Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social
Contract opposition researcher specialized in climate denial, fossil fuel lobbying, PR, front groups, and the Kochtopus. Blogs at Grassrootbeer Investigations: https://grassrootbeer.substack.com/p/grassrootbeer-investigations
Pinned
Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
The “cease fire” continues. #genocide
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The “cease fire” continues. #genocide
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Theeere it is
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s private island
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Theeere it is
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Reposted by Connor Gibson
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Hey guys working in law enforcement, know who else have guides for identifying patches and other insignia? You do! For identifying gang members! Ergo... Sorry, smaller words... This means you too are gang members. You're in a gang. You are the bad guys. Allllll of you.
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Hey guys working in law enforcement, know who else have guides for identifying patches and other insignia? You do! For identifying gang members! Ergo... Sorry, smaller words... This means you too are gang members. You're in a gang. You are the bad guys. Allllll of you.
Rachael Ray's Poison Pans!
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Rachael Ray's Poison Pans!
So when are the people, orgs and foundations targeted here filing defamation suits for being falsely accused of supporting "terrorism"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So when are the people, orgs and foundations targeted here filing defamation suits for being falsely accused of supporting "terrorism"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon have installed a spoof tribute to Jeffrey Epstein from Donald Trump on a bench at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
September 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon have installed a spoof tribute to Jeffrey Epstein from Donald Trump on a bench at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
This country’s fascist dictator needs to dethroned immediately.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
June 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This country’s fascist dictator needs to dethroned immediately.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
Reposted by Connor Gibson
If you don’t hear echoes of how top Nazis spoke to Hitler, you’re not paying attention.
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you don’t hear echoes of how top Nazis spoke to Hitler, you’re not paying attention.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
What Republicans are doing in response to the anti-ICE protests is EXACTLY what the Dakota Access pipeline company did in response to the 2016 protests at Standing Rock
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Lessons for protesters from Standing Rock
The events following the 2016 protest are urgently relevant to our current political moment.
heated.world
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What Republicans are doing in response to the anti-ICE protests is EXACTLY what the Dakota Access pipeline company did in response to the 2016 protests at Standing Rock
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
RIP Sly Stone, who facilitated the creation of beautiful music for everyday people.
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
RIP Sly Stone, who facilitated the creation of beautiful music for everyday people.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant si...
www.404media.co
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Along with abandoning DEI initiatives, Walmart has been quietly scaling back its promises to reduce its massive impact on plastic pollution and climate change—two crises that disproportionately harm Black and Brown communities.
New from me:
New from me:
Another reason to boycott Walmart
The nation's largest retailer isn't just backtracking on diversity. It's also backtracking on cleaning up its messes.
heated.world
June 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Along with abandoning DEI initiatives, Walmart has been quietly scaling back its promises to reduce its massive impact on plastic pollution and climate change—two crises that disproportionately harm Black and Brown communities.
New from me:
New from me:
Thank you @courtacctability.bsky.social for interviewing me about my latest #Koch money investigation for @exposedbycmd.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Oligarchs DOUBLE DOWN as Trump 2.0 IMPLODES
YouTube video by Legal AF
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you @courtacctability.bsky.social for interviewing me about my latest #Koch money investigation for @exposedbycmd.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social on the hundreds of millions that Charles Koch funnels between his own organizations—not even including the money he spends on others: "In 2023, they exchanged $715 million amongst themselves."
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
June 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social on the hundreds of millions that Charles Koch funnels between his own organizations—not even including the money he spends on others: "In 2023, they exchanged $715 million amongst themselves."
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
June 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
May 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Charles Koch's fleet of organizations spent over $833 million (net) in 2023, yet another record, in an election off-year. 🧵
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Koch Fleet of Organizations Invests More Than Ever in Expanding Its Influence - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Charles Koch’s fleet of organizations spent a combined net total of $833 million in 2023 to influence public policy, elections, and certain charitable causes — marking its highest spending total to da...
www.exposedbycmd.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Charles Koch's fleet of organizations spent over $833 million (net) in 2023, yet another record, in an election off-year. 🧵
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
He's basically saying they're considering declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution if the courts continue to rule against them. This guy is seriously the worst of them all.
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
He's basically saying they're considering declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution if the courts continue to rule against them. This guy is seriously the worst of them all.