Nate File
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Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Enjoys hoops.
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Teens from juvenile diversion program MileUp will be among the thousands of athletes participating in this weekend’s races. They’re running for more than accolades.
To get their charges dropped, these teenagers are running the Philly Half Marathon
Instead of punishing the students for the crimes they may have committed, MileUp, a juvenile diversion program, intends to teach them accountability and responsibility through running.
www.inquirer.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Teens from juvenile diversion program MileUp will be among the thousands of athletes participating in this weekend’s races. They’re running for more than accolades.
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration released $100 million in SNAP benefits to recipients, local business owners who depend on those customers — such as those at Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market — welcomed their return.
With SNAP in legal limbo, Philly businesses depend on its recipients
While the program's pause is being adjudicated by the Supreme Court, local businesses welcome the return of their SNAP customers
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
After Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration released $100 million in SNAP benefits to recipients, local business owners who depend on those customers — such as those at Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market — welcomed their return.
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"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
foiaball.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
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Kevin Durant booing the OKC fans booing him
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Kevin Durant booing the OKC fans booing him
You might think a cemetery would never be short on business, but right now, many of them are struggling. I wrote about why, and how the next wedding you go to might be inside of a cemetery:
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A changing death industry puts Philly cemeteries at risk
More people are opting for cremation, leaving some cemeteries stretched for money. Har Jedhuda Cemetery in Upper Darby is one of many that are struggling.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You might think a cemetery would never be short on business, but right now, many of them are struggling. I wrote about why, and how the next wedding you go to might be inside of a cemetery:
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Kevin Durant seems to have made a lot of money on Bitcoin. Except he hasn't cashed out because he lost the password for his Coinbase account. And it's been years since he's known what it is.
(This is from him on stage with Rick Kleiman at the Boardroom conference this week)
(This is from him on stage with Rick Kleiman at the Boardroom conference this week)
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Kevin Durant seems to have made a lot of money on Bitcoin. Except he hasn't cashed out because he lost the password for his Coinbase account. And it's been years since he's known what it is.
(This is from him on stage with Rick Kleiman at the Boardroom conference this week)
(This is from him on stage with Rick Kleiman at the Boardroom conference this week)
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How this is playing out in our household.
September 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
How this is playing out in our household.
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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After a heated second round match at the US Open, American Taylor Townsend calls out her opponent, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko:
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
August 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
After a heated second round match at the US Open, American Taylor Townsend calls out her opponent, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko:
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
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Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
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Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her
Bondi: "Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her
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We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
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“This is madness. We are running out of words to describe it. And the people of Gaza are running out of time,” says Chris Hayes on the dire aid situation amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
‘Madness’: Hayes says ‘the people of Gaza are running out of time’
YouTube video by MSNBC
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July 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“This is madness. We are running out of words to describe it. And the people of Gaza are running out of time,” says Chris Hayes on the dire aid situation amid Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Yall will NEVER guess how this storytime ends. We are doomed.
July 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yall will NEVER guess how this storytime ends. We are doomed.
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Hey! Sorry, just wanted to make sure you saw this. Yes, that is Damian Lillard, presumably shooting Brad Pitt's character, Achilles, from the 2004 film, Troy (which scored 54% on Rotten Tomatoes) with a bow and arrow.
July 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hey! Sorry, just wanted to make sure you saw this. Yes, that is Damian Lillard, presumably shooting Brad Pitt's character, Achilles, from the 2004 film, Troy (which scored 54% on Rotten Tomatoes) with a bow and arrow.
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”
The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.
Don’t ever forget.
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
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Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
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it is the Imperial Judiciary when courts say that presidents can’t unilaterally overturn constitutional text, and the Proper Order of Things when courts say that your rights rest on the whims of who happens to be in office
Woah. Fierce cut-down of the junior justice by the next-most-junior justice.
Barrett giving Jackson the back of her hand:
Barrett giving Jackson the back of her hand:
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
it is the Imperial Judiciary when courts say that presidents can’t unilaterally overturn constitutional text, and the Proper Order of Things when courts say that your rights rest on the whims of who happens to be in office
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?