Jessica Schulberg
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social
senior reporter at HuffPost covering prisons/jails/courts • HuffPost Union + WGAE Councilmember
BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
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NEW: I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social for HuffPost.
We talked about free speech, ICE, political prosecution, the Trump administration’s attack on immigrants, fascists, Democrats, and yes, a bit about the indictment, too.
I hope you will read:
www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-ab...
We talked about free speech, ICE, political prosecution, the Trump administration’s attack on immigrants, fascists, Democrats, and yes, a bit about the indictment, too.
I hope you will read:
www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-ab...
A Politician Was Manhandled By ICE Then Indicted — And She Says It ‘Backfired’ On Trump
“Trump wants people to be scared of immigrants and people who stand with immigrants to be scared,” said Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois’ 9th District.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: I interviewed @katmabu.bsky.social for HuffPost.
We talked about free speech, ICE, political prosecution, the Trump administration’s attack on immigrants, fascists, Democrats, and yes, a bit about the indictment, too.
I hope you will read:
www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-ab...
We talked about free speech, ICE, political prosecution, the Trump administration’s attack on immigrants, fascists, Democrats, and yes, a bit about the indictment, too.
I hope you will read:
www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-ab...
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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From the union statement in the story below:
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
From the union statement in the story below:
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My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
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November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
Tremane Wood is facing execution on November 13. I revisited his case to investigate how a group of judges and prosecutors have secretly coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chance to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tremane Wood is facing execution on November 13. I revisited his case to investigate how a group of judges and prosecutors have secretly coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chance to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
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Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
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Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
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How much of Zohran Mamdani's ambitious agenda can he get done if he's elected mayor on Tuesday?
A lot – and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
A lot – and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
What Can Zohran Mamdani Do?
The Democratic nominee’s big-ticket priorities are possible — with a little help from his friends.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How much of Zohran Mamdani's ambitious agenda can he get done if he's elected mayor on Tuesday?
A lot – and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
A lot – and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments about Colorado's conversion therapy ban tomorrow. In Chiles v. Salazar, a Christian therapist - repped by the Alliance Defending Freedom - claims that CO's 2019 ban on conversion therapy infringes on her freedom of speech.
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Supreme Court To Hear Major LGBTQ Case That Could Have Devastating Effects On Youth
A Christian therapist is challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, claiming it violates her right to free speech.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about Colorado's conversion therapy ban tomorrow. In Chiles v. Salazar, a Christian therapist - repped by the Alliance Defending Freedom - claims that CO's 2019 ban on conversion therapy infringes on her freedom of speech.
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today, we leafleted audience members in line for The View, Good Morning America, and LIVE with Kelly & Mark to encourage them to join the fight to show ABC/Disney no president or corporation can deny our right to free speech.
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In the days before the admin. tried to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children in the pre-dawn hours of Labor Day weekend, many of their immigration cases were abruptly closed.
I'm now hearing that this is happening to some Honduran kids.
This says 300 kids may be vulnerable:
I'm now hearing that this is happening to some Honduran kids.
This says 300 kids may be vulnerable:
Lawyers fear 1,000 children from Central America, dozens in California, are at risk of being deported
Lawyers and advocates fear the U.S. government is now expanding their list of hundreds of children across the country, which started with children from Guatemala, to include those from Honduras and El...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In the days before the admin. tried to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children in the pre-dawn hours of Labor Day weekend, many of their immigration cases were abruptly closed.
I'm now hearing that this is happening to some Honduran kids.
This says 300 kids may be vulnerable:
I'm now hearing that this is happening to some Honduran kids.
This says 300 kids may be vulnerable:
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Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
This School District Is Preparing ‘Lockdowns’ — But Now It’s Not Just For Shootings
They’ve spent years preparing for natural disasters and school shootings. Now, they are ready to do lockdowns in response to immigration raids.
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September 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
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Looking back at Charlie Kirk's political commentary, his importance as an organizer, and his potential legacy in the MAGA movement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
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Charlie Kirk Lit The Path For Trumpism And A Far-Right America
Kirk, who was fatally shot while on stage at a speaking event, lit a path for the future of Trumpism.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Looking back at Charlie Kirk's political commentary, his importance as an organizer, and his potential legacy in the MAGA movement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
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President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda has a surprising stakeholder: Bill Gates.
The multibillionaire tech mogul and philanthropist owns a large portion of a key service provider for immigration flights.
w/ @gnobes.huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...
The multibillionaire tech mogul and philanthropist owns a large portion of a key service provider for immigration flights.
w/ @gnobes.huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...
Donald Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda Has A Surprising Stakeholder: Bill Gates
One of the billionaire's investments has become a linchpin in the day-to-day machinery of Trump’s immigration enforcement apparatus.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda has a surprising stakeholder: Bill Gates.
The multibillionaire tech mogul and philanthropist owns a large portion of a key service provider for immigration flights.
w/ @gnobes.huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...
The multibillionaire tech mogul and philanthropist owns a large portion of a key service provider for immigration flights.
w/ @gnobes.huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...
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🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation.
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation.
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
They Spent Years Covering L.A.'s Taco Scene. When ICE Raids Began, They Were Ready.
"It's very personal to me," Memo Torres told HuffPost. "L.A. is home. So you attack my home, you’re attacking my people."
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August 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
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Yesterday’s raid at an LA Home Depot, dubbed “Operation Trojan Horse,” suggests that DHS may not be complying with court orders blocking indiscriminate arrests based on race, language or place of work, immigration advocates told me and @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
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Trump’s Border Patrol May Have Violated Court Orders In Immigration Raid
Border patrol agents raided a Los Angeles Home Depot on Wednesday weeks after a court blocked officials from racially profiling people to carry out immigration enforcement.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yesterday’s raid at an LA Home Depot, dubbed “Operation Trojan Horse,” suggests that DHS may not be complying with court orders blocking indiscriminate arrests based on race, language or place of work, immigration advocates told me and @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
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NEW: An Alabama teenager was prosecuted and convicted of murder over the death of his friend, whom he didn't shoot or kill.
Bolts worked on this important read by the Yale Reporting Lab to illuminate the little-understood ramifications of the 'felony murder' doctrine:
boltsmag.org/alabama-felo...
Bolts worked on this important read by the Yale Reporting Lab to illuminate the little-understood ramifications of the 'felony murder' doctrine:
boltsmag.org/alabama-felo...
A Friend's Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for - Bolts
An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.
boltsmag.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: An Alabama teenager was prosecuted and convicted of murder over the death of his friend, whom he didn't shoot or kill.
Bolts worked on this important read by the Yale Reporting Lab to illuminate the little-understood ramifications of the 'felony murder' doctrine:
boltsmag.org/alabama-felo...
Bolts worked on this important read by the Yale Reporting Lab to illuminate the little-understood ramifications of the 'felony murder' doctrine:
boltsmag.org/alabama-felo...
utterly barbaric — Byron Black's lawyers unsuccessfully fought in court for his defibrillator to be disabled before his execution, arguing it could cause painful shocks as he died. Witnesses to the execution say he groaned in pain and said, "It's hurting so bad." www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
August 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
utterly barbaric — Byron Black's lawyers unsuccessfully fought in court for his defibrillator to be disabled before his execution, arguing it could cause painful shocks as he died. Witnesses to the execution say he groaned in pain and said, "It's hurting so bad." www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
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The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory
The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.
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Trump sent Jerce Reyes Barrios to CECOT without charge, indefinitely, over a Real Madrid-inspired tattoo and a "rock&roll" hand signal. Jerce told us his story. (& he wants the world to know: “I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid”)
w/ @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
w/ @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There
“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.
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August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump sent Jerce Reyes Barrios to CECOT without charge, indefinitely, over a Real Madrid-inspired tattoo and a "rock&roll" hand signal. Jerce told us his story. (& he wants the world to know: “I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid”)
w/ @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
w/ @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...