Andy Downing
@andydowning33.bsky.social
director/editor @matternews
the daycare fraud panic ignited by right wing influencers and spread by politicians and the world's richest men was all in service of making people ok with this
The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for Somali immigrants, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
Somali immigrants in the U.S. with TPS must leave the country by March 17, she said. nbcnews.to/3LscuRW
Somali immigrants in the U.S. with TPS must leave the country by March 17, she said. nbcnews.to/3LscuRW
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
the daycare fraud panic ignited by right wing influencers and spread by politicians and the world's richest men was all in service of making people ok with this
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“I think my choosing of subjects that resonate with me or that I aspire to be like is very much a part of that story. It’s trying to find connection to the rest of humanity, to something greater than ourselves.”
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Kadir Nelson still driven by a love for the game – Matter News
Following the release of ‘Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game,’ the celebrated artist and picture book author will appear in conversation with fellow roundball aficionado Hanif Abdurraqib ...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
“I think my choosing of subjects that resonate with me or that I aspire to be like is very much a part of that story. It’s trying to find connection to the rest of humanity, to something greater than ourselves.”
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Revisiting this one ahead of a day talking to high school students about white nationalist extremism, so basically a normal Tuesday.
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White Power Outage: Inside a Hilliard teen’s fascist terror plot – Matter News
Christopher Cook was sentenced last year in a white supremacist plot to attack the nation’s power grid, capping his evolution from isolated suburbanite to neo-Nazi radical.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Revisiting this one ahead of a day talking to high school students about white nationalist extremism, so basically a normal Tuesday.
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“I think my choosing of subjects that resonate with me or that I aspire to be like is very much a part of that story. It’s trying to find connection to the rest of humanity, to something greater than ourselves.”
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
Kadir Nelson still driven by a love for the game – Matter News
Following the release of ‘Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game,’ the celebrated artist and picture book author will appear in conversation with fellow roundball aficionado Hanif Abdurraqib ...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
“I think my choosing of subjects that resonate with me or that I aspire to be like is very much a part of that story. It’s trying to find connection to the rest of humanity, to something greater than ourselves.”
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🚨Minneapolis, Portland, Columbus 🚨
@cassandrarprt.bsky.social worked all day yesterday updating the hostile press and agitator list.
It’s sorted by location.
If someone asks for an interview, ask the outlet or to see social media. You can also consult this list.
@cassandrarprt.bsky.social worked all day yesterday updating the hostile press and agitator list.
It’s sorted by location.
If someone asks for an interview, ask the outlet or to see social media. You can also consult this list.
If you are on the ground at a protest and not sure if a journalist is safe to talk to, check out our hostile journalist lookbook! Sometimes it takes a minute to load, apologies for any pokeyness.
Hostile Press Lookbook
Here are some dishonest rage farmers that you should never talk to on camera.
You can used the filter and sort functions to create your own view. There are page navigations at the bottom of the embed...
www.doomsayer.me
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
🚨Minneapolis, Portland, Columbus 🚨
@cassandrarprt.bsky.social worked all day yesterday updating the hostile press and agitator list.
It’s sorted by location.
If someone asks for an interview, ask the outlet or to see social media. You can also consult this list.
@cassandrarprt.bsky.social worked all day yesterday updating the hostile press and agitator list.
It’s sorted by location.
If someone asks for an interview, ask the outlet or to see social media. You can also consult this list.
less than two weeks to get those orders in and then this merch is gone for good.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
less than two weeks to get those orders in and then this merch is gone for good.
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Hard to see events yesterday in Minneapolis and not recall the Ta'Kiya Young shooting in Columbus.
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‘Are you going to shoot me?’: The police killing of Ta'Kiya Young – Matter News
The shooting death of Young, 21, has left her family asking questions about everything from the actions taken by Blendon Township police to the use of Marsy’s Law to shield the officers involved.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Hard to see events yesterday in Minneapolis and not recall the Ta'Kiya Young shooting in Columbus.
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It’s bizarre that it’s considered smart to close schools to save dollars, even if those schools were close and convenient for the families and children they used to serve, and even if those schools were a haven of stability in a destabilized neighborhood.
New from Brian Williams.
New from Brian Williams.
On Development: Cities and schools need to be on the same page – Matter News
There is a savings associated with closing schools. But there also is a cost.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
It’s bizarre that it’s considered smart to close schools to save dollars, even if those schools were close and convenient for the families and children they used to serve, and even if those schools were a haven of stability in a destabilized neighborhood.
New from Brian Williams.
New from Brian Williams.
It’s bizarre that it’s considered smart to close schools to save dollars, even if those schools were close and convenient for the families and children they used to serve, and even if those schools were a haven of stability in a destabilized neighborhood.
New from Brian Williams.
New from Brian Williams.
On Development: Cities and schools need to be on the same page – Matter News
There is a savings associated with closing schools. But there also is a cost.
matternews.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
It’s bizarre that it’s considered smart to close schools to save dollars, even if those schools were close and convenient for the families and children they used to serve, and even if those schools were a haven of stability in a destabilized neighborhood.
New from Brian Williams.
New from Brian Williams.
When jazz musicians began canceling concerts at the Kennedy Center in the wake of President Trump’s name being added to the famed performance venue in late December, Columbus musician Gerard Cox launched a crowdfunding campaign in the hopes of easing their financial burden.
‘If we value the sacrifice they made, it should not be theirs alone.’ – Matter News
When in late December jazz musicians began canceling concerts at the Kennedy Center in the wake of President Trump’s name being added to the famed performance venue, Columbus musician Gerard Cox launc...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
When jazz musicians began canceling concerts at the Kennedy Center in the wake of President Trump’s name being added to the famed performance venue in late December, Columbus musician Gerard Cox launched a crowdfunding campaign in the hopes of easing their financial burden.
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Most of these children, who show more courage than many adults, will be eligible to vote in 3 years.
We must do everything to make sure that election happens and those in power change things so this can’t happen again.
We must do everything to make sure that election happens and those in power change things so this can’t happen again.
“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
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Dublin Scioto High School students conduct walkout in response to ICE – Matter News
Following the mid-December detainment of Leonila González, the mother of a DSHS student whose arrest took place less than a half mile from the school, more than 100 students began to organize a walkou...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Most of these children, who show more courage than many adults, will be eligible to vote in 3 years.
We must do everything to make sure that election happens and those in power change things so this can’t happen again.
We must do everything to make sure that election happens and those in power change things so this can’t happen again.
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“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
matternews.org/community/du...
matternews.org/community/du...
Dublin Scioto High School students conduct walkout in response to ICE – Matter News
Following the mid-December detainment of Leonila González, the mother of a DSHS student whose arrest took place less than a half mile from the school, more than 100 students began to organize a walkou...
matternews.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
matternews.org/community/du...
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totally normal times we're living in
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
totally normal times we're living in
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You love to see it.
“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
matternews.org/community/du...
matternews.org/community/du...
Dublin Scioto High School students conduct walkout in response to ICE – Matter News
Following the mid-December detainment of Leonila González, the mother of a DSHS student whose arrest took place less than a half mile from the school, more than 100 students began to organize a walkou...
matternews.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
You love to see it.
“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
matternews.org/community/du...
matternews.org/community/du...
Dublin Scioto High School students conduct walkout in response to ICE – Matter News
Following the mid-December detainment of Leonila González, the mother of a DSHS student whose arrest took place less than a half mile from the school, more than 100 students began to organize a walkou...
matternews.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
“We’re actually trying to bring awareness to something we all care about, and something we feel is unjust,” Amory said. “It does make me feel like we at least have some power in this situation, and that we do have a voice and people will listen to it.”
matternews.org/community/du...
matternews.org/community/du...
just... thank you.
January 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
just... thank you.
sometimes having kids means policing a fight that breaks out because the oldest decided to name your car’s ice scraper marquez washington and then gets mad at the youngest for calling it washington instead of using its full name.
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
sometimes having kids means policing a fight that breaks out because the oldest decided to name your car’s ice scraper marquez washington and then gets mad at the youngest for calling it washington instead of using its full name.
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Son of Dribble! Joey Aich! Ipps! All for only a $10 suggested donation tomorrow night at Rumba. Doors at 7 pm, music at 8 pm. See you there.
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Son of Dribble! Joey Aich! Ipps! All for only a $10 suggested donation tomorrow night at Rumba. Doors at 7 pm, music at 8 pm. See you there.
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“It really does make me feel like less of a citizen, even though my mother and brother and everyone else tells me that I’m perfectly okay, that I’m good,” he said. “I’m a citizen, but what I know is that I don’t look like a citizen to ICE. To them, I look like a number, a logistic.”
The aftermath of ICE – Matter News
In the week since federal agents apprehended three staff members at one North Side hotel, employees and management have simultaneously navigated a mix of fear and grief while adjusting operations to b...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“It really does make me feel like less of a citizen, even though my mother and brother and everyone else tells me that I’m perfectly okay, that I’m good,” he said. “I’m a citizen, but what I know is that I don’t look like a citizen to ICE. To them, I look like a number, a logistic.”
“It really does make me feel like less of a citizen, even though my mother and brother and everyone else tells me that I’m perfectly okay, that I’m good,” he said. “I’m a citizen, but what I know is that I don’t look like a citizen to ICE. To them, I look like a number, a logistic.”
The aftermath of ICE – Matter News
In the week since federal agents apprehended three staff members at one North Side hotel, employees and management have simultaneously navigated a mix of fear and grief while adjusting operations to b...
matternews.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“It really does make me feel like less of a citizen, even though my mother and brother and everyone else tells me that I’m perfectly okay, that I’m good,” he said. “I’m a citizen, but what I know is that I don’t look like a citizen to ICE. To them, I look like a number, a logistic.”
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“These people were not doing anything bad. ... And as a Mexican American citizen here, what if they end up profiling me? ... And that’s something that hit me hard. I have not returned to a normal student teenage life ever since ICE hit.”
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The aftermath of ICE – Matter News
In the week since federal agents apprehended three staff members at one North Side hotel, employees and management have simultaneously navigated a mix of fear and grief while adjusting operations to b...
matternews.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“These people were not doing anything bad. ... And as a Mexican American citizen here, what if they end up profiling me? ... And that’s something that hit me hard. I have not returned to a normal student teenage life ever since ICE hit.”
matternews.org/community/th...
matternews.org/community/th...
“These people were not doing anything bad. ... And as a Mexican American citizen here, what if they end up profiling me? ... And that’s something that hit me hard. I have not returned to a normal student teenage life ever since ICE hit.”
matternews.org/community/th...
matternews.org/community/th...
The aftermath of ICE – Matter News
In the week since federal agents apprehended three staff members at one North Side hotel, employees and management have simultaneously navigated a mix of fear and grief while adjusting operations to b...
matternews.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“These people were not doing anything bad. ... And as a Mexican American citizen here, what if they end up profiling me? ... And that’s something that hit me hard. I have not returned to a normal student teenage life ever since ICE hit.”
matternews.org/community/th...
matternews.org/community/th...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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