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2 NARRATIVES

Posts from Oct 2 6:00 am to Oct 2 12:45 pm ET · updated Oct 2 1:54 pm ET

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Top narratives by share of views · click card for detailBased on the 37% of posts that are classified under a particular narrative. Unclassified posts not counted here.

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FollowingEnforcement surges cause humanitarian harm56% of views · 43% of posts · leans Liberal

What does it argue?

Its core claim, recurring points, and distinctive language.

Key claims AI summary

Aggressive immigration crackdowns, detention surges, and revoking protected status create humanitarian crises and avoidable deaths.

Their vocabulary
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Top postsmost viewed, verbatim · click to open on X
“Renee Nicole Good's family sues the Trump administration and immigration officials over her killing Read more 🔗”
@SkyNews· 46K viewson X ↗
“ICE officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were shot in encounters with ICE.”
@NBCNews· 14K viewson X ↗
“A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas had surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his back for nearly two weeks.”
@NBCNews· 12K viewson X ↗

Who is behind it?

The accounts driving the most views and the news sources they link to. Bars are relative to the top entry.

Key accounts views of their own posts here
@SkyNews46K views
@NBCNews26K views
News sources
nbcnews.com67% of posts
news.sky.com33% of posts

What is it missing?

What other narratives mention that this one omits

What they leave out

Never mentions United States, names that come up often in the other narratives.

None of its accounts has ever posted the other side's biggest argument, “Secure borders and mass deportations” (57% of posts).

When did it peak?

Its posts over time versus other narratives, and whether it entered the conversation early or late.

When they posted

This narrative moved in step with the wider conversation. Half its posts were in by Oct 2 9 am, about when all narratives together were (Oct 2 9 am).

This narrative’s posting volumePosting volume across all narrativeseach line scaled to its own busiest hour · smoothed over 3 hours
peak Oct 2 9 am
Oct 2 6 amOct 2 8 amOct 2 10 am
FollowingSecure borders and mass deportations44% of views · 57% of posts · leans Conservative

What does it argue?

Its core claim, recurring points, and distinctive language.

Key claims AI summary

Governments must strictly secure borders against cartels and carry out large-scale deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Their vocabulary

No phrase sets its posts apart from the others.

Top postsmost viewed, verbatim · click to open on X
“We're going to hunt you down, we're going to send you back." DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin lays out his position on immigration enforcement to @Brooketaylortv, saying living in the U.S. for five years or 20 years doesn't change how his department approaches someone who entered…”
@FoxNews· 32K viewson X ↗
“Over the past 50 years at least 23m people born in Latin America migrated to the United States. It was the largest sustained flow of migrants in the world to a single country, surging in the years after covid-19. Then Donald Trump returned to power”
@TheEconomist· 26K viewson X ↗

Who is behind it?

The accounts driving the most views and the news sources they link to. Bars are relative to the top entry.

Key accounts views of their own posts here
@FoxNews32K views
@TheEconomist26K views
News sources
economist.com25% of posts

What is it missing?

What other narratives mention that this one omits

What they leave out

33% of its accounts have also posted the other side's biggest argument, “Enforcement surges cause humanitarian harm” (43% of posts).

When did it peak?

Its posts over time versus other narratives, and whether it entered the conversation early or late.

When they posted

This narrative moved in step with the wider conversation. Half its posts were in by Oct 2 9 am, about when all narratives together were (Oct 2 9 am).

This narrative’s posting volumePosting volume across all narrativeseach line scaled to its own busiest hour · smoothed over 3 hours
peak Oct 2 8 am
Oct 2 6 amOct 2 8 amOct 2 10 am

Based on a sample of public X posts — tracked accounts plus keyword searches — not all activity on X.