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Houston Public MediaGun-related deaths have risen steadily statewide. But this session, Texas lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to access firearms.<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">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/04/15/518825/texas-lawmakers-consider-a-variety-of-bills-to-loosen-restrictions-around-firearms/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunLaws</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasGunLaws</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasHouse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLawmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasLawmakers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasSenate</a>

NonilexLaw enforcement agents from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEA</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> have been given a list of questions to ask the minors & 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 & where the sponsor works.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KashPatel</a> removed as acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a> director, replaced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Army</a> Secretary<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> Director Kash Patel was quietly removed as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives & replaced by US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chaos</a> <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">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kash-patel-removed-acting-atf-director-replaced-by-army-secretary-sources-say-2025-04-09/</a>

S. GrishamTrump appointee's disappearing act has key department at a standstillDonald <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s decision to hand newly appointed <a href="https://union.place/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</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">#ATF</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">#Patel</a> reportedly ignoring his duties.<a href="https://union.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2671633777/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2671633777/</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drug</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gun</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">#Trump</a>'s instructions to sharply *streamline* the govt.In addition to merging the Drug Enforcement Agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEA</a> & Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</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">#antitrust</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> cases, according to a March 25 memo seen by Reuters.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kakistocracy</a> <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">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-considers-merging-dea-atf-major-wave-cuts-memo-shows-2025-03-27</a>

The Japan TimesU.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&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/world/crime-legal/agents-trump-immigration-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a>

highly principled invertebrate<a href="https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/american-southwest-airlines-challenging-wheelchair-accessibility-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/american-southwest-airlines-challenging-wheelchair-accessibility-rules/</a>The title is a little misleading as this isn't just about wheelchairs but rather about all mobility aides & thusly protection of those of us who use them.This change in rules, if enacted, would change my chances of at least considering airline travel from under 1% to about 20%, because it'd demand that if my devices were damaged/destroyed or lost, the airline would at least cover some of those costs, because now they don't and as such paying for hotels/motels on long distance trips where I'd drive is cheaper than my paying for said destruction. *The other part of why I don't use planes being the assault committed under the auspices of "security", body scanner or hands on not mattering much to me, they're both completely wrong. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DisabilityAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisabilityAccessibility</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MobilityAidUsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobilityAidUsers</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AirlineTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AirlineTravel</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> plans to appoint <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KashPatel</a>, the new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> director, as interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives…. The move could come as early as next week.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">#ATF</a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independence</a> after 4 years of vigorous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunControl</a> efforts by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin that Trump has vowed to reverse.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunViolence</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <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">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-kash-patel-acting-atf-director/story?id=119086967</a>

Emoryit occurs to me that the one agency i wouldn't mind DOGE tearing through would be the <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a>, but thanks to <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/NRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRA</a> lobbyists and republican pandering they're still on microfiche last i heard. the republicans blocked <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> funding into gun violence for decades. there's probably mountains of crimes in the ATF records room and nobody cares enough to start scanning film because they're told not to.<a href="https://firearmsresearchcenter.org/working_papers/the-debate-over-the-atf-digitizing-gun-sales-records-from-out-of-business-firearms-dealers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://firearmsresearchcenter.org/working_papers/the-debate-over-the-atf-digitizing-gun-sales-records-from-out-of-business-firearms-dealers/</a><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-atfs-nonsensical-non-searchable-gun-databases-explained-392/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-atfs-nonsensical-non-searchable-gun-databases-explained-392/</a><a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a> <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gop</a> <a href="https://soc.kvet.ch/tags/bootlicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bootlicking</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> spox said the agency “began conducting enhanced targeted operations” Sun in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> but declined details, citing an ongoing op. Spox for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEA</a> confirmed involvement but didn't give other info.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> residents, especially in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> circles, have already been on edge for months in anticipation of large-scale arrests touted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>. The atmosphere has been especially tense the past week as top Trump ofcls vowed to start <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> enforcement ops in Chicago….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexActing Deputy AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmilBove</a> visited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> to personally ‘observe’ the start of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> enforcement crackdown promised by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s admin in the nation's 3rd-largest city, few details of the op were made public.Bove said he was in Chicago Sunday morning & observed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> agents, along w/assisting federal agencies—including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEA</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a>. He didn't say where the ops took place in the city or detail any arrests.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/acting-deputy-ag-visits-chicago-observe-immigration-enforcement-118120989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/acting-deputy-ag-visits-chicago-observe-immigration-enforcement-118120989</a>

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘CLICK!Off goes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeetTheRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeetTheRepublicans</a>. As soon as a guest is allowed to say "Russia Hoax" with no pushback, that's it. I'm out (to quote Lindsey Graham.)And to play the same clip of Matt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaetz</a> MULTIPLE TIMES calling to "abolish the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> & The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATF</a>" without ONCE pointing out the way THESE SAME <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/REPUBLICANS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#REPUBLICANS</a> vilified <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> for saying "Defund the police" is nauseating.DO BETTER <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MtP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MtP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MeetThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeetThePress</a>. 🤬

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