Cattle Cars in the Sky (Half the Answer #92, with Gillian Brockell)

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Gillian Brockell Jul 8, 2026

ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on some of the major players in the game of torturing innocent people in the sky, their victims, and the regular people who do not want this abusive pack of monsters to continue using their resources.

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Resources:

https://gillianbrockell.com/
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https://bsky.app/profile/gillianbrockell.com

https://www.patreon.com/cw/worstairlineever

https://gillianbrockell.com/interviews-podcast-and-some-r/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/vietnamese-man-deported-from-u-s-to-south-sudan-repatriated-after-year-in-detention

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/what-are-third-country-removals-factsheet/

https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781324092407

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deep-swamps-archaeologists-fugitive-slaves-kept-freedom-180960122/

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/

https://theintercept.com/2022/02/17/amazon-ice-deportation-flights-omni/

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/152641-stonepeak-completes-acquisition-of-uss-atsg

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5629234/the-cautionary-tale-of-how-chicago-privatized-its-parking-meters

https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-parking-meter-deal-city-council-members-seek-block-morgan-stanley-sale-meters-stone-peak/19265309/

Published in: Half the Answer, Podcast

Authors

Caitlin Green is a linguist specializing in Discourse Studies and Pragmatics. She lives in California with her husband, two daughters, and a very small black cat.

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Trent R. Nelson is a poet, historian, and philosopher, as well as a political and socioeconomic analyst. He is the managing editor for MWF Springfield and a contributing editor with Liberal Currents.

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Gillian Brockell is a former Washington Post staff writer and former flight attendant. She tracks ICE flights and third-country removals.

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