Candice Fortman
@cande313.bsky.social
Detroiter in my heart (but not currently under my feet).
Sometimes DJ
Sometimes executive
Sometimes writer
Always concerned about the human condition
Sometimes DJ
Sometimes executive
Sometimes writer
Always concerned about the human condition
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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The key signature is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn into the House on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election for the seat held by her late father, former Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
The push to release the Epstein files is set to move forward
The key signature on a discharge petition is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn in on Wednesday.
19thnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The key signature is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn into the House on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election for the seat held by her late father, former Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
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Trailer | "The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat" baltimorebeat.com/trailer-the-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trailer | "The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat" baltimorebeat.com/trailer-the-...
A few mins ago: Let me see what’s happening with the Lions…
a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a sign that says por 10 on it
ALT: a woman with gray hair is sitting in front of a sign that says por 10 on it
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A few mins ago: Let me see what’s happening with the Lions…
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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Ayyyyyyyeeeeeeeee
a group of basketball players are standing on a court and one of them is wearing a number 3 jersey
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media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ayyyyyyyeeeeeeeee
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Silkk, my offbeat KING
October 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Silkk, my offbeat KING
Reporter Evan Ratliff creates an AI version of himself and then sets it loose on the world. (This was an excellent episode)
www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
About Our TV Show - This American Life
For two seasons on Showtime, we tried to make a television show that would feel exactly like the radio show. It won three Emmys, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Direction for a...
www.thisamericanlife.org
October 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reporter Evan Ratliff creates an AI version of himself and then sets it loose on the world. (This was an excellent episode)
www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
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Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE
Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They ...
blockclubchicago.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
The House Is on Fire: White America’s Own Civil War
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The House Is on Fire: White America’s Own Civil War
For decades, America pretended its Civil War was over. It wasn’t. The battlefield just moved—from fields to feeds, from muskets to microphones, from soldiers to citizens.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The House Is on Fire: White America’s Own Civil War
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A neighbor said she saw agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said.
“It was heartbreaking,” she said.
@Suntimes @WBEZ
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
“It was heartbreaking,” she said.
@Suntimes @WBEZ
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
www.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A neighbor said she saw agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said.
“It was heartbreaking,” she said.
@Suntimes @WBEZ
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
“It was heartbreaking,” she said.
@Suntimes @WBEZ
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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This is incredible news, both for local journalism and for the Ann Arbor community ❤️
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is incredible news, both for local journalism and for the Ann Arbor community ❤️
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Thank you to all who called or emailed to complain.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
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"Unacceptable": ICE officer relieved of duties after videos show him shoving woman to the ground
An ICE officer who was captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties.
www.cbsnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Thank you to all who called or emailed to complain.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — In 'unprecedented operation,' Israeli army takes over mobile phones of Gaza residents to carry Netanyahu UN speech live.
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) — In 'unprecedented operation,' Israeli army takes over mobile phones of Gaza residents to carry Netanyahu UN speech live.
Journalist Held by ICE Faces ‘Imminent’ Deportation, His Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
Journalist Held by ICE Faces ‘Imminent’ Deportation, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Journalist Held by ICE Faces ‘Imminent’ Deportation, His Lawyers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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This moment demands more revolutionary voices in journalism.
We don’t have the biggest team or budget, but we continue to do the necessary work to reframe sensational and anti-Black narratives.
Will you support our work?
Send a monetary contribution today: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...
We don’t have the biggest team or budget, but we continue to do the necessary work to reframe sensational and anti-Black narratives.
Will you support our work?
Send a monetary contribution today: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This moment demands more revolutionary voices in journalism.
We don’t have the biggest team or budget, but we continue to do the necessary work to reframe sensational and anti-Black narratives.
Will you support our work?
Send a monetary contribution today: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...
We don’t have the biggest team or budget, but we continue to do the necessary work to reframe sensational and anti-Black narratives.
Will you support our work?
Send a monetary contribution today: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...
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Tomorrow!
Hey nerds! Want to talk about FOIA & then file a bunch of requests? Good! We're having a FOIAthon next week with @transjournalists.org — give and get request inspiration, hear from some Very Special Surprise Guests, open up government & raise some money for TJA! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MuckRock x TJA FOIAthon. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
MuckRock is partnering with the Trans Journalists Association to uncover, preserve, and encourage reporting on documents and data regarding federal and state actions that impact trans communities.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tomorrow!
I just got off a three hour flight that didn’t have Wi-Fi. Best three hours I’ve had in a very long time.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I just got off a three hour flight that didn’t have Wi-Fi. Best three hours I’ve had in a very long time.
"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington D.C. no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves." open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington D.C. no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves." open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
For many in Black and Brown communities, the news is more than background noise. It’s a direct reflection of lived realities.
Headlines about racial violence, economic instability, and political unrest are not distant abstractions.
Headlines about racial violence, economic instability, and political unrest are not distant abstractions.
The News Is Heavy. Here’s How to Carry It. – The Kansas City Defender
Protecting Mental Wellness Through Action.
kansascitydefender.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
For many in Black and Brown communities, the news is more than background noise. It’s a direct reflection of lived realities.
Headlines about racial violence, economic instability, and political unrest are not distant abstractions.
Headlines about racial violence, economic instability, and political unrest are not distant abstractions.
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This makes me sofa king proud. This is what journalism is.
September 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This makes me sofa king proud. This is what journalism is.