April Hunt
@aprilhunt.bsky.social
Longtime reporter now permitted opinions. Fan of #hesm, AP Style, good writing, good baseball, good jokes and all pets.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
In September 2024, an article described how Chief Justice Roberts pushed to grant President Trump broad immunity from prosecution.
Weeks later, the chief justice abruptly introduced the nondisclosure agreements, after the term had begun.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Weeks later, the chief justice abruptly introduced the nondisclosure agreements, after the term had begun.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
In September 2024, an article described how Chief Justice Roberts pushed to grant President Trump broad immunity from prosecution.
Weeks later, the chief justice abruptly introduced the nondisclosure agreements, after the term had begun.
(free link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Weeks later, the chief justice abruptly introduced the nondisclosure agreements, after the term had begun.
(free link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Norway set to probe Epstein revelations as scandal reverberates round Europe reut.rs/3ZV49tm
Norway set to probe Epstein revelations as scandal reverberates round Europe
Norway looks set to launch an inquiry into its own foreign ministry over links to late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, one of several European nations to feel the heat from a scandal that has yet to cause major political repercussions in the U.S.
reut.rs
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Norway set to probe Epstein revelations as scandal reverberates round Europe reut.rs/3ZV49tm
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This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This is Zephyr. He is a professionally trained bed bug detector. When he recognizes the scent of live bed bugs, he gives an alert by sitting and smiling exuberantly at his handler. We're pretty sure no one has ever been more excited to find bed bugs in their life. 13/10 (TT: emmercrew)
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
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Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
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Absurd.
(a word that doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brazenness of this action)
(a word that doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brazenness of this action)
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Absurd.
(a word that doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brazenness of this action)
(a word that doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brazenness of this action)
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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I love everything Mike Flanagan has done, and I will no doubt love this
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I love everything Mike Flanagan has done, and I will no doubt love this
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Some Public Health Service officers deployed to detention centers suffer 'moral distress'
Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress'
A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Some Public Health Service officers deployed to detention centers suffer 'moral distress'
Also alarmed
apnews.com/article/cens... Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Also alarmed
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
The weirdos from the wellness industry never sleep
today i learned that ski jumpers' heavily regulated ski suits are measured by taking a 3d scan of the size of the skiier's genitals and now some skiiers are being accused of shooting hylauronic acid into their dongs to get more favorable measurements www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The weirdos from the wellness industry never sleep
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
Jackhammering Into the Sewer
A look through the Epstein files.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"If careerists had not been so easy to bribe and blackmail, ordinary people would not have to suffer under this group of sadistic oligarchs and politicians. Our era is the culmination of complicity."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/jackhammer...
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We are in the midst of another racial reckoning. This one purging all the gains of the former and then some.
My position at The Post was eliminated, along with many other journalists of color hired after the 2020 racial reckoning.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
We are in the midst of another racial reckoning. This one purging all the gains of the former and then some.
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I fear, like our deeply wounded democracy, we will not understand what we’ve lost until it’s gone and it will be hard if not impossible to get it back. I am open to meeting with or convening with anyone trying to work to preserve the free press that we have.
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I fear, like our deeply wounded democracy, we will not understand what we’ve lost until it’s gone and it will be hard if not impossible to get it back. I am open to meeting with or convening with anyone trying to work to preserve the free press that we have.
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People often disparage the press — and we often get it wrong — but almost everything you know about this administration is not because pundits go on tv or social media and pontificate but because of relentless reporting from real journalists at institutions that give them resources to do so.
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People often disparage the press — and we often get it wrong — but almost everything you know about this administration is not because pundits go on tv or social media and pontificate but because of relentless reporting from real journalists at institutions that give them resources to do so.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.