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One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
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This is Roux. She was found as a stray on a country road. When she began vomiting blood, vets discovered she has multiple liver shunts. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org is covering her vet bills and lifelong medication and bloodwork so she can enjoy life with her new family. ❤️🩹
July 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Roux. She was found as a stray on a country road. When she began vomiting blood, vets discovered she has multiple liver shunts. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org is covering her vet bills and lifelong medication and bloodwork so she can enjoy life with her new family. ❤️🩹
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Big picture: This has significant implications for US government attorneys who risk their bar licenses by engaging in clearly illegal and unethical conduct.
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
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D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
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July 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Big picture: This has significant implications for US government attorneys who risk their bar licenses by engaging in clearly illegal and unethical conduct.
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read this line:
D.C. Bar Board of Professional Responsibility recommends DISBARMENT for Jeffrey Clark
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read this line:
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Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
July 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
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The White House has a diplomatic reception room and a state dining room and a map room and an east room and the like.
Hotels have ballrooms.
Hotels have ballrooms.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the construction of a massive $200 million, 90,000-square-foot Ballroom at the White House.
Is this what you voted for, MAGA?
Is this what you voted for, MAGA?
July 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The White House has a diplomatic reception room and a state dining room and a map room and an east room and the like.
Hotels have ballrooms.
Hotels have ballrooms.
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We have hit pay dirt, so please stop talking about what we will forever call "the Jeffrey EPSTEIN Hoax"
Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker.
We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue.
#EPSTEINS4EVER
Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker.
We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue.
#EPSTEINS4EVER
July 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We have hit pay dirt, so please stop talking about what we will forever call "the Jeffrey EPSTEIN Hoax"
Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker.
We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue.
#EPSTEINS4EVER
Sadly, his PAST supporters have bought into this "bullshit" hook, line and sinker.
We should just be grateful he doesn't want their support anymore & stick together like glue.
#EPSTEINS4EVER
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Please pay attention.👇
We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What the DOJ Is Doing Behind the Scenes
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Please pay attention.👇
We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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Let them eat cake.
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Let them eat cake.
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Ask him Epstein questions every single day.
July 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ask him Epstein questions every single day.
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Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
July 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew
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“Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick insect in Australia, which is over 15 inches long and researchers say may be the heaviest insect in the country.”
Via ABC News
Via ABC News
August 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Scientists have discovered a giant new species of stick insect in Australia, which is over 15 inches long and researchers say may be the heaviest insect in the country.”
Via ABC News
Via ABC News
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There was a new federal arrest today of people protesting the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions. This time it happened in Spokane, Washington, and included the arrest of the former City Council president.
7/9 federal indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
7/9 federal indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
There was a new federal arrest today of people protesting the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions. This time it happened in Spokane, Washington, and included the arrest of the former City Council president.
7/9 federal indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
7/9 federal indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you can't put the pieces together by now, we can't help you.
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you can't put the pieces together by now, we can't help you.
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NEW: After further analysis, metadata shows 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from the Epstein jail video. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW: After further analysis, metadata shows 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from the Epstein jail video. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
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NEW: The State Department has quietly declassified and posted the diplomatic notes exchanged between the United States and El Salvador relating to the CECOT detentions.
Unfortunately, these contain little that's not already known; the language around custody remains frustratingly vague.
Unfortunately, these contain little that's not already known; the language around custody remains frustratingly vague.
![CONFIDENTIAL//FGI//MOD
The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador and has the honor to request that El Salvador accept, by March 14, 2025, César Antonio Lopez Larios, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang leader requested by President Bukele, César Eliseo Sorto Amaya, MS-13 gang leader convicted of murder in El Salvador, and up to 500 Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) members.
The United States understands that El Salvador will take these actions in accordance with its authorities under Salvadoran domestic law, and in a manner that is consistent with El Salvador's international legal obligations regarding human rights and treatment of prisoners, including the Convention Against Torture. Further, with regard to the TdA members, the United States understands El Salvador intends to accommodate them for a duration of one year unless or until a determination concerning their long-term disposition is made.
[CONFIDENTIAL//FGI//MOD]
DIPLOMATIC NOTE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreih7ugxdmtldy6au6hceumgsxyypdxan2kvrsosgrc6jxcjqjipgiy@jpeg)
July 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEW: The State Department has quietly declassified and posted the diplomatic notes exchanged between the United States and El Salvador relating to the CECOT detentions.
Unfortunately, these contain little that's not already known; the language around custody remains frustratingly vague.
Unfortunately, these contain little that's not already known; the language around custody remains frustratingly vague.
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"When our institutions are under fierce and sustained assault, the institutions need more than the affection and respect of the institutionalists. When the wreckers attack, the institutions need actual defenders."
The Center Is Not Holding
The institutionalists are all but extinct. The moderates are fleeing. And Trumpism marches on.
www.thebulwark.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"When our institutions are under fierce and sustained assault, the institutions need more than the affection and respect of the institutionalists. When the wreckers attack, the institutions need actual defenders."
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Texas officials blame local weather prediction services for not predicting the devastating flooding that has now killed at least 24 Texans.
July 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Texas officials blame local weather prediction services for not predicting the devastating flooding that has now killed at least 24 Texans.
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Just heartbreaking: across the frontlines, homes are being emptied. Not by choice, but because they have to be.
I know this because we lost ours. Our family home, where birthdays were celebrated, meals shared — gone. Russians moved in. I can’t go back. It’s stolen.
I know this because we lost ours. Our family home, where birthdays were celebrated, meals shared — gone. Russians moved in. I can’t go back. It’s stolen.
July 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just heartbreaking: across the frontlines, homes are being emptied. Not by choice, but because they have to be.
I know this because we lost ours. Our family home, where birthdays were celebrated, meals shared — gone. Russians moved in. I can’t go back. It’s stolen.
I know this because we lost ours. Our family home, where birthdays were celebrated, meals shared — gone. Russians moved in. I can’t go back. It’s stolen.
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The official White House rapid response account is just blatant lying. No taxes on Social Security is not in the bill.
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The official White House rapid response account is just blatant lying. No taxes on Social Security is not in the bill.
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Can’t make this up.
July 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can’t make this up.
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Every authoritarian movement attracts wackos obsessed with various crackpot theories, because the social psychology of kooky conspiracism is adjacent to that of authoritarianism.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Every authoritarian movement attracts wackos obsessed with various crackpot theories, because the social psychology of kooky conspiracism is adjacent to that of authoritarianism.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.
But the bizarre tangents shouldn’t obscure the core threat: They fear and hate free men and women.