A decade of sensitive data from children's brain scans left the NIH and ended up in the hands of white supremacists who cherry picked from it's findings to create reporting to support bias "race science" papers that later became source material for Grok and ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

BIG: The case for Tren de Aragua being invading narco-terrorists, key to Trump's attacks on Venezuela and immigrant communities at home, is just another manufactured threat, as revealed in a trove of intel documents we provided to @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/trump-...

At most, Tren De Aragua in the US amounts to little more than organized retail theft and small scale prostitution. The "gang" has almost no footprint inside the US at all, and yet Trump and DHS used the specter of an illusive "TDA" to cast a wide net that insnared thousands latine folks in the US.

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

BIG: FBI using Trump's broad "anti-antifa" order to target anti-ICE organizing as anarchist extremist terrorism, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA

More seriously, Benz is going to attempt to "Twitter Files" USAID. We can assume he is coordinating with his white supremacist colleague and armpit stain in human form, Darren Beattie, overseeing the effort at State. Be forewarned: wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-extrem...

The Trump regime has been busy dismantling American democracy, but we've been busy fighting back! We've been furiously exposing Trump and his co-conspirators. This Giving Tuesday, fight back with us by helping Property of the People continue our critical mission! propertyofthepeople.org/donate/

BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

BIG: Federal and local law enforcement agencies spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats, bolstering Trump's mass deportation frenzy, as revealed in new intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It should. And we have to try. Democracy is always in the effort, in the growth, in becoming better versions of what we imagine. But we need more noise, more outrage, more calls to congress & DHS & Bondi, more signatures for petitions calling for his release. www.commondreams.org/news/mario-g...

1/ While everyone is focused on Comey, Trump did this today. How many more of us will be targeted? How many rounded up? How many designated terrorists and prosecuted before those who remain on the sidelines finally open their eyes to what’s happening? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Late-night comedy is definitely under threat of censorship. Comedians are always a line of attack for authoritarians. But so are other reporters & truth-tellers. Read my latest on the Mario Guevara case & the broader (daily) attacks on free speech by our admin: pressingissues.org/trumps-attac...

BIG: US law enforcement claims certain *emojis* could signal Tren de Aragua gang membership, leading to deportations, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained & shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @maanvisingh.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A reminder that THIS is what a man who died telling the truth looks like. Be in peace Anas Al Sharif. سلام عليك يا أنس الشريف

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

You can be unapologetically antifascist and simultaneously not revel in moments of political violence like this. Two children are now without a father, a wife is without their partner. We need to humanize each other, even those we vehemently oppose. الله يرحَمُه

Our latest: LA anti-ICE protests spurred US military to identify "hotels to avoid" due to "harassment," as revealed in an intelligence document we obtained and shared with @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA

Yes to border cops, no to public media? Got it. Congress approved $170 billion for immigration enforcement, incl. $75 billion in extra funding for ICE. But the Senate may approve a budget CUT package to claw back $1.1 billion from public broadcasters PBS & NPR. The Senate has until July 18 to vote.

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: US Army and state intelligence centers are targeting civilian-made online ICE raid maps as security threats, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained & shared w/ @dell.bsky.social @dmehro.bsky.social @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/no-kin...

The reckoning for freedom is here & we’ve got to fight for a collective freedom if we have any hope of upending Trump’s retaliation campaign. Read @brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com piece outlining what’s at stake: www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/m...

Scoop: US Army and state intelligence centers are targeting civilian-made online ICE raid maps as security threats, as revealed in new intel docs we obtained and shared w/ @dell.bsky.social / @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/no-kin...

BIG STORY: FBI's WMD Office colluding with Big Ag lobby group to target animal rights activists as "bioterrorists" for conducting undercover investigations on factory farms, as revealed in intel documents we obtained & shared w/ @dell.bsky.social @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm...

This Thursday we're hosting a virtual conversation on free speech in the age of retaliation. @attorneynora.bsky.social will moderate this discussion with experts from @lawyerscomm.bsky.social and @ccrjustice.org. RSVP here! bit.ly/fpaorsoc

NEW: See the dramatic moment when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested Friday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on trespassing charges.

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

And now the administration has ended public support for PBS and NPR. A blow for press freedom, independent media, and the Fourth Estate. A further blow to democracy any time government seeks to weaken independent news. Reminds me of Hungary and Russia.

NEW: Federal judge appointed by Trump rules that Trump's AEA proclamation is "unlawful." The final judgment blocks Trump's March 14 Alien Enemies Act proclamation from being used to deport anyone from southern Texas.

1 Waltz = 4 Flynns + 9 Scaramuccis www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

📣 100 Days of the Broligarchy - on ZOOM In this emergency session of the Big Tech Oversight Board, we look at Trump’s first 100 days through the lens of Big Tech - the good, the bad and the Broligarchy. Wed 30th April, 9AM PST / 12pm EST / 5PM BST citizensreunited.substack.com/p/live-emerg...

BIG: We obtained the AG's memo serving as the blueprint for law enforcement nationwide to roundup immigrants as suspected Tren de Aragua members explicitly outside due process. We shared with Nick Penzenstadler / @willcarless.bsky.social / @usatoday.com. #FOIA www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.

The Secretary of State holding a public conversation with Mike Benz — legitimizing a former white power YouTuber as an expert in our government — is Loomer-level insanity. Reality is dead and there is no floor. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Elon Musk is a monster of a human being and an abomination of a father. I hope Ashley Sinclair and all the mothers impacted by Musk sue him for every penny he has. www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

Jesus’ procession should be seen as a parody of imperial power: a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom not built on violence but on justice. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...

The same ghouls who are actively gutting aid, social services, veterans benefits, and now possibly social security, are always hyping "private investments." "Get a 401k" they say... Welp, today they just flushed $2Trillion from your 401k in ~20minutes. "Get a 401k" they say...

I noticed Fox News Pentagon Correspondent Jennifer Griffin is in Mike Waltz phone as "JG" Could an errant click on the wrong JG accidentally have added Jeffrey Goldberg? Speaks more to human error than conspiracy but why are they adding a Fox News reporter to a sensitive chat?

Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning film 'No Other Land' was attacked and wounded by settlers earlier today. Israeli soldiers later removed him from an ambulance while he was receiving treatment. Ballal is presumed still in IDF custody. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

If you think this is insidious just wait until you read the texts from the "Houthi PC LARGE Group"

How trump has pivoted from individual unconstitutional acts to adopting an overt anti-constitutional stance. @jamellebouie.net ponders where this may be going and what we can do about it for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Next episode is a doozy! Chatted with @thesparrowproject.bsky.social about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the regime's crackdown on dissent, and Andy's own arrest for non-violent activism. Episode drops tomorrow! Subscribe at whathappensinvegas.substack.com to get it right in your inbox!

Not sure why this has a content warning but it is the contact information for DOGE staff.

"The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses." - Utah Phillips

A bizarre PR exercise at the White House today as the Trump administration handed right wing influencers binders with curated redacted versions of Jeffrey Epstein related files previously released by the FBI years ago. The previously released volume can be found here: vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-epst...

Trump's Tate brothers envoy is specifically designed to reframe Romania, the EU and the UK as under "woke"/Soros control. Consider these events against the backdrop of a contested Romanian election with outsized Russian influence ops. The undercurrent is chilling. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...

At the newsletter right now: Republicans just dropped their first open attack on women's right to travel. jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...