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Gillian Brockell

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I track ICE flights, and I write about the history of American slavery. Sounds like two different things, but they're not really. Former WaPo. Signal: gbrockell.44 https://hardghistory.ghost.io/ PFP: Angelina Grimké

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3h

Awful. It’s early but this appears to be a junta or junta-aligned attack on civilian protesters.

(Reminder: ICE has deported at least 20 people to Myanmar this year.)

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival

Locals told the BBC the destruction from the motorised paraglider made it hard to identify victims.

www.bbc.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 5h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

Noice

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

When I was there Jennifer Rubin had the most-read story like 60 percent of the time. And I don’t mean most-read in Opinions, I mean most-read on washington post dot com.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

BTW if you read these emails you may get the sense that they're recent but they're actually from 2014. Frum has been on the same job for an additional 11 years without this being public knowledge.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

Nope. Which doesn’t surprise me, “I’ve got this” was kinda his whole vibe. Even his own witnesses were annoyed.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

Gonna time my long-planned takedown of David Frum’s stupid opinions on Woodrow Wilson for Confederate Surrender Day

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

I’m laughing to keep from crying

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

So close to Yahtzee

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4h

I can’t say I’ve done a legit jury nullification, but there was a time I was on a jury where this lazy ass prosecutor did not prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt and I helped get the rest of the jury to not guilty, and yes I did enjoy the surprised look on the prosecutor’s face.

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dabizomb.bsky.social @dabizomb.bsky.social · 17h

Suburbs / warehouse district / downtown

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

Oh this is so accurate I’m shaking

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 5h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of the incident

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

I was devastated taking a semi-voluntary buyout after 10 years. I can only imagine what getting canned after 42 feels like. My heart breaks for them.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

I hear you. 💔

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

Guess she didn’t read about the new Kavanaugh stops

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

Jesus fucking Christ

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

I had my issues with Hoffman when I worked in Opinions, but I respect him a ton.

And Marc is one of the most generous colleagues you’ll ever encounter.

Here’s one of his bangers, with Rosalind Helderman and Beth Reinhard

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/don...

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein partied together. Then an oceanfront Palm Beach mansion came between them.

Trump has not said why his relationship with Epstein ruptured, only that it happened about 15 years ago. At the time, the two men were squaring off over a real estate deal.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5h

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 7h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 1d

abolishing ICE is the moderate position

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

They tried to kill this woman because she annoyed them and they are charging because she lived. Her being alive is an assault on them.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 7h

Yes! You just can’t say to other jurors that that’s what you’re doing. And it’s better to help the other jurors get to not guilty than it is to just hang the jury.

There’s a lot of really good strategy stuff in here!

beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...

beyondcourts.org

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8h

It is totally legal to vote not guilty if you think a law or an application of a law is bullshit, even if you think there is enough evidence to convict.

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