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Tom Calarco's avatar

I just subscribed because you have really cogent, on-top-of-the-news stories. You said in your request for subscribers because your funding platform was removed that you're only a two person staff. Wow. Where do you get your stories, your sources, your pictures. I'm a writer myself and thought you had a big staff and that you might be from the EU. Can you tell me a little about your background?

Crust News's avatar

Hi Tom, thank you for the your kind words and your support!

So, we won't really ever go too far into our backgrounds, due to the U.S. government taking a specific aim at us in the last year, we maintain a lock on our personal lives.

However, I can say that we are just geeks, with a massive respect for truth and we became tired of the lack of truth in reporting.

Our photos are sourced from publicly available and free to use catalogues, as well as outlets who allow the use of their work. Where we cannot find images, we use Shutterstock, which is the cheapest stock image option that still provides the quality we need.

As for our sourcing, I told you we are geeks. We have built our own news tracker that we use internally, and recieve updates from wires across a range of topics. We also do our own investigations, not only to confirm stories repeated across wires, but also to complete pieces such as the one above.

In stories related to ICE, we have the advantage of the ICE List volunteers, who can flag issues that need wider circulation.

We also have an open hushline for tips to be sent to us.

Thank you for your enquiry, and once again, thank you for your support!

Tim-The south will fall again!'s avatar

ICE and anyone signing the 287 agreements are just a bunch of White supremacists looking for legitimate cover to rape and/or abuse people. They're such scumbags and eventually if we want to save our country, we will need to remove them from power, or put them 6 feet under if they don't comply with removal. The time for revolution is near.

Kahn's avatar
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The big question is how much were the governors, county council members, local sheriffs, and police chiefs paid. 💵

Elizabeth's avatar

Back in the first term, agencies had to sign these agreements to qualify for federal grants. I suspect they will do the same thing this time.