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  • 4 weeks ago | charlessennott.substack.com | Charles M. Sennott

    MARTHA’S VINEYARD - Donning masks and kevlar vests loaded with plastic zip ties and ammunition, a platoon of armed federal agents in unmarked vehicles landed on the shores of this Island off the coast of southern Massachusetts on Tuesday morning and swept the community looking to detain and then deport immigrants, as part of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.

  • 1 month ago | charlessennott.substack.com | Charles M. Sennott

    The smoldering violence of the Middle East erupted in a series of gunshots in downtown Washington DC, killing a young couple who worked in the Israeli Embassy on Wednesday after an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.

  • 1 month ago | charlessennott.substack.com | Charles M. Sennott

    While Gazans starve amid the rubble of Israeli airstrikes, President Donald Trump has set out on a tour through the opulence of the oil-rich kingdoms of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He was there, in part, to collect gifts from kings including what looks an awful lot like a bribe in the form of a private 747 jet valued at $400 million which the kingdom of Qatar has given him to reportedly replace Air Force One. Yes, that is really happening.

  • 1 month ago | charlessennott.substack.com | Charles M. Sennott

    As part of our community-building efforts at GroundTruth, next Tuesday, we are launching Substack Lives—a real-time video conversation that will allow me to have direct dialogue with you and the wider Substack community. My first Substack Live will be a discussion about the Middle East and reflections from Trump's visit to the region, which will be the topic for our newsletter tomorrow.

  • 1 month ago | charlessennott.substack.com | Charles M. Sennott

    There is fear and loathing on American college campuses. But I am not really talking here about Hunter S. Thompson and his ‘gonzo’ journalism which electrified college campuses of my youth in the 1970s and 1980s. Thompson’s first break out piece was written in 1967 for The Nation and it was about the Hells Angels motorcycle gang which he expanded into a paranoid rant that, looking back now, truly feels prescient.

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Charles M. Sennott
Charles M. Sennott @CMSennott
1 Jun 25

On Tuesday, armed federal agents donning masks and Kevlar vests loaded with plastic zip ties and ammunition in unmarked vehicles landed on the shores of Martha's Vineyard, detaining 20 people as part of Trump's aggressive immigration policies https://t.co/lxlGcFd9BA https://t.co/JTYrDbdduY

Charles M. Sennott
Charles M. Sennott @CMSennott
31 May 25

As part of our community-building efforts at GroundTruth, we are rolling out a paid membership plan for people who want to support our work on Substack. https://t.co/E8o7MvcWdF

Charles M. Sennott
Charles M. Sennott @CMSennott
29 May 25

“Local journalism doesn’t just preserve memory, it strengthens civic life. Researchers talk about the disappearance of the Middle Ring....Local journalism plays an essential role in fortifying that Middle Ring.” https://t.co/CEctuxQKU9