Gabriel Kahn
@gabekahn.bsky.social
journalism prof. @USCAnnenberg, founder Crosstown: data-driven local news (xtownmedia.com), ex-@WSJ. Lacking sense of humor.
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JD Vance in 2021:
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
JD Vance in 2021:
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
Genius move, Texas.
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Genius move, Texas.
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
So basically Albert Speer’s defense at Nuremberg.
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Everything about this, from the premise to quotes, is so unbelievable. These people inhabit the biggest VC firms on the planet. Apparently without incident.
Everything about this, from the premise to quotes, is so unbelievable. These people inhabit the biggest VC firms on the planet. Apparently without incident.
Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois' comments on ICE shooting | TechCrunch
Unwavering Trump loyalist and VC Keith Rabois caused his colleague and his firm's founder to distance themselves from his comments on ICE.
techcrunch.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 AM
techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/v...
Everything about this, from the premise to quotes, is so unbelievable. These people inhabit the biggest VC firms on the planet. Apparently without incident.
Everything about this, from the premise to quotes, is so unbelievable. These people inhabit the biggest VC firms on the planet. Apparently without incident.
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Walz: "You kill a man, and then you just leave? You're law enforcement -- you just leave? Is there a single case in American history where you just, like, walk away and say, 'I guess that just happened and we're not gonna clean up our mess?'"
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Walz: "You kill a man, and then you just leave? You're law enforcement -- you just leave? Is there a single case in American history where you just, like, walk away and say, 'I guess that just happened and we're not gonna clean up our mess?'"
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The person who publishes this drivel also runs CBS News.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The person who publishes this drivel also runs CBS News.
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Must Read: How a meme became state policy then kinetic reality in less than a year thenerve.co/story/report...
[REPORT] First 100 days of Trump 2.0: Narrative warfare and the breakdown of reality
Probe, Navigate
thenerve.co
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Must Read: How a meme became state policy then kinetic reality in less than a year thenerve.co/story/report...
When newsrooms can harness local data, good things happen.
xtownmedia.com
xtownmedia.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
When newsrooms can harness local data, good things happen.
xtownmedia.com
xtownmedia.com
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Here is the @crosstownla.bsky.social story, complete with charts showing the seven-year change in burglaries, car break-ins and more. xtown.la/2026/01/14/m...
Murders and robberies tumble in Los Angeles, while police shootings spike
In 2025, many major crime categories fell to pre-COVID levels…
xtown.la
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Here is the @crosstownla.bsky.social story, complete with charts showing the seven-year change in burglaries, car break-ins and more. xtown.la/2026/01/14/m...
I knew Daniel Pearl. I was his colleague. I'm pretty sure he would be disgusted by this.
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I knew Daniel Pearl. I was his colleague. I'm pretty sure he would be disgusted by this.
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Murders in the city of Los Angeles fell substantially in 2025, and there were also big reductions in other crime categories. However, the 47 times that police fired their weapons was a 62% yearly increase. Data and charts in my @crosstownla.bsky.social story. xtown.la/2026/01/14/m...
Murders and robberies tumble in Los Angeles, while police shootings spike
In 2025, many major crime categories fell to pre-COVID levels…
xtown.la
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Murders in the city of Los Angeles fell substantially in 2025, and there were also big reductions in other crime categories. However, the 47 times that police fired their weapons was a 62% yearly increase. Data and charts in my @crosstownla.bsky.social story. xtown.la/2026/01/14/m...
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The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project | Fortune
“I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped,” said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv
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January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Can’t stop thinking about this piece. Perfect illustration of civil behavior and grace: both from St. Clair and from the author, @parkermolloy.com open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
A Conservative Influencer Apologized for Her Anti-Trans Past. Elon Musk is Trying to Take Her Kid.
Ashley St. Clair wrote an anti-trans children's book, had Elon Musk's baby, and got targeted by his AI. Then she did something almost no one in conservative media ever does.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this piece. Perfect illustration of civil behavior and grace: both from St. Clair and from the author, @parkermolloy.com open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
This👇
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
This👇
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
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I've started to call this the Tim Cook Approach to government regulation. Do as little as possible. Probably nothing will happen.
TikTok: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
TikTok: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I've started to call this the Tim Cook Approach to government regulation. Do as little as possible. Probably nothing will happen.
TikTok: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
TikTok: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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A year after the Palisades went up in flames, the pace of rebuilding begins to slow.
xtown.la/2026/01/05/p...
xtown.la/2026/01/05/p...
Palisades post-fire rebuilding efforts start to sputter
Despite streamlining, construction still bogged down by a lengthy permitting process.
xtown.la
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 PM
A year after the Palisades went up in flames, the pace of rebuilding begins to slow.
xtown.la/2026/01/05/p...
xtown.la/2026/01/05/p...
The straightforward, no bullshit approach of @karaswisher.bsky.social is so refreshing.
Kara Swisher on the Blind Spot That Broke Big Tech
The host of On with Kara Swisher and Pivot talks about the industry’s Trump pivot, Elon Musk’s unraveling, and the uneasy economics behind the AI boom.
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The straightforward, no bullshit approach of @karaswisher.bsky.social is so refreshing.
Wow.
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Wow.