Gillian Brockell
@gbrockell.bsky.social
I track ICE flights, and I write about the history of American slavery. Sounds like two different things, but they're not really. Former WaPo, words in Zeteo, Rolling Stone.
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Gillian Brockell
@gbrockell.bsky.social
· Oct 10
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
Yeah what lower income people really need is to pay $50K for a depreciating asset that costs $20K.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yeah what lower income people really need is to pay $50K for a depreciating asset that costs $20K.
Most ICE flights are nowhere near full. Having a 189-seater carry 162 migrants + 16 guards (who usually sit in the back), raises the likelihood that migrants are being put in exit row seats.
This would be wildly illegal and unsafe for a variety of reasons.
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This would be wildly illegal and unsafe for a variety of reasons.
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ICE Flight stop report.
ICE Air - Boeing Field - Avelo N805VL
Sat 08 November 2025 ~10:10 PDT
3 presumed males taken OFF.
0 presumed females taken OFF.
161 presumed males put ON.*
1 presumed females put ON.
TOTAL: 3 OFF, 162 ON.
* Not including 3 who were sent up stairs but then removed.
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ICE Air - Boeing Field - Avelo N805VL
Sat 08 November 2025 ~10:10 PDT
3 presumed males taken OFF.
0 presumed females taken OFF.
161 presumed males put ON.*
1 presumed females put ON.
TOTAL: 3 OFF, 162 ON.
* Not including 3 who were sent up stairs but then removed.
1/7
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Most ICE flights are nowhere near full. Having a 189-seater carry 162 migrants + 16 guards (who usually sit in the back), raises the likelihood that migrants are being put in exit row seats.
This would be wildly illegal and unsafe for a variety of reasons.
1/
This would be wildly illegal and unsafe for a variety of reasons.
1/
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A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
The (b) of it all!!!!!!!!!!
one of the most depressing things of the last decade or so is realizing how many friends/ colleagues/ leaders are (a) actually sympathetic to bad faith fascistic attacks (on public goods, education, vulnerable peoples, etc.), or (b) just simply not up to the moment we find ourselves in
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The (b) of it all!!!!!!!!!!
Can we get Grijalva by the exit with a bible or something
Mike Johnson hanging out with Trump at the Commanders game during the government shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Can we get Grijalva by the exit with a bible or something
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Dems should have filed articles of impeachment on THE FIRST DAY when Trump violated their power of the purse. These chickenshit twerps don’t deserve us.
Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Dems should have filed articles of impeachment on THE FIRST DAY when Trump violated their power of the purse. These chickenshit twerps don’t deserve us.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
This seems significant
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
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🔴 NEW: Netanyahu’s corruption trial hearing on Monday has been canceled to accommodate visits from Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, according to Egypt’s Al Qahera News.
Trump had earlier hinted such interventions might come, telling CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday: “We’ll be involved …
Trump had earlier hinted such interventions might come, telling CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday: “We’ll be involved …
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🔴 NEW: Netanyahu’s corruption trial hearing on Monday has been canceled to accommodate visits from Trump envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, according to Egypt’s Al Qahera News.
Trump had earlier hinted such interventions might come, telling CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday: “We’ll be involved …
Trump had earlier hinted such interventions might come, telling CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday: “We’ll be involved …
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I just want to highlight a completely normal interaction between two humans on this here web app.
No I mean it, it’s completely normal. A better world is possible.
No I mean it, it’s completely normal. A better world is possible.
![Yeehaw [2025 edition] @shermanfa... • 1d
I'm super confused I am a dumbo - is Conor or George the issue here because I like George quite a bit
The Lincolnshire Poster @desiderrat... • 1d
It's Connor, who's calling opposition to bailing out crypto & Al "austerity" & running cover for the GOP for good measure
Yeehaw [2025 edition] @shermanfa...
• 1d
Ok thank you so much
The Lincolnshire Poster @desiderrat... • 1d
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November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I just want to highlight a completely normal interaction between two humans on this here web app.
No I mean it, it’s completely normal. A better world is possible.
No I mean it, it’s completely normal. A better world is possible.
And the Lions made a touchdown. Hard to imagine a worse outcome for the Commanders here. 😵💫
On one single play, it sure looks like the #Commanders lost three defensive starters;
CB Amos - injury
LB Luvu - injury
DT Payne - ejection
#RaiseHail
CB Amos - injury
LB Luvu - injury
DT Payne - ejection
#RaiseHail
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
And the Lions made a touchdown. Hard to imagine a worse outcome for the Commanders here. 😵💫
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Source on the ground confirms this was another third-country removal — Ghana’s fourth time “hosting” in two months.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
🧊✈️ AFRICA RENDITIONS ⛓️🌍
⚠️ Omni 767 (tail: N255AX) continues its ICE mission to Africa, departing Ghana and flying west towards Sierra Leone 👀
⚠️ Omni 767 (tail: N255AX) continues its ICE mission to Africa, departing Ghana and flying west towards Sierra Leone 👀
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Source on the ground confirms this was another third-country removal — Ghana’s fourth time “hosting” in two months.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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just having fun with this thing now
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
just having fun with this thing now
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Every spirit passenger knows that those are optional add-ons, as clearly labeled in the check out process
Lmfao, Noemandowski wanted to buy ICE planes from Spirit, but “they learned that Spirit…didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines.”
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Every spirit passenger knows that those are optional add-ons, as clearly labeled in the check out process
Lmfao, Noemandowski wanted to buy ICE planes from Spirit, but “they learned that Spirit…didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines.”
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Lmfao, Noemandowski wanted to buy ICE planes from Spirit, but “they learned that Spirit…didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines.”
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
Or pilots!
Or flight attendants!
Or mechanics!
Or ground crew!
Source on the ground confirms this was another third-country removal — Ghana’s fourth time “hosting” in two months.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
🧊✈️ AFRICA RENDITIONS ⛓️🌍
⚠️ Omni 767 (tail: N255AX) continues its ICE mission to Africa, departing Ghana and flying west towards Sierra Leone 👀
⚠️ Omni 767 (tail: N255AX) continues its ICE mission to Africa, departing Ghana and flying west towards Sierra Leone 👀
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Source on the ground confirms this was another third-country removal — Ghana’s fourth time “hosting” in two months.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
Will update the third-country removal tracker shortly.
Reposted by Gillian Brockell
Every word is true. I have some Sikh neighbors and I swear if a kid in the neighborhood so much as whispers about being hungry or cold or hot their doors are open.
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Every word is true. I have some Sikh neighbors and I swear if a kid in the neighborhood so much as whispers about being hungry or cold or hot their doors are open.
Reposted by Gillian Brockell
"Gharib da muh, Guru ki golak"
Feed the poor, and you feed the Guru.
Something else worth mentioning: langar is vegetarian (although not vegan), for those with dietary restrictions. It is done this way *by design*, because being vegetarian means they can feed more people of more religions.
Feed the poor, and you feed the Guru.
Something else worth mentioning: langar is vegetarian (although not vegan), for those with dietary restrictions. It is done this way *by design*, because being vegetarian means they can feed more people of more religions.
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Gharib da muh, Guru ki golak"
Feed the poor, and you feed the Guru.
Something else worth mentioning: langar is vegetarian (although not vegan), for those with dietary restrictions. It is done this way *by design*, because being vegetarian means they can feed more people of more religions.
Feed the poor, and you feed the Guru.
Something else worth mentioning: langar is vegetarian (although not vegan), for those with dietary restrictions. It is done this way *by design*, because being vegetarian means they can feed more people of more religions.