dell cameron
@dell.bsky.social
sr. writer @wired.com
beats: ICE, SIGINT, ADINT, surveillance (various)
signal: dell.3030
beats: ICE, SIGINT, ADINT, surveillance (various)
signal: dell.3030
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Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
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I read so much book I became book.
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I read so much book I became book.
i just remembered i trauma dumped on twitter last decade and it got a weird amount of press. it reminded me a lot of people are dealing w/ hard shit watching kids get abducted & tossed into the system. cut people unusually ornery around you some slack. you don’t know what’s going on inside.
Man details trauma he endured after being separated from his father
Dell Cameron, a journalist based in Dallas, Texas, took to Twitter last week to recount how he was taken away from his father when he was four years old amid a bitter custody battle between his parent...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:57 AM
i just remembered i trauma dumped on twitter last decade and it got a weird amount of press. it reminded me a lot of people are dealing w/ hard shit watching kids get abducted & tossed into the system. cut people unusually ornery around you some slack. you don’t know what’s going on inside.
no i don’t care if it’s hard. you want people to read a paragraph of text you selected but it’s too bothersome for you to type it or even just summarize it quickly maybe in a pinch? then that’s too arduous for me.
if you’re tired of users telling you to use alt text, JUST FUCKING DO IT. the app automatically detects text on mobile. it’s literally a copy/paste job. communication is a two-way street. some people don’t use their eyes for that. it’s not a big deal. don’t be a dick.
January 25, 2026 at 8:40 AM
no i don’t care if it’s hard. you want people to read a paragraph of text you selected but it’s too bothersome for you to type it or even just summarize it quickly maybe in a pinch? then that’s too arduous for me.
if you’re tired of users telling you to use alt text, JUST FUCKING DO IT. the app automatically detects text on mobile. it’s literally a copy/paste job. communication is a two-way street. some people don’t use their eyes for that. it’s not a big deal. don’t be a dick.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
if you’re tired of users telling you to use alt text, JUST FUCKING DO IT. the app automatically detects text on mobile. it’s literally a copy/paste job. communication is a two-way street. some people don’t use their eyes for that. it’s not a big deal. don’t be a dick.
unless you’re teaching the Mozambique drill
Part of the reason the ICE shootings get in a lot of gun owners' craw, even if you look past the obvious 'this could have been us' aspect, is that these shootings violate the basic rules of firearm safety that (rightly) get drilled into responsible gun owners' heads.
January 25, 2026 at 7:46 AM
unless you’re teaching the Mozambique drill
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just heard one of those coin commercials on tv selling “discontinued pennies”
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 AM
just heard one of those coin commercials on tv selling “discontinued pennies”
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👀 uhm what happened? (Europe here, just woke up)
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 AM
👀 uhm what happened? (Europe here, just woke up)
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Thomas Paine’s words are apt for the day too as @robert pointed out.
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Thomas Paine’s words are apt for the day too as @robert pointed out.
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Attorney General Bonta Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Militarized and Illegal Deployments in Minnesota https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-leads-amicus-brief-challenging-militarized-and-illegal
Attorney General Bonta Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Militarized and Illegal Deployments in Minnesota
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general, yesterday filed an amicus brief in support of Minnesota’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s extraordinary campaign of lawlessness during its deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol to the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Over the course of just a few weeks, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent more than 3,000 federal agents into the area.
oag.ca.gov
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Attorney General Bonta Leads Amicus Brief Challenging Militarized and Illegal Deployments in Minnesota https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-leads-amicus-brief-challenging-militarized-and-illegal
cosigned. this is def worth watching. very good, methodical breakdown of what happened from a person with a military/DHS background.
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 AM
cosigned. this is def worth watching. very good, methodical breakdown of what happened from a person with a military/DHS background.
don’t worry. nothing ever goes wrong when this happens.
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
don’t worry. nothing ever goes wrong when this happens.
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Paul explains here that if he did this to a Taliban combatant in Afghanistan, after having clearly disarmed him, he would have been court-martialed and gone to jail.
Worth listening to him. He's angry. Everyone should be.
Worth listening to him. He's angry. Everyone should be.
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Paul explains here that if he did this to a Taliban combatant in Afghanistan, after having clearly disarmed him, he would have been court-martialed and gone to jail.
Worth listening to him. He's angry. Everyone should be.
Worth listening to him. He's angry. Everyone should be.
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
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Jesus, this one's just brutal
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Jesus, this one's just brutal
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Protesters attempting to block an armored vehicle from advancing earlier today in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Protesters attempting to block an armored vehicle from advancing earlier today in Minneapolis
This is a machine that's staffed for industrial-scale mobilization. There are hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of moving parts in these cities. Journalists should be concerned only with actions and outcomes and whether the admin is committed to them. Its interpretations don't matter.
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 AM
This is a machine that's staffed for industrial-scale mobilization. There are hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of moving parts in these cities. Journalists should be concerned only with actions and outcomes and whether the admin is committed to them. Its interpretations don't matter.
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Good to see from @nytimes.com
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Good to see from @nytimes.com
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Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
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Dan Harmon on fascism:
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Dan Harmon on fascism:
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
