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DOGE eliminated USAID and froze some $268 million in congressionally-authorized funding for independent media. Now the Trump administration is seeking to bolster its critique of Europe under the guise of journalism.
Trump Administration to Support ‘Independent Journalism’ in Europe With Anti-Immigrant Focus
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TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · 2d agoDOGE eliminated USAID and froze some $268 million in congressionally-authorized funding for independent media. Now the Trump administration is seeking to bolster its critique of Europe under the guise of journalism.
In response to questions from @theredoubt.net, the State Department defended its use of U.S. tax dollars to subsidize right-wing content creators. "The Independent Journalism Consortium program closely aligns with the Trump administration's foreign policy objectives in Europe," a spokesperson said.
Charles Я. Davis@charliearchy.bsky.social · 4d agoNEW: The Trump administration is looking to set up a consortium for anti-immigrant "independent journalism" in Europe, with the State Department envisioning "substantial involvement" in the project. www.theredoubt.net/trump-admini...
In other words: state-funded and -directed MAGA propaganda targeting Europe
Charles Я. Davis@charliearchy.bsky.social · 4d agoNEW: The Trump administration is looking to set up a consortium for anti-immigrant "independent journalism" in Europe, with the State Department envisioning "substantial involvement" in the project. www.theredoubt.net/trump-admini...
BREAKING: The Trump administration is looking to set up a consortium for anti-immigrant "independent journalism" in Europe, with the State Department envisioning "substantial involvement" in the project. www.theredoubt.net/trump-admini...
Trump administration to support 'independent journalism' in Europe with anti-immigrant focus
For-profit entities are eligible to receive $1 million from the State Department, which envisions "substantial involvement" in the project.
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The Trump administration won't comment on whether it intends to build immigrant detention facilities, abroad. But government documents say just that. www.theredoubt.net/ice-awards-n...
ICE awards no-bid contract for deportation flights, won't comment on foreign 'detention' facilities
The Redoubt previously reported that ICE was looking for a flight contractor that could also help it establish "international staging areas."
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Final update for now with info on the most alarming part of the original statement of work, which asked the charter airline contractor to also help DHS establish foreign "detention centers" in "host countries." Will update if Eastern answers the f*cking question. gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
BREAKING: Eastern Airlines gets contract to fly DHS 'deportation fleet'
ICE charter airline Eastern Air Express, a subsidiary of Eastern Airlines, has been awarded a contract to operate a fleet of passenger jets acquired by the Department of Homeland Security to conduct d...
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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.Second update published, one more to come... If you're going "Eastern Airlines? Like the airline I took took to Miami when I was a little kid?" I answer that question here: gillianbrockell.com/breaking-eas...
I spoke to Heidi Beirich earlier this summer about how the Trump administration — which just arrested her — was inspiring Europe’s far right: www.theredoubt.net/how-america-...
How America emboldened Europe's far right
Heidi Beirich, an expert on right-wing extremism, says Donald Trump has emboldened those pushing for "remigration."
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Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: CNN is reporting as an "exclusive" that the former CFO of SPLC, Heidi Beirich, was arrested in California today. They have a quote from Blanche at a news conference and say this is "part of a superseding indictment," but the docket does not yet reflect the superseding indictment.
NEW: In 2016, ICE said officials would undergo training at the Museum of Tolerance, which helps visitors "understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts." ICE now says it has replaced all such "experiential learning" — with LinkedIn. www.theredoubt.net/ice-ditches-...
ICE ditches in-person trainings on history and tolerance, opts for online courses from LinkedIn
The agency has scrapped "experiential learning" contracts with institutions like the Museum of Tolerance, which grounded its lessons in the history of the Holocaust.
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ICE officials will no longer take part in trainings at the Museum of Tolerance, which teaches visitors to "understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts." www.theredoubt.net/ice-ditches-...
ICE ditches in-person trainings on history and tolerance, opts for online courses from LinkedIn
The agency has scrapped "experiential learning" contracts with institutions like the Museum of Tolerance, which grounded its lessons in the history of the Holocaust.
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Thanks to @prospect.org for citing @theredoubt.net! www.theredoubt.net/ice-detentio...
The American Prospect@prospect.org · 4w agoThe first people to be locked up inside the detention prison will likely be children and pregnant people already in custody—two groups uniquely vulnerable in Trump’s immigration terror campaign. prospect.org?p=141508
NEW: DHS scrapped a $250,000 contract to a firm that had connections to Corey Lewandowski. www.theredoubt.net/dhs-scrapped...
DHS scrapped MAGA PR contract after exposé, Noem ouster
The $250,000 contract had alarmed procurement experts over its requirement that the winner have demonstrated loyalty to Donald Trump.
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A pro-democracy platform must demand records from all detention centers located in other countries. If US tax payers footed the bill, we should know how many people were detained, where, and when. The geography shouldn't matter. www.theredoubt.net/ice-detentio...
Exclusive: ICE eyes 1,000-bed detention facilities in foreign countries
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking for private contractors that could help set up "international staging areas" abroad.
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ICE — the agency shooting and killing people across America — is now looking for contractors that could help build detention facilities around the world. Documents say these facilities (w/ up to 1,000 beds) would hold immigrants deported from the United States. www.theredoubt.net/ice-detentio...
Exclusive: ICE eyes 1,000-bed detention facilities in foreign countries
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking for private contractors that could help set up "international staging areas" abroad.
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Exclusive: ICE eyes 1,000-bed detention facilities in foreign countries www.theredoubt.net/ice-detentio...
Exclusive: ICE eyes 1,000-bed detention facilities in foreign countries
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking for private contractors that could help set up "international staging areas" abroad.
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🎧 On war, again, with Iran and the pundits who loved Graham Platner www.theredoubt.net/on-war-again...
On war, again, with Iran and the pundits who loved Graham Platner
Critical Support examines Trump's never-ending war and why so many people overlooked so many red flags.
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As Donald Trump might say, the American president is a sick man. www.theredoubt.net/sick-people-...
'Sick people': Trump now thinks the Iranian regime is no better than immigrants
The U.S. president is talking about his enemies abroad the way he talks about his enemies at home.
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Donald Trump is now talking about his enemies abroad the way he talks about his enemies (immigrants, people of color, Democrats) at home. My latest for @theredoubt.net on what that says about his lexicon and the way he views the world: www.theredoubt.net/sick-people-...
'Sick people': Trump now thinks the Iranian regime is no better than immigrants
The U.S. president is talking about his enemies abroad the way he talks about his enemies at home.
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“If you are seeking to be admitted as a refugee in the United States, the Trump administration has made it explicit: you will be judged by the color of your skin…
The Redoubt@theredoubt.net · 2mo agoOn the smug hypocrisy of Stephen Miller and the racist cruelty of Donald Trump. www.theredoubt.net/america-is-n...
How did it get this far? Platner's dishonesty should have ended his campaign www.theredoubt.net/how-did-it-g...
How did it get this far? Platner's dishonesty should have ended his campaign
The Maine Senate candidate never really apologized, but some pundits forgave him anyway.
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A piece that beautifully captures how I have been feeling for a while now. I am constantly asked “Are you sorry you moved back to the USA” … as I found during Trump 1 you can feel ashamed of your country while living anywhere in the world.
Charles Я. Davis@charliearchy.bsky.social · 2mo agoI wrote about the smug hypocrisy of Stephen Miller, the pointless cruelty of Donald Trump, and the shame I feel at seeing America become a whites-only refuge. www.theredoubt.net/america-is-n...
On the smug hypocrisy of Stephen Miller and the racist cruelty of Donald Trump. www.theredoubt.net/america-is-n...
America is now a whites-only refuge
The Trump administration has adopted an explicitly race-based admissions policy. The shame will not soon be forgotten.
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Tradwives and right-wing men: How an 'imagined past' drives fascist politics www.theredoubt.net/tradwives-an...
Tradwives and right-wing men: How an 'imagined past' drives fascist politics
Salon's Amanda Marcotte explains the delusional history behind the "tradwife" trend.
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“What is happening is not a refugee crisis but a concession by Europe's political establishment. European policymakers, including many on the center-left, are ceding the narrative to the far right…”
The Redoubt@theredoubt.net · 2mo agoThe new "Common European Asylum System" comes at a time when immigration is already falling. www.theredoubt.net/in-a-concess...
The new "Common European Asylum System" comes at a time when immigration is already falling. www.theredoubt.net/in-a-concess...
In a concession to the far right, the EU tries to build 'Fortress Europe'
The new "Common European Asylum System" comes at a time when immigration is already falling.
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Charles Я. Davis@charliearchy.bsky.social · 2mo agoA little over six months in, it's time to recount some @theredoubt.net Ws...
In this week’s dispatch from The Redoubt, a look at the anti-American symbolism of Trump’s ballroom — and a preview of an upcoming exclusive on what foreign influence campaigns look like in 2026. Subscribe to get future editions in your inbox: www.theredoubt.net/email/bd4365...
A symbol of 'hatred'
White House historian Edward Lengel says Trump's ballroom reveals something dangerous.
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