Almost too perfect. "Anonymous" is Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who served during the implementation of family separation and personally defended the Muslim ban
Taylor was also named in a whistleblower complaint earlier this year that alleged DHS officials pressured staff to modify intelligence assessments to suit President Trump cnn.com/2020/09/09/pol…
Taylor also apparently lied about not being Anonymous on air to the network he's now paid to contribute to
After a federal task force killed the self-described antifa activist Michael Reinoehl on Sept. 3, President Trump praised it as “retribution.” Our new investigation raises doubts about whether officers made any attempt to arrest Reinoehl before killing him nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/…
Based on interviews with 22 people who lived nearby and Lt. Ray Brady, the commander of the investigation team, we’ve reconstructed what happened. What we found suggests that officers may have opened fire without warning or even seeing a gun.
Reinoehl was a fixture at racial justice protests in Portland since the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, often carrying a gun and providing security. On Aug. 29, a man who looked like Reinoehl shot and killed far-right protester Aaron J. Danielson.
A white 48-year-old Oregon man who identifies as an anti-fascist and has been attending Black Lives Matter protests since June is under investigation for the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter in Portland last night oregonlive.com/crime/2020/08/…
Michael Reinoehl, the man reportedly under investigation for the killing of Trump supporter Aaron Danielson in Portland on August 29, tells @VICENews he acted in self-defense, thinking he and a friend were going to be stabbed vice.com/en_us/article/…
Breaking: Reinoehl was killed tonight as a federal fugitive task force tried to arrest him nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/…
Two people were killed overnight in Kenosha when a group of men with guns who said they were protecting property, including a gas station, opened fire nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/…
Thread with initial thoughts on what may have happened in Kenosha
Police have arrested 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide in Kenosha last night. Two people were killed and a third wounded apnews.com/97a0700564fb52…
From the Bannon indictment: Someone apparently used border wall money to buy themselves a nice little pleasure craft named Warfighter that they're about to lose
It gets better: Kolfage used boat he bought with illegally-siphoned "We Build the Wall" funds to sail in the July 4 Trump boat parade in Destin, Florida instagram.com/tv/CCRxjWLj6im… (spotted by @ZacAlf)
Seems clear there were at least two explosions in the Beirut port area, the second one far more massive than the first and likely touched off by it. Lots of rumors circulating as to the source.
The verdict in the trial of four Hezbollah members for the 15-year-old assassination of Rafik Hariri is due to be read on Friday in.reuters.com/article/lebano…
Clear video showing location of (likely) first explosion, in Beirut Port at 33.902281, 35.518773 (geolocation by @trbrtc)
What happened when Trump sent Homeland Security officers to Portland this month? Our latest video shows how the president’s task force reignited protests and led to chaos in the streets. Thread: nytimes.com/video/us/10000…
Activists, lawyers and local officials worry that Portland is a political test case for Trump. Why’s that a problem? Federal forces attacked and arrested protesters, often without provocation, inflaming the situation in the face of local opposition.
We reviewed hundreds of videos that showed the involvement of the Federal Protective Service, U.S. Marshals, Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the crackdown on the crowd in Portland.