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Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · Sep 17
🚨NEW: New York nonprofit tied to 2024 Trump campaign and senior Israeli officials

prismreports.org/2025/09/17/i...
Israel Heritage Foundation tied to 2024 Trump campaign, top Israeli officials
The Israel Heritage Foundation has met with top Israeli leaders and forged unusually close ties to Trump administration officials
prismreports.org
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A new FBI email shows that directives were being passed to FBI Seattle from FBIHQ in Washington DC, "expressing a desire to see more disruption"
A, 1 Just attended an EM meeting to discus the FBT response o the Capitol Fil occupation and efforts beng made topursue federal charge. Overal i sounds Ie th SAC i lease with he office’ response to the station to Gate;Powever, FHC has begun expressing a desir t see more distption of criminal actiy i the zone, and to that end,the SAC has passed down some directives,Al squads are being asked o evaluat their CHS base for suitability and acces an deploy ay CH avaible to collectintl on organizational leadership, efforts being made to thwart law enforcement taking he zone, etc basically anyinformation on who the actors are and wha s being planned b the peopl responside for running he zone. tsbelieved tis s particulary important ahead of SPD efots to re-taketh a1.or our squad specifically, we are bein tasked to immediately canvassall CHS's you operate and determine avalabiltyand acces0 the occupation. f th informant s avaliable and ca g0, we also ned 3356s whether that informant wilbe able to make a cold approach on targets yet to be identified and attempt to buy drugs. We specifically discussedmeth during the meeting, and AUSA Tod Greenberg sad that in gt of the current cumstances, the USAO would beWllng o prosecute cases with a lower drug threshold han usual. For the record, | id discuss the completes oftemptinga controled purchase using an informant in accordance with our safety protocols under theseGircummstance. Those concerns were ackmowledged but he expectation fs hat we make an effort regaeles.So with all that in mind, PLEASE CONTACT EVERY CHS YOU OPERATE TODAY, and notify me of:1. The informants availabilty to deploy; and2. Whether that informant will be suitable to attempt to purchase drugs from currently unidentified targets.Please address this ASAP, | have to provide numbers back to the ASAC by COB.Thanks team,sa Matinew zoFo Seattle, C1.i
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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NEW: FBI Mass Recruited Informants, Aimed To Buy Drugs, Infiltrate CHOP In 2020

www.realchangenews.org/FBI-recruite...
FBI mass recruited informants aiming to buy drugs, infiltrate CHOP
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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New records I obtained through litigation against the Seattle Police Department:
glentalk.bsky.social Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 19h
NEW: FBI Mass Recruited Informants, Aimed To Buy Drugs, Infiltrate CHOP In 2020

www.realchangenews.org/FBI-recruite...
FBI mass recruited informants aiming to buy drugs, infiltrate CHOP
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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NEW: FBI Mass Recruited Informants, Aimed To Buy Drugs, Infiltrate CHOP In 2020

www.realchangenews.org/FBI-recruite...
FBI mass recruited informants aiming to buy drugs, infiltrate CHOP
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by Glen Stellmacher
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.

hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Is it a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act for NORTHCOM to directly supply municipal police with chemical weapons (CS)?
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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"Minister of Diaspora, took responsibility for a global network of propaganda contractors who ran campaigns on behalf of the government during the war • The amounts they received are estimated in the tens of millions, but his office refuses to publish the data."
www.the7eye.org.il/567874
השר עמיחי שיקלי מסתיר מידע על כסף שהעביר לישויות זרות
שיקלי, שר התפוצות, קיבל אחריות על רשת גלובלית של קבלני תעמולה שהריצו קמפיינים מטעם הממשלה במהלך המלחמה • הסכומים שקיבלו נאמדים בעשרות מיליונים, אך במשרדו מסרבים לפרסם את הנתונים • עתירה של התנועה לחופ...
www.the7eye.org.il
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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"Many of the missing are people who went to collect food and never returned — often from distribution sites managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), where Israeli soldiers and security contractors killed over 2,600 people since May."
972mag.com +972 Magazine @972mag.com · 1d
Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.

www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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NEW: Washington State Rep. Shaun Scott issues statement concerning Roger Wright and Seattle police accountability following a Real Change investigation:
Justice for Roger Wright and the Ongoing Fight for Police Accountability I was dismayed to read the revealing article in Real Change News about Seattleite Roger Wright’s 21-year-long search for accountability. Roger was the victim of severe police brutality in 2004 in South Seattle where he was racially profiled, tasered, knocked unconscious for hours, and abandoned on a freeway onramp. He has been dealing with the fallout and trauma from this near-death experience ever since. None of Seattle’s police accountability agencies have made much progress on actual justice for Roger, and many Seattle-area politicians have been less than responsive to him. For the last several months, I’ve talked with Roger about what I can do to ensure that this community does right by him and have considered mechanisms for accountability with the officers involved who are still currently on the police force. Roger’s human rights were violated, and he and his family have spent the past 2 decades pursuing every formal avenue to seek justice and truth for Roger and the Wright family. He has faced not only the trauma of the original injustice but also in validating his experience in the years since. I know that the 43rd Legislative District stands with Roger Wright. Historically, we’ve been a stronghold of civil rights – during the protests for racial justice in the summer of 2020, we showed the world what it looks like to do the most in pursuit of a world without police prejudice. I know that our community doesn’t tolerate what happened to him, because I’ve seen our community’s values up close. I am grateful that Roger has attended a couple of our town halls and that he has shared his story and perspective directly with my office over the past several months. His courage underscores why the Legislature has worked to strengthen police accountability and transparency in recent years — including passing landmark laws such as HB 1054, which bans dangerous police tactics like chokeholds and no… I am grateful that Roger has attended a couple of our town halls and that he has shared his story and perspective directly with my office over the past several months. His courage underscores why the Legislature has worked to strengthen police accountability and transparency in recent years — including passing landmark laws such as HB 1054, which bans dangerous police tactics like chokeholds and no-knock warrants; SB 5051, which improves officer certification and oversight; and SB 5259, which created a statewide database to track use-of-force incidents. We know that these laws are just the beginning. We are already developing additional proposals to expand independent investigations and prosecutions for excessive force to ensure true accountability and prevent future injustices like what Roger endured. If you’d like to join in the fight for police accountability and Roger’s efforts for justice and visibility, here are three things you can do: Be a part of the public accountability process: Read and share Roger Wright’s story, in private and in public, with friends and on social media, to highlight his harrowing experience and his incredible advocacy to fight for justice for himself and his family. Ask elected officials who represent you in state and local government about how they would prevent what happened to Roger from happening to anybody else. Reach out to my office if you have ideas or tips that we can explore to get justice for Roger Wright.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This comes as Trump and Israeli insider David Friedman Named NSO Chairman:
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I was not in downtown Seattle in 1999 but I was part of a film photography club and will never forget one of the photos this girl in high school shot of the chaos. Her photos and the scenes of CS clouds on KOMO4 were forever imprinted on me.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
When Trade Was at a Crossroads | E. Tammy Kim
In 1999 the World Trade Organization gathered in Seattle to celebrate free trade. The protest that followed offers a blueprint for effective resistance to globalization at a time of renewed urgency.
www.nybooks.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.

Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
sifill.bsky.social Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
royalpratt.bsky.social Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.

I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.

To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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ICE & CBP sued for using Israeli spyware
prismreports.org/2025/11/06/i...
Legal groups sue Trump administration over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants
Civil rights attorneys are seeking documents disclosing details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive Israeli spyware to target immigrants
prismreports.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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👀 Seattle: you are going to want to read the latest Real Change 👀 Buy a paper!
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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More on James Britt's history:
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-pd-g...
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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DHS officials appear to be attending classes at Durkan University's Carmen Best school of public records retention.
ericumansky.bsky.social Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 4d
DHS stopped automatically archiving officials’ text messages.

Now to save messages — as law requires— officials gotta…

-take a screenshot.
-send it to their work computer
-run the file through a program there
-repeat

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
The policy expects officials to first take screenshots of the text messages on their work phones, send it to their work email, download it on their work computers and then run a program that would recognize the text to store it in searchable formats,
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I deleted a post about Wednesday being the first day the Seattle Times has printed Rebecca Boatright's name in their paper.

It appears their website search function shows different results based on capitalization of search keywords.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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👀 Seattle: you are going to want to read the latest Real Change 👀 Buy a paper!
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Boatright has told me: "No comment."

Maxey has not responded to inquiries.
glentalk.bsky.social Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: Initial Seattle PD statement on firing of Brian Maxey and Rebecca Boatright:
This message is to inform you that Brian Maxey and Becca Boatright are no longer serving in their roles as COO and General Counsel. They served the public with honor. We do not discuss personnel matters. More information regarding the department’s organizational structure will be forthcoming. Sgt Michaud
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Stott has also consulted for the city of Seattle in 2021 on "crowd psychology"
ecosozialismus.bsky.social Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 5d
“Clifford Stott, a professor of social psychology at Keele University south of Manchester, encourages police to take a friendlier approach to mass gatherings, arguing that heavy-handed tactics actually encourage groups to align themselves against police, inciting more violence.”

lol yes, of course
oregonian.com The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d
The New York Times dubbed him “the academic who fought football hooliganism,” and now he’s advising Portland police on crowd control.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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NEW: Initial Seattle PD statement on firing of Brian Maxey and Rebecca Boatright:
This message is to inform you that Brian Maxey and Becca Boatright are no longer serving in their roles as COO and General Counsel. They served the public with honor. We do not discuss personnel matters. More information regarding the department’s organizational structure will be forthcoming. Sgt Michaud
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Seattle PD consent decree filing today:
Federal court orders $100,000 registry pot used to pay federal court monitor returned to the city.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM