Joe Rivano Barros
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Editor @mlnow in San Francisco // Signal = jrivanob.99 // he/him
San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2014
A 61-year-old retired police officer in small-town Tennessee posted a liberal meme on Facebook after Charlie Kirk's death. A sheriff called it a terrorist threat and he was jailed for nearly 40 days. Now he's out—and planning to sue.
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Kash Patel has fired a senior FBI official after public flight data showed Patel used a government jet to fly and see his girlfriend perform at a wrestling match.
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The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician...
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This morning, District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood attempted to tour the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in San Francisco. But, the building’s security barred him from entry. https://t.co/N7syRGaFgQ
missionlocal.org
Supervisor Mahmood was turned away from ICE headquarters. He would have been the fourth supervisor to tour the 630 Sansome St. facility.
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Border Patrol officers detained several people while conducting immigration enforcement actions in Niles, Skokie, and the Edison Park neighborhood in Chicago Friday on Halloween.
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Here’s a different angle of the video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground shared with the Tribune from a different source
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“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols, who snapped the photo of the masked agents driving out of San Pedro on Tuesday morning. The full story:
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is running for governor of her state, berated the police and TSA officials at Charleston International Airport, according to a report. “She repeatedly stated [officials] were ‘F------ Incompetent,’” the report said.
washingtonpost.com
The report claims Mace called officers “incompetent” and accused them of mistreating her.
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was involved in a heated confrontation with airport police and TSA agents at the Charleston International Airport, according to an incident report.
nbcnews.com
Mace, who is running for governor of South Carolina, reportedly told police this is no way to treat a “f---ing U.S. representative.” The GOP congresswoman is downplaying the incident.
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SCOOP: At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report. @JakeLahut reports: Unpaywalled as per our FOIA policy:
wired.com
At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, US representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.
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JUST IN: An SFPD investigation found that the rookie police officer who shot and killed an alleged carjacker through his squad car window didn't break the department's use-of-force rules. from @miss_elenius
https://t.co/JO0ulfelE1
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Chris Samayoa, who shot and killed Keita O’Neil, only broke department’s camera and seatbelt policy, police say.
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Palantir's comms chief said at a conference the company’s political shift toward the Trump admin is “concerning," adding “I think it’s going to be challenging, as a lot of the company is moving pro-Trum-, you know, is moving in a certain direction.” https://t.co/LHRhpssLIo
cnbc.com
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
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More than three dozen streets across San Francisco will be closed to traffic for trick-or-treaters on Halloween this year. Use our map to find where you can take the kids out without fear of big, bad automobiles. https://t.co/YsKU880rdu
missionlocal.org
More than three dozen streets across San Francisco will be closed to traffic on Halloween. Use our map to find the ones in your neighborhood.
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Lindsey Hansen, owner of the Future Past vintage store, restored a pair of threadbare vintage Levi 501 jeans in spring 2024. Over a year later, she saw a corporate fashion giant selling what she said was her "exact design." https://t.co/iu6Th12vR9
missionlocal.org
An SF vintage store owner restored a pair of Levi jeans. Then she saw Banana Republic selling her "exact design."
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Waymo has confirmed the news: One of its autonomous vehicles hit & killed KitKat, the much-loved Mission District bodega cat. The Google subsidiary said it reviewed footage & would make a donation to a local animal rights group. https://t.co/hKO0Boc2kZ
missionlocal.org
Waymo said KitKat darted under the vehicle. Two witnesses confirmed the story, but one said the company's statement can be a bit misleading.
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Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift". The Information's EIC response has been added. https://t.co/LHRhpssLIo
cnbc.com
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
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ICE won't allow you to deny consent for your picture to be taken and uploaded to an ICE database. ICE is building the world's biggest surveillance state with no authorization from Congress. You will not believe what else this document says...
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JUST IN: Those arrested in the 2023 Dolores Park hill bomb can sue as a group, a judge ruled. It's a significant win for the 113 in the mass arrest by San Francisco police, letting them join a class-action lawsuit against the city. https://t.co/Y2ZWjVrtzy
missionlocal.org
The judge's ruling is a significant win for those detained in the 2023 mass arrests following the San Francisco skateboarding event.
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