steven monacelli
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ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
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Our MOLLY Award Submissions are now OPEN! Our annual prize for investigative journalism is open to both print and digital outlets, with an annual award of $5000.
Stories can be submitted until March 20. Find out how to enter your work here:
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The Molly Awards Submissions
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. The MOLLY Investigative Journalism Prize is an annual award of $5,000, open to national print and digital outlets. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM CST on Friday…
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February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Our MOLLY Award Submissions are now OPEN! Our annual prize for investigative journalism is open to both print and digital outlets, with an annual award of $5000.
Stories can be submitted until March 20. Find out how to enter your work here:
Stories can be submitted until March 20. Find out how to enter your work here:
It's always a pleasure when I call someone and their greeting is "I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing that you're calling me"
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It's always a pleasure when I call someone and their greeting is "I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing that you're calling me"
Are there any Dallas zoning heads that follow me
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Are there any Dallas zoning heads that follow me
Going to the jazz uncle function, or as we like to call it, the junction
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Going to the jazz uncle function, or as we like to call it, the junction
How many times can a man be brutally frame mogged before he loses the light of God
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
How many times can a man be brutally frame mogged before he loses the light of God
Thanks to ProPublica for citing my prior @texasobserver.org report in their story about how an "election fraud" researcher who is a convicted bathroom voyeur may be fueling the federal government's investigations
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Thanks to ProPublica for citing my prior @texasobserver.org report in their story about how an "election fraud" researcher who is a convicted bathroom voyeur may be fueling the federal government's investigations
A post from Texas Governor Greg Abbott today clearly indicates he is factoring the political views of public school students into his narrative justifying a state takeover of a local school district.
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
A post from Texas Governor Greg Abbott today clearly indicates he is factoring the political views of public school students into his narrative justifying a state takeover of a local school district.
AI tools that claim to be able to detect media bias are incredibly unreliable. Here's a report from Biasly, analyzing an article in the Dallas Express, a website funded by a GOP megadonor that employs a former GOP operative and candidate as its CEO and has routinely boosted GOP candidates...
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
AI tools that claim to be able to detect media bias are incredibly unreliable. Here's a report from Biasly, analyzing an article in the Dallas Express, a website funded by a GOP megadonor that employs a former GOP operative and candidate as its CEO and has routinely boosted GOP candidates...
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The Guardian - NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to President Trump. A whistleblower says DNI Tulsi Gabbard blocked sharing of the report and took it to the White House chief of staff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The Guardian - NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to President Trump. A whistleblower says DNI Tulsi Gabbard blocked sharing of the report and took it to the White House chief of staff. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
POV: you order a round of milks at the steakhouse
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
POV: you order a round of milks at the steakhouse
"Limited interactions," as in forming a limited partnership or LLC
(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:44 AM
"Limited interactions," as in forming a limited partnership or LLC
Thread: emails from the Jeffrey Epstein library strongly suggest that Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell were in communication with the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Secret Service Field Office in 2009, after Epstein was initially convicted in 2008
In an email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell wrote that a man named Mike Lee's current position as of 2009 was "Head of dalas" (sic), and clarified she meant Dallas and that it was not a codeword.
Hmm...
Hmm...
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Thread: emails from the Jeffrey Epstein library strongly suggest that Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell were in communication with the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Secret Service Field Office in 2009, after Epstein was initially convicted in 2008
In an email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell wrote that a man named Mike Lee's current position as of 2009 was "Head of dalas" (sic), and clarified she meant Dallas and that it was not a codeword.
Hmm...
Hmm...
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
In an email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell wrote that a man named Mike Lee's current position as of 2009 was "Head of dalas" (sic), and clarified she meant Dallas and that it was not a codeword.
Hmm...
Hmm...
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Apparently the Trump administration now has a ‘MAGA-style slush fund’ to fund far right causes across Europe.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Apparently the Trump administration now has a ‘MAGA-style slush fund’ to fund far right causes across Europe.
Two schools in Texas, Williams High School and Plano East High School, are expecting student walkouts this afternoon to protest ICE.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Two schools in Texas, Williams High School and Plano East High School, are expecting student walkouts this afternoon to protest ICE.
My racist emotional support staffer
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
My racist emotional support staffer
Learning about the particulars of local permitting as it relates to privately owned buildings leased out to the federal government in order to become a problem
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Learning about the particulars of local permitting as it relates to privately owned buildings leased out to the federal government in order to become a problem
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Screwston Antifascist Committee, I should note, mostly hands out food and zines at local anarchist fairs and shows up at protests + counter protests in the Houston area. They table at DIY shows. A paramilitary group this is not.
Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced legal action against the Houston area Screwston Antifascist Committee, alleging commission of terrorism and doxing. Their account has been quiet for some time, but this was one of their last posts — identifying a neo-Nazi.
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Screwston Antifascist Committee, I should note, mostly hands out food and zines at local anarchist fairs and shows up at protests + counter protests in the Houston area. They table at DIY shows. A paramilitary group this is not.
Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced legal action against the Houston area Screwston Antifascist Committee, alleging commission of terrorism and doxing. Their account has been quiet for some time, but this was one of their last posts — identifying a neo-Nazi.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced legal action against the Houston area Screwston Antifascist Committee, alleging commission of terrorism and doxing. Their account has been quiet for some time, but this was one of their last posts — identifying a neo-Nazi.
Trad for thee but not for me
An explosive sex scandal has rocked the “trad” online right.
I break it all down in my latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com. www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-s...
I break it all down in my latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com. www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-s...
A Shocking Sex Scandal Rocks the Trad Right
Sex, lies, and audiotape—and the hypocrisy of the trad lifestyle project.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Trad for thee but not for me
Explaining Cameron Winter to my wife: so there's this guy who looks like the default Mii character and has the voice of a 72 year old angel
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Explaining Cameron Winter to my wife: so there's this guy who looks like the default Mii character and has the voice of a 72 year old angel
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I spoke to @juliango.bsky.social about the imperial boomerang and how US war tactics abroad are being employed at home by ICE
"America’s cities are treated as colonial zones of conquest and imperial borderlands because that’s all ICE knows. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
"America’s cities are treated as colonial zones of conquest and imperial borderlands because that’s all ICE knows. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
The 'Imperial Boomerang' Explains Why We've Seen What ICE Is Doing Before
The boomerang is already in flight in the U.S., a sociologist says.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I spoke to @juliango.bsky.social about the imperial boomerang and how US war tactics abroad are being employed at home by ICE
"America’s cities are treated as colonial zones of conquest and imperial borderlands because that’s all ICE knows. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
"America’s cities are treated as colonial zones of conquest and imperial borderlands because that’s all ICE knows. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
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if anyone here tries to use one of these TrumpRx coupons at a pharmacy, please let me know how it goes……..
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
if anyone here tries to use one of these TrumpRx coupons at a pharmacy, please let me know how it goes……..