Zack Kopplin
@zackkopplin.bsky.social
Investigative journalist @OCCRP.org
[email protected], [email protected] Signal: +1-225-715-5946 (Opinions my own)
[email protected], [email protected] Signal: +1-225-715-5946 (Opinions my own)
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"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
November 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
True in 2018, even more true in 2025 after a second Dem admin took office, slow-rolled prosecution, lost
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SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Maybe this tragedy can be a moment to reflect on how war inflicts enduring horror and suffering on us all
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Maybe this tragedy can be a moment to reflect on how war inflicts enduring horror and suffering on us all
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wonder what could’ve made this guy feel betrayed by the foreign government he used to work closely with ah well guess we’ll never know
BREAKING: Suspect in the shooting of National Guard soldiers worked with the CIA and U.S. government in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S., CIA director says.
Afghan national in custody after shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House
An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
wonder what could’ve made this guy feel betrayed by the foreign government he used to work closely with ah well guess we’ll never know
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
A new Nuzzi dropped while I was on a plane?
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A new Nuzzi dropped while I was on a plane?
Is Josh Barro OK?
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is Josh Barro OK?
Feel sorry for the prison doctor
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Feel sorry for the prison doctor
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Update on the Blaze story defaming the Capitol officer as the J6 pipe bomber from CBS.
What's scary here is that ODNI sounds like crazy town...they drafted a memo with confidential info based on Steve Baker's nutso hallucinations that even Tulsi Gabbard is embarrassed by? And did similar re: Kirk /
What's scary here is that ODNI sounds like crazy town...they drafted a memo with confidential info based on Steve Baker's nutso hallucinations that even Tulsi Gabbard is embarrassed by? And did similar re: Kirk /
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Update on the Blaze story defaming the Capitol officer as the J6 pipe bomber from CBS.
What's scary here is that ODNI sounds like crazy town...they drafted a memo with confidential info based on Steve Baker's nutso hallucinations that even Tulsi Gabbard is embarrassed by? And did similar re: Kirk /
What's scary here is that ODNI sounds like crazy town...they drafted a memo with confidential info based on Steve Baker's nutso hallucinations that even Tulsi Gabbard is embarrassed by? And did similar re: Kirk /
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
Alan Dershowitz, the pedophile?
I was in a hipster coffee shop today when some rude teens burst in chanting “dersh, dersh, dersh!” and flinging Martha’s Vineyard pierogis at me
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Alan Dershowitz, the pedophile?
The face of a dog who just got a treat
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The face of a dog who just got a treat
lol i say it with the utmost disrespect as a spirit fan for the most annoying goalie in soccer
Ann-Katrin Berger is, with all due respect to one of the greatest goalkeepers in women's soccer history, not at all hurt.
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
lol i say it with the utmost disrespect as a spirit fan for the most annoying goalie in soccer
I'm gonna call it was it is, white privilege
reale livin real dangerously
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I'm gonna call it was it is, white privilege
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yay salary cap i guess
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
yay salary cap i guess
This is unfortunately it, shouldn't have waited
Adrian Gonzalez didn't get that one right. The extended time with 10 while Hershfelt got treatment, having her come back on when her step was gone, it all led to that Gotham goal
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is unfortunately it, shouldn't have waited
Fully become a Rose Lavelle hater all my homies hate Rose Lavelle. (There's just something deeply evil about injuring a player with a dirty foul and then scoring as that player's knee goes out when they try to make a tackle.)
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Fully become a Rose Lavelle hater all my homies hate Rose Lavelle. (There's just something deeply evil about injuring a player with a dirty foul and then scoring as that player's knee goes out when they try to make a tackle.)
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I found the one exception to my belief that journalists should be paid for their work
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I found the one exception to my belief that journalists should be paid for their work
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Update: "it's not Judeo-Bolshevism because in this case my conspiratorial thinking is actually true"
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Update: "it's not Judeo-Bolshevism because in this case my conspiratorial thinking is actually true"
He’s gonna pull the same trick he did on Eric Adams and get him to hold a free buses sign
Trump says he and New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani will meet in the Oval Office on Friday.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
He’s gonna pull the same trick he did on Eric Adams and get him to hold a free buses sign
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Lol what
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lol what
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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She used to be so publicly racist
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
She used to be so publicly racist