Andrew Dyer
@andrewdyer.bsky.social
Military and veterans reporter at KPBS. Extremism occasionally. Former Navy wrench turner. He/him Signal: AndrewDyer.01
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A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama forcefully condemned the recent killings of two Minnesota residents by federal agents, saying he is "horrified" by the "murders" of civilians. bit.ly/4t4tCy0
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama forcefully condemned the recent killings of two Minnesota residents by federal agents, saying he is "horrified" by the "murders" of civilians. bit.ly/4t4tCy0
Journalism 101. Murder is a specific crime determined long after the fact by a court. It's used casually as a synonym for "killing" but legally it's different.
So we'd report a person was killed, not murdered. A suspect is suspected of, or accused of, the killing. They may be charged with murder.
So we'd report a person was killed, not murdered. A suspect is suspected of, or accused of, the killing. They may be charged with murder.
Times insider:
How We Think About Words Like ‘Murder’ in Our Minneapolis Coverage
"The Times sticks to facts and avoids language that passes legal judgment on events that are still unfolding."
By Susan Wessling is the Standards editor of The Times
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/i...
How We Think About Words Like ‘Murder’ in Our Minneapolis Coverage
"The Times sticks to facts and avoids language that passes legal judgment on events that are still unfolding."
By Susan Wessling is the Standards editor of The Times
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/i...
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Journalism 101. Murder is a specific crime determined long after the fact by a court. It's used casually as a synonym for "killing" but legally it's different.
So we'd report a person was killed, not murdered. A suspect is suspected of, or accused of, the killing. They may be charged with murder.
So we'd report a person was killed, not murdered. A suspect is suspected of, or accused of, the killing. They may be charged with murder.
This is good. There's way too much straight news and far too little commentary out there
This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is good. There's way too much straight news and far too little commentary out there
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San Diego Unified‘s board on Monday night voted to move forward with proposals to build nearly 1,700 units of affordable education workforce housing on district owned land. The projects now in negotiations are more than double the amount of such units that currently exist in all of California.
San Diego Unified Goes Big on Educator Workforce Housing
San Diego Unified’s board on Monday night voted to advance a proposal to build 1,500 units of affordable educator workforce housing at its University Heights headquarters. The proposal, from the […]
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January 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
San Diego Unified‘s board on Monday night voted to move forward with proposals to build nearly 1,700 units of affordable education workforce housing on district owned land. The projects now in negotiations are more than double the amount of such units that currently exist in all of California.
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Former Timberwolf Karl-Anthony Towns weighs in.
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Former Timberwolf Karl-Anthony Towns weighs in.
There's an "uncensored" group for everything
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
There's an "uncensored" group for everything
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I keep thinking about what @barbarafwalter.com told me about ICE back in August
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 AM
I keep thinking about what @barbarafwalter.com told me about ICE back in August
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So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
There are at least three videos showing this just isn't true.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
There are at least three videos showing this just isn't true.
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
I'm not sharing the video but this is what it appears to show
So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like:
1) They were beating a struggling man with batons
2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back
3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away
4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back
1) They were beating a struggling man with batons
2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back
3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away
4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I'm not sharing the video but this is what it appears to show
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Looking at the video footage so far I think its questionable whether he was armed at the moment he was killed.
Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Looking at the video footage so far I think its questionable whether he was armed at the moment he was killed.
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Protest planned in San Diego on Saturday against Rady Children’s Hospital halting gender-affirming care for minors www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/20/r...
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Protest planned in San Diego on Saturday against Rady Children’s Hospital halting gender-affirming care for minors www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/20/r...
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Am told a group of activists had barricaded themselves in San Diego’s City Hall demanding Mayor Todd Gloria meet with them to set new standards for how SDPD responds to calls related to ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Am told a group of activists had barricaded themselves in San Diego’s City Hall demanding Mayor Todd Gloria meet with them to set new standards for how SDPD responds to calls related to ICE.
One of the best paying jobs out there for "unskilled" labor in this part of South Texas (where I went to high school) is this camp in Dilley. People commute from miles and miles away to work there.
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One of the best paying jobs out there for "unskilled" labor in this part of South Texas (where I went to high school) is this camp in Dilley. People commute from miles and miles away to work there.
Being a journalist who still posts on X getting harder and harder to justify
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
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January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Being a journalist who still posts on X getting harder and harder to justify
Get yourself a personal assistant who will scream "make it happen" at people to fulfill your jet ski dreams
January 22, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Get yourself a personal assistant who will scream "make it happen" at people to fulfill your jet ski dreams
The "stop hitting yourself" strategy
JD Vance: "I'm headed to Minneapolis where we're gonna talk with ICE agents and local officials about how we turn down the chaos. My simple piece of advice to them is going to be if you want to turn down the chaos in Minneapolis, stop fighting immigration enforcement."
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The "stop hitting yourself" strategy
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Col Davis is the former chief prosecutor in Guantánamo.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Col Davis is the former chief prosecutor in Guantánamo.
This is how you know they're definitely on firm legal ground here
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
This is how you know they're definitely on firm legal ground here
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A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Just in:
The 1,100-ish Afghans the U.S. moved to Qatar for asylum & SIV processing were just told the camp is closing in March and they'll be transferred elsewhere.
They (half women & children) have been stuck since Trump froze refugee travel a year ago. Via @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social
The 1,100-ish Afghans the U.S. moved to Qatar for asylum & SIV processing were just told the camp is closing in March and they'll be transferred elsewhere.
They (half women & children) have been stuck since Trump froze refugee travel a year ago. Via @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Just in:
The 1,100-ish Afghans the U.S. moved to Qatar for asylum & SIV processing were just told the camp is closing in March and they'll be transferred elsewhere.
They (half women & children) have been stuck since Trump froze refugee travel a year ago. Via @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social
The 1,100-ish Afghans the U.S. moved to Qatar for asylum & SIV processing were just told the camp is closing in March and they'll be transferred elsewhere.
They (half women & children) have been stuck since Trump froze refugee travel a year ago. Via @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social