Ed Beck
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🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me:
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Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
Feds could be in your group chat
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February 13, 2026 at 12:29 AM
🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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A federal security contractor that received millions from the Department of Agriculture hired notorious Patriot Front enforcer Ian Michael Elliott to work security patrols for the US Forest Service last year.
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A federal security contractor that received millions from the Department of Agriculture hired notorious Patriot Front enforcer Ian Michael Elliott to work security patrols for the US Forest Service last year.
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
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a friend got tailed by ice with her kids in the car, got followed on dead end streets, etc. and then they just got bored and drove off to stalk somewhere else. what training module did they miss
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
a friend got tailed by ice with her kids in the car, got followed on dead end streets, etc. and then they just got bored and drove off to stalk somewhere else. what training module did they miss
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Alex Pretti & Renee Good were killed by members of DHS tactical teams. I went long on ICE/CBP's 'Special Response Team' & BORTAC, Homeland Security's paramilitary units that are now using SOCOM-style tactics & firepower for civil immigration enforcement & protest suppression
NEW: @awinston.bsky.social breaks down why ICE and CBP's special response teams and BORTAC units are very different from the basic "cops" the Trump administration often characterizes US immigration enforcement agents to be. www.wired.com/story/ice-cb...
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Alex Pretti & Renee Good were killed by members of DHS tactical teams. I went long on ICE/CBP's 'Special Response Team' & BORTAC, Homeland Security's paramilitary units that are now using SOCOM-style tactics & firepower for civil immigration enforcement & protest suppression
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fun fact the military didn't look into this at all when they were studying tear gas back in the 1960s
but in addition to stuff like irregular periods, there's evidence tear gas exposure can be linked to miscarriage
more than enough data to suggest caution
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but in addition to stuff like irregular periods, there's evidence tear gas exposure can be linked to miscarriage
more than enough data to suggest caution
share.google/SoozTodiv791...
February 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
fun fact the military didn't look into this at all when they were studying tear gas back in the 1960s
but in addition to stuff like irregular periods, there's evidence tear gas exposure can be linked to miscarriage
more than enough data to suggest caution
share.google/SoozTodiv791...
but in addition to stuff like irregular periods, there's evidence tear gas exposure can be linked to miscarriage
more than enough data to suggest caution
share.google/SoozTodiv791...
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
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Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children.
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children.
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Worth noting that Collins, a moral cretin, is also an Air Force Reserve chaplain—has been for decades. He’s a fine example of the sort of chauvinistic zealot the conservative movement worked to fill military chaplaincies with, and now he gets to denigrate vets as Secretary, too.
VA employees are angry that their boss, VA Secretary Doug Collins, hasn't sent any personal communication to staff abotu the death of VA nurse Alex Pretti. Suzanne Gordon talks to workers and veterans about his killing.
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VA Employees in Shock Over Alex Pretti’s Death, Administration Response - The American Prospect
VA Secretary Doug Collins has not sent a personal statement to the staff about the killing of Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
prospect.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Worth noting that Collins, a moral cretin, is also an Air Force Reserve chaplain—has been for decades. He’s a fine example of the sort of chauvinistic zealot the conservative movement worked to fill military chaplaincies with, and now he gets to denigrate vets as Secretary, too.
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Bovino is, god willing, going home to spend more time with a bottle of scotch and his service weapon.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Bovino is, god willing, going home to spend more time with a bottle of scotch and his service weapon.
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Looks like she packed a bag lunch, smart
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Looks like she packed a bag lunch, smart
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Third angle shows Alex Pretti yet more clearly deescalating. As goon attacks woman, Pretti tries to shield, pulling his left arm back so it can't be misconstrued as restraint, raising right hand open. Sprayed in face. Turns away, shielding woman; he's swarmed, on knees trying to curl in protection.
Another angle of the ICE murder shows agents brutally shoving two women who were also acting as peaceful observers before homing in on, tackling and then gunning down Alex Pretti at close range.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Third angle shows Alex Pretti yet more clearly deescalating. As goon attacks woman, Pretti tries to shield, pulling his left arm back so it can't be misconstrued as restraint, raising right hand open. Sprayed in face. Turns away, shielding woman; he's swarmed, on knees trying to curl in protection.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
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The fist-pump I did when Theweleit used the term 'physically anti-democratic people'.
networkcultures.org/geert/2025/0...
networkcultures.org/geert/2025/0...
Interview with Klaus Theweleit on Male Fantasies Today
If you're curious about the intellectual roots of my former theory collective Adilkno and the current Institute of Network Cultures, look no further than the book I read in early 1983, half a year bef
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January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The fist-pump I did when Theweleit used the term 'physically anti-democratic people'.
networkcultures.org/geert/2025/0...
networkcultures.org/geert/2025/0...
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He was put in prison and forced to listen to over 300 hangings, before which the prison would sing to soothe the victims. "I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
He used his doctoral thesis to expose Apartheid South Africa's secret nuclear program and then included detailed instructions in his forced confession, which a judge read aloud in court, on how to sabotage all of the critical facilities.
Holy hell, what an obituary
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
He was put in prison and forced to listen to over 300 hangings, before which the prison would sing to soothe the victims. "I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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For more on Cohen, please see my Emmy-nominated film here:
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January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
For more on Cohen, please see my Emmy-nominated film here:
www.pbs.org/video/frontl...
www.pbs.org/video/frontl...
There’s something exceptionally wicked about Steve Cohen working to dynamite health care for those of us who served alongside his own son but don’t have billionaire fathers. Dire reporting here, with legislation imminent:
A Billionaire Tries Again to Hijack Veterans’ Care - The American Prospect
Hedge fund giant Steven Cohen’s first effort to accelerate mental health care privatization failed. His second attempt has begun.
prospect.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
There’s something exceptionally wicked about Steve Cohen working to dynamite health care for those of us who served alongside his own son but don’t have billionaire fathers. Dire reporting here, with legislation imminent:
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It's not an excuse, but it is worth remembering that mayors in most cities very much do not have control over their police departments if the mayor doesn't like something the cops want to do, a phenomenon that would be a red alert civ-mil alarm with the military but something we all accept w/cops
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
It's not an excuse, but it is worth remembering that mayors in most cities very much do not have control over their police departments if the mayor doesn't like something the cops want to do, a phenomenon that would be a red alert civ-mil alarm with the military but something we all accept w/cops
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.