James West
@jamespwest.bsky.social
Executive Editor, Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones, Reveal)
The tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, dissidents... and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
Read the full investigation here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The story only gets wilder from there.
Read the full investigation here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, dissidents... and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
Read the full investigation here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The story only gets wilder from there.
Read the full investigation here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And a quasi clown troupe, because why not.
June 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And a quasi clown troupe, because why not.
It was also massive, despite the persistent drizzle. Here's one vantage point on Fifth Ave.
June 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It was also massive, despite the persistent drizzle. Here's one vantage point on Fifth Ave.
Kaylyn Gibilterra, a 35-year-old made 3D-printed handheld cut-out heads of tech bosses—Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Gates. “It feels very much like we’ve gone back to like a Feudalist state regime,” she told me. “My goal is to hold them more accountable.”
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Kaylyn Gibilterra, a 35-year-old made 3D-printed handheld cut-out heads of tech bosses—Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Gates. “It feels very much like we’ve gone back to like a Feudalist state regime,” she told me. “My goal is to hold them more accountable.”
Alexis Lazo, 23-year-old musical theater student was taking in his first protest. He used to be a self-described “centrist,” but as a child of immigrants, he felt like he could no longer stand on the sidelines. “I can’t just stand by anymore and just kind of like be ignorant."
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Alexis Lazo, 23-year-old musical theater student was taking in his first protest. He used to be a self-described “centrist,” but as a child of immigrants, he felt like he could no longer stand on the sidelines. “I can’t just stand by anymore and just kind of like be ignorant."
Ellie Dunn is a 27-year-old social worker who is “worried for a country for a country that’s built from immigrants, this being a city that’s driven by immigrants. It’s worrying and unjust.”
June 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ellie Dunn is a 27-year-old social worker who is “worried for a country for a country that’s built from immigrants, this being a city that’s driven by immigrants. It’s worrying and unjust.”
How lovely. Which Garner book?
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
How lovely. Which Garner book?