Sophie Hurwitz
@hurwitz.bsky.social
reporting fellow at Grist and Inkstick Media | sophiehurwitz@gmail.com, Signal @shurwitz.18
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24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
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Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
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MS NOW confirms that Maduro will be taken to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the same facility—with horrific conditions—that held prominent prisoners like El Chapo, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Sean Combs, as well as ICE detainees.
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
MS NOW confirms that Maduro will be taken to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), the same facility—with horrific conditions—that held prominent prisoners like El Chapo, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Sean Combs, as well as ICE detainees.
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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Here's the newly released superseding indictment against Maduro and his wife:
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Here's the newly released superseding indictment against Maduro and his wife:
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
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it really doesn't matter whether maduro was "bad"
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
it really doesn't matter whether maduro was "bad"
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we are going to see some extremely ugly copycat landgrabs/kidnappings, not least in the very regions where Trump claims to have brokered ceasefires
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
we are going to see some extremely ugly copycat landgrabs/kidnappings, not least in the very regions where Trump claims to have brokered ceasefires
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the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
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this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Perry County Mo, stolen land of the Illiniwek, is home to four of the five longest caves in Missouri — with all four containing grotto sculpin populations.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.31-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.31-1...
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Perry County Mo, stolen land of the Illiniwek, is home to four of the five longest caves in Missouri — with all four containing grotto sculpin populations.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.31-1...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch article via Wayback Machine
archive.today/2025.12.31-1...
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Extremely disturbing press release from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social just now, stating that Israeli prison guards raped German journalist Anna Liedtke after soldiers intercepted the flotilla ship she was on with medics and other journalists.
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Extremely disturbing press release from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social just now, stating that Israeli prison guards raped German journalist Anna Liedtke after soldiers intercepted the flotilla ship she was on with medics and other journalists.
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THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We're Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
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zohran will fail us many times because that is what politicians do. but what a change it is to have a little bit of hope about the place you live
January 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
zohran will fail us many times because that is what politicians do. but what a change it is to have a little bit of hope about the place you live
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Missouri’s referendum on minimum wage and paid sick leave last year won by a margin of 58 to 42 percent statewide. Under a proposal advanced by the GOP, it would have failed because it didn’t win more than 50 percent in every congressional district.
Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed
Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.
boltsmag.org
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Missouri’s referendum on minimum wage and paid sick leave last year won by a margin of 58 to 42 percent statewide. Under a proposal advanced by the GOP, it would have failed because it didn’t win more than 50 percent in every congressional district.
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NEW: Candidates are increasingly distancing themselves from AIPAC while still meeting with the group in private and taking $ from its donors. The pro-Israel lobby isn’t receding - it’s going back to operating behind closed doors to influence elections theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
AIPAC Is Retreating From Endorsements and Election Spending. It Won’t Give Up Its Influence.
AIPAC is taking a quieter approach this midterms cycle, but the lobbying group is still seeking to keep Congress in Israel’s pocket.
theintercept.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: Candidates are increasingly distancing themselves from AIPAC while still meeting with the group in private and taking $ from its donors. The pro-Israel lobby isn’t receding - it’s going back to operating behind closed doors to influence elections theintercept.com/2025/12/30/a...
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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
basically I wrote a whole lot, I was very grateful to do so, and I want to do more of this next year
Some of the articles I wrote this year:
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
basically I wrote a whole lot, I was very grateful to do so, and I want to do more of this next year
Some of the articles I wrote this year:
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some of the articles I wrote this year:
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Air to Ground Message:
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUR GROUNDSPEED..THIS HEADWD BLOWS...LOL
Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
A: #ac88199708f
F: #fd8b8dea52f
#acars #vdlm2
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUR GROUNDSPEED..THIS HEADWD BLOWS...LOL
Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
A: #ac88199708f
F: #fd8b8dea52f
#acars #vdlm2
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Air to Ground Message:
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUR GROUNDSPEED..THIS HEADWD BLOWS...LOL
Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
A: #ac88199708f
F: #fd8b8dea52f
#acars #vdlm2
YOU SHOULD CHECK OUR GROUNDSPEED..THIS HEADWD BLOWS...LOL
Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
A: #ac88199708f
F: #fd8b8dea52f
#acars #vdlm2
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mood going into 2k26: @leahsottile.bsky.social's living manifesto for journalism
66. Clarity
A Living Manifesto on Journalism for 2026 and Beyond
leahsottile.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
mood going into 2k26: @leahsottile.bsky.social's living manifesto for journalism
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In February, I partnered with @hurwitz.bsky.social to chronicle how immigration enforcement impacted students in the Boston area.
“Half my students were gone”: How Trump’s immigration agenda is disrupting education
In Boston-area schools, more than 1,000 students stayed home fearing deportation. Their teachers want to know what to tell them.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In February, I partnered with @hurwitz.bsky.social to chronicle how immigration enforcement impacted students in the Boston area.
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Won’t confirm role of U.S. military in the attack but does confirm the role of the U.S. government.
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Q: Can you say any more about the explosion in Venezuela that you mentioned in a radio interview. Did the military do that?
TRUMP: Well, it doesn't matter. But there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit the area.
TRUMP: Well, it doesn't matter. But there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit the area.
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Won’t confirm role of U.S. military in the attack but does confirm the role of the U.S. government.
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