Mónica C. Camacho
@mc2x.bsky.social
Open Source Investigator @Lighthouse Reports. Jack of all trades. Wife guy. She/her.
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Mónica C. Camacho
@mc2x.bsky.social
· Nov 6
What do you wanna do now, Captain?
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
Same thing we always do. Fight ‘em until we can’t.
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We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
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NEW REPORT ➡️ “From Protest to Peril: Cellebrite Used Against Jordanian Civil Society”
Our investigation reveals that, since 2020, Jordanian authorities have deployed Cellebrite’s forensic extraction products against civil society targets in Jordan.
Full report here: citizenlab.ca/research/fro...
Our investigation reveals that, since 2020, Jordanian authorities have deployed Cellebrite’s forensic extraction products against civil society targets in Jordan.
Full report here: citizenlab.ca/research/fro...
From Protest to Peril: Cellebrite Used Against Jordanian Civil Society - The Citizen Lab
Through a multi-year investigation, we find that the Jordanian security apparatus has deployed forensic extraction products manufactured by Cellebrite against civil society devices. We release these f...
citizenlab.ca
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
NEW REPORT ➡️ “From Protest to Peril: Cellebrite Used Against Jordanian Civil Society”
Our investigation reveals that, since 2020, Jordanian authorities have deployed Cellebrite’s forensic extraction products against civil society targets in Jordan.
Full report here: citizenlab.ca/research/fro...
Our investigation reveals that, since 2020, Jordanian authorities have deployed Cellebrite’s forensic extraction products against civil society targets in Jordan.
Full report here: citizenlab.ca/research/fro...
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As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result. www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says
As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result. www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
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🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
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A Brooklyn deacon originally from Guatemala was detained by ICE during a raid in Bensonhurst last week. Community leaders say he spent decades serving his neighborhood and had no violent history. ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/b...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/b...
Brooklyn deacon detained by ICE during immigration raid
A deacon at a church in Brooklyn was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week.
www.nbcnewyork.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
A Brooklyn deacon originally from Guatemala was detained by ICE during a raid in Bensonhurst last week. Community leaders say he spent decades serving his neighborhood and had no violent history. ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/b...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/b...
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Federal immigration data doesn’t have to be a mystery. Trump admin is choosing to hide information from the American public that would help us understand the level of immigration enforcement in this country from a more objective perspective.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
January 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Federal immigration data doesn’t have to be a mystery. Trump admin is choosing to hide information from the American public that would help us understand the level of immigration enforcement in this country from a more objective perspective.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
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He's throwing that chemical weapon at Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
He's throwing that chemical weapon at Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez.
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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The Department of Homeland Security appears to be moving ahead with a new immigrant detention facility to hold as many as 1,500 detainees in Chester, New York — just over an hour from New York City.
ICE Opening Huge Lockup 50 Miles North of New York City
The coming “processing facility” is already triggering protests upstate.
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The Department of Homeland Security appears to be moving ahead with a new immigrant detention facility to hold as many as 1,500 detainees in Chester, New York — just over an hour from New York City.
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The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
NYC Left Millions in Public Defense Funds Untapped
The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The city has failed to claim state money for indigent defense, deepening a staffing crisis that undermines representation for low-income defendants, a new report says.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/p...
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An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
NYC Is Testing Guaranteed Income for Homeless Youths. Here’s How It’s Going.
An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
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While major crimes like murder and robbery are declining, researchers say housing, poverty, and quality-of-life factors also shape how safe neighborhoods feel.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/16/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/16/c...
How to Read NYC Crime Stats Like an Expert
While major crimes like murder and robbery are declining, researchers say housing, poverty, and quality-of-life factors also shape how safe neighborhoods feel.
www.thecity.nyc
January 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM
While major crimes like murder and robbery are declining, researchers say housing, poverty, and quality-of-life factors also shape how safe neighborhoods feel.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/16/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/16/c...
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
"Abolish ICE" is no longer the moderate position.
"[redacted] ICE" is now the moderate position.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
"[redacted] ICE" is now the moderate position.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"Abolish ICE" is no longer the moderate position.
"[redacted] ICE" is now the moderate position.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
"[redacted] ICE" is now the moderate position.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Personal shoutout to El Burrito Mercado, my neighborhood grocery store, which is organizing a food drive. You can find the link to that effort here, along with dozens of other ways to help Minnesotans:
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Personal shoutout to El Burrito Mercado, my neighborhood grocery store, which is organizing a food drive. You can find the link to that effort here, along with dozens of other ways to help Minnesotans:
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
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Have a pal who will match the first $1,000 you all donate to the Immigrant Law Center TODAY. You can reply with verification (make sure ID info obscured) or DM me. Thanks everyone!
I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
www.ilcm.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Have a pal who will match the first $1,000 you all donate to the Immigrant Law Center TODAY. You can reply with verification (make sure ID info obscured) or DM me. Thanks everyone!
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I continue to be, let's say 'annoyed,' at nat'l coverage that posits "Americans" are reacting w/ passivity. Most leaders may be, but I spend every day talking to ordinary people taking extraordinary steps to protect their families, communities and countries. National media just missing the story.
Here @ashleyrparker.bsky.social tries to explain the peculiar passivity with which America has greeted naked authoritarianism.
Trump Exhaustion Syndrome
Americans can’t seem to keep up.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I continue to be, let's say 'annoyed,' at nat'l coverage that posits "Americans" are reacting w/ passivity. Most leaders may be, but I spend every day talking to ordinary people taking extraordinary steps to protect their families, communities and countries. National media just missing the story.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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📣 ANNOUNCEMENT:
Last fall, in addition to my usual fundraising page to raise money VA Dems running in *competitive* state legislative districts, @90for90.bsky.social approached me with an idea to create a *second* page *specifically* to raise money for the REDDEST, LEAST competitive seats. 1/
Last fall, in addition to my usual fundraising page to raise money VA Dems running in *competitive* state legislative districts, @90for90.bsky.social approached me with an idea to create a *second* page *specifically* to raise money for the REDDEST, LEAST competitive seats. 1/
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT:
Last fall, in addition to my usual fundraising page to raise money VA Dems running in *competitive* state legislative districts, @90for90.bsky.social approached me with an idea to create a *second* page *specifically* to raise money for the REDDEST, LEAST competitive seats. 1/
Last fall, in addition to my usual fundraising page to raise money VA Dems running in *competitive* state legislative districts, @90for90.bsky.social approached me with an idea to create a *second* page *specifically* to raise money for the REDDEST, LEAST competitive seats. 1/
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Businesses are posting signs on their doors telling ICE to keep out. Observers are visible outside of restaurants, stores and schools. "Upstander" trainings are reaching capacity — and so are neighborhood signal chats.
In the Twin Cities, the resistance is everywhere.
In the Twin Cities, the resistance is everywhere.
In the Twin Cities, ICE resistance goes mainstream • Minnesota Reformer
The week before an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, her 67-year-old neighbor Terri Sullivan heard that a school in nearby Richfield that serves mostly Latino students needed ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Businesses are posting signs on their doors telling ICE to keep out. Observers are visible outside of restaurants, stores and schools. "Upstander" trainings are reaching capacity — and so are neighborhood signal chats.
In the Twin Cities, the resistance is everywhere.
In the Twin Cities, the resistance is everywhere.
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thinking a lot about this piece i wrote for @sahanjournal.bsky.social in the runup to the 2020 election.
Immigrants to Minnesota know about instability and political violence. Many recognize familiar signs in their adopted homeland.
Immigrants to Minnesota have experienced political instability back home. Now they're debating if the U.S. is nearing a democratic crisis.
sahanjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
thinking a lot about this piece i wrote for @sahanjournal.bsky.social in the runup to the 2020 election.