Eric Umansky
@ericumansky.bsky.social
Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ journalism and good trouble. Tips/ideas: eric.umansky@propublica.org and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
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“More than 80 percent of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, the United Nations estimates.”
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She spent the war planning to stay in Gaza. Now she is ready to leave.
Displaced seven times, Diana Shams intended to return to her home, which survived years of war in Gaza only to be destroyed in the final hours before the ceasefire.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“More than 80 percent of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, the United Nations estimates.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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The Washington Post goes all-in against…“the dark reality of single-payer health care.”
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Opinion | Socialized medicine can’t survive the winter
The British government is begging sick people to stay away from hospitals during the holidays.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The Washington Post goes all-in against…“the dark reality of single-payer health care.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Reposted by Eric Umansky
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
My dog does this thing…
Murray.
Murray.
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My dog does this thing…
Murray.
Murray.
Canceling my conversion.
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Canceling my conversion.
Look how cramped and worn down.
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Look how cramped and worn down.
Reposted by Eric Umansky
Two of the four signers of this letter to CBS News staff — Weiss and Rubenstein — are conservative oped writers who have done little, if any, actual news reporting in their careers.
It’d be like having a sophomore biology major telling a cardiologist how to do a heart transplant.
It’d be like having a sophomore biology major telling a cardiologist how to do a heart transplant.
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Two of the four signers of this letter to CBS News staff — Weiss and Rubenstein — are conservative oped writers who have done little, if any, actual news reporting in their careers.
It’d be like having a sophomore biology major telling a cardiologist how to do a heart transplant.
It’d be like having a sophomore biology major telling a cardiologist how to do a heart transplant.
Another shooting by immigration agents -- at least the 10th of the year.
These agents shot two people inside a van that, the govt says, tried to run down the agents.
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These agents shot two people inside a van that, the govt says, tried to run down the agents.
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ICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say
Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Another shooting by immigration agents -- at least the 10th of the year.
These agents shot two people inside a van that, the govt says, tried to run down the agents.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
These agents shot two people inside a van that, the govt says, tried to run down the agents.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Bari Weiss's memo: "We need to push much harder to get these principals on the record"
Reality: 60 Minutes repeatedly requested interviews from DHS, State, and White House. All of which blew the show off
So, either Weiss didn't know the facts, or she didn't care
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
Reality: 60 Minutes repeatedly requested interviews from DHS, State, and White House. All of which blew the show off
So, either Weiss didn't know the facts, or she didn't care
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bari Weiss's memo: "We need to push much harder to get these principals on the record"
Reality: 60 Minutes repeatedly requested interviews from DHS, State, and White House. All of which blew the show off
So, either Weiss didn't know the facts, or she didn't care
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
Reality: 60 Minutes repeatedly requested interviews from DHS, State, and White House. All of which blew the show off
So, either Weiss didn't know the facts, or she didn't care
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
Those roving patrols and racial targeting that Kavanaugh allowed?
This is what they led to.
www.propublica.org/article/immi... (from Oct)
This is what they led to.
www.propublica.org/article/immi... (from Oct)
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Those roving patrols and racial targeting that Kavanaugh allowed?
This is what they led to.
www.propublica.org/article/immi... (from Oct)
This is what they led to.
www.propublica.org/article/immi... (from Oct)
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It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
A two-year-old's parent's were taken from her.
The toddler wakes up in the middle of the night, crying out for her mom, and “takes her mom’s photo and hugs it,” her aunt said. “She knows they are not here."
The toddler wakes up in the middle of the night, crying out for her mom, and “takes her mom’s photo and hugs it,” her aunt said. “She knows they are not here."
Immigration officials have separated dozens of kids from their families in Oregon alone.
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A two-year-old's parent's were taken from her.
The toddler wakes up in the middle of the night, crying out for her mom, and “takes her mom’s photo and hugs it,” her aunt said. “She knows they are not here."
The toddler wakes up in the middle of the night, crying out for her mom, and “takes her mom’s photo and hugs it,” her aunt said. “She knows they are not here."
Immigration officials have separated dozens of kids from their families in Oregon alone.
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Immigration officials have separated dozens of kids from their families in Oregon alone.
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
*At three kids have been sent to foster care after their parents were grabbed.*
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
vaccines that HHS will now likely roll back:
-respiratory syncytial virus — the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the United States
-influenza
-rotavirus
-chickenpox
-meningitis,
-hepatitis A
- hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
-respiratory syncytial virus — the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the United States
-influenza
-rotavirus
-chickenpox
-meningitis,
-hepatitis A
- hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
vaccines that HHS will now likely roll back:
-respiratory syncytial virus — the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the United States
-influenza
-rotavirus
-chickenpox
-meningitis,
-hepatitis A
- hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
-respiratory syncytial virus — the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the United States
-influenza
-rotavirus
-chickenpox
-meningitis,
-hepatitis A
- hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
Reposted by Eric Umansky
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
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A sociologist who surveyed >100 young trans people and their parents after a UK puberty blocker ban is warning bans in Australia/New Zealand will lead to suicides.
All are based in the Cass Review, which has "faced extensive peer-reviewed criticism for methodological problems," among other issues.
All are based in the Cass Review, which has "faced extensive peer-reviewed criticism for methodological problems," among other issues.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A sociologist who surveyed >100 young trans people and their parents after a UK puberty blocker ban is warning bans in Australia/New Zealand will lead to suicides.
All are based in the Cass Review, which has "faced extensive peer-reviewed criticism for methodological problems," among other issues.
All are based in the Cass Review, which has "faced extensive peer-reviewed criticism for methodological problems," among other issues.
Michele Singer Reiner's mom survived Auschwitz.
Singer-Reiner's answer:
“You make a family and you challenge authoritarians. You answer their horrificness with your passion and your intelligence and your advocacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Singer-Reiner's answer:
“You make a family and you challenge authoritarians. You answer their horrificness with your passion and your intelligence and your advocacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Michele Singer Reiner's mom survived Auschwitz.
Singer-Reiner's answer:
“You make a family and you challenge authoritarians. You answer their horrificness with your passion and your intelligence and your advocacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Singer-Reiner's answer:
“You make a family and you challenge authoritarians. You answer their horrificness with your passion and your intelligence and your advocacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
“At least one in five flights in the Caribbean has experienced problems with GPS navigation since early September.”
Passenger flights now being put at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...
Passenger flights now being put at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...
U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
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December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“At least one in five flights in the Caribbean has experienced problems with GPS navigation since early September.”
Passenger flights now being put at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...
Passenger flights now being put at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid.
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid.
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Reposted by Eric Umansky
A special new position at @propublica.org: Come be my partner in editing our crowdsourcing and engagement reporting team! job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Deputy Editor, Engagement
New York City, United States; Remote, United States
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December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A special new position at @propublica.org: Come be my partner in editing our crowdsourcing and engagement reporting team! job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
The average price for a one bedroom apt in California is $2100/month.
To afford it, a person earning minimum wage would need to work 98 hours a week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
To afford it, a person earning minimum wage would need to work 98 hours a week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The average price for a one bedroom apt in California is $2100/month.
To afford it, a person earning minimum wage would need to work 98 hours a week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
To afford it, a person earning minimum wage would need to work 98 hours a week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
I’ve had the pleasure of being Nicole’s editor at ProPublica these past two years.
Holding power to account is what fuels her.
And she’s damn good at it.
She finds stories. She reports the eff outta them. And she won’t take no for an answer. In the best way.
Holding power to account is what fuels her.
And she’s damn good at it.
She finds stories. She reports the eff outta them. And she won’t take no for an answer. In the best way.
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’ve had the pleasure of being Nicole’s editor at ProPublica these past two years.
Holding power to account is what fuels her.
And she’s damn good at it.
She finds stories. She reports the eff outta them. And she won’t take no for an answer. In the best way.
Holding power to account is what fuels her.
And she’s damn good at it.
She finds stories. She reports the eff outta them. And she won’t take no for an answer. In the best way.
Reposted by Eric Umansky
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...