Operation Puppet Master - A Pilled Government’s Investigation (386)
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The episode discusses Operation Puppet Master, a government investigation into anti-ICE protests in Minnesota, highlighting the extensive surveillance efforts involved.
Travis takes Jake and Liv inside Operation Puppet Master, Homeland Security Investigations’ months-long effort to uncover the supposed command structure and funding behind Minnesota’s anti-ICE protests. Undercover agents entered meetings and Signal chats, tailed activists, and searched union and nonprofit finances. Reports released in the case against 15 activists reveal the bizarre amount of government resources poured into surveilling people in Minnesota, including one instance in which 21 agents spent two hours staking out a “de-arrest” training session that had already been canceled. The crew examines what happens when QAnon-style paranoia acquires federal badges, undercover agents, and subpoena power. Sant et al Indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl?inline December 2025 Undercover-Agent Activity: ICEWatch, Upstander, Sunrise and Rapid Response https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12.pdf January 1–26 Undercover Activity Operation Puppet Master Version https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.25.pdf February 1 TCDA “Art Club” Meeting and Fundraising…
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