Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social
Contract opposition researcher specialized in climate denial, fossil fuel lobbying, PR, front groups, and the Kochtopus. Blogs at Grassrootbeer Investigations: https://grassrootbeer.substack.com/p/grassrootbeer-investigations
Pinned
Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
So when are the people, orgs and foundations targeted here filing defamation suits for being falsely accused of supporting "terrorism"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So when are the people, orgs and foundations targeted here filing defamation suits for being falsely accused of supporting "terrorism"?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon have installed a spoof tribute to Jeffrey Epstein from Donald Trump on a bench at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
September 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon have installed a spoof tribute to Jeffrey Epstein from Donald Trump on a bench at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
It comes after US lawmakers published an Epstein 'birthday book' with an alleged note from Trump.
This country’s fascist dictator needs to dethroned immediately.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
June 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This country’s fascist dictator needs to dethroned immediately.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
His sycophants and enablers need to be put in prison with him.
ICE must be destroyed and its gestapo agents unmasked and jailed.
Israel’s genocide must cease.
Violence is the only language these sociopaths speak - a major concern.
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
Reposted by Connor Gibson
If you don’t hear echoes of how top Nazis spoke to Hitler, you’re not paying attention.
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you don’t hear echoes of how top Nazis spoke to Hitler, you’re not paying attention.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
What Republicans are doing in response to the anti-ICE protests is EXACTLY what the Dakota Access pipeline company did in response to the 2016 protests at Standing Rock
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Lessons for protesters from Standing Rock
The events following the 2016 protest are urgently relevant to our current political moment.
heated.world
June 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What Republicans are doing in response to the anti-ICE protests is EXACTLY what the Dakota Access pipeline company did in response to the 2016 protests at Standing Rock
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
Those protests saw FBI infiltration & a $660 million judgment against Greenpeace
Super important to be informed on these tactics
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
RIP Sly Stone, who facilitated the creation of beautiful music for everyday people.
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
RIP Sly Stone, who facilitated the creation of beautiful music for everyday people.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant si...
www.404media.co
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Jason Koebler
Sep 28, 2023
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Along with abandoning DEI initiatives, Walmart has been quietly scaling back its promises to reduce its massive impact on plastic pollution and climate change—two crises that disproportionately harm Black and Brown communities.
New from me:
New from me:
Another reason to boycott Walmart
The nation's largest retailer isn't just backtracking on diversity. It's also backtracking on cleaning up its messes.
heated.world
June 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Along with abandoning DEI initiatives, Walmart has been quietly scaling back its promises to reduce its massive impact on plastic pollution and climate change—two crises that disproportionately harm Black and Brown communities.
New from me:
New from me:
Thank you @courtacctability.bsky.social for interviewing me about my latest #Koch money investigation for @exposedbycmd.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Oligarchs DOUBLE DOWN as Trump 2.0 IMPLODES
YouTube video by Legal AF
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you @courtacctability.bsky.social for interviewing me about my latest #Koch money investigation for @exposedbycmd.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Article here:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social on the hundreds of millions that Charles Koch funnels between his own organizations—not even including the money he spends on others: "In 2023, they exchanged $715 million amongst themselves."
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
June 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social on the hundreds of millions that Charles Koch funnels between his own organizations—not even including the money he spends on others: "In 2023, they exchanged $715 million amongst themselves."
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Check out our full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bT...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
June 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
May 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Charles Koch's fleet of organizations spent over $833 million (net) in 2023, yet another record, in an election off-year. 🧵
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Koch Fleet of Organizations Invests More Than Ever in Expanding Its Influence - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Charles Koch’s fleet of organizations spent a combined net total of $833 million in 2023 to influence public policy, elections, and certain charitable causes — marking its highest spending total to da...
www.exposedbycmd.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Charles Koch's fleet of organizations spent over $833 million (net) in 2023, yet another record, in an election off-year. 🧵
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Read it @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
He's basically saying they're considering declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution if the courts continue to rule against them. This guy is seriously the worst of them all.
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
He's basically saying they're considering declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution if the courts continue to rule against them. This guy is seriously the worst of them all.
Thanks @andrawatkins.bsky.social for having me on for this conversation about the dishonest "debanking" crusade:
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Thanks @andrawatkins.bsky.social for having me on for this conversation about the dishonest "debanking" crusade:
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
Reposted by Connor Gibson
"As the government of Lesotho negotiates a trade deal with the United States, it hopes that licensing Starlink demonstrates goodwill"
"In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals w/the administration"
"In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals w/the administration"
Exclusive: A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name.
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...
wapo.st
May 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"As the government of Lesotho negotiates a trade deal with the United States, it hopes that licensing Starlink demonstrates goodwill"
"In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals w/the administration"
"In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals w/the administration"
Reposted by Connor Gibson
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Breaking Today in London: Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire loses extradition fight to US
story by me @desmog.com
story by me @desmog.com
Breaking: Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire Loses Extradition Fight In London Court
LONDON, UK — An Israeli private investigator wanted by U.S. law enforcement for allegedly orchestrating an illegal “hacking-for-hire” operation on behalf of oil and gas major ExxonMobil can be extradi...
www.desmog.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Breaking Today in London: Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire loses extradition fight to US
story by me @desmog.com
story by me @desmog.com
Reposted by Connor Gibson
40% of ICE/CBP detainees have their belongings destroyed or (often) stolen by agents. Allegations of mental/physical torture, and sexual abuse of women, girls, and others targeted on the basis of gender have been rampant since ICE's inception in 2003.
DHS's continued existence is untenable.
DHS's continued existence is untenable.
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
40% of ICE/CBP detainees have their belongings destroyed or (often) stolen by agents. Allegations of mental/physical torture, and sexual abuse of women, girls, and others targeted on the basis of gender have been rampant since ICE's inception in 2003.
DHS's continued existence is untenable.
DHS's continued existence is untenable.
Reposted by Connor Gibson
"The distance between the convoy and the soldiers was between 20 and 30 meters, meaning that the entire force could clearly see, even through night vision equipment, that the people were not armed militants but medical personnel."
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
April 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"The distance between the convoy and the soldiers was between 20 and 30 meters, meaning that the entire force could clearly see, even through night vision equipment, that the people were not armed militants but medical personnel."
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
🎁🔗 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Reposted by Connor Gibson
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.