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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> plans to press ahead with a merger of its 2 agencies that investigate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a> offenses, though the effort would still need *approval* from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, 4 sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.</p><p>In a meeting on Thurs, ofcls from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp; Explosives] were informed that the merger could be executed as soon as October, one of the sources said….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-justic</span><span class="invisible">e-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> Once Touted <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BodyCameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodyCameras</span></a> for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.<br>The email said the agency made the change to be "consistent" with a Trump <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> rescinding the 2022 requirement that all federal <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lawenforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawenforcement</span></a> agents use body cameras. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies within the Justice Department -- <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USMarshals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMarshals</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> -- are still requiring body cameras, according to their spokespeople. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-enforcement-administration-ends-body-camera-program-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/drug-en</span><span class="invisible">forcement-administration-ends-body-camera-program-trump</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>In 2020, WHO: 3.4% of COVID patients died.</p><p>The actual mortality rate, Trump said, “is way under 1%.”</p><p>Trump lied &amp; covered up the deaths, as he does now, e.g.:</p><p>"&gt;12 data-gathering programs that🚨track deaths &amp; disease appear to have been eliminated in the layoffs &amp; proposed budget cuts in the Trump admin's 1st 100 days *leaves Americans in the dark."</p><p>"An exhibit🚨honoring victims of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a> is taken down at <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> HQs."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cuts-eliminated-dozen-us-government-health-tracking-programs-121444192" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStor</span><span class="invisible">y/cuts-eliminated-dozen-us-government-health-tracking-programs-121444192</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-5386668/atf-trump-administration-gun-violence-memorial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-53866</span><span class="invisible">68/atf-trump-administration-gun-violence-memorial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"I worked with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> to honor my daughter Jaime &amp; other victims of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Parkland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkland</span></a> shooting in the creation of the 'Faces of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a>' memorial at headquarters....We are…saddened by the reality that her photo has been removed &amp; sits in an ATF trash can, completely disregarded by this heartless Administration who could clearly care less about my child or any child being gunned down in America," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredGuttenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredGuttenberg</span></a> said in a stmnt.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>I would not be surprised if the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> memorial to victims of gun violence was replaced by a memorial to Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman. Perhaps with a name like "2nd Amendment Patriots"</p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> dedicated the exhibit in April 2024. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin planned for a new group of 200 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> victims to be honored by the memorial each year.</p><p>Fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> Dir Steven Dettelbach said in a statement at the time of the dedication last year: "The 'Faces of Gun Violence' exhibit is a permanent reminder of what ATF comes to work to do every day—a reminder of why agents risk their lives &amp; why everyone at ATF dedicates their careers to this mission: to honor the fallen &amp; protect the living."</p>
Nonilex<p>…A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> spox suggested it will still honor victims in other ways, but not only of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a>: "The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> will continue to honor the memory of all victims of violent crime while at the same time preserving the *rights* of law-abiding Americans."</p><p>Faces of Gun Violence honored victims of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SchoolShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolShootings</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolence</span></a>, people who died by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a>, &amp; other victims of gun violence. Portraits of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> enforcement officers killed by gun violence were also part of the exhibit.</p>
Nonilex<p>Madness</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memorial</span></a> to people killed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> is removed from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> headquarters</p><p>An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp; Explosives (ATF), the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> has confirmed.</p><p>The exhibit showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence. A digital kiosk w/biographies of each person was also part of the exhibit. An online version has also been taken down.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-5386668/atf-trump-administration-gun-violence-memorial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-53866</span><span class="invisible">68/atf-trump-administration-gun-violence-memorial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firearms</span></a> &amp; Explosives [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>] would take a big hit under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, losing $468M. Declaring the agency had “criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat,” the White House said it would end “excessive restrictions on homemade firearms,” presumably a reference to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhostGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostGuns</span></a> [restrictions to which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> upheld].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…having 4 jobs also raises practical issues: Does <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> get a pay bump? Will he have time to hop around the globe to do diplomacy? How will he delegate his duties?</p><p>There are precedents—sort of. 1973–1975, Henry Kissinger held 2 of Rubio’s jobs, Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser, in an experiment considered a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a>. In the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> dir, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielDriscoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielDriscoll</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> Secy, have both been interim head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> while also serving in their prominent posts.</p>
Houston Public Media<p>Gun-related deaths have risen steadily statewide. But this session, Texas lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to access firearms.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/04/15/518825/texas-lawmakers-consider-a-variety-of-bills-to-loosen-restrictions-around-firearms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/texas/2025/04/15/518825/texas-lawmakers-consider-a-variety-of-bills-to-loosen-restrictions-around-firearms/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasGunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLawmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasLawmakers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasSenate</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Law enforcement agents from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> have been given a list of questions to ask the minors &amp; their sponsors during the *welfare checks*….The form directs agents to question sponsors about who asked them to sponsor the child, if any payment was made during the sponsor process, what info they provided in their application, whether the sponsor has ever been arrested, where the sponsors do their banking &amp; where the sponsor works.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> removed as acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> director, replaced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> Secretary</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Director Kash Patel was quietly removed as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp; Explosives &amp; replaced by US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kash-patel-removed-acting-atf-director-replaced-by-army-secretary-sources-say-2025-04-09/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/kash-pate</span><span class="invisible">l-removed-acting-atf-director-replaced-by-army-secretary-sources-say-2025-04-09/</span></a></p>
S. Grisham<p>Trump appointee's disappearing act has key department at a standstill</p><p>Donald <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s decision to hand newly appointed <a href="https://union.place/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Director Kash Patel the reins as the interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (<a href="https://union.place/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>), has led to the department being adrift with <a href="https://union.place/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patel</span></a> reportedly ignoring his duties.</p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2671633777/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/kash-patel-267163</span><span class="invisible">3777/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> laws in a major shakeup as it moves to follow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s instructions to sharply *streamline* the govt.</p><p>In addition to merging the Drug Enforcement Agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> &amp; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp; Explosives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>, DOJ leaders are considering eliminating field offices that handle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> cases, according to a March 25 memo seen by Reuters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-considers-merging-dea-atf-major-wave-cuts-memo-shows-2025-03-27" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-justic</span><span class="invisible">e-department-considers-merging-dea-atf-major-wave-cuts-memo-shows-2025-03-27</span></a></p>
David Damore<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffjarvis</span></a></span> Looks like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> has a new meaning <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@aprilfollies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aprilfollies</span></a></span></p>
The Japan Times<p>U.S. federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers, money launderers, drug traffickers and tax evaders are now pursuing illegal immigrants as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/world/crime-legal/agents-trump-immigration-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">24/world/crime-legal/agents-trump-immigration-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Kash Patel "told officials he planned to spend a lot of time in Las Vegas, where he was living last year. He ordered new decor for his DC office &amp; asked for his personal trainer to be cleared to enter the bldg for his workouts."</p><p>He’s spending ~$100M of taxpayers’💰to restructure the FBI, as he dismantles the agency. It appears that he’ll spend more time in Vegas than DC, where he’s supposed to be leading the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>. He’s a fraudster like <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kash-patel-fbi-director-start-actions-c3d5d57f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/policy/kash-p</span><span class="invisible">atel-fbi-director-start-actions-c3d5d57f</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> plans to appoint <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a>, the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> director, as interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp; Explosives…. The move could come as early as next week.</p><p>The Patel appointment could be a precursor to merging the bureaus — eliminating the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> after 4 years of vigorous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> efforts by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin that Trump has vowed to reverse.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-kash-patel-acting-atf-director/story?id=119086967" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-</span><span class="invisible">expected-kash-patel-acting-atf-director/story?id=119086967</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to take on another top law enforcement role in the Trump administration as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, sources say.”</p><p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime is consolidating power. Dem leaders must step up the pressure.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-director-kash-patel-named-atf-chief-rcna193332" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/fbi-director-kash-patel-named-atf-chief-rcna193332</span></a></p>