If ICE can send subpoenas to deanonymize social media accounts, couldn't they have done it for the anonymous and overtly racist account we found is run by one of their own employees who is still working there?

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · last yr.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

If you attended this event or know where to find pictures of attendees, please let me know.

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social · 5d ago

The True Texas Project and Young Republicans are hosting multiple events in Texas next month with the head of a self-styled white nationalist "think tank," the White Papers Policy Institute. WPPI promotes mass deportations and "remigration." It has strong ties to major white nationalist groups.

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

404media.co

Something I missed in this reporting... Brandon Herrera said in 2023: “Just because you let somebody creampie you doesn’t mean I have to give a shit about your political opinions. The fact that you kept your cum trophy doesn’t make you any less wrong about the dumb shit they say.” His response...

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs. www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...

Hmm... (The Dallas Morning News is a newspaper. The Dallas Express is a right wing website with one reporter, and the outlet is deeply intertwined with right wing advocacy)

North Texas continues to be one of the hotbeds of American fascism

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4d ago

In 2022, I noted that Steven Crowder accepted an invitation from a woman in North Texas who has described herself as a Christian Fascist and wondered whether he aligned himself with her group's ideology. Now we don't have to wonder.

In 2022, I noted that Steven Crowder accepted an invitation from a woman in North Texas who has described herself as a Christian Fascist and wondered whether he aligned himself with her group's ideology. Now we don't have to wonder.

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I've seen this color for reasons I cannot disclose

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 6d ago

Researchers at U.C. Berkeley used lasers to stimulate retinal cone cells in a way that doesn’t occur naturally—creating a new color that only seven people in the world have seen. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Active Club founder has described such organized fights a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution.” He added, “Every victorious nationalist movement was forged by hardened men who already tasted real danger.” www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/inside-the...

‘Neo-Nazi Militia’: Inside the Fascist Fight Clubs Preparing Men for Battle

“Every victorious nationalist movement was forged by hardened men who already tasted real danger," says avowed fascist Robert Rundo.

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New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

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I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:

My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines

The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.

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Good morning

New @halftheanswer.bsky.social with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I and the great @stevanzetti.bsky.social speaking about the Texas senate race with Crazy Ken Paxton and the gunfluencer Uvalde nut wannabe congressman.

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 2w ago

Half the Answer #95: An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that contains Uvalde, Texas. How did this happen? Journalist Steven Monacelli tells us all about it. www.liberalcurrents.com/ken-paxton-a...

Dallas area friends: I'll be giving a lecture about QAnon, the notion of "conspiracy theories," and how they can operate as a sort of religious belief. Presented by The Hang Dallas. events.hangdallas.com

BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.

Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

nytimes.com

Checking in on the documents I received in response to a FOIA request I sent to ICE in May 2025 that sought a copy of a document that had been routinely shared with immigration lawyers until my reporting relied on it to identify an ICE prosecutor as the operator of a white supremacist X account

Ken Paxton recently bought 3 Utah luxury condos worth $1.6 million. He then put them in a blind trust that shares an address with the Dallas home he appears to be sharing with a woman who is not his wife.

Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio

The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.

nytimes.com

🚨 NEW: ICE plans to open a new 'staging' facility for kids in Louisiana. Will be run by a private prison company that has reported deaths of 2 detainees since April at one of its facilities. Former IRS lawyer told me their tax filing "doesn't pass the smell test" www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...

A private prison company is running new ICE children's facility--and IRS pros have questions

A tax-exempt nonprofit tied to a private prison company will operate a new ICE facility in Louisiana, prompting questions from a former IRS expert.

thequeenzone.com

What the heck man

The move contains both the question and the answer

Politico@politico.com · 4w ago

Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states. Yet two days earlier, he had approved FEMA disaster aid for six Republican-led states. The move is raising questions about whether he’s injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.

INBOX: Activists in Dallas have called a demonstration this evening to protest the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent in Houston.

"In the days before the raid, a Dallas Express op-ed by a local right-wing activist identified Doberman as a leader of the Community Liberation Brigade. The article suggested that Doberman had ties to the Pairieland defendants..." theintercept.com/2026/07/07/a...

FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant

During the raid, federal agents asked about links between the woman and Prairieland — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa.

theintercept.com

One of the better taco places in Dallas is decorated with numerous photo collages, some of which include imagery of the Zapatistas

He slept like a baby that sleeps well

The guy that Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to head up "election integrity" runs a nonprofit that experts said violated its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by assisting the campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz and the Republican Party. www.texasobserver.org/nate-schatzl...

Is Rep Nate Schatzline Misusing Nonprofit to Play Partisan Politics?

“It appears that For Liberty & Justice is violating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by assisting the campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz and the Republican Party.”

texasobserver.org

Quite the headline from the Dallas Morning News www.dallasnews.com/news/electio...

Election denier appointed to lead 'election integrity' policy for Texas Gov. Abbott

Texas State Rep. Nate Schatzline, who believes the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump, will lead "election integrity" policy as a senior adviser to Gov. Greg Abbott.

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