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Gillian Brockell

@gbrockell.bsky.social

I track ICE flights and third-country removals. Recent words in Mother Jones, Zeteo, Rolling Stone, American Prospect. Former WaPo (sigh), former flight attendant. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ Signal: gbrockell.44

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Latest posts by gbrockell.bsky.social on Bluesky

Humble suggestion for the rumored coalition that *allegedly* tried to buy it off Bezos awhile back: Why not just apply that capital to a new outlet comprising the hundreds of people who are about to be laid off tomorrow??

(And perhaps even some of the hundreds of us already laid off or bought out)

04.02.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

My upcoming podcast, β€œTricia McLaughlin Lies All the Time,” has already jumped the shark

03.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They just blindly shot through the fucking door.

"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway β€” suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."

03.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2256    πŸ” 1030    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 52

He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.

03.02.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1730    πŸ” 435    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 8

I had him on my plane a couple times when I was a flight attendant. Total asshole.

03.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s crazy-making

03.02.2026 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me Too did not go far enough

03.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Moira. Holy shit.

03.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

03.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4650    πŸ” 1147    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 2

Saints, all of them

03.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

03.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9545    πŸ” 4879    πŸ’¬ 436    πŸ“Œ 466

So sick of in-depth profiles of β€œfascinating” douchebags. I want an endless news hose of good people doing good things, it’s way more interesting, thanks.

03.02.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible. Let it go, girl!

03.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This post by @tomcartwright.bsky.social is referenced in this New Republic transcript by @gregsargent.bsky.social & @gbrockell.bsky.social:

newrepublic.com/article/2060...

03.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œIn cruelty will I seek out my fame.”
β€œHenry VI, Part 2”

03.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is laying on a bed looking at a laptop with #schitts creek written on the bottom Alt: Schitt's Creek meme, "what a coincidence."

Me, searching the Epstein database for all the people who appear in my book about digital futurism and Silicon Valley's rise to power.

03.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Listen to the episode, and check out @jamellebouie.net’s recent posts/videos. Midterm elections are not under their control, and ICE doesn’t have the manpower to force control.

03.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ALLEZ LES BLEUS

03.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was great talking with fellow WaPo Buyout β€˜23 β€œclassmate” @gregsargent.bsky.social, and as dark as this era is, the right’s cruelty toward our immigrant neighbors has exposed the lie of the evil immigrant bogeyman they have been using for decades. Dems will benefit by taking a moral stance.

03.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database

β€œYou need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)

03.02.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 29

PG County has declared the SEVENTH snow day in a row now β€” my kid hasn’t had school since Jan. 23. 😬

A bobcat is aggressively plowing in front of the school near our house right now. I hope it also visits bus stop sidewalks today, because that seems to be the biggest remaining safety issue. πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

03.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Avelo airlines sells six pieces of junk for $140 million of American taxpayer money. And they get to pretend that they stopped participating with ICE in their domestic terror campaign. Everything is a grift. Everything is a scam. They're making money off of pure cruelty to satisfy the billionaires.

03.02.2026 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: I’m glad I have the kind of relationship with my wife that I can give her my phone and don’t care what she looks thru

Wife, holding my phone: you went to the Cheesecake Factory by yourself and spent fifty dollars?

Me: *enters new passcode, calls lawyer to legal bar wife from accessing devices

03.02.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 422    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0

If you don’t know, Tom here tracked ICE flights, largely by himself, for 5+ years before enlisting @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social last summer. A genuine hero. Not surprised to see him helping immigrants in his IRL community, too, but I hope he’s heartened so many neighbors are joining him this time.

02.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

damn I need to drink more coffee because you really had me going for a sec, radley

02.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost β€˜integrity’ over The Odyssey casting Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem

The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.

02.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6145    πŸ” 1093    πŸ’¬ 233    πŸ“Œ 213
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Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.

02.02.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3556    πŸ” 740    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 70

Private equity at the heart of so much evil & cruelty in US must read πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

As we think about reforms that will be needed private equity needs greater oversight, regulations, accountability & transparency

01.02.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.

After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

30.01.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1871    πŸ” 1189    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 99
An ADSBx map showing the Dezer family's Gulfstream IV, N352BH, taking off from Shannon, landing in Bulgaria and then Tel Aviv.

An ADSBx map showing the Dezer family's Gulfstream IV, N352BH, taking off from Shannon, landing in Bulgaria and then Tel Aviv.

A screenshot of a Zeteo headline: This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison. 

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer's Gulfstream IV planes flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows. 

Gillian Brockell 
Oct. 10, 2025

Photo: Gil Dezer and Donald Trump Jrs sweaty ugly mugs

A screenshot of a Zeteo headline: This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison. Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer's Gulfstream IV planes flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows. Gillian Brockell Oct. 10, 2025 Photo: Gil Dezer and Donald Trump Jrs sweaty ugly mugs

Overnight: Another likely ICE transfer deport of Palestinians to Israel. Via Ireland and Bulgaria.

This jet is owned by zionist MAGA billionaires, as I reported for @zeteo.com in October. They lease it to Journey Aviation for a Trump tax break. zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

02.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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