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Dhruv Mehrotra

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Data Journalism and Investigations at Bloomberg. Previously: WIRED, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc. Tips: [email protected] or securely @dmehro.89 on Signal

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets

A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

www.bloomberg.com

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 9h

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Clearly someone who grew up here, she has no accent; really want to know what was going on here. Looks like they were following her already at the start of the video. Why?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 5d

Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.

Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.

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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.com · 7d

How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Home Loans www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A new investigation from Bloomberg using exclusive #DDoSecrets exposes how debt collectors and the housing industry take advantage of people

How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Loans

Bloomberg News obtained a trove of internal records from one debt collector that reveals how the industry uses large bills and threats of foreclosure to blindside homeowners across the US.

www.bloomberg.com

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Surya Mattu @suryamattu.com · 18d

NEW: Jeffery Epstein's emails, obtained by Bloomberg news, shine a freshlight on how the disgraced financier's elite network supported him as investigators closed in.
🎁 LINK: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In

A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”

www.bloomberg.com

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: The latest story from the 18,000+ emails in Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo inbox: beyond his ties to the elite, a quieter circle proved crucial as state and federal investigations began.

Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.

Free link:

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 18d

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 22d

If you know other cases where DHS/ICE and other agencies demanded data about an activist's online accounts, I'm still digging. My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82

Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 25d

Scoop: DHS is trying to unmask Instagram accounts that named and shamed federal agents. One activist just filed a motion to quash the subpoena which was sent to Meta in early Sept. theintercept.com/2025/09/18/d...

The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents

StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.

theintercept.com

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Here's our report on the "SIM farm" the Secret Service discovered, which hopefully helps better explain what the hell is up with all this. @agreenberg.bsky.social, @lhn.bsky.social, & @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: CBP has been funneling DNA from US citizens—including kids—into the FBI’s crime database. Nearly 2,000 Americans swabbed, many with no charges. Once for violent offenders, CODIS is becoming a mass-surveillance archive.

analysis by @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.

www.wired.com

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22d

Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances."

www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

September 18, 2025
The Honorable Kristi Noem
Secretary of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE
Washington, DC 20528
Secretary Noem:
We write to express grave concerns about the prevalence and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. A recent Senate Judiciary Committee site visit and media reports point to the alarming detention of a significant number of pregnant women in ICE custody. We urgently request that ICE cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances and that the agency provide information about the number and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in its custody.
Medical research links ICE detention to high rates of pregnancy complications, with physicians finding serious risks to both fetal and maternal health. These already serious risks are
heightened by the deteriorating conditions inside detention facilities, including severe overcrowding, reports of inadequate food and water, and lack of emergency medical care.4
According to one media investigation, since January 2025, at least four 911 calls have been recorded from ICE detention facilities involving pregnant women in “distress, bleeding or suffering severe pain”– including one involving a facility staff member.

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 24d

Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 25d

New from me: Filings from a Virginia lawsuit offer a rare insight into how often Flock automatic license plate readers track people going about their daily lives: Multiple times a day, and hundreds over a period of a few months this year.

Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says

Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.

www.nbcnews.com

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 25d

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People

New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Sep 11

Want a peak behind the curtain related to our exclusive @business story on Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein's emails and what happened after @harrynwilson.bsky.social reached out to him?

Read this

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Story Behind the Story of Mandelson’s Epstein Emails

At 3:36 p.m. London time on Monday, Bloomberg News sent a 2,000-word email to Peter Mandelson, then Britain’s ambassador to the US, seeking comment on emails he had exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:

w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Bloomberg reports that Epstein consulted Ghislaine on what state charge he should plead to.

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”

At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:

From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

Yikes I meant @jeffykao.bsky.social

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

All of this is brought to you by a dream team of @jasonleopold.bsky.social , @jeffkao.bsky.social , @suryamattu.com, Ava Benny-Morrison , Harry Wilson, and Max Abelson.

It’s also my first story for Bloomberg

Tips: dmehro.89 on Signal or [email protected]

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

TLDR version: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Key Takeaways from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Emails

Bloomberg News obtained over 18,000 messages to and from the disgraced financier, revealing the deep ties to the people around him.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

This inbox isn’t just about Epstein and Maxwell.

It’s a window into how money, access, and loyalty helped protect a serial abuser

This is just one story in a series based on the cache. More to come

Read it here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets

A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

The inbox is surreal. Epstein made more than 600 Amazon purchases, including:

• A leather bullwhip
• Girls’ school uniforms
• A prostate massager
• An FBI agent costume
• Size 12 Crocs
• Nilla Wafers

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · Sep 11

Maxwell told the DOJ she stepped away from Epstein around 2003.

But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.

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