Property of the People
A nonprofit organization devoted to governmental transparency. The records of government are the property of the people. It's time we reclaim them. propertyofthepeople.org
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- BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
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- Trump claimed TdA had “thousands” of members in the US. But internal CBP records show when officials couldn’t support that figure with evidence, they resorted to statistical sleight of hand to reach a number more in line with the president's claim, which was 30x higher than what CBP could prove.
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- NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism." Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
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- The new FBI report is coming to light after we revealed last month that the FBI and NYPD have spied on a Signal group of NYC court watch activists who monitor public proceedings, labeling the volunteers “anarchist violent extremists." From earlier records unearthed by @propertyofthepeople.org:
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- “At its core, the war on antifa is a war on dissent, a war on free speech” -@rshapiro.bsky.social @propertyofthepeople.org. The docs “strongly suggest one of the primary functions of NSPM-7 is to serve as a vehicle for targeting anti-ICE organizing broadly as an anarchist violent extremist threat"
- An internal FBI report in Nov, distributed to other law enforcement agencies, said “indicators” an individual may be planning to attack ICE facilities or staff include “conducting online research” about agents’ movements + using encrypted messaging apps. @us.theguardian.com @propertyofthepeople.org
- The FBI has launched “criminal and domestic terrorism investigations” into “threats" against ICE in at least 23 regions across the US, according to a file obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with the Guardian. Some cases are linked to Trump's memo on thwarting "terroristic activities".
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- NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.” Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
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- “Basic civic participation is not a terrorist threat” - @rshapiro.bsky.social of @propertyofthepeople.org. “The FBI treating it like one is yet another example of the Trump regime’s profound contempt for even the most rudimentary of democratic freedoms.” Full @us.theguardian.com story here:
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- Public records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org reveal FBI had access to at least one immigration court watch Signal group—it’s not clear how. But from what we know about how Signal works, it could be the FBI obtained access to a group member’s phone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Another important FOIA release made possible by @propertyofthepeople.org @rshapiro.bsky.social And @sreynolds.bsky.social is spot on: COINTELPRO redux
- Huge shout out to @propertyofthepeople.org for obtaining the records that revealed this.
- ICE's sociopathic tactics makes it easier for criminals to pose as ICE agents - obviously. Great article that's not paywalled because of @wired.com's commitment to making FOIA-based reporting free (and great work by @propertyofthepeople.org).
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- thanks to @propertyofthepeople.org for obtaining and sharing key docs for this story.
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- anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org. we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
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- NEW: police depts across the US spread a false story that Venezuelan gang members were planning to kill officers. Records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with @theguardian.com, reveal that the FBI quietly acknowledged a widely shared rumor about Tren de Aragua was false.
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- In a very precedented turn of events, and following my short thread yesterday on the end of universality of rights, @propertyofthepeople.org obtained new documents related to the surveillance of #NoKings activists. Step up the opsec. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
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- U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...
- Shoutout to @propertyofthepeople.org & @rshapiro.bsky.social for their invaluable FOIA backup on this story. Give them a follow!
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- The law enforcement briefings + counterterrorism training materials were obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org / @rshapiro.bsky.social and shared with @us.theguardian.com. Experts say US officials’ claims linking emojis to the Venezuelan gang are “ludicrous,” “baseless,” “uneducated” + “absurd”
- "The emoji claims, repeated by the New York police department (NYPD), were made in four reports disseminated among law enforcement in 2024 and 2025 and obtained through records requests by @propertyofthepeople.org, a government transparency non-profit." nice work @rshapiro.bsky.social
- US law enforcement officials have claimed the use of certain emojis could signal affiliation with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan gang, according to internal records reviewed by the Guardian and obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org, a government transparency non-profit.
- NEW: US law enforcement have claimed the use of certain *emojis* could signal affiliation with the Tren de Aragua gang, records reveal. The "ludicrous" claims, like assertions about tattoos, could further fuel false gang labels + deportations. W/ @propertyofthepeople.org emoji docs excerpted here ⬇️
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- When ICE + Border Patrol agents were spotted at hotels across LA region, communities organized sustained rallies that forced them out + pressured hotels to take action. Intelligence records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared with @theguardian.com show how the US military responded:
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- NEW: Four National Guard armories were breached weeks apart in incidents previously undisclosed, with evidence pointing toward a possible inside job. Sensitive equipment was taken. We learned FBI took point, but it declined to confirm its involvement. By me w/ records via @propertyofthepeople.org
- Shoutout to @propertyofthepeople.org for liberating these documents, follow them for more FOIA scoops
- An elite Chinese cyberspy group hacked at least one state’s National Guard network for nearly a year, the Department of Defense finds. The report was provided through the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People.
- New: The same elite Chinese hackers that broke into AT&T and Verizon to spy on government leaders' calls also severely compromised the National Guard in at least one state for most of last year, and potentially could have used that access to pivot to other states, Guard networks, fusion centers.
- Ty to @propertyofthepeople.org, whose FOIA work brought this to light.
- New: DHS tells police to brace for the anti-ICE movement to grow much bigger in threat bulletins last month that lists ordinary behavior, like riding a skateboard or livestreaming, as threatening to law enforcement. By me w/ records by @propertyofthepeople.org:
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