Julia Preston
@juliaprestonnow.bsky.social
Journalist, writer. Former Marshall Project, NYT. All things immigration. Facts, please. And civil debate. Democracy is good, let's keep it.
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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@donlemonofficial.bsky.social: I don’t really know what’s next for me. These are serious charges and I take them seriously, but they’re not going to steal my joy or silence me. It’s my mission to report and tell people the truth.
February 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social: I don’t really know what’s next for me. These are serious charges and I take them seriously, but they’re not going to steal my joy or silence me. It’s my mission to report and tell people the truth.
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A Canadian company said on Friday that it would no longer sell a warehouse in Virginia to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had planned to use the site as an ICE processing facility.
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A Canadian company said on Friday that it would no longer sell a warehouse in Virginia to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had planned to use the site as an ICE processing facility.
ICE is not making us safer…
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
ICE is not making us safer…
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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Now more than ever it is time to support independent journalism in America. Make no mistake. Trump and his forces are trying to harm new media in the way that they damaged corporate media last year. Remember… What we do is powered by the people. And this is no time to let down our guard.
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Now more than ever it is time to support independent journalism in America. Make no mistake. Trump and his forces are trying to harm new media in the way that they damaged corporate media last year. Remember… What we do is powered by the people. And this is no time to let down our guard.
Dara and I will offer lots of info + analysis to help understand the sweeping powers Trump is claiming with his mass deportations and the consequences for the country and our democracy. Be there! #massdeportation
At Issue returns Feb 19th with a discussion about President Trump's immigration agenda and its consequences, feat @daralind.bsky.social, a Senior Fellow at @immcouncil.org and @juliaprestonnow.bsky.social, a journalist who focuses on immigration. www.hillcenterdc.org/event/at-iss...
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Dara and I will offer lots of info + analysis to help understand the sweeping powers Trump is claiming with his mass deportations and the consequences for the country and our democracy. Be there! #massdeportation
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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Rare good news and a direct result of Wisconsin voters’ resistance to Musk’s bid to buy their court:
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July 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rare good news and a direct result of Wisconsin voters’ resistance to Musk’s bid to buy their court:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Too many deaths, urgent to have independent eyes to witness, report: CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists cpj.org?p=484868
CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, June 5, 2025—More than 130 global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments, and international institutions on Thursday to act immediately to ensur...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Too many deaths, urgent to have independent eyes to witness, report: CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists cpj.org?p=484868
A new, even more aggressive attack: Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
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June 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A new, even more aggressive attack: Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
Belatedly sharing this extensively reported, crucially important story via @propublica.org #deportations #ruleoflaw www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Belatedly sharing this extensively reported, crucially important story via @propublica.org #deportations #ruleoflaw www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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The journalists I know at @NPR.org and @PBS.org are among the best in the business -- smart, open minded, independent and totally professional. Trump made clear in the Oval Office today that what he wants are journalists who will tell him that his policies are "wonderful," not ask tough questions.
April 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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“Donald Trump is waging an intricately planned assault on every aspect of the immigration system, the broadest and most systematic government crackdown at least since World War II.” — @juliaprestonnow.bsky.social
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him and pushed him
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April 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“Donald Trump is waging an intricately planned assault on every aspect of the immigration system, the broadest and most systematic government crackdown at least since World War II.” — @juliaprestonnow.bsky.social
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“In his quest for higher deportation numbers, Trump is testing, if not trampling, the outer boundaries of his already broad executive powers under immigration law.” — @juliaprestonnow.bsky.social
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him and pushed him
www.nybooks.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“In his quest for higher deportation numbers, Trump is testing, if not trampling, the outer boundaries of his already broad executive powers under immigration law.” — @juliaprestonnow.bsky.social
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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
Trump’s goal is a purge of immigrants, whether or not that have any criminal history; indeed regardless of whether they have lawful papers… My latest via @nybooks.com
Julia Preston (@juliaprestonnow.bsky.social) on Trump’s assault against the US immigration system buff.ly/8VISelk
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him and pushed him
buff.ly
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Trump’s goal is a purge of immigrants, whether or not that have any criminal history; indeed regardless of whether they have lawful papers… My latest via @nybooks.com
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Julia Preston (@juliaprestonnow.bsky.social) on Trump’s assault against the US immigration system buff.ly/8VISelk
In Trump’s Dragnet | Julia Preston
In Berwyn, Illinois, immigration officers arrested Julio Noriega as he was walking down the street and, without explanation, handcuffed him and pushed him
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Julia Preston (@juliaprestonnow.bsky.social) on Trump’s assault against the US immigration system buff.ly/8VISelk
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Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."
March 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."
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The American people are rising up to push back against the assault on our economy, the assault on hard working families, the assault on our democracy and the assault on Medicaid.
We DO NOT need paid protesters.
We DO NOT need paid protesters.
March 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The American people are rising up to push back against the assault on our economy, the assault on hard working families, the assault on our democracy and the assault on Medicaid.
We DO NOT need paid protesters.
We DO NOT need paid protesters.
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Trump and Musk have launched an incredible assault of the “America Of The Four Freedoms.” But we are Americans, and fighting for freedom and democracy is what we do.
Some thoughts about how we fight our want-to-rulers and their embrace of “unfreedom" 👇
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Some thoughts about how we fight our want-to-rulers and their embrace of “unfreedom" 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-are-ame...
We Are Americans. Fighting For Freedom and Democracy Is What We Do
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February 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trump and Musk have launched an incredible assault of the “America Of The Four Freedoms.” But we are Americans, and fighting for freedom and democracy is what we do.
Some thoughts about how we fight our want-to-rulers and their embrace of “unfreedom" 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-are-ame...
Some thoughts about how we fight our want-to-rulers and their embrace of “unfreedom" 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-are-ame...