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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.

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators: A third of these campus private partnerships have already ended. Many have failed state academic ratings. @SAALocal67, @Menendez4Texas, @TenaciousPinTX, @TexasAFT, @OfficialATPE, @NathanForTexas texasobserver.org/texas-partners…

The extremism beat has gone mainstream—but in local markets, it’s still intensely personal. My @cjr story, ft insights from @noturtlesoup17 @danielwinvw @stevanzetti @RawStory's Jordan Green @Appalachia100's Dana Coester @HDruzin cjr.org/analysis/local…

my friend Job Garcia was arrested by ICE while running errands in Los Angeles. He is a US Citizen, a scholar and a brilliant photographer but none of that defines his humanity. ICE should free Job immediately.

New @HappenHerePod w/ @stevanzetti 🦠🦠🦠 Part Four of Anti-Vax America: Soft Eugenics iheart.com/podcast/105-it…

New @happenherepod w/ @stevanzetti 🦠🦠🦠 Part Three of Anti-Vax America: God’s Will iheart.com/podcast/105-it…

New @HappenHerePod w/ @stevanzetti 🦠🦠🦠 Part Two of Anti-Vax America: Anti-Vax Genealogy iheart.com/podcast/105-it…

REALITY: Suspected Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter was an evangelical preacher, registered Republican, voted for Trump, and watched Alex Jones' Infowars. MAGA/FAR-RIGHT: "He'S a VioLEnt DeMocRatiC LefTISt aNtifA DeEp STate PsyOP" wired.com/story/psyop-fa…

Noting: The Minnesota shooting suspect attended @CFNI in Dallas, which has been led by Apostle Dutch Sheets and has been affiliated with Lance Wallnau of the New Apostolic Reformation and the “Seven Mountains” Christian Reconstruction movement dallasnews.com/news/faith/202…

This episode serves as a deep dive into the measles outbreak in West Texas, when it started, how it spread, and will set the stage for the remaining four episodes. @stevanzetti @HappenHerePod iheart.com/podcast/105-it…

Will Cities Stop Using AI License Plate Readers? Some Are Reconsidering After Reports of ICE Searches. -- @stevanzetti @thebarbedwiretx thebarbedwire.com/2025/06/10/cit…

Whole @proteanmag squad together for the first time 🫡

NEW: Texas lawmakers are ordering all sheriff's offices to seek federal collaboration agreements with ICE. Those agreements may be limited to jailhouses—or they may convert deputies into roving immigration agents. 🧵 texasobserver.org/legislature-sh… w/ @gusbova

At least one American member of a neo-Nazi fight club seems to have traveled to Sweden to attend an MMA tournament hosted by groups with ties to an organization the US government labeled a terrorist group. Will Trump care? wired.com/story/socal-ac…

Watch our very own Jake Romm give testimony before the UN Palestinian Rights Committee (@UNISPAL) on behalf of the Hind Rajab Foundation about the need for states to prosecute Israeli war criminals and genocidaires:

It’s been three years since Elon Musk moved to buy Twitter and remold it into a new MAGA propaganda machine. @hannahgais and @stevanzetti joined the show for a chat about the site’s transformation and who benefited most from it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sh-…

New filings show that the county GOP and Airbnb both have their sites set on City Hall. l8r.it/QSD6

The Texas National Guard signed an agreement with ICE that allows personnel who’ve received federal training to “perform certain functions of an immigration officer.” TNG has ~23,000 members. It's not clear how many will be trained to work with ICE. 🧵 texasobserver.org/texas-police-2…

Trump Administration Deportation Actions, Plans Are ‘Beyond the Pale’ As President Considers Deporting Citizens -- @stevanzetti @thebarbedwiretx thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/21/tru…