my favorite store, closing....it's painful to think about.

More than 1.1 million fentanyl pills seized at the Nogales POE in 4 days
3/26 About 166,270 pills hidden in a microwave oven
3/28 Approx 661,050 fentanyl pills and 3.9 lbs meth in a deflated bounce house
3/29 About 362,700 fentanyl pills hidden in doors and firewall of a vehicle

this here is worth reading, from a long-time, current, NPR editor
#NPR
open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…
#NPR #trust

I bow to your expertise. I was, though, a crime reporter in a town flooded with crack from 1988-1992 and can't remember any coke overdose deaths. Lots of gun/gang-related/car-jacking deaths....

Traffic blocked for 20 minutes as sideshow erupts on eastern span of Bay Bridge

Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵

1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

2/19-3/29: In 10 events, CBP officers working outbound operations seized 13 AK style weapons, 4 pistols and over $50,000 in cash destined to Mexico to support Transnational Criminal Organizations. Concealment methods included strapped to torso, undercarriage, and in cookware.

I was talking to a couple and could tell they were hungry and gave them $10 to get a sandwich and immediately he admitted it was going towards dope. He felt guilty and gave the money back which then created tension with his girlfriend who also admitted it was going to dope.

Tonight at Rutgers University the President held a town hall with students. It devolved into anarchy, and he fled with half the police present. Jewish students who came to ask about how the admin would keep them safe on campus were left to beg the remaining police to escort them out.

This is very sad news. #99CentsOnly is a great discount store. Shopped there often. They stocked a lot and were always well kept, unlike Dollar General/Family Dollar, which feel like a drain on any town they afflict. latimes.com/business/story…

Interesting to note that this is all coming in in vehicles of one kind or another.....

Who are the faculty at a medical school who abandon their posts and surrender their pedagogic duties to sloganeering idiots like these, for a mandatory class, you may ask?

Just posting this ... the end of 110 experiment in Oregon.
kgw.com/article/news/p…

This is becoming a more common occurrence in San Francisco. Word on the street is that the organized drug dealers already here have issued a warning that San Francisco is no longer safe to sell dope. That's the point of enforcement. Deterrence.
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

If you remember the interview, I did a few days ago with Amanda from San Diego. She just enlightened me on some interesting events that took place in her life living out here on the streets, but she still not ready to go back to San Diego our treatment.

absolutely....

What’s appealing about being homeless in Portland? “The drugs” I met a homeless man that moved here because he heard it was the best place to use drugs. He is especially impressed with how cheap they are. This is now our reputation and why the homeless move here from all over.

“Snitches get stitches and end up in ditches” I met Mariah who was tragically gang raped last night. She said it happens regularly because she won’t voluntarily “put out”. She shared she has fetal alcohol syndrome and her patents kicked

Fentanyl is openly sold on the streets near California’s Capitol for $1.50/pill. Same scene in SF, LA, SD & more. CA leads the nation in fentanyl deaths, homelessness and retail theft. Ignoring the connections is malpractice. #Homelessness #RetailTheft #Fentanyl #FixProp47

On Monday, CBP officers working commercial operations at the Nogales POE seized 1,420 pounds of meth hidden in a compartment underneath the floor of a tractor/trailer laden with watermelons. This was a total team effort made by officers, imaging technology and a K9 team.