More than 8,000 people on Instagram watched Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live stream herself putting together IKEA furniture, drinking wine and talking about the GOP and climate change.
the hotline was flooded with reports of UFOs, bigfoot, the mothman and other cryptozoological creatures
“…internal emails and documents obtained by The Verge under the Freedom of Information Act show. The calls nearly brought the system to a halt, leaving operators unable to answer almost all incoming calls during the protest. ICE attempted to contain the narrative, and lie to the public about the impact of the prank.
In the first days of operation, Internal reports from ICE describe an “overwhelming” amount of calls. The day after the hotline was launched, ICE received more than 16,000 calls. Of those, only 260 could be answered. Callers in queue waited as long as 79 minutes to reach an operator. An official noted that if the rate of calls were to continue, ICE would need an additional 400 operators to field the hotline.”
