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Early-warning system tracking ICE detention expansion across 1,988 U.S. counties. Interactive heat map, facility directory, coverage gaps, FOIA generator. The data layer for our detention investigation.
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4,700+ documented events tracing five decades of institutional capture — the actors, mechanisms, and money flows that transformed American democracy. Every claim sourced.
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After the Arrest
What happens after ICE takes someone. Detention infrastructure, jurisdictional shell games, and the engineered darkness that hides abuse.
The Moral Battlefield
How institutional capture operates through moral framing, religious infrastructure, and the co-option of faith communities.
The Gamergate Pipeline
From 4chan to federal power. How a 22-year radicalization pipeline built the enforcement apparatus.
The Epstein Files
What 2,895 documents reveal about intelligence networks, offshore finance, and the infrastructure of elite impunity.
#ElbowsUp
Speculative fiction exploring constitutional crisis, federal occupation, and the mechanics of resistance.
The Detention Architecture
A leaked proposal reveals how former ICE officials help sheriffs build detention campuses designed to hide in plain sight.
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