A city found out their warehouse was sold to DHS by reading the newspaper. Rockefeller Group paid $12M in 2023, sold to ICE for $70M cash, 483% markup, 1,500-bed detention facility. The mayor was never told. That's not a failure, it's the process working as designed. theramm.substack.com/p/surprise

Just posted my latest update on the detention center pipeline tracker webstite. Thousands of signals of potential ICE collaboration combine to provide coverage of nearly 2000 counties with known risk factors, and 129 local fights tracked. detention-pipeline.transparencycascade.org

The FBI Director told Congress fewer than 100 Epstein documents mention Trump. The NYT counted the DOJ's own release: 38,000+ references across 5,300+ files. That's not a mistake. That's the operating system. theramm.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

How ICE is skirting oversight, laws, and regulation in building, acquiring, funding, using detention camps - an interview by @andrawatkins.bsky.social of @markramm.bsky.social (links in the text accompanying the video): theramm.substack.com/p/the-regime... #AwarenessMatters #DemocracyMatters

A rebranded British mercenary firm and a military logistics company nobody can explain just split $1.35B in ICE detention contracts. Neither has ever run a detention facility. Full investigation: theramm.substack.com/p/the-mercen...

See also: bsky.app/profile/mark...

open.substack.com/pub/theramm/... Here is my new data journalism project. I am tracking multiple signals that help track ICE cooperation signals by county.

Everything I've documented about America's mass detention system — from culture to contract, from arrest to autopsy, from the border to Minneapolis. One investigation index. Eight layers. All sourced. theramm.substack.com/p/the-detent...

I published a piece this morning documenting the removal of every military official whose job was to say no. Hours later: "A whole civilization will die tonight." Civilians are forming human chains around power plants. The deadline is 8 PM. theramm.substack.com/p/hegseth-re...

This from @markramm.bsky.social is stunning, concerning. #AwarenessMatters #DemocracyMatters open.substack.com/pub/theramm/...

Liberty in chains. Resigned to arrest because she had “failed to disperse.” Smiling because she knows exactly what she is doing. The chains are part of the costume. The zip ties make the metaphor real.

This series is worthwhile investigative reading from @markramm.bsky.social AwarenessMatters Liberty, Truth, Justice Matter. Caring, Competent Community Matters. DemocracyMatters. open.substack.com/pub/theramm/...

My latest article. Jenn Budd has been telling us about Border Patrol for years. We should pay attention, the evidence backs her story and her message (that border patrol is a criminal organization) is important. open.substack.com/pub/theramm/...

Bondi called Rep. Massie "Trump derangement syndrome" — for asking about Epstein survivors. He co-authored the transparency law. Asked why survivors weren't warned before their names were released. Her response: attack him.

The Four Thresholds open.substack.com/pub/theramm/...

Trump announced the Venezuela invasion as a drug war at 4 AM. By noon he was talking about oil companies spending "billions." The pretext lasted 12 hours.

The DOJ released a letter they'd known was fake since 2020, let it spread for hours, then exposed it. This isn't incompetence—it's strategic contamination. When you mix verified evidence (flight logs, $851K overtime, flagging directives) with known fakes, both become suspect. That's the trap.

MERGENCY BRIEFING: The Supreme Court just used its shadow docket to greenlight deportations to war zones. In a 6-3 unsigned order, the majority rewarded the executive branch for openly defying lower court orders. It's a case of democratic backsliding in plain sight. #SCOTUS #ConLaw

This is because he is now in the pocket of the Saudi government. theramm.substack.com/p/the-600-bi...

I wrote a guest post on The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/two-years-... rounding up 2 years of using AI coding assistants - how they evolved; ways of working; impact I see on speed, quality and team flow; and some thoughts on the future