Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social
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senior political correspondent @ Zeteo // contributing writer @ Rolling Stone // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor @ the University of Cincinnati (🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
swin24.bsky.social
For scoops like these and more, subscribe to and follow along at my new professional home: @zeteo.com

TGIF.
gbrockell.bsky.social
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

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gbrockell.bsky.social
It was great working with Zeteo’s editors and rigorous fact-checker.

And I’m most grateful they let me say this in the last graf, something I’ve been try to get at with these ICE flights for awhile.
The disparity between the luxurious aircraft and its shackled, vilified passengers must have been quite a sight, but they are not unrelated. Corrupt officials transferring state funds to personal accounts, governments with empty treasuries and desperate citizens, luxury highrises, the criminalization of the unhoused and undocumented, billions spent on political campaign pageantry, aiding genocide from a faraway ballroom and calling it "charity," tax breaks for flying masked agents and nameless prisoners under cover of darkness - all are the spoils of oligarchy.
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gbrockell.bsky.social
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:
gbrockell.bsky.social
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
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bartenderhemry.bsky.social
It's like throwing a military parade for yourself but all the soldiers are carrying signs that say they suck at fighting
swin24.bsky.social
This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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jackjenkins.me
Look, I get critiques of *how* someone conducts an interview.

But Wilson’s congregants include the Sec. of Defense, who invited a pastor in Wilson’s denomination to lead the first of a recurring worship service at the Pentagon.

If anything, it’s odd it took this long for outlets to interview him.
stephenwest.bsky.social
Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make
Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
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annabower.bsky.social
Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”
Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US
Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation.
The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times.
For God and Country E
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annabower.bsky.social
You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)
jordanonrecord.bsky.social
NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.
www.wusa9.com
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helldude.bsky.social
the joy of tik tok
premthakker.bsky.social
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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zeteo.com
“The Trump White House is hoping to develop new tools for bringing the president’s new 'war on terror' and loud, militarized clampdown to the streets of the Windy City.”

@swin24.bsky.social explains why Trump is going after Chicago in his immigration crackdown.

Read: zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...
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jakelahut.writes.news
That @swin24.bsky.social is on his game over at Zeteo.

The public release of NSPM-7 partially served "as a way to apply additional pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi to ramp up arrests and prosecutions to a level that would satisfy people like Stephen Miller." zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...
Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago
Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.
zeteo.com
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:
Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago
Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.
zeteo.com
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justinglawe.bsky.social
Chicago, the tough Midwest city that famously puts up with bullshit and enjoys people coming from elsewhere to tell us what to do.
swin24.bsky.social
“It was always going to be Chicago.

The great Midwest city was destined to become the prime target of a reelected Donald Trump’s vision of turning the machinery of the so-called global ‘War on Terror’ on many millions of American civilians, domestic “enemies,” and Democrats…
mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:
swin24.bsky.social
“…bringing the president’s new “war on terror” and loud, militarized clampdown to the streets of the Windy City, sources familiar with the situation tell Zeteo.”
swin24.bsky.social
“…Trump and his lieutenants have been plotting their assault on Illinois’s liberal stronghold for much of the past decade. But in the weeks following the assassination of MAGA-aligned podcaster Charlie Kirk, the Trump White House is hoping to develop new tools for…
swin24.bsky.social
“It was always going to be Chicago.

The great Midwest city was destined to become the prime target of a reelected Donald Trump’s vision of turning the machinery of the so-called global ‘War on Terror’ on many millions of American civilians, domestic “enemies,” and Democrats…
mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago"

Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.

Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social:
Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago
Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.
zeteo.com
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sidbark.bsky.social
Done. Appreciate this reporting and your whole team.