birdyscout.bsky.social
@birdyscout.bsky.social
Previously jdawsontweets
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The Trump administration has begun buying warehouses in small towns and cities as part of its $45 billion push to rapidly expand immigration detention space. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
ICE Begins Warehouse-Buying Spree in Small Towns Despite Protest
Also today: How NYC could build 41 miles of new subway, and Haitians in Miami confront sudden loss of legal status.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."
The protection racket regime
Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.
www.publicnotice.co
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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A significant majority of the $75 billion that Congress gave ICE in the OBBBA will go to private companies that operate most of the machinery of mass deportations; they staff and provide the prisons, they drive the buses, and they own and fly the planes. They are all set to cash in massively.
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.

After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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This Trump Regime lies about its victims and it takes brave people like Marimar Martinez to fight for transparency:
The Trump Administration’s pattern is to LIE about shooting victims of federal immigration agents, calling them “domestic terrorists."

Marimar Martinez, whose criminal case was dismissed after CBP’s lies were exposed, wants her evidence unsealed for the American public.

youtu.be/vyatGI5UeCQ?...
Judge SCOLDS Trump DOJ After LYING About DHS Shooting
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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They know that the charges against Don Lemon can’t stick. The arrest and the outrage are the points. Performative harassment.
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Oh. An email from Melania to Ghislaine when she was dating Trump in 2002.
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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WATCH — @laurajedeed.bsky.social : “What’s not funny, and what’s extremely disturbing, is there’s no accountability in this process from beginning to end… unless I was the only person to experience this glitch, ICE does not know who is on these streets. This should not be a partisan issue.”
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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“To think, 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue — this is going to be wild.”-Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy.

Be there! Will be wild!

JFC- bunch of old, fucking white men clapping because they get off on childish things instead of the reality that it’s going to cost taxpayers money.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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These Epstein files are pretty bad.

Time for some distraction bombing?
January 30, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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For anyone not paying attention, we are at the arresting journalists stage of fascism. Arresting journalists. When does it sink in?
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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NEW: Why is your personal data being put in harm’s way?

The answer is simple: Trump wants to control who can vote in elections.

The DOJ’s voter data scheme is nothing more than an attempt to incorrectly purge eligible voters from the rolls — all in the name of winning, Dan Vicuña writes.
Standing up to DOJ’s voter roll power grab
Why would the administration place your personal data in harm’s way? The answer returns to Trump’s Big Lie.
www.democracydocket.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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The DOJ just took down pages with detailed descriptions of Trump engaged in child rape and other pedophilia. We don't know if they have been corroborated, but we already know this DOJ will deny everything on behalf of their client.
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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🚨BREAKING: In a case that could have profound nationwide consequences for elections, the state of Missouri has sued to block the federal government from including undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders in the country’s once-a-decade census count. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New GOP scheme to rig presidential elections: Missouri sues to exclude undocumented from census
“Foreign trespassers should not control the direction of this nation,” Hanaway said in a social media post announcing the lawsuit.
www.democracydocket.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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To my fellow Democrats, call him a fascist. He IS a fascist. Don’t be afraid to say that. He’s using our Justice Department to go after his political enemies. He’s detaining & disappearing people without due process. And now he’s arresting journalists. He’s a fascist. Call him that. Don’t be afraid.
January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.

Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.

1/6

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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As I was saying for years now
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Trump's new pick for Fed Chair makes an appearance in today's Epstein Files release:
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Another familiar name appears in this email thread:
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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BREAKING: The DOJ just DELETED a document in the Epstein Files that contained allegations made against Donald Trump.

But we saved it. 👇
DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.
The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.
www.meidasplus.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Deputy AG Blanche says the Justice Department is producing more than 3 million pages of material related to Epstein and describes the document production as now “complete,” despite this not being all of the files.
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM