#border — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #border, aggregated by home.social.
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From Candice Bernd: These sacred spaces’ histories and remains—including human burial sites—tie the plaintiffs back to their ancestors, the ceremonial recognition of which is another pillar in Indigenous spiritual practice. New construction of border barriers threatens to cut them off from religious funeral practices and gravesite visitation and prayer. https://www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-group-sues-big-bend-border-wall/
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From Candice Bernd: These sacred spaces’ histories and remains—including human burial sites—tie the plaintiffs back to their ancestors, the ceremonial recognition of which is another pillar in Indigenous spiritual practice. New construction of border barriers threatens to cut them off from religious funeral practices and gravesite visitation and prayer. https://www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-group-sues-big-bend-border-wall/
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# Trump’s Garden City Reality Check: Three Big Claims That Don’t Survive the Data
**GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK / CIVICOHUB — August 15, 2026**
President Donald Trump arrived at the Nassau County Police Academy on Friday with genuinely good news to sell: violent crime in the United States fell sharply in 2025.
CivicoHub has already examined that crime claim separately.
But Trump’s hour-long Garden City speech did not stay on crime.
He moved rapidly through the economy, immigration, prescription drugs and the record of the previous administration — repeatedly attaching dramatic numbers to real issues.
Some of the underlying developments are genuine.
Several of the numbers are not.
CivicoHub reviewed three of the clearest claims from the speech against government data and independent reporting.
The pattern is worth examining because modern political misinformation is often more effective when it begins with something true.
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## I. “EGGS WERE FIVE TIMES HIGHER”
While discussing affordability when he returned to office in January 2025, Trump recalled reporters questioning him about egg prices.
He said eggs were **“up five times higher than they were just a year ago.”**
Egg prices absolutely had surged.
But not by anything close to five times.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs was:
**January 2024: $2.522**
**January 2025: $4.953**
That represents an increase of approximately **96%**.
In other words, prices had nearly doubled.
For eggs to have become five times as expensive, the January 2025 average would have needed to be roughly **$12.61 per dozen**.
It was $4.95.
The egg-price crisis itself was real. Average prices later climbed above $6 per dozen in March 2025 before declining sharply; by July 2026, the same BLS series stood at **$2.189 per dozen**.
That recovery does not make Trump’s historical description accurate.
A roughly 96% increase is severe.
It is not a fivefold increase.
### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE
Trump took a genuine affordability crisis and exaggerated its magnitude by several times.
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## II. “WE NOW PAY THE LOWEST PRICE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD” FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Trump then pointed to falling prescription-drug prices as one of his administration’s major achievements.
There is real evidence of progress.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its prescription-drug price index fell **0.8% in July 2026**.
The Trump administration has also secured agreements with 17 major pharmaceutical manufacturers aimed at bringing certain U.S. prices into line with the lowest prices paid in comparable developed countries.
But Trump went much further.
In Garden City, he declared that Americans had moved from paying the highest prices to a position where **“now we pay the lowest price anywhere in the world for prescription drugs.”**
That sweeping claim is false.
Reuters conducted a direct comparison of drugs listed through TrumpRx with publicly available prices in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
For roughly **one-third of the 54 drugs examined**, the British price was still lower.
For several medicines, the U.K. price was **67% to 82% lower** than the TrumpRx price.
That does not mean Trump’s drug-pricing initiative has achieved nothing.
Some patients are receiving substantial discounts on specific medicines, and agreements with major drugmakers are intended to reduce prices further.
But “some medicines are substantially cheaper” is fundamentally different from:
**America now has the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**
There is another piece of context.
Some Medicare drug-price reductions taking effect in 2026 originate from negotiations authorized under the **Inflation Reduction Act of 2022**. CMS negotiated the first ten Maximum Fair Prices before they took effect on January 1, 2026.
Current drug-price changes therefore cannot automatically be attributed to a single policy or a single president.
### FACT CHECK: ⚠️ MISLEADING / FALSE AS A UNIVERSAL CLAIM
Prescription-drug prices have fallen in important areas.
America demonstrably does **not** yet have the lowest price in the world for every prescription drug.
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## III. THE “25 MILLION PEOPLE” BORDER CLAIM
Trump also returned to one of his most frequently repeated immigration statistics.
Speaking about the Biden administration, he said **25 million people** had been allowed to come into the United States, adding that this was the “real number.”
There is no official government dataset showing 25 million unauthorized immigrants entering and remaining in the United States during Biden’s presidency.
One reason these numbers are so easily distorted is that immigration statistics measure different things.
A **CBP encounter is not the same thing as one immigrant permanently entering the United States**.
Department of Homeland Security statistics include people apprehended after crossing between ports of entry as well as inadmissible people presenting themselves at legal ports of entry.
Encounter totals can also include repeat attempts by the same individual.
During periods when Title 42 permitted rapid expulsions, repeat crossings were particularly significant. Some people counted as encounters were expelled, returned, detained or otherwise removed rather than admitted into the country.
That makes it invalid to simply take a large border-enforcement number and describe every encounter as another person who successfully entered and remained in America.
FactCheck.org has examined Trump’s 25-million figure repeatedly and concluded that it is **vastly inflated**.
Its estimate placed the defensible total at roughly one-third of Trump’s figure even after including an estimate for migrants who evaded Border Patrol — so-called “gotaways.”
The exact number of people who entered unlawfully without being detected cannot, by definition, be known with absolute precision.
But uncertainty is not evidence for 25 million.
### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED
The Biden years saw historically high levels of migration and border encounters.
That is true.
But **25 million people entering and remaining in the United States is not supported by the available government data.**
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# THE PATTERN: REAL PROBLEM → EXTREME NUMBER
What makes the Garden City speech useful as a misinformation case study is that Trump did not need to invent the underlying subjects.
Egg prices really soared.
Prescription drugs really are expensive in the United States, and some prices really are coming down.
The U.S.-Mexico border really experienced historically high migration during Biden’s presidency.
The distortion happens in the next step:
**Eggs nearly doubled → “five times higher.”**
**Some drug prices fell dramatically → “lowest anywhere in the world.”**
**Millions of border encounters → “25 million people came into our country.”**
Each begins with a recognizable reality.
Each ends with a claim significantly stronger than the evidence supports.
That distinction matters.
Political fact-checking should not deny genuine progress simply because a politician exaggerates it.
Nor should genuine progress be used as cover for inaccurate statistics.
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# FACT CHECK & VERIFICATION SHEET
**Current as of August 15, 2026**
### CLAIM 1
**Egg prices were five times higher when Trump took office than one year earlier.**
**STATUS: FALSE**
BLS average-price data show Grade A large eggs rising from **$2.522 in January 2024 to $4.953 in January 2025** — approximately **96%**, not 400% or 500%.
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### CLAIM 2
**Americans now pay the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**
**STATUS: MISLEADING / FALSE AS STATED**
Some U.S. drug prices have fallen substantially, and Trump has secured significant pharmaceutical pricing agreements. But a Reuters comparison found roughly one-third of TrumpRx medicines examined were still cheaper in the United Kingdom.
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### CLAIM 3
**25 million people entered the United States under Biden.**
**STATUS: FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED**
No official count supports the figure. Border encounters are enforcement events, not a count of unique people who entered and remained in the country, and they include repeat encounters and migrants who were expelled or removed. Independent analysis puts the plausible number dramatically below 25 million.
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# SOURCES
**Roll Call / Factba.se — August 14, 2026**
Full transcript: Donald Trump remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy, Garden City, New York.**U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics**
Average Price Data — Grade A Large Eggs; Consumer Price Index, July 2026.**U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / CMS**
Most-Favored-Nation pricing policy and Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program documentation.**Reuters — March 18, 2026**
Comparison of TrumpRx prices with publicly available United Kingdom drug prices.**U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Department of Homeland Security**
Official definitions and border-encounter statistics.**FactCheck.org**
Analysis of Trump’s repeated 25-million immigration claim and DHS/CBP data.---
**Tags:** #CivicoHub #DonaldTrump #GardenCity #USPolitics #FactCheck #Misinformation #EggPrices #DrugPrices #TrumpRx #Immigration #Border #PoliticalClaims #Accountability #IndependentJournalism #InformationSovereignty #Fediverse
**CIVICOHUB — FACTS OVER NARRATIVE. CLAIMS REQUIRE EVIDENCE.**
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# Trump’s Garden City Reality Check: Three Big Claims That Don’t Survive the Data
**GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK / CIVICOHUB — August 15, 2026**
President Donald Trump arrived at the Nassau County Police Academy on Friday with genuinely good news to sell: violent crime in the United States fell sharply in 2025.
CivicoHub has already examined that crime claim separately.
But Trump’s hour-long Garden City speech did not stay on crime.
He moved rapidly through the economy, immigration, prescription drugs and the record of the previous administration — repeatedly attaching dramatic numbers to real issues.
Some of the underlying developments are genuine.
Several of the numbers are not.
CivicoHub reviewed three of the clearest claims from the speech against government data and independent reporting.
The pattern is worth examining because modern political misinformation is often more effective when it begins with something true.
---
## I. “EGGS WERE FIVE TIMES HIGHER”
While discussing affordability when he returned to office in January 2025, Trump recalled reporters questioning him about egg prices.
He said eggs were **“up five times higher than they were just a year ago.”**
Egg prices absolutely had surged.
But not by anything close to five times.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs was:
**January 2024: $2.522**
**January 2025: $4.953**
That represents an increase of approximately **96%**.
In other words, prices had nearly doubled.
For eggs to have become five times as expensive, the January 2025 average would have needed to be roughly **$12.61 per dozen**.
It was $4.95.
The egg-price crisis itself was real. Average prices later climbed above $6 per dozen in March 2025 before declining sharply; by July 2026, the same BLS series stood at **$2.189 per dozen**.
That recovery does not make Trump’s historical description accurate.
A roughly 96% increase is severe.
It is not a fivefold increase.
### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE
Trump took a genuine affordability crisis and exaggerated its magnitude by several times.
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## II. “WE NOW PAY THE LOWEST PRICE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD” FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Trump then pointed to falling prescription-drug prices as one of his administration’s major achievements.
There is real evidence of progress.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its prescription-drug price index fell **0.8% in July 2026**.
The Trump administration has also secured agreements with 17 major pharmaceutical manufacturers aimed at bringing certain U.S. prices into line with the lowest prices paid in comparable developed countries.
But Trump went much further.
In Garden City, he declared that Americans had moved from paying the highest prices to a position where **“now we pay the lowest price anywhere in the world for prescription drugs.”**
That sweeping claim is false.
Reuters conducted a direct comparison of drugs listed through TrumpRx with publicly available prices in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
For roughly **one-third of the 54 drugs examined**, the British price was still lower.
For several medicines, the U.K. price was **67% to 82% lower** than the TrumpRx price.
That does not mean Trump’s drug-pricing initiative has achieved nothing.
Some patients are receiving substantial discounts on specific medicines, and agreements with major drugmakers are intended to reduce prices further.
But “some medicines are substantially cheaper” is fundamentally different from:
**America now has the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**
There is another piece of context.
Some Medicare drug-price reductions taking effect in 2026 originate from negotiations authorized under the **Inflation Reduction Act of 2022**. CMS negotiated the first ten Maximum Fair Prices before they took effect on January 1, 2026.
Current drug-price changes therefore cannot automatically be attributed to a single policy or a single president.
### FACT CHECK: ⚠️ MISLEADING / FALSE AS A UNIVERSAL CLAIM
Prescription-drug prices have fallen in important areas.
America demonstrably does **not** yet have the lowest price in the world for every prescription drug.
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## III. THE “25 MILLION PEOPLE” BORDER CLAIM
Trump also returned to one of his most frequently repeated immigration statistics.
Speaking about the Biden administration, he said **25 million people** had been allowed to come into the United States, adding that this was the “real number.”
There is no official government dataset showing 25 million unauthorized immigrants entering and remaining in the United States during Biden’s presidency.
One reason these numbers are so easily distorted is that immigration statistics measure different things.
A **CBP encounter is not the same thing as one immigrant permanently entering the United States**.
Department of Homeland Security statistics include people apprehended after crossing between ports of entry as well as inadmissible people presenting themselves at legal ports of entry.
Encounter totals can also include repeat attempts by the same individual.
During periods when Title 42 permitted rapid expulsions, repeat crossings were particularly significant. Some people counted as encounters were expelled, returned, detained or otherwise removed rather than admitted into the country.
That makes it invalid to simply take a large border-enforcement number and describe every encounter as another person who successfully entered and remained in America.
FactCheck.org has examined Trump’s 25-million figure repeatedly and concluded that it is **vastly inflated**.
Its estimate placed the defensible total at roughly one-third of Trump’s figure even after including an estimate for migrants who evaded Border Patrol — so-called “gotaways.”
The exact number of people who entered unlawfully without being detected cannot, by definition, be known with absolute precision.
But uncertainty is not evidence for 25 million.
### FACT CHECK: ❌ FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED
The Biden years saw historically high levels of migration and border encounters.
That is true.
But **25 million people entering and remaining in the United States is not supported by the available government data.**
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# THE PATTERN: REAL PROBLEM → EXTREME NUMBER
What makes the Garden City speech useful as a misinformation case study is that Trump did not need to invent the underlying subjects.
Egg prices really soared.
Prescription drugs really are expensive in the United States, and some prices really are coming down.
The U.S.-Mexico border really experienced historically high migration during Biden’s presidency.
The distortion happens in the next step:
**Eggs nearly doubled → “five times higher.”**
**Some drug prices fell dramatically → “lowest anywhere in the world.”**
**Millions of border encounters → “25 million people came into our country.”**
Each begins with a recognizable reality.
Each ends with a claim significantly stronger than the evidence supports.
That distinction matters.
Political fact-checking should not deny genuine progress simply because a politician exaggerates it.
Nor should genuine progress be used as cover for inaccurate statistics.
---
# FACT CHECK & VERIFICATION SHEET
**Current as of August 15, 2026**
### CLAIM 1
**Egg prices were five times higher when Trump took office than one year earlier.**
**STATUS: FALSE**
BLS average-price data show Grade A large eggs rising from **$2.522 in January 2024 to $4.953 in January 2025** — approximately **96%**, not 400% or 500%.
---
### CLAIM 2
**Americans now pay the lowest prescription-drug prices anywhere in the world.**
**STATUS: MISLEADING / FALSE AS STATED**
Some U.S. drug prices have fallen substantially, and Trump has secured significant pharmaceutical pricing agreements. But a Reuters comparison found roughly one-third of TrumpRx medicines examined were still cheaper in the United Kingdom.
---
### CLAIM 3
**25 million people entered the United States under Biden.**
**STATUS: FALSE / VASTLY INFLATED**
No official count supports the figure. Border encounters are enforcement events, not a count of unique people who entered and remained in the country, and they include repeat encounters and migrants who were expelled or removed. Independent analysis puts the plausible number dramatically below 25 million.
---
# SOURCES
**Roll Call / Factba.se — August 14, 2026**
Full transcript: Donald Trump remarks at the Nassau County Police Academy, Garden City, New York.**U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics**
Average Price Data — Grade A Large Eggs; Consumer Price Index, July 2026.**U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / CMS**
Most-Favored-Nation pricing policy and Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program documentation.**Reuters — March 18, 2026**
Comparison of TrumpRx prices with publicly available United Kingdom drug prices.**U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Department of Homeland Security**
Official definitions and border-encounter statistics.**FactCheck.org**
Analysis of Trump’s repeated 25-million immigration claim and DHS/CBP data.---
**Tags:** #CivicoHub #DonaldTrump #GardenCity #USPolitics #FactCheck #Misinformation #EggPrices #DrugPrices #TrumpRx #Immigration #Border #PoliticalClaims #Accountability #IndependentJournalism #InformationSovereignty #Fediverse
**CIVICOHUB — FACTS OVER NARRATIVE. CLAIMS REQUIRE EVIDENCE.**
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#ICYMI: “We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe. And you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about. We’re just out here having a good time.” https://www.texasobserver.org/postcard-laredo-border-wall/
#cycling #BikeTooter #border #SouthTexas #culture #nature #surveillance
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#ICYMI: “We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe. And you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about. We’re just out here having a good time.” https://www.texasobserver.org/postcard-laredo-border-wall/
#cycling #BikeTooter #border #SouthTexas #culture #nature #surveillance
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New from Candice Bernd: “If you’re waiving the Clean Air Act, or the Clean Water Act, or the Antiquities Act, you’re actually going after … what this religion and its artifacts, and its antiquities, and its church are truly about.” https://www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-group-sues-big-bend-border-wall/
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New from Candice Bernd: “If you’re waiving the Clean Air Act, or the Clean Water Act, or the Antiquities Act, you’re actually going after … what this religion and its artifacts, and its antiquities, and its church are truly about.” https://www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-group-sues-big-bend-border-wall/
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#NATO fighters shot down a drone that had entered Latvian airspace in the early morning hours of 14 August 2026. #Defence Minister Raivis Melnis refuted rumours that several #drones had been detected. #Latvia plans to deploy automated anti-drone systems along the entire eastern #border.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-nato-fighter-downs-wayward-drone/
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#NATO fighters shot down a drone that had entered Latvian airspace in the early morning hours of 14 August 2026. #Defence Minister Raivis Melnis refuted rumours that several #drones had been detected. #Latvia plans to deploy automated anti-drone systems along the entire eastern #border.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-nato-fighter-downs-wayward-drone/
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Smart comms: "DarkSky International does not take a position on border security policy; that question sits outside our mission and our expertise. Our position, set by our board, is simple: naturally dark places should remain dark."
https://darksky.org/news/darkskys-statement-protecting-dark-skies-in-the-big-bend-region/
#DarkSkies #BigBend #Border #BorderSecurity #UnitedStates #CBP
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Smart comms: "DarkSky International does not take a position on border security policy; that question sits outside our mission and our expertise. Our position, set by our board, is simple: naturally dark places should remain dark."
https://darksky.org/news/darkskys-statement-protecting-dark-skies-in-the-big-bend-region/
#DarkSkies #BigBend #Border #BorderSecurity #UnitedStates #CBP
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From https://www.humaneborders.org/
The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in July 2026 was 19.
Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):
5 dead less than a day
2 dead less than a week
3 dead less than 5 weeks
1 dead less than 3 months
8 dead more than 6-8 months
Total: 19
Updates for previous cases: 7 individuals were newly identified by name (1645 cases remain unidentified).#migrants #immigration #border #BorderPolicy #MurderByDesign #EveryAdministrationHasMadeThisWorse
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From https://www.humaneborders.org/
The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in July 2026 was 19.
Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):
5 dead less than a day
2 dead less than a week
3 dead less than 5 weeks
1 dead less than 3 months
8 dead more than 6-8 months
Total: 19
Updates for previous cases: 7 individuals were newly identified by name (1645 cases remain unidentified).#migrants #immigration #border #BorderPolicy #MurderByDesign #EveryAdministrationHasMadeThisWorse
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The #government of #Latvia has launched "Operation Werewolf" to stop illegal #border crossings from #Belarus and #Russia, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs announced. Meanwhile, border guards found an illegal underground tunnel used by #migrants to enter the country illegally from Belarus.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-border-security-strengthened-as-migrant-tunnel-found/
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The #government of #Latvia has launched "Operation Werewolf" to stop illegal #border crossings from #Belarus and #Russia, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs announced. Meanwhile, border guards found an illegal underground tunnel used by #migrants to enter the country illegally from Belarus.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-border-security-strengthened-as-migrant-tunnel-found/
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Porta-Potty supplier for border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel found, hit with phone zap
On the morning of August 10, pro-migrant activists held a phone zap aimed at forcing portajohn supplier Stamback Services to terminate their business relationship with border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel.
Message to Fisher here-you ARE shit, you don't GET to shit, not even piss.
This is an application of the "tertiary targetting model" that was successfully used to bankrupt former puppy-killing vivisector Huntington Life Sciences (HLS). Border walls don't get built without contractors. Contractors cannot operate without everything from tool rentals to portajohns.
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Porta-Potty supplier for border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel found, hit with phone zap
On the morning of August 10, pro-migrant activists held a phone zap aimed at forcing portajohn supplier Stamback Services to terminate their business relationship with border wall contractor Fisher Sand and Gravel.
Message to Fisher here-you ARE shit, you don't GET to shit, not even piss.
This is an application of the "tertiary targetting model" that was successfully used to bankrupt former puppy-killing vivisector Huntington Life Sciences (HLS). Border walls don't get built without contractors. Contractors cannot operate without everything from tool rentals to portajohns.
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Featured story: When the Observer asked Congressional candidate Bobby Pulido about Trump's #border wall, set to tear through the Santa Ana wildlife refuge in the district he's running for, he responded,
“I haven’t said anything about it, but I obviously oppose it.” https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Democrats #SouthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #midterms #news
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Featured story: When the Observer asked Congressional candidate Bobby Pulido about Trump's #border wall, set to tear through the Santa Ana wildlife refuge in the district he's running for, he responded,
“I haven’t said anything about it, but I obviously oppose it.” https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Democrats #SouthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #midterms #news
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Sunday, August 9, 2026
US intelligence believes explosives-equipped drone at German airport likely belongs to Moscow . . . . . Ukraine buys 70 ATACMS missiles, other US weapons from Turkey in major defense package . . . . . Unidentified drone explodes near gas pipeline at Bulgarian-Romanian border, Kyiv to launch inquiry . . . . . Life in Ukraine’s last Donbas strongholds as Russia closes in . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/sunday-august-9-2026/
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Sunday, August 9, 2026
US intelligence believes explosives-equipped drone at German airport likely belongs to Moscow . . . . . Ukraine buys 70 ATACMS missiles, other US weapons from Turkey in major defense package . . . . . Unidentified drone explodes near gas pipeline at Bulgarian-Romanian border, Kyiv to launch inquiry . . . . . Life in Ukraine’s last Donbas strongholds as Russia closes in . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/sunday-august-9-2026/
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Border wall contractor Fisher Industries office stormed and trashed in Tempe, Arizona
It appears this action was executed in the classic guerilla fashion: strike fast, hit hard, then disappear before the Enemy can get their shit together to respond.
From
https://saguaros.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/06/fishing-for-trouble/The following piece is an anonymously submitted reportback from an action against Fisher Industries in Tempe on August 5th.
The border is like an open wound, sliced through the desert with no consideration for its people or ecology. Folks watched in anger as the ancient cottonwoods of Lochiel were bulldozed, save for the last Grandmother Tree, which is protected by the courageous land defenders who climbed its branches. Fisher Industries is the contractor responsible for this wanton destruction in furtherance of colonial ecocide. In response, the anarchists and troublemakers of the metropolis decided to bring resistance to their offices, in solidarity.
A small group pulled up outside and quickly sprinted into their parking lot. Together, they stormed through the front door, invading the building. They chanted, “PROTECT THE TREES, NO BORDER WALL!” trashed their lobby, flyered and stickered their glass, telling them to quit their jobs and abandon their complicity in ecocide. While some acted inside, others outside attached a poster to the front door, issuing a notice of eviction by the people to the company. As a bewildered employee retreated back into an inaccessible part of the building, presumably to call for help, they exited as swiftly as they entered and hightailed it back home.
A message to Fisher Industries:
Your deplorable actions have not gone unnoticed, and you will be held accountable for your perpetration of ecocide in support of the fascist settler state. Cease your destruction of the land or face further repercussions.
To those in the tree and the camp, blocking the machinery of death with your bodies:
The people of so-called Phoenix stand in solidarity, and their hearts beat in time with yours. Stand strong.
Until the last border wall is torn down, the last tree is felled, and the land is once again free.
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Border wall contractor Fisher Industries office stormed and trashed in Tempe, Arizona
It appears this action was executed in the classic guerilla fashion: strike fast, hit hard, then disappear before the Enemy can get their shit together to respond.
From
https://saguaros.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/06/fishing-for-trouble/The following piece is an anonymously submitted reportback from an action against Fisher Industries in Tempe on August 5th.
The border is like an open wound, sliced through the desert with no consideration for its people or ecology. Folks watched in anger as the ancient cottonwoods of Lochiel were bulldozed, save for the last Grandmother Tree, which is protected by the courageous land defenders who climbed its branches. Fisher Industries is the contractor responsible for this wanton destruction in furtherance of colonial ecocide. In response, the anarchists and troublemakers of the metropolis decided to bring resistance to their offices, in solidarity.
A small group pulled up outside and quickly sprinted into their parking lot. Together, they stormed through the front door, invading the building. They chanted, “PROTECT THE TREES, NO BORDER WALL!” trashed their lobby, flyered and stickered their glass, telling them to quit their jobs and abandon their complicity in ecocide. While some acted inside, others outside attached a poster to the front door, issuing a notice of eviction by the people to the company. As a bewildered employee retreated back into an inaccessible part of the building, presumably to call for help, they exited as swiftly as they entered and hightailed it back home.
A message to Fisher Industries:
Your deplorable actions have not gone unnoticed, and you will be held accountable for your perpetration of ecocide in support of the fascist settler state. Cease your destruction of the land or face further repercussions.
To those in the tree and the camp, blocking the machinery of death with your bodies:
The people of so-called Phoenix stand in solidarity, and their hearts beat in time with yours. Stand strong.
Until the last border wall is torn down, the last tree is felled, and the land is once again free.
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Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy.
Spain has announced it would introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass migrant rush into Ceuta.
The checks, which come “amid the persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy, will start at midnight on Saturday and last until 7 September, Spain’s interior ministry said in a statement.
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Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy.
Spain has announced it would introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass migrant rush into Ceuta.
The checks, which come “amid the persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy, will start at midnight on Saturday and last until 7 September, Spain’s interior ministry said in a statement.
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#Spain to introduce temporary #border checks on visitors from #Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/07/spain-to-introduce-temporary-border-checks-on-visitors-from-italyMove comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to #Ceuta
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#Spain to introduce temporary #border checks on visitors from #Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/07/spain-to-introduce-temporary-border-checks-on-visitors-from-italyMove comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to #Ceuta
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Checks for checks: Spain and Italy turn the Schengen rulebook on each other
Follow @1ban_news for daily coverage.
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Checks for checks: Spain and Italy turn the Schengen rulebook on each other
Follow @1ban_news for daily coverage.
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Managing the border, not resolving it: the 36th India-China round
Stay curious — follow @1ban_news.
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Managing the border, not resolving it: the 36th India-China round
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#ICYMI: “We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe. And you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about. We’re just out here having a good time.” https://www.texasobserver.org/postcard-laredo-border-wall/
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#ICYMI: “We’re gonna be riding around areas where most everybody thinks it’s unsafe. And you’re gonna see that there’s really nothing to be worried about. We’re just out here having a good time.” https://www.texasobserver.org/postcard-laredo-border-wall/
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In #Latvia, PM Andris Kulbergs criticised Interior Minister Janis Dombrava for his letter to #Spain over the recent #border crisis in #Ceuta. Spanish officials found the letter arrogant. Kulbergs urged Dombrava to coordinate future correspondence with foreign governments with the Foreign Ministry.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-pm-criticises-interior-minister-over-letter-to-spain/
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In #Latvia, PM Andris Kulbergs criticised Interior Minister Janis Dombrava for his letter to #Spain over the recent #border crisis in #Ceuta. Spanish officials found the letter arrogant. Kulbergs urged Dombrava to coordinate future correspondence with foreign governments with the Foreign Ministry.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-pm-criticises-interior-minister-over-letter-to-spain/
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A group of #migrants attacked #border guards in #Lithuania after entering the country through a tunnel on the border with #Belarus. Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of the State Border Guard Service, said that Belarusian regime authorities were helping migrants dig the tunnels.
https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-migrants-dig-tunnel-attack-border-guards/
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A group of #migrants attacked #border guards in #Lithuania after entering the country through a tunnel on the border with #Belarus. Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of the State Border Guard Service, said that Belarusian regime authorities were helping migrants dig the tunnels.
https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-migrants-dig-tunnel-attack-border-guards/
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#Latvia has reopened the road #border crossing in Patarnieki on the border with #Belarus, the State Border Guard announced. However, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said that closing the checkpoint remained one option under consideration to stop irregular #migrants.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-belarus-border-crossing-reopened/
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#Latvia has reopened the road #border crossing in Patarnieki on the border with #Belarus, the State Border Guard announced. However, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said that closing the checkpoint remained one option under consideration to stop irregular #migrants.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-belarus-border-crossing-reopened/
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Featured story: Bobby Pulido's determined to podcast, sing, and dance his way to Congress, brushing off every scandal that seeks to poison his good-vibes campaign.
Can this moderate Dem reclaim the hearts, minds and votes of this #border district? https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Democrats #midterms #SouthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #news
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Featured story: Bobby Pulido's determined to podcast, sing, and dance his way to Congress, brushing off every scandal that seeks to poison his good-vibes campaign.
Can this moderate Dem reclaim the hearts, minds and votes of this #border district? https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Democrats #midterms #SouthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #news
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#Latvia will not close its border with #Belarus for now, the Latvian #government announced. Earlier, the Ministry of Interior urged the government to close the country's only remaining land #border crossing with Belarus for #security reasons and to stop irregular #migrants.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-belarus-border-not-to-be-closed-for-now/
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#Latvia will not close its border with #Belarus for now, the Latvian #government announced. Earlier, the Ministry of Interior urged the government to close the country's only remaining land #border crossing with Belarus for #security reasons and to stop irregular #migrants.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-belarus-border-not-to-be-closed-for-now/
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Previously: Bobby Pulido's determined to podcast, sing, and dance his way to Congress, brushing off every scandal that seeks to poison his good-vibes campaign.
Can this moderate Dem reclaim the hearts, minds and votes of this #border district? https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Texas #Democrats #midterms #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas
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Previously: Bobby Pulido's determined to podcast, sing, and dance his way to Congress, brushing off every scandal that seeks to poison his good-vibes campaign.
Can this moderate Dem reclaim the hearts, minds and votes of this #border district? https://www.texasobserver.org/bobby-pulido-monica-de-la-cruz-south-texas/
#Texas #Democrats #midterms #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas
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ICE agents engaged in a high speed chase forced a car containing a mother and child into a ditch with their reckless driving, then handcuffed a U.S. citizen. It's business as usual for the agency in South #Texas: https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-car-chase-gun-citizen-south-texas/
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ICE agents engaged in a high speed chase forced a car containing a mother and child into a ditch with their reckless driving, then handcuffed a U.S. citizen. It's business as usual for the agency in South #Texas: https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-car-chase-gun-citizen-south-texas/
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#Belarus started forming an #airborne assault #brigade 40 kilometers away from the #Ukrainian #border.
#Ukraine’s northern #neighbor has been ramping up its #military #capabilities this summer, but #Belarussian #President Alexander #Lukashenko has said Belarus will not enter the #war
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#Belarus started forming an #airborne assault #brigade 40 kilometers away from the #Ukrainian #border.
#Ukraine’s northern #neighbor has been ramping up its #military #capabilities this summer, but #Belarussian #President Alexander #Lukashenko has said Belarus will not enter the #war
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PM Kristen Michal of #Estonia stressed the need to preserve the EU's #Schengen Area, following the influx of irregular #migrants to the Spanish exclave of #Ceuta. Meanwhile, Estonian #opposition leaders supported suspending the Schengen treaty and imposing temporary #border controls.
https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-schengen-area-must-be-preserved-pm/
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PM Kristen Michal of #Estonia stressed the need to preserve the EU's #Schengen Area, following the influx of irregular #migrants to the Spanish exclave of #Ceuta. Meanwhile, Estonian #opposition leaders supported suspending the Schengen treaty and imposing temporary #border controls.
https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-schengen-area-must-be-preserved-pm/
