@chipgibbons.bsky.social
Writer working on book about the history of FBI political surveillance, policy director Defending Rights & Dissent
Occasionally I click on a link to this site and remember it still exists and I have an account here.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Occasionally I click on a link to this site and remember it still exists and I have an account here.
In @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social, I look at Trump's extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, how they may be a prelude to wider war with Venezuela, and where they fall in the history of US extrajudicial killings, including Cold War assassinations and the drone program.
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In Venezuela, Trump Is Engaged in Plain and Simple Murder
Donald Trump’s assassinations of alleged drug traffickers in Venezuela with zero due process represent some of the greatest dangers of his second term. They can’t be understood apart from the bipartis...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social, I look at Trump's extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean, how they may be a prelude to wider war with Venezuela, and where they fall in the history of US extrajudicial killings, including Cold War assassinations and the drone program.
jacobin.com/2025/09/vene...
jacobin.com/2025/09/vene...
After a legal whiplash, Mahmoud Khalil is finally free on bail.
But his legal battle continues.
My latest report on Khalil's case for
@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
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But his legal battle continues.
My latest report on Khalil's case for
@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Legal Battle Is Far From Over
After 104 days in ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil was released on a judge’s order last weekend. But the Trump administration remains committed to deporting him.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
After a legal whiplash, Mahmoud Khalil is finally free on bail.
But his legal battle continues.
My latest report on Khalil's case for
@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/06/khal...
But his legal battle continues.
My latest report on Khalil's case for
@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/06/khal...
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After his excellent reporting on the sentencing of CIA analyst Asif Rahman, who released files on Israel's plans to strike Iran, I had @chipgibbons.bsky.social join me for further discussion of this Espionage Act case that was largely ignored by the US news media thedissenter.org/imprisoned-f...
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
After his excellent reporting on the sentencing of CIA analyst Asif Rahman, who released files on Israel's plans to strike Iran, I had @chipgibbons.bsky.social join me for further discussion of this Espionage Act case that was largely ignored by the US news media thedissenter.org/imprisoned-f...
Here is my report from Asif Rahman's sentencing hearing.
Rahman pled guilty under the Espionage Act to disclosing documents about a potential Israeli strike on Iran.
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Rahman pled guilty under the Espionage Act to disclosing documents about a potential Israeli strike on Iran.
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CIA Employee Sentenced For Leaking Israel's War Plans
A CIA analyst, who pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act, was sentenced to prison. He leaked files on Israel's plans to strike Iran.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Here is my report from Asif Rahman's sentencing hearing.
Rahman pled guilty under the Espionage Act to disclosing documents about a potential Israeli strike on Iran.
thedissenter.org/cia-employee...
Rahman pled guilty under the Espionage Act to disclosing documents about a potential Israeli strike on Iran.
thedissenter.org/cia-employee...
I am headed to Alexandria, Virginia for the sentencing hearing of Asif Rahman.
Rahman pled guilty to violating for the Espionage Act, likely for revealing Israeli plans for a military strike on Iran.
His cases remains cloaked in remarkable secrecy.
Rahman pled guilty to violating for the Espionage Act, likely for revealing Israeli plans for a military strike on Iran.
His cases remains cloaked in remarkable secrecy.
June 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am headed to Alexandria, Virginia for the sentencing hearing of Asif Rahman.
Rahman pled guilty to violating for the Espionage Act, likely for revealing Israeli plans for a military strike on Iran.
His cases remains cloaked in remarkable secrecy.
Rahman pled guilty to violating for the Espionage Act, likely for revealing Israeli plans for a military strike on Iran.
His cases remains cloaked in remarkable secrecy.
It bodes poorly for a regime if the delivery of baby formula and crutches for child amputees poses such an existential threat that they must deploy armed thugs to commit a brazen act of lawless piracy in international waters.
Doesn't really seem like a position of strength.
Doesn't really seem like a position of strength.
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It bodes poorly for a regime if the delivery of baby formula and crutches for child amputees poses such an existential threat that they must deploy armed thugs to commit a brazen act of lawless piracy in international waters.
Doesn't really seem like a position of strength.
Doesn't really seem like a position of strength.
In my latest report on Mahmoud Khalil's ongoing legal cases for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social I write "every minute Khalil remains confined for opposing a genocide casts a shadow across the First Amendment."
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Is About the Future of Free Speech
Despite some recent advances in his case against the Trump administration, Mahmoud Khalil remains confined for opposing genocide in Gaza — an imprisonment that makes a mockery of the First Amendment.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In my latest report on Mahmoud Khalil's ongoing legal cases for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social I write "every minute Khalil remains confined for opposing a genocide casts a shadow across the First Amendment."
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I am extremely disturbed by reports of a drone flying over the Madleen Gaza flotilla.
Given Israel's history of piracy and terrorism against those trying bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need all eyes on the freedom flotilla right now.
They must be guaranteed safe passage.
Given Israel's history of piracy and terrorism against those trying bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need all eyes on the freedom flotilla right now.
They must be guaranteed safe passage.
June 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am extremely disturbed by reports of a drone flying over the Madleen Gaza flotilla.
Given Israel's history of piracy and terrorism against those trying bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need all eyes on the freedom flotilla right now.
They must be guaranteed safe passage.
Given Israel's history of piracy and terrorism against those trying bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need all eyes on the freedom flotilla right now.
They must be guaranteed safe passage.
Why does this ominous message warning me about potential prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act pop up when I try to log into the State Department FOIA portal to check the status of my request?
Exactly when does filing a FOIA become "unauthorized personal business?"
Exactly when does filing a FOIA become "unauthorized personal business?"
May 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Why does this ominous message warning me about potential prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act pop up when I try to log into the State Department FOIA portal to check the status of my request?
Exactly when does filing a FOIA become "unauthorized personal business?"
Exactly when does filing a FOIA become "unauthorized personal business?"
Art history with Mr. Marcus
May 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Art history with Mr. Marcus
Hair cut selfie
May 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hair cut selfie
There is nothing, absolutely nothing that justifies the killing of diplomats or embassy staff on the streets of DC.
It's also how jarring how these two deaths are being treated as a far bigger news story than the mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza.
It's also how jarring how these two deaths are being treated as a far bigger news story than the mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza.
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
There is nothing, absolutely nothing that justifies the killing of diplomats or embassy staff on the streets of DC.
It's also how jarring how these two deaths are being treated as a far bigger news story than the mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza.
It's also how jarring how these two deaths are being treated as a far bigger news story than the mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza.
Here's the report I produced on this hearing for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
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May 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here's the report I produced on this hearing for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
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Israel is potentially planning an attack against Iran in violation of international law if we reach a deal with Iran they don't approve of.
The goal of such a strike is to undermine our diplomacy.
This is not an ally.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/p...
The goal of such a strike is to undermine our diplomacy.
This is not an ally.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/p...
New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say | CNN Politics
The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehra...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Israel is potentially planning an attack against Iran in violation of international law if we reach a deal with Iran they don't approve of.
The goal of such a strike is to undermine our diplomacy.
This is not an ally.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/p...
The goal of such a strike is to undermine our diplomacy.
This is not an ally.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/p...
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New episode of this great and handsome show on all the nazi policy going on rn ft @chipgibbons.bsky.social
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221 - New Setback In Trump's ICE Crackdown ft Chip Gibbons
YouTube video by Left Reckoning
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May 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New episode of this great and handsome show on all the nazi policy going on rn ft @chipgibbons.bsky.social
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As a civil libertarian, I am thankful our Constitution has a narrow definition of treason and am disturbed by overly broad foreign agent registration laws.
But I feel like conspiring with a foreign government to deprive Americans of their 1A rights warrants legal consequences.
But I feel like conspiring with a foreign government to deprive Americans of their 1A rights warrants legal consequences.
May 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
As a civil libertarian, I am thankful our Constitution has a narrow definition of treason and am disturbed by overly broad foreign agent registration laws.
But I feel like conspiring with a foreign government to deprive Americans of their 1A rights warrants legal consequences.
But I feel like conspiring with a foreign government to deprive Americans of their 1A rights warrants legal consequences.
I am headed off to Alexandria, Virgina where I will be attending a hearing for Badar Khan Suri, the detained Georgetown scholar abducted by the Trump administration over his wife's support for Palestine.
May 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I am headed off to Alexandria, Virgina where I will be attending a hearing for Badar Khan Suri, the detained Georgetown scholar abducted by the Trump administration over his wife's support for Palestine.
Good evening from Mr. Marcus
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Good evening from Mr. Marcus
Incredible show
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Incredible show
Is this my seventh time seeing Arcade Fire? Yes.
May 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Is this my seventh time seeing Arcade Fire? Yes.
I am proud to count both Tighe Barry and Ann Wright as friends. Two of the most courageous people I know.
I am thankful everyone on board is safe--I vividly remember the Mavi Marmara massacre--if Israel is responsible for this act of terrorism they must be held accountable.
I am thankful everyone on board is safe--I vividly remember the Mavi Marmara massacre--if Israel is responsible for this act of terrorism they must be held accountable.
CODEPINK condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla late last night.
We are so glad our CODEPINK members involved with the flotilla are safe, along with the 16 humanitarians and crew on board the ship.
Read our full statement here:
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We are so glad our CODEPINK members involved with the flotilla are safe, along with the 16 humanitarians and crew on board the ship.
Read our full statement here:
buff.ly/7Ld5Lyh
May 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I am proud to count both Tighe Barry and Ann Wright as friends. Two of the most courageous people I know.
I am thankful everyone on board is safe--I vividly remember the Mavi Marmara massacre--if Israel is responsible for this act of terrorism they must be held accountable.
I am thankful everyone on board is safe--I vividly remember the Mavi Marmara massacre--if Israel is responsible for this act of terrorism they must be held accountable.
Israel has once again attack a humanitarian aid ship in international waters, this time with drones.
Will there ever be any accountability for Israel's monstrous crimes?
Will there ever be any accountability for Israel's monstrous crimes?
Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
A ship carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip sent out a distress signal overnight after it was bombed by drones in international waters near Malta. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the organizer...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Israel has once again attack a humanitarian aid ship in international waters, this time with drones.
Will there ever be any accountability for Israel's monstrous crimes?
Will there ever be any accountability for Israel's monstrous crimes?
Saw Jean-Luc Mélenchon speak tonight
April 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Saw Jean-Luc Mélenchon speak tonight