James O'Keefe
@jokeefe.bsky.social
Captain & co-founder of Massachusetts Pirate Party. I show people how to protect their privacy and run for office. Occasional photographer. Not a Special Circumstances agent. Primarily at jamesokeefe.org / masspirates.org. Should be posting my photos.
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James O'Keefe
@jokeefe.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Madame X
Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau by John Singer Sargent, 1884 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Photograph is CC B-SA 4.0
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Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau by John Singer Sargent, 1884 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Photograph is CC B-SA 4.0
www.flickr.com/photos/94681...
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After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
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It's been a rough time.
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HOPE CONFERENCE BANNED BY ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY | 2600
www.2600.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It's been a rough time.
www.2600.com/content/hope...
www.2600.com/content/hope...
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Some exciting data privacy news out of Mass. today: we have a strong new draft of the Mass. Consumer Data Privacy Act out of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybersecurity, and the Internet.
Massachusetts House Committee Releases Strong Privacy Bill
<p>The House members of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybersecurity, and the Internet have given a favorable report to a redrafted version of the Massachusetts Consum...
epic.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Some exciting data privacy news out of Mass. today: we have a strong new draft of the Mass. Consumer Data Privacy Act out of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, Cybersecurity, and the Internet.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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I once wrote a Twitter thread about misogyny as a supremacist ideology. I'm finally reposting here because of the RW/MAGA attacks on the military.
We *must* begin to recognize that in a white supremacist patriarchy, your value begins & ends with your support for the white supremacist patriarchy.
I once wrote a Twitter thread about misogyny as a supremacist ideology. I'm finally reposting here because of the RW/MAGA attacks on the military.
We *must* begin to recognize that in a white supremacist patriarchy, your value begins & ends with your support for the white supremacist patriarchy.
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twitter.com
September 28, 2023 at 1:15 AM
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I once wrote a Twitter thread about misogyny as a supremacist ideology. I'm finally reposting here because of the RW/MAGA attacks on the military.
We *must* begin to recognize that in a white supremacist patriarchy, your value begins & ends with your support for the white supremacist patriarchy.
I once wrote a Twitter thread about misogyny as a supremacist ideology. I'm finally reposting here because of the RW/MAGA attacks on the military.
We *must* begin to recognize that in a white supremacist patriarchy, your value begins & ends with your support for the white supremacist patriarchy.
Reposted by James O'Keefe
If we determine that Donald Trump's involvement in sex trafficking was part of an official act as a future president, then the Constitution demands that he face no consequences.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If we determine that Donald Trump's involvement in sex trafficking was part of an official act as a future president, then the Constitution demands that he face no consequences.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
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Because Clinton's Telecommunication Act of 1996 sold off the free press. Corporations are happy with a Trump-fascist admin.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Because Clinton's Telecommunication Act of 1996 sold off the free press. Corporations are happy with a Trump-fascist admin.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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always the people u most suspect tbh
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
always the people u most suspect tbh
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The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”
President of BU College Republicans said he called ICE about Allston car wash for ‘months on end’ - The Boston Globe
“This week they finally responded to my request,” Zac Segal wrote on Nov. 8. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here.”
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The president of the Boston University College Republicans recently posted on X that he had been “calling ICE for months on end” to raid an Allston car wash and “detain these criminals.”
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@universalhub.com
[Rally to call attention to this dramatic pullback: TODAY #NursesHall 12:30 #MAStateHouse]
#Boston
#Massachusetts
[Rally to call attention to this dramatic pullback: TODAY #NursesHall 12:30 #MAStateHouse]
#Boston
#Massachusetts
ICYMI: House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals
House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals - CommonWealth Beacon
The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and test their willingness to defend the climate...
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@universalhub.com
[Rally to call attention to this dramatic pullback: TODAY #NursesHall 12:30 #MAStateHouse]
#Boston
#Massachusetts
[Rally to call attention to this dramatic pullback: TODAY #NursesHall 12:30 #MAStateHouse]
#Boston
#Massachusetts
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I am not exaggerating when I say that I have one million lisence plate scans from Flock records, and I wasn't even trying to do this. That's like three csv files. It seems not great IMO
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I am not exaggerating when I say that I have one million lisence plate scans from Flock records, and I wasn't even trying to do this. That's like three csv files. It seems not great IMO
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This is performative BS, as the Senate has no obligation to take it up. The leverage was to strip this bill in the underlying text last night at rules but Republicans refused to do so. Johnson is trying to do some CYA but he isn't fooling anyone.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is performative BS, as the Senate has no obligation to take it up. The leverage was to strip this bill in the underlying text last night at rules but Republicans refused to do so. Johnson is trying to do some CYA but he isn't fooling anyone.
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
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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
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
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It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
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Great to hear Boston City Councilors explicitly condemning dangerous censorship legislation like #KOSA and the SCREEN ACT.
The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, especially @warren.senate.gov who cosponsored KOSA, and @markey.senate.gov who voted to advance it, need to start listening.
The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, especially @warren.senate.gov who cosponsored KOSA, and @markey.senate.gov who voted to advance it, need to start listening.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Great to hear Boston City Councilors explicitly condemning dangerous censorship legislation like #KOSA and the SCREEN ACT.
The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, especially @warren.senate.gov who cosponsored KOSA, and @markey.senate.gov who voted to advance it, need to start listening.
The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, especially @warren.senate.gov who cosponsored KOSA, and @markey.senate.gov who voted to advance it, need to start listening.
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Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
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I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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OVERT ACT 125 In additional furtherance of the conspiracy, DEFENDANTS met on November 12, 2025 to discuss ways to wield official government power to prevent further news of the child sex trafficking ring from becoming public.
Exclusive: Top Trump administration officials plan to meet today to discuss House efforts to force the release of the Epstein files. https://cnn.it/3WSyk2Y
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OVERT ACT 125 In additional furtherance of the conspiracy, DEFENDANTS met on November 12, 2025 to discuss ways to wield official government power to prevent further news of the child sex trafficking ring from becoming public.
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
Reminds me of Syriza's capitulation in 2015.
CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Reminds me of Syriza's capitulation in 2015.
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Cave bill text is out
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cave bill text is out
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Trump has shown that he does not feel bound to congressional appropriations.
No deal is worth the paper it’s written on without changing that.
No deal is worth the paper it’s written on without changing that.
Welp, that’s the Senate side of the shutdown over, it seems.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trump has shown that he does not feel bound to congressional appropriations.
No deal is worth the paper it’s written on without changing that.
No deal is worth the paper it’s written on without changing that.