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"You’re like Mary Poppins for young journalists," a @ucbsoj #journalism student told me this semester. I can die now. #goodbye

NEW: WSJ now confirming my reporting that the DOJ is withholding at least three FBI interviews with a woman who told the FBI that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a child wsj.com/us-news/law/do…

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

@PressSec Lies.

When Democrats call to “abolish ICE,” they’re calling to defund a federal law enforcement agency responsible for arresting the worst and most dangerous criminal illegal aliens. That is a radical position that would make Americans less safe.

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My mom was stopped and harassed by masked ICE agents while shopping at an outlet mall in Texas. Because she has an accent, they assumed she spoke Spanish and started talking to her in Spanish. When she said she doesn’t speak Spanish, they began demanding where she was “from,” rapidly listing countries without even giving her a chance to respond. My mom told them she’s been in this country longer than some of them have been alive. She was only allowed to leave after showing a photo of her U.S. passport on her phone. She is a U.S. citizen. She has lived in this country for 47 years. If you think this is just about “sending criminals back,” you are dead wrong.

It’s time to investigate. I am launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content.

@JeffBezos. I am the foreign affairs columnist of the New York Times. I have enormous respect for the foreign staff and foreign reporting of the @washingtonpost. It has been indispensable for citizens, journalists, opinion writers and diplomats. Please preserve and expand it. Democracy dies in darkness. @tomfriedman

@SenSchumer Make it happen, Senator!

Kristi Noem is a liar. Kristi Noem is incompetent. Kristi Noem is vicious. Kristi Noem must be fired.

@JDVance You lie.

When I was in Minneapolis, I heard a number of crazy stories. But near the top of the list: A couple of off duty ICE and CBP officers were going to dinner in Minneapolis. They were doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed. The officers were locked in the restaurant, and local police refused to respond to their pleas for help (as they've been directed by local authorities). Eventually, their fellow federal agents came to their aid. This is just a taste of what's happening in Minneapolis because state and local officials refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement. They have created the chaos so they can have moments like yesterday, where someone tragically dies and politicians get to grandstand about the evils of enforcing the border. The solution is staring everyone in the face. I hope authorities in Minneapolis stop this madness.

Today DHS assassinated a VA nurse in the street, Bondi is attempting to extort voter files, and half the country is bracing on the eve of a potentially crippling ice storm with FEMA gutted. So what is the President up to? Having a movie night at the White House. He’s unfit.

@SenSchumer What are you going to do about it???

ICE out of Minnesota NOW.

National strike on Monday?

People in Greenland are wearing these hats and honestly… I’m stealing it. MAGA now officially stands for Make America Go Away. 🇬🇱🧢💀

@atrupar We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists. For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story: propublica.org/article/trump-…

Michael Epstein Founder/Director at Walking Cinema has a couple of open positions for an IXA Journal Editor and IXA Production Assistant. Deadline: October 15 walkingcinema.org/jobs

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@gmdvc78 @BuzzPatterson Same in the North!

@BuzzPatterson Big thus in south Redondo

Was that an earthquake?