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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2281665/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2281665/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> US senators demand answers on ‘contradictory’ US foreign, immigration policies toward Haiti <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnadoluAjans%C4%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnadoluAjansı</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EdwardMarkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardMarkey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RaphaelWarnock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaphaelWarnock</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blogdiva</span></a></span> Of course <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> is involved!!!</p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>The Haitian government has signed a contract with Trump Ally Erik Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq.</p><p>Prince is working with Haiti’s govt to conduct lethal operations against gangs</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/haiti-erik-prince-blackwater-gangs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/hait</span><span class="invisible">i-erik-prince-blackwater-gangs.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a>’s govt is awaiting the arrival of arms shipments &amp; more personnel to step up its fight against the gangs.</p><p>American officials said they were aware of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>’s work with Haiti’s govt. But the full terms of the Haitian govt’s arrangement w/Prince, including how much it is paying him, are unknown.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept, which has provided millions of dollars in funding to equip &amp; train Haiti’s National Police, said it is not paying Prince or his company for work in Haiti.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> hired other US contractors, besides <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, in recent months to work on a secret task force to deploy drones to kill gang members. Prince’s team has been operating drones since March, but has yet to announce a death or capture of a single high-value target.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> experts said Prince has also been scouting Haitian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> to hire &amp; send to Port-au-Prince &amp; expects to send up to 150 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mercenaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mercenaries</span></a> this summer. He recently shipped a large cache of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> there.</p>
Nonilex<p>A Desperate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> Turns to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Ally, in Fight Against Gangs</p><p>Erik Prince, a private <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> contractor &amp; prominent supporter of Trump, is working w/Haiti’s govt to conduct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> operations against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gangs</span></a> that are terrorizing the nation &amp; threatening to take over its capital.</p><p>Prince, the founder of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> Worldwide, signed a contract to take on the criminal groups that have been killing civilians &amp; seizing control of vast areas of territory.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/haiti-erik-prince-blackwater-gangs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=B31DD893-5442-4E12-B127-200EAB17CBED" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/hait</span><span class="invisible">i-erik-prince-blackwater-gangs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=B31DD893-5442-4E12-B127-200EAB17CBED</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bouriquet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bouriquet</span></a></span> How I feel when I'm putting together all the interconnections between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> and pretty much every despot (including Trump, Bibi and Putin).</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wendysiegelman</span></a></span> </p><p>"Trump EO 'Project Homecoming' says after 60 days <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> will add 'no less than 20,000 officers in order to conduct an intensive campaign to remove illegal aliens who have failed to depart voluntarily' - double the 10,000 agents Erik Prince had in his $25Bil proposal"</p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/establishing-project-homecoming/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/05/establishing-project-homecoming/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpEO</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrisons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectHomecoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectHomecoming</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DoomsdaysCW</span></a></span> feels like america just got its own Wagner Group</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/182008</span><span class="invisible">/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Michigan native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> proposes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> plan to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>, report says</p><p>By Justin Engel, Apr. 14, 2025</p><p>"Erik Prince, the former CEO of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> USA and a Michigan native, is among a group of defense contractors proposing to expand plans for deporting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> to a prison in El Salvador, Politico reported.</p><p>"The pitch would attempt to avoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> challenges by designating part of the El Salvador prison system as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanTerritory</span></a>, the report stated.</p><p>" 'It’s unclear how seriously the White House is considering the plan by Prince, who has drawn scrutiny for his firm’s role in a deadly massacre in Iraq two decades ago,' the Politico report stated. 'But it would give Prince’s group an unprecedented and potentially highly lucrative role in an expanded version of a transnational operation that has elicited its own web of controversies, in part because it has swept up immigrants who do not have criminal records in the United States.'</p><p>"The report coincides with President Donald Trump’s plans to host <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NayibBukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NayibBukele</span></a>, the president of El Salvador, at the White House on Monday, April 14.</p><p>"Since March, El Salvador has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelan</span></a> immigrants — whom officials with President Donald Trump’s administration have accused of gang activity and violent crimes — and placed them inside the country’s notorious maximum-security gang prison. It is also holding a Maryland man who the administration admits was wrongly deported but has not been returned to the U.S., despite court orders to do so.</p><p>"Trump has ties to the family of Prince, an automotive supplier heir from Holland. Prince is the brother of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BetsyDeVos</span></a>, the secretary of education during the first Trump administration.</p><p>"Prince, a major Republican donor, has been accused of acting as a back channel on behalf of Trump. As Trump was preparing to take office in 2017, Prince met with a official close to Russian President Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seychelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seychelles</span></a>, islands off the coast of east Africa. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his Russia investigation said the meeting was set up ahead of time with the knowledge of former White House aide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StephenBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenBannon</span></a>.</p><p>"Prince soared to notoriety after Blackwater USA employees in 2007 shot and killed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iraqi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iraqi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> in Baghdad’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NisourSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NisourSquare</span></a> during the Iraq war, casting a light on the role played by private contractors in U.S. military operations overseas.</p><p>"In the wake of the scandal the company’s name was changed and Prince sold his shares to a private equity fund."</p><p><a href="https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/michigan-native-erik-prince-proposes-deportation-plan-to-el-salvador-report-says.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mlive.com/politics/2025/04/mic</span><span class="invisible">higan-native-erik-prince-proposes-deportation-plan-to-el-salvador-report-says.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TripleCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TripleCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffLeash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffLeash</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectVeritas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Exclusive- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> reaches deal with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> to help secure [steal] mineral wealth</p><p>Jessica Donati and Sonia Rolley<br>Thu, April 17, 2025 </p><p>Excerpt: "Democratic Republic of Congo has vast reserves of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coltan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coltan</span></a> - a mineral used widely in smartphones, computers and electric vehicles - but has been plagued for decades by violence in its eastern region.</p><p>"The agreement between Congo and Prince initially involved a plan to deploy contractors to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and the largest city in eastern Congo. But Goma is now under M23 control and that plan has been put on hold. M23 controls tracts of mineral-rich territory.</p><p>"A source close to the Congolese government told Reuters an initial deployment of Prince's advisers was expected to start in the south, far from the area controlled by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/M23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M23</span></a> and its allies.</p><p>" 'If you just look at Katanga, if you look at Kolwezi down just off the Zambian-Congo border, they claim that there's like $40 million a month in lost revenue of what's going out and what's coming in,' the source said.</p><p>"A diplomatic source also told Reuters the first stage of Prince's effort in Congo would focus on securing mines and tax revenues in copper-producing Katanga province.</p><p>"One of the sources close to Prince said advisers were expected to deploy with technical experts from a company specialised in testing and inspecting commodities. The advisers would initially target larger mines and expand as revenue collection improved.</p><p>"The source did not provide details on how the advisers would tackle corruption in the sector that has long drained revenue that would otherwise flow to the state.</p><p>"A source in the office of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said an agreement in principle had been signed with Prince, but the details on where and how many advisers would be deployed remained to be established."</p><p><a href="https://www.aol.com/news/exclusive-trump-supporter-prince-reaches-142935924.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/news/exclusive-trump-s</span><span class="invisible">upporter-prince-reaches-142935924.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TripleCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TripleCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffLeash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffLeash</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectVeritas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Trump supporter Erik Prince reaches deal with Congo to help secure mineral wealth</p><p>Prince agreed to help the Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth - as the Trump administration is exploring a deal with the DRC on minerals and security partnership</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Exclusive-Trump-supporter-Prince-reaches-deal-with-Congo-to-help-secure-mineral-wealth-49648965/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">marketscreener.com/news/latest</span><span class="invisible">/Exclusive-Trump-supporter-Prince-reaches-deal-with-Congo-to-help-secure-mineral-wealth-49648965/</span></a></p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Erik Prince is in the thick of US-El Salvador prison discussions</p><p>His proposal includes a letter from the Justice Minister that says Prince, through 2USV, LLC, is a “trade agent” to “reach an agreement on the use of El Salvador’s prisons to house foreign criminals.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2USV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2USV</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/military-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/11/m</span><span class="invisible">ilitary-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Kooky press conference in White House where Administration puppets perform for reality tv cameras to violate court orders, insulting reporters and deferring to criminal heads of state who are seeking to incarcerate US citizens and residents in El Salvador prisons (and others?). Analysis by Nayna Gupta, policy director of American Immigration Institute, and Journalist Jose Olivares<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MS13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MS13</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/KilmarAbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KilmarAbregoGarcia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia</span></a><br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/15/nayna_gupta_jose_olivares" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/4/15/nay</span><span class="invisible">na_gupta_jose_olivares</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Prince, Thiel and Musk have known each other for at least 25 years and El Salvador is the model they want to implement in the United States of America."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Noting that the ghoul and war profiteer Erik Prince wants to cash in on Trump's attacks on immigrants by vastly expanding deportations and moving deported persons to a prison or prisons in Central American, Jim Stewartson says,</p><p>"El Salvador was also the first nation to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. Note this confluence of the PayPal Mafia and Erik Prince is not a coincidence."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <br>/1 </p><p><a href="https://www.mind-war.com/p/bukele-modeling-the-north-american" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mind-war.com/p/bukele-modeling</span><span class="invisible">-the-north-american</span></a></p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Erik Prince is working hard to instill himself and profit from the Trump admin</p><p>In addition to Erik Prince's pitch to the Trump administration to set up a US-run immigrant detention facility in El Salvador - recent reporting shows that Prince and his team are providing training and advice to Ecuador’s security forces</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/114293226959200434" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@wendysiegelma</span><span class="invisible">n/114293226959200434</span></a></p><p>Prince also appears to have his fingers in activity in Venezuela</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/114298795309660950" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@wendysiegelma</span><span class="invisible">n/114298795309660950</span></a></p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Trump administration prepares to send more deported migrants to notorious El Salvador prison</p><p>Erik Prince wants in on the action</p><p>Prince - who is gaining traction in the second Trump administration - has pitched a plan to set up a US-run immigrant detention facility in El Salvador</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/09/politics/deportees-el-salvador-prison-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/09/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/deportees-el-salvador-prison-trump</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wendysiegelman</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> accuses US of plotting ‘false flag attack’ on Guyana oil platform</p><p>Venezuela’s VP said US Sect of State Marco Rubio and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> founder Erik Prince were behind alleged attack plan to blame Caracas for an attack on oil giant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> in neighboring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guyana</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FalseFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseFlag</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3305449/venezuela-accuses-us-plotting-false-flag-attack-guyana-oil-platform" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/world/americas/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/3305449/venezuela-accuses-us-plotting-false-flag-attack-guyana-oil-platform</span></a></p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Venezuela accuses US of plotting ‘false flag attack’ on Guyana oil platform</p><p>Venezuela’s VP said US Sect of State Marco Rubio and Blackwater founder Erik Prince were behind alleged attack plan to blame Caracas for an attack on oil giant ExxonMobil in neighboring Guyana</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FalseFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseFlag</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3305449/venezuela-accuses-us-plotting-false-flag-attack-guyana-oil-platform" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/world/americas/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/3305449/venezuela-accuses-us-plotting-false-flag-attack-guyana-oil-platform</span></a></p>