Schuyler Mitchell

DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records

A Saturday scoop from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: Previously unreported documents show that DHS wants to build a tool that would track personal travel data, including passenger names and their itineraries. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.

DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records Previously unreported documents show the agency has asked companies for input. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.

NEW from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: DHS and the Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers’ flights and other personal information, according to previously unreported documents

DHS wants to build a system to surveil Americans’ travel records Previously unreported documents show the agency has asked companies for input. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.

SCOOP: DHS & Secret Service are seeking input on a tool to surveil Americans’ flight records. It seems to be an attempt to recreate a controversial and now-defunct database.
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"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?" ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

My dispatch from the Jersey suburbs:
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"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?" ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

@schuylermitchell.bsky.social reports from a weekend protest in New Jersey:

New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

SCOOP: Previously unreported details in the Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick & his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. One email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein as late as 2018. Via @nlanard.bsky.social
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

A MOTHER JONES SCOOP! New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. This challenges his claim he had minimal contact with Epstein. The two were involved in a deal for six years, and an email shows they discussed it. @nlanard.bsky.social

New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

New: Emails and documents from Epstein files reveal Howard Lutnick and his firm had a years-long business tie with the sex offender. The two were involved in a deal for at least six years, and an email shows "HWL" discussing the investment with Epstein in 2018.

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Six vital lessons from Minnesota’s general strike Minneapolis organizers weigh in on how to make the movement go national.

Okay, so you wanna do a general strike? Here's some real, practical advice on how to make it happen, from conversations with various Minnesota organizers.
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How to get away with anything: Trump’s sordid year of pardons No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.

While there have always been dubious pardons for political cronies, “unprecedented” doesn’t begin to describe how Donald Trump has corrupted the power of presidential forgiveness.

The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting The Justice Department is weaponizing a law intended to protect those seeking abortions to punish reporters covering anti-ICE activism.

Courts have warned about the danger of the FACE Act being abused by overzealous prosecutors for years.

Trump's war on history As America's 250th anniversary approaches, the president wants to control the country's future by bulldozing its past.

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

Deportation flights are cruel enough. Then add in an airline owned by private equity and...
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ICYMI: The Trump admin is charging Don Lemon & anti-ICE protesters with “conspiracy to deprive rights,” a category of crime enacted by the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

Prosecutors allege that an ICE official’s civil rights were violated.

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These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.

EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents

We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities

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Here’s who could profit from Trump’s pursuit of Greenland These US companies, with connections to Republican politicians, see big money to be gained from MAGA imperialism.

From Venezuela to Cuba to Greenland, Trump is committed to bolstering the financial interests of US companies through imperial aggression.

Here’s who could profit from Trump’s pursuit of Greenland These US companies, with connections to Republican politicians, see big money to be gained from MAGA imperialism.

Why is the governor of Louisiana volunteering to help Trump get Greenland's resources? (Hint: $.)

@schuylermitchell.bsky.social reports on the US companies, with connections to Republican politicians, who see big money to be gained from MAGA imperialism.

Here’s who could profit from Trump’s pursuit of Greenland These US companies, with connections to Republican politicians, see big money to be gained from MAGA imperialism.

Why is the governor of Louisiana volunteering to help Trump take over Greenland? (Hint: $ and resources)
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

“If Minnesota falls, everything falls. We’re done as a nation.”

Fury. Grief. Anguish. Locals on the frontlines of Trump’s attack on Minneapolis are speaking out following the killing of another one of their neighbors. We’re on the ground with @samveep.bsky.social tracking the aftermath.

Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’ Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research

Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
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Trump DOJ uses anti-KKK law to charge ICE protesters with felony Federal prosecutors allege that Twin Cities organizers violated an ICE official's civil rights.

The Trump administration is using an anti-Ku Klux Klan law to prosecute Minnesota activists for demonstrating against ICE at a St. Paul church.

Trump DOJ uses anti-KKK law to charge ICE protesters with felony Federal prosecutors allege that Twin Cities organizers violated an ICE official's civil rights.

ICYMI: The Trump administration is using an anti-KKK statute to prosecute two Black anti-ICE protesters for federal conspiracy to deprive civil rights. They are accused of terrorizing churchgoers with chants such as, "This is what community looks like."
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Big crowd celebrating the inauguration of Seattle's new millennial socialist mayor, Katie Wilson.
"We need bread, but we need roses too."

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