Ethan Corey
@ethanscorey.bsky.social
My job is to scroll through this spreadsheet and look for numbers that are scary?
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What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What's the difference between states like Florida, where ICE arrests are sky-high, and states like Illinois with much lower rates of arrests? It's all about police & jails.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
Arrest rates out of homes, workplaces, etc are similar – but reining in sheriffs makes all the difference.
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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A Judge Tossed a Prison Sex Abuse Lawsuit Over Typos. Hundreds More Dismissals Could Be Coming. nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
A Judge Tossed a Prison Sex Abuse Lawsuit Over Typos
The state plans to ask a court to dismiss some 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits for not strictly abiding by filing requirements.
nysfocus.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Judge Tossed a Prison Sex Abuse Lawsuit Over Typos. Hundreds More Dismissals Could Be Coming. nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
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ICE just released updated detention statistics.
As of December 13, 2025, ICE reports a total of 68,442 people are held in immigration detention.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
As of December 13, 2025, ICE reports a total of 68,442 people are held in immigration detention.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICE just released updated detention statistics.
As of December 13, 2025, ICE reports a total of 68,442 people are held in immigration detention.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
As of December 13, 2025, ICE reports a total of 68,442 people are held in immigration detention.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Full video of the speech here: youtu.be/ilE4lr9Qb3A?...
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Full video of the speech here: youtu.be/ilE4lr9Qb3A?...
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CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Impressive student journalism by Harvard Crimson reporters about some of their absolutely vile classmates.
These assholes will be clerks for Neil Gorsuch in a few years, most likely.
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Impressive student journalism by Harvard Crimson reporters about some of their absolutely vile classmates.
Editors, don't you just hate it when a writer turns in a draft full of Nazi imagery?
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Editors, don't you just hate it when a writer turns in a draft full of Nazi imagery?
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“Four detainee deaths in one week is a red-hot crisis,” said Eunice Cho, senior counsel at the @aclu.org National Prison Project. “There is no question in my mind that this represents a clear deterioration of medical care and the worsening conditions in ICE detention.”
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow
At least 30 detainees have died in 2025, prompting concerns about deteriorating conditions at facilities even as the agency has received an infusion of cash from Congress.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Four detainee deaths in one week is a red-hot crisis,” said Eunice Cho, senior counsel at the @aclu.org National Prison Project. “There is no question in my mind that this represents a clear deterioration of medical care and the worsening conditions in ICE detention.”
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NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism."
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism."
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
The Avignon U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
Not for the first time, the signature block for Self-Proclaimed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan spelled it “Virgina.”
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Avignon U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
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Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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Yes, the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law that Alliance Defending Freedom has been trying to revive and weaponize as a nationwide abortion ban since fall 2022 after the fall of Roe v. Wade
More: www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-h...
www.jezebel.com/the-telling-...
More: www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-h...
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NEW: Louisiana and lawyer Erin Hawley of ADF just asked a federal judge to IMMEDIATELY end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone while their lawsuit against the FDA proceeds. They cite Fifth Circuit opinion and the Comstock Act of 1873
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**Second, the 2023 REMS is “otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). Under 18 U.S.C. § 1462** [NOTE: THIS IS THE COMSTOCK ACT. IT'S 18 U.S.C 1461-1462], Congress prohibits the use of “any express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service” for “any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion.” Because a federal agency cannot permit what federal law expressly prohibits, FDA lacked authority to permanently remove the in-person dispensing requirement.
For these reasons, and as set forth fully in Plaintiffs’ Complaint and supporting Memorandum of Law, interim relief is necessary and appropriate to mitigate irreparable injuries caused by the 2023 REMS. Interim relief will serve the public interest and will not harm Defendants.
This Motion is made on the grounds specified in this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of Law, the exhibits attached to this Motion, the Complaint, and the Complaint’s accompanying exhibits, as well as on such other and further oral or documentary evidence as may be presented to the Court at or before a hearing on this Motion.1 An exhibit list and a proposed order are attached.
docket here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71544002/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration/?order_by=desc](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreifj2cvzqbotkuyfhsv5afpnhcuxtrjy4fgad6otbbnex4dis76yhe@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Yes, the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law that Alliance Defending Freedom has been trying to revive and weaponize as a nationwide abortion ban since fall 2022 after the fall of Roe v. Wade
More: www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-h...
www.jezebel.com/the-telling-...
More: www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-h...
www.jezebel.com/the-telling-...
Faced with evidence that cognitive dissonance is debunked, proponents of the theory double down and insist that the skeptics' studies are flawed, thereby exhibiting cognitive dissonance!
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Faced with evidence that cognitive dissonance is debunked, proponents of the theory double down and insist that the skeptics' studies are flawed, thereby exhibiting cognitive dissonance!
The fact that winter has not yet started notwithstanding, I am ready for it to be over.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The fact that winter has not yet started notwithstanding, I am ready for it to be over.
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Just a devastating investigation by Anat Rubin @calmatters.org
on the impact of flat-fee defense contracts, as told through the lens of one firm in the state. One stat: of 2,000 cases resolved, they investigated just 9.
calmatters.org/investigatio...
on the impact of flat-fee defense contracts, as told through the lens of one firm in the state. One stat: of 2,000 cases resolved, they investigated just 9.
calmatters.org/investigatio...
The WalMart of public defense: How justice goes to the lowest bidder in rural California
The Ciummo firm has become the face of the privatization of California’s public defense. Even their courtroom adversaries wish they’d put up more of a fight.
calmatters.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just a devastating investigation by Anat Rubin @calmatters.org
on the impact of flat-fee defense contracts, as told through the lens of one firm in the state. One stat: of 2,000 cases resolved, they investigated just 9.
calmatters.org/investigatio...
on the impact of flat-fee defense contracts, as told through the lens of one firm in the state. One stat: of 2,000 cases resolved, they investigated just 9.
calmatters.org/investigatio...
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I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
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Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
I recently started playing with qute browser, which is a lot of fun as long as you're willing to spend several hours configuring it, lol (though arguably that's _part_ of the fun!)
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I recently started playing with qute browser, which is a lot of fun as long as you're willing to spend several hours configuring it, lol (though arguably that's _part_ of the fun!)
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All told, almost 13,000 people left jobs at the Justice Department between January and October. That's about 50% more than left the department in all of 2024.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
All told, almost 13,000 people left jobs at the Justice Department between January and October. That's about 50% more than left the department in all of 2024.
This analysis of the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter's Discord chats reveals that he was indistinguishable from literally every other Discord user in the universe.
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This analysis of the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter's Discord chats reveals that he was indistinguishable from literally every other Discord user in the universe.
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Here’s how to spot double counting in your data story — and what to do about it.
onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/12/16/d... #ddj
onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/12/16/d... #ddj
Double counting: how to spot it and how to avoid it
Double counting — counting something more than once in data — can present particular risks for journalists, leading to an incorrect total or proportion. Here’s how to spot it — and what to do about…
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December 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here’s how to spot double counting in your data story — and what to do about it.
onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/12/16/d... #ddj
onlinejournalismblog.com/2025/12/16/d... #ddj
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When the government claims it stopped a terrorist attack, a degree of skepticism was always warranted—how far along was the plot before an undercover officer got involved? what would have actually happened?—but not insurmountable skepticism.
Now? How could anyone believe what federal officials say.
Now? How could anyone believe what federal officials say.
I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
December 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When the government claims it stopped a terrorist attack, a degree of skepticism was always warranted—how far along was the plot before an undercover officer got involved? what would have actually happened?—but not insurmountable skepticism.
Now? How could anyone believe what federal officials say.
Now? How could anyone believe what federal officials say.
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New from me for @theintercept.com: As public support for the death penalty fell to the lowest level in 50 years, the US is poised to execute 48 people in 2025 -- the highest amount in 15 years. FL drove the surge in executions. I wrote about @deathpenaltyinfo.org's report, which was released today.
Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says
Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions in 2025.
theintercept.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New from me for @theintercept.com: As public support for the death penalty fell to the lowest level in 50 years, the US is poised to execute 48 people in 2025 -- the highest amount in 15 years. FL drove the surge in executions. I wrote about @deathpenaltyinfo.org's report, which was released today.