Cerise Castle
@cerisecastle.bsky.social
she/her. multi-award winning journalist. Wrote history of #LASDgangs, now writing the book. covering inequality Capital & Main, freelancing. IG/TikTok @yourmajestcee. Tip? DM
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In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
Jeffrey Epstein Advised an Elon Musk Associate on Taking Tesla Private
The financier recommended adding Margaret Thatcher to Tesla’s board, even though she had been dead for five years.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
The Trump admin's indictments over a protest inside of a church target central figures in the movement to protecting the rights of Black Americans: “They definitely wanted to use us as a trophy, that’s the reality of all this."
My latest for @capitalandmain: capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...
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Trump Administration ‘Wanted to Use Us as a Trophy,’ Says Minnesota School Board Member Arrested Over Anti-ICE Protest
Trahern Crews, a Black Lives Matter leader arrested by federal agents last month, described having his legs shackled and being asked if he was an “immigrant or agitator.” Chauntyll Allen, a school boa...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Trump admin's indictments over a protest inside of a church target central figures in the movement to protecting the rights of Black Americans: “They definitely wanted to use us as a trophy, that’s the reality of all this."
My latest for @capitalandmain: capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...
My latest for @capitalandmain: capitalandmain.com/trump-admini...
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More than 100 refugees were detained by immigration agents. Many were sent to a Texas detention center where 3 men have died. A judge has ordered their release.
Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: Myles Kramer
Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: Myles Kramer
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
More than 100 refugees were detained by immigration agents. Many were sent to a Texas detention center where 3 men have died. A judge has ordered their release.
Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: Myles Kramer
Reporter: Kate Morrissey @bgirledukate.bsky.social
Producer: Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: Myles Kramer
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
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Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
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Protesters are turning to economic disruption to fight ICE. Last Friday, protesters across the U.S. missed work and school as part of an anti-ICE shutdown. Thousands showed up in Downtown LA to protest the agency, many—including City Councilmember Nithya Raman—supporting calls for a general strike.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Protesters are turning to economic disruption to fight ICE. Last Friday, protesters across the U.S. missed work and school as part of an anti-ICE shutdown. Thousands showed up in Downtown LA to protest the agency, many—including City Councilmember Nithya Raman—supporting calls for a general strike.
GEORGIA FORT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
Her case is ongoing. Please support her at her website below.
Her case is ongoing. Please support her at her website below.
FREE GEORGIA FORT.
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
GEORGIA FORT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
Her case is ongoing. Please support her at her website below.
Her case is ongoing. Please support her at her website below.
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One detail getting lost in the coverage of Don Lemon's arrest?
The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.
The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.
The church at the center of Don Lemon’s arrest hat ties to Christian nationalism
And the "TheoBros."
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM
One detail getting lost in the coverage of Don Lemon's arrest?
The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.
The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.
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Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
![To:
*gmaxign
From:
Casey Wasserman
Sent:
Mon 4/7/2003 11:30:08 PM
Subject: RE: Title: Message
or something like that.
*--Original Message--
From: gmax [mailto:gmax1@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: What foggy enough so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless
they are close up?
At 04:23 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: june gloom is the common phrase...very foggy in the AM, usually burns off in the
afternoon...but still in the high 70's, low 80's...
I like Carbon Beach the best, and of course, that is where my house is...and it is the best and nicest
beach and closest to the city which is nice. ---Original Message---
From: gmax [mailto
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4?28 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: Max will be relieved - Stephen Shapiro just called and is going to find out what is available in June to rent in the 3 different areas along the beach. I said I would look at all 3 and would make a decision based more on the house than the area probably. Do
you have a view? I don't know anything about Malibu or LA for that matter. Anyway, regardless of that, Stephen told me that the weather is normally lousy in June -Is that right? What does lousy mean? Is it just hazy? Plse explain to the
foreigner
Gx
PS - I can't sleep - where are you when I need you?
- At 04:06 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
that can be the exception...but only one. ----Original Message-----
From: gmax [mailto:
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:12 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE:
What about Max? - At 02:39 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvvwejxthpp5s62cu5bqpvxw/bafkreifsqmknqryxrwchuarb3isv5fg7lcr3asspmjybzeifpkkqjzldua@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
FREE GEORGIA FORT.
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
FREE GEORGIA FORT.
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
Please donate to her directly through her website to support: www.georgiafort.com/support
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My statement on the arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon.
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
My statement on the arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
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For more, read @bgirledukate.bsky.social ’s story: capitalandmain.com/straight-out...
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
For more, read @bgirledukate.bsky.social ’s story: capitalandmain.com/straight-out...
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million for Trump’s inauguration. Then the administration introduced policies that benefit the company.
Reporter: Marcus Baram
Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social
Reporter: Marcus Baram
Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million for Trump’s inauguration. Then the administration introduced policies that benefit the company.
Reporter: Marcus Baram
Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social
Reporter: Marcus Baram
Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social
Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social
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“A young, 20-something guy will never have sight again in one of his eyes because of the actions of LAPD. His crime? Taking a photograph?” @adamrose.bsky.social tells @katecagle.bsky.social
“The reality is that these munitions cause life-altering injuries.”
“The reality is that these munitions cause life-altering injuries.”
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
“A young, 20-something guy will never have sight again in one of his eyes because of the actions of LAPD. His crime? Taking a photograph?” @adamrose.bsky.social tells @katecagle.bsky.social
“The reality is that these munitions cause life-altering injuries.”
“The reality is that these munitions cause life-altering injuries.”
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Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
It’s my least favorite season: local media layoffs.
I’m blessed to have worked in a newsroom I *LOVE* for the past (almost) 2 years.
If you’re looking for a journalism job and passionate about building audiences, please consider joining us @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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I’m blessed to have worked in a newsroom I *LOVE* for the past (almost) 2 years.
If you’re looking for a journalism job and passionate about building audiences, please consider joining us @capitalandmain.bsky.social
capitalandmain.com/careers
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Investigating Money, Power and Society.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
It’s my least favorite season: local media layoffs.
I’m blessed to have worked in a newsroom I *LOVE* for the past (almost) 2 years.
If you’re looking for a journalism job and passionate about building audiences, please consider joining us @capitalandmain.bsky.social
capitalandmain.com/careers
I’m blessed to have worked in a newsroom I *LOVE* for the past (almost) 2 years.
If you’re looking for a journalism job and passionate about building audiences, please consider joining us @capitalandmain.bsky.social
capitalandmain.com/careers
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BREAKING: LAPD is banned from using 40mm launchers for crowd control.
Filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
BREAKING: LAPD is banned from using 40mm launchers for crowd control.
Filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Over the past 9 days, DHS agents have shot 4 people. Two are dead. No agents have been arrested or charged.
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Over the past 9 days, DHS agents have shot 4 people. Two are dead. No agents have been arrested or charged.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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CA agencies are joining forces to crack down on child labor violations after a Capital & Main investigation, produced in partnership with the @latimes.com and McGraw Center for Business Journalism, found that the state is failing to protect underage farmworkers.
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To Protect Underage Farmworkers, California Expands Oversight of Field Conditions
State agencies to join forces to crack down on child labor violations after Capital & Main found enforcement breakdowns.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
CA agencies are joining forces to crack down on child labor violations after a Capital & Main investigation, produced in partnership with the @latimes.com and McGraw Center for Business Journalism, found that the state is failing to protect underage farmworkers.
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Capital & Main found children as young as 12 working in California’s agriculture industry. The state is failing to ensure their health and safety. #Farmworkers #ChildLabor #California #News
Editor: Marco Amador, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producer: Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle.bsky.social )
Editor: Marco Amador, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producer: Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle.bsky.social )
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Capital & Main found children as young as 12 working in California’s agriculture industry. The state is failing to ensure their health and safety. #Farmworkers #ChildLabor #California #News
Editor: Marco Amador, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producer: Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle.bsky.social )
Editor: Marco Amador, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producer: Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle.bsky.social )