Adam Federman

Adam Federman

@adamfederman.bsky.social

Reporting Fellow Type Investigations. Author of Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray.

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Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

New story out this week for Public Domain & HCN on DOI's project to expedite drilling activity across Alaska's North Slope. The dept will be issuing a categorical exclusion that exempts most winter drilling activity from enviro review & releasing a new rule that does same for production sites.

Chris D’Angelo@chrisdangelo.bsky.social

big scoop this morning from @adamfederman.bsky.social the Trump Interior Dept is prepping a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp winter oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-fast...

publicdomain.mediaSCOOP: Trump Team Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental ReviewThe Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve.

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Green and Red Podcast
@podcastgreenred.bsky.social

“Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline was in many ways the sort of mass movement that ELF members dreamed of sparking—one that inspired thousands of ordinary people to risk arrest to defend the planet.” @adamfederman.bsky.social on “Fires in Night” newrepublic.com/article/2130...

newrepublic.comThe Eco-Sabotage Group That Went Up In SmokeThe Earth Liberation Front grew impatient with legal forms of protest. Then they turned on each other.

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Harms Committed
@harmscommitted.com

"This internal FBI document shows the government lied about the [Prairieland] defendants, because it presents a position contrary to what the prosecution alleged at trial." "The prosecution broke the law when it hid this evidence from the defense." #Texas #USA #Courts #Protest

typeinvestigations.orgExclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas "Antifa" TrialFOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

destroy a 1,000 year old archaeological site and pretend it never happened theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...

theintercept.comTrump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border WallDHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
Adam Federman@adamfederman.bsky.social

AIS Infrastructure (ais-infrastructurellc.com), the company responsible for damaging the archaeological site in Cabeza, has scrubbed the announcement for the DHS contract from its website. The $2 billion award had been prominently featured as a major generator of new jobs. Copy below on left.

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Black Intellect Media
@blackintellect.bsky.social

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall: DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said. reporting by @adamfederman.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...

theintercept.comTrump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border WallDHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

In 2022 I did a story on impacts of border wall construction on the Sonoran Desert, much of which focused on activity in Cabeza Prieta Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. This week I learned that a 1,000 year old archaeological site in the refuge was destroyed by a DHS contractor theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...

theintercept.comTrump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border WallDHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

Would not be the first time the CIA has targeted dissidents in the U.S. In fact one of the hallmarks of the post-9/11 era has been the erosion of safeguards put in place to prevent intel agencies, including the FBI, from engaging in this kind of activity.

Adam Federman@adamfederman.bsky.social

yes, but it's been done before www.nytimes.com/1974/12/22/a...

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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe.bsky.social

Original story here: puck.news/trump-moves-...

puck.newsTrump’s Antifa TerrorEven as fears mount that Iran could activate sleeper cells in the U.S. and Europe, the Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top counterterrorism priority—despite the protes...
Adam Federman@adamfederman.bsky.social

A senior Trump administration official told @juliaioffe.bsky.social the CIA should "go after leftist groups," which of course would be illegal. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

yahoo.comTrump Moves to Elevate Antifa as a Top Terror ThreatEven as war rages across the Middle East, raising fears that Iran could activate sleeper cells in the U.S. and Europe, the Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top countert...
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

One of the FBI agents present in the courtroom for closing args during the Prairieland trial was investigated in 2017 after a night of debauchery. He brought a woman back to his hotel room & had his Rolex, Glock, & $60 stolen. I FOIA’d the internal investigation & the FBI has denied my request. 1/

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In These Times
@inthesetimes.com

FOIA records obtained by @typeinvestigations.org and In These Times raise questions about evidence in the federal Prairieland trial, where prosecutors argued “antifa” was a terrorist enterprise. @adamfederman.bsky.social reports.

inthesetimes.comExclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” TrialFOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

Read the 2018 FBI documents here. The big question, which the FBI and US Attorney's Office in Texas have not answered, is why they weren't included in discovery. inthesetimes.com/article/prai...

inthesetimes.comExclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” TrialFOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
In These Times@inthesetimes.com

"As of 2018, [the FBI] did not view antifa as a criminal threat." @adamfederman.bsky.social explains how FOIA records, obtained by @typeinvestigations.org and In These Times, raise questions about evidence presented in the Prairieland case. inthesetimes.com/article/prai...

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In These Times
@inthesetimes.com

1/ The government said “antifa” posed a terrorism-level threat in the Texas Prairieland trial. But newly obtained FBI records tell a very different story. @adamfederman.bsky.social reports with @typeinvestigations.org and In These Times:

inthesetimes.comExclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” TrialFOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.

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Kathryn Joyce
@kathrynajoyce.bsky.social

“The prosecution broke the law when it hid this evidence from the defense. The prosecutors should be removed & a new trial granted immediately.” Exclusive investigation by @adamfederman.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com & @typeinvestigations.org casts doubt on the govt argument in the TX "antifa" trial.

inthesetimes.comExclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” TrialFOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

Don't expect the Doyon rig accident that took place Friday evening to slow Conoco down. In an email obtained by enviro groups seeking an injunction on winter activity, Conoco's lawyers say, "Exploration activities are continuing & the seismic program is proceeding as planned."

Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

First report from Alaska DEC regarding the Doyon rig accident. Evidence of a diesel spill has been confirmed--approx 4,000 gallons were on board--some 500 feet from a tributary of the Colville River & in critical habitat for polar bears, caribou, arctic fox, ptarmigan, & muskox.

Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

If I was based in Alaska I'd be on the next flight to Nuiqsut. ConocoPhillips, the North Slope Borough, & BLM under Trump will do everything they can to suppress information about the drilling rig accident that took place on Friday. Same thing happened with the gas leak in 2022.

Adam Federman
@adamfederman.bsky.social

"Several people with North Slope experience have said the rig likely tipped due to being moved in warm 30 degree weather, which would have caused the road to be softer. Once it went off the shoulder on the soft ground, tipping over was probably inevitable." alaskalandmine.com/landmines/do....

alaskalandmine.comDoyon 26, largest land drilling rig in North America, tipped over and caught fire on North SlopeDoyon 26, known as the Beast, tipped over and caught fire later Friday afternoon as it was being moved on Alaska's North Slope. Sources say the incident...… Read More