...

awful, why are israel's incessant bombings tolerated?

Weather officials say ‘records will be shattered’ during upcoming Southern California heatwave  SoCal residents should be advised that temperatures will soar this week, bringing potentially dangerous heat-related conditions, the National Weather Service says.   According to NWS, temperatures …

Weather officials say ‘records will be shattered’ during upcoming Southern California heatwave

The status conference in the Anthropic case in ND Calif just ended. Judge Rita Lin set a preliminary injunction hearing for 3/24 at 1:30pm PT. DOJ wanted later, but would not commit to not taking additional onerous actions against Anthropic before then ...
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throughout the festivities, please call it Bluskie (rhymes with newskie 😂), just like Sen. Kennedy does👇

SXSW Austin
Sat, March 14th
6-10pm
anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I rarely do this, but here goes.

Dems should have VERY clear messaging on supplemental tied to the ouster of Whiskey Pete, Jared, and Witkoff. They've all ABSOLUTELY bolloxed the situation and if Trump wants $$, he needs to get rid of all of them.

hope the depo video follows him to end of days