Amy Westervelt
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, contrib lots of places. Writing a book on corporate disinfo for Bloomsbury. She/her/ella in 🇨🇷. Pod: https://push.fm/fl/drilled. YT:@DrilledMedia. Signal: adubs.78.
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There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
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Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Where is our national press? The government has been shooting at and harassing clergy for months. This used to be a red line. The reality is their red line moved, not yours. They’re cowards.
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I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.
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This is what 7 House Democrats voted with Republicans to fund. This is what Hakeem Jeffries didn't whip votes against. This is what Gavin Newsom said *wasn't* fascism.
Anyone who doesn't commit to abolishing ICE should lose their job.
Anyone who doesn't commit to abolishing ICE should lose their job.
ICE killed another Minneapolitan in cold blood
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
This is what 7 House Democrats voted with Republicans to fund. This is what Hakeem Jeffries didn't whip votes against. This is what Gavin Newsom said *wasn't* fascism.
Anyone who doesn't commit to abolishing ICE should lose their job.
Anyone who doesn't commit to abolishing ICE should lose their job.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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I don't have the words for how intense it is to live in the Portland area right now. Thankfully, I get paid to ask questions, listen to people, and pass their words along. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...
Maine officials denounce ‘secret arrests’ in latest ICE operation - The Boston Globe
Officials from Lewiston to Portland expressed a common frustration that they are contending with as the administration remains steadfast in its determination to carry out its immigration agenda.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I don't have the words for how intense it is to live in the Portland area right now. Thankfully, I get paid to ask questions, listen to people, and pass their words along. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...
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Yes
Idk if anyone wonders why the US and the UN have such a hard on for fucking up Haiti's shit but if you are one of them please know it is revenge for managing to free themselves from slavery, an unforgivable act to the bitter petty white slaving pedophiles still running this world 100s of years later
Touring the Haitian Revolution: A Photo Journal
By Paul Clammer On my first trip to Haiti, I was, like many people, shamefully ignorant of its history. I had heard of Toussaint Louverture but little of what he did, though I knew enough to realiz…
ageofrevolutions.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Yes
I know lots of people are saying some version of this, but I have to add: how the actual fuck are the Dems managing to fumble their opponents terrorizing citizens, shitting all over NATO, and protecting the Epstein pedos? Neoliberalism + the political consultant class needs to gooooo
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I know lots of people are saying some version of this, but I have to add: how the actual fuck are the Dems managing to fumble their opponents terrorizing citizens, shitting all over NATO, and protecting the Epstein pedos? Neoliberalism + the political consultant class needs to gooooo
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Great reporting by @jeva.bsky.social that, along the way, illustrates how the language of abundance gets used to launder inequity, danger, and the vicious irony of externalized costs. Less energy-efficient buildings aren't cheaper - they just shift costs onto residents.
heatmap.news/adaptation/m...
heatmap.news/adaptation/m...
The House Just Voted Against Life-Saving Standards for Mobile Homes
Properly known as “manufactured homes,” they’re extremely vulnerable to extreme heat.
heatmap.news
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Great reporting by @jeva.bsky.social that, along the way, illustrates how the language of abundance gets used to launder inequity, danger, and the vicious irony of externalized costs. Less energy-efficient buildings aren't cheaper - they just shift costs onto residents.
heatmap.news/adaptation/m...
heatmap.news/adaptation/m...
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Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
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Two of my favorite climate journalists talk about the tragedy of Venezuela, Guyana, oil, and, of course, sea level rise.
Super fun to talk about the US-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle with @kendrawrites.com for SciAm's Science Quickly pod: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
How South America’s Oil Rush Collides with the Climate Crisis
A break down of why Venezuela’s oil boom is clashing with a hotter, more fragile planet
www.scientificamerican.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Two of my favorite climate journalists talk about the tragedy of Venezuela, Guyana, oil, and, of course, sea level rise.
Super fun to talk about the US-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle with @kendrawrites.com for SciAm's Science Quickly pod: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
How South America’s Oil Rush Collides with the Climate Crisis
A break down of why Venezuela’s oil boom is clashing with a hotter, more fragile planet
www.scientificamerican.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Super fun to talk about the US-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle with @kendrawrites.com for SciAm's Science Quickly pod: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Something Marco Rubio points to often as a reason to deport or arrest campus protestors (he did it twice in this one press conference a few months ago) is "wearing a mask and terrorizing people" 🙃
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Something Marco Rubio points to often as a reason to deport or arrest campus protestors (he did it twice in this one press conference a few months ago) is "wearing a mask and terrorizing people" 🙃
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Can’t dominante in science if you’re run by climate deniers, the original anti-science meatheads.
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Can’t dominante in science if you’re run by climate deniers, the original anti-science meatheads.
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Rubio to Guyana (in ref to VZ): "...you have a very difficult challenge on your hands with a dictator that's making illegitimate territorial claims."
Greenland be like 👀
Greenland be like 👀
I started throwing together background research to share with folks who wanted more details on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle I wrote about in @drilledmedia.bsky.social last week, and then figured I should make it public. Hope it helps! drilled.media/news/venezue...
Showing Our Work: The Real U.S. Oil Payoff in Venezuela, a Timeline
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela was at least partly driven by oil, but not in the ways most people are talking about.
drilled.media
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Rubio to Guyana (in ref to VZ): "...you have a very difficult challenge on your hands with a dictator that's making illegitimate territorial claims."
Greenland be like 👀
Greenland be like 👀
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There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
Me on every single one of the (too many!) projects I'm working on at the moment: damn, that's even worse than I thought. Good thing I'm the sort of person whose reaction to that is to get really fucking pissed and not really fucking depressed I guess?
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Me on every single one of the (too many!) projects I'm working on at the moment: damn, that's even worse than I thought. Good thing I'm the sort of person whose reaction to that is to get really fucking pissed and not really fucking depressed I guess?
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
I started throwing together background research to share with folks who wanted more details on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle I wrote about in @drilledmedia.bsky.social last week, and then figured I should make it public. Hope it helps! drilled.media/news/venezue...
Showing Our Work: The Real U.S. Oil Payoff in Venezuela, a Timeline
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela was at least partly driven by oil, but not in the ways most people are talking about.
drilled.media
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I started throwing together background research to share with folks who wanted more details on the U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana oil triangle I wrote about in @drilledmedia.bsky.social last week, and then figured I should make it public. Hope it helps! drilled.media/news/venezue...
"paid protestors" is one of the oldest propaganda tricks in the book (literally -- it was used around Civil War discourse, and to combat labor strikes in the early 1900s too). Journalists and TV anchors should push back on it whenever they hear it. drilled.media/news/ivy-lee
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"paid protestors" is one of the oldest propaganda tricks in the book (literally -- it was used around Civil War discourse, and to combat labor strikes in the early 1900s too). Journalists and TV anchors should push back on it whenever they hear it. drilled.media/news/ivy-lee
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When a TV guest goes the predictable route of claiming they're "paid protestors," hosts must immediately ask if they have any proof.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
"You're seeing a lot of paid protesters" -- Rep. Mike Haridopolos's attempt to defend ICE's tactics in Minneapolis during a CNN panel discussion this morning did not go well. Bad used car salesman vibes.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
When a TV guest goes the predictable route of claiming they're "paid protestors," hosts must immediately ask if they have any proof.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it.
No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.
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Relatedly, UK folks, a heads up: Palantir is the company your gov has now invited into the NHS. Not good!
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Relatedly, UK folks, a heads up: Palantir is the company your gov has now invited into the NHS. Not good!
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...