Rebecca Burns
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social
Investigative reporter and editor. 🏡,🏦,☀️, also🐈. she/ her.
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In my opinion, one of the biggest revelations from the Epstein-Trump emails is that Michael Wolff -- who calls himself a journalist -- acted as a publicist and PR crisis manager for the most notorious sexual predator in recent memory.
And he did this for YEARS!
And he did this for YEARS!
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In my opinion, one of the biggest revelations from the Epstein-Trump emails is that Michael Wolff -- who calls himself a journalist -- acted as a publicist and PR crisis manager for the most notorious sexual predator in recent memory.
And he did this for YEARS!
And he did this for YEARS!
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Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Progressive groups are calling for Chuck Schumer's ouster after centrist Dems' shutdown cave. Dem senators' phone lines are "exploding" with the same demands. So far, Senate Dems don't have a ton to say.
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
New at @zeteo.com w/ @swin24.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Must-read investigation by @thomasbirm.bsky.social connecting the dots between the displacement of U.S. tenants and Palestinian families. (Spoiler: the same corporate entity profits from them both!)
For @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org, I looked into American Landmark, a major landlord filing evictions far more than the national average.
I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I found they are owned by an Israeli company with ties to the IDF, including during the Gaza genocide. (1/10)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Must-read investigation by @thomasbirm.bsky.social connecting the dots between the displacement of U.S. tenants and Palestinian families. (Spoiler: the same corporate entity profits from them both!)
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Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
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Draws parallels with what @rebeccaburns.bsky.social uncovered in the illegal, racist raid in Chicago—cheaper for predatory landlords to have people kidnapped than evicted: inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
November 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Draws parallels with what @rebeccaburns.bsky.social uncovered in the illegal, racist raid in Chicago—cheaper for predatory landlords to have people kidnapped than evicted: inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
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Extremely honored to have run this piece last week from the national leaders of @ueunion.org.
Carl Rosen and Mark Meinster's last public act as they hand over the reins was to stand up for Palestine. Principled leaders who know that struggle is a long game.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Carl Rosen and Mark Meinster's last public act as they hand over the reins was to stand up for Palestine. Principled leaders who know that struggle is a long game.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Workers Here Have More in Common With Palestinians Being Bombed Than the Billionaires Bombing Them
Even beyond the prospects of a ceasefire, the United Electrical Workers are calling for an end to US military aid to Israel—and why other unions should be working towards the same thing.
inthesetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Extremely honored to have run this piece last week from the national leaders of @ueunion.org.
Carl Rosen and Mark Meinster's last public act as they hand over the reins was to stand up for Palestine. Principled leaders who know that struggle is a long game.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Carl Rosen and Mark Meinster's last public act as they hand over the reins was to stand up for Palestine. Principled leaders who know that struggle is a long game.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
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The Trump administration gutted the agency investigating how thousands of homeowners fell victim to zombie mortgages.
A new Bloomberg analysis shows just how widespread these debt collections have become
A new Bloomberg analysis shows just how widespread these debt collections have become
Trump Gutted Agency Investigating Zombie Mortgage Debt Collectors
Many homeowners were blindsided by huge bills from zombie mortgages. A federal investigation of unlawful debt collections has stalled after the Trump administration gutted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
bloom.bg
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Trump administration gutted the agency investigating how thousands of homeowners fell victim to zombie mortgages.
A new Bloomberg analysis shows just how widespread these debt collections have become
A new Bloomberg analysis shows just how widespread these debt collections have become
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AIG insures fossil fuel infrastructure deals.
But AIG’s lead independent director, John G. Rice, holds the exact same position at Baker Hughes, which gets contracts to build fossil fuel infrastructure.
Big conflict found by our partners at @exposedbycmd.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
But AIG’s lead independent director, John G. Rice, holds the exact same position at Baker Hughes, which gets contracts to build fossil fuel infrastructure.
Big conflict found by our partners at @exposedbycmd.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
Top AIG Exec Has Major Fossil Fuel Ties - The American Prospect
A Center for Media and Democracy investigation shows that John G. Rice, AIG’s lead independent director, holds the same position at Baker Hughes, a global fossil fuel technology company that has recei...
prospect.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
AIG insures fossil fuel infrastructure deals.
But AIG’s lead independent director, John G. Rice, holds the exact same position at Baker Hughes, which gets contracts to build fossil fuel infrastructure.
Big conflict found by our partners at @exposedbycmd.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
But AIG’s lead independent director, John G. Rice, holds the exact same position at Baker Hughes, which gets contracts to build fossil fuel infrastructure.
Big conflict found by our partners at @exposedbycmd.bsky.social.
prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
This is genuinely terrifying and also entirely predictable, based on the direction of policy and rhetoric that has been, in many instances, entirely bipartisan in recent years
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is genuinely terrifying and also entirely predictable, based on the direction of policy and rhetoric that has been, in many instances, entirely bipartisan in recent years
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Great and necessary reporting from @rebeccaburns.bsky.social about the landlord and property manager of the South Shore building that got raided
inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Great and necessary reporting from @rebeccaburns.bsky.social about the landlord and property manager of the South Shore building that got raided
inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
“The caller reiterated that the agent had the apartment numbers' on his wrist."'
Audio of 911 calls during the South Shore raid—obtained by @southsideweekly.bsky.social, which has been all over this story—provide more evidence that agents targeted certain units
southsideweekly.com/911-calls-sh...
Audio of 911 calls during the South Shore raid—obtained by @southsideweekly.bsky.social, which has been all over this story—provide more evidence that agents targeted certain units
southsideweekly.com/911-calls-sh...
"It costs a lot more money to evict someone than to call ICE on them."
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“The caller reiterated that the agent had the apartment numbers' on his wrist."'
Audio of 911 calls during the South Shore raid—obtained by @southsideweekly.bsky.social, which has been all over this story—provide more evidence that agents targeted certain units
southsideweekly.com/911-calls-sh...
Audio of 911 calls during the South Shore raid—obtained by @southsideweekly.bsky.social, which has been all over this story—provide more evidence that agents targeted certain units
southsideweekly.com/911-calls-sh...
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I’ve been tracking this contract since 2023, and last week, Cook County quietly renewed it. As ICE raids continue across Chicago, the board approved another $1M deal with a data broker tied to ICE. My latest for @southsideweekly.bsky.social
Cook County Board Reapproves Contract with ICE-Linked Data Firm as Raids Sweep Chicago
Four years after first being warned that a contract risked exposing immigrant data to ICE, Cook County approved another renewal—this time with advocates commissioners voicing frustration that stronger...
southsideweekly.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’ve been tracking this contract since 2023, and last week, Cook County quietly renewed it. As ICE raids continue across Chicago, the board approved another $1M deal with a data broker tied to ICE. My latest for @southsideweekly.bsky.social
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@npr.org itself reported without comment last summer that mass deportation was the Trump coalition’s housing plan
Strange tags on raided apartments, a slumlord speculator under water with the bank & eviction drives in a gentrifying neighborhood. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social investigates how tenants were systematically targeted during September's military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building @inthesetimes.com
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
@npr.org itself reported without comment last summer that mass deportation was the Trump coalition’s housing plan
"It costs a lot more money to evict someone than to call ICE on them."
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"It costs a lot more money to evict someone than to call ICE on them."
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
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Strange tags on raided apartments, a slumlord speculator under water with the bank & eviction drives in a gentrifying neighborhood. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social investigates how tenants were systematically targeted during September's military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building @inthesetimes.com
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Strange tags on raided apartments, a slumlord speculator under water with the bank & eviction drives in a gentrifying neighborhood. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social investigates how tenants were systematically targeted during September's military-style raid of a Chicago apartment building @inthesetimes.com
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Excellent read by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social , from the history of union pension investments to the growing number of union members “calling for investment in social goods, like green energy and affordable housing.”
"As some of the world’s largest institutional investors, pension funds are especially exposed to the risks posed by climate change. They’re also uniquely positioned to address them."
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
inthesetimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Excellent read by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social , from the history of union pension investments to the growing number of union members “calling for investment in social goods, like green energy and affordable housing.”
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"As some of the world’s largest institutional investors, pension funds are especially exposed to the risks posed by climate change. They’re also uniquely positioned to address them."
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
inthesetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"As some of the world’s largest institutional investors, pension funds are especially exposed to the risks posed by climate change. They’re also uniquely positioned to address them."
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on how to reclaim pensions for the common good.
inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
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"Because of a patchwork, highly financialized retirement system, union pension dollars have been implicated in almost every manner of attack against the working class." Excellent piece by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social. inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
inthesetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Because of a patchwork, highly financialized retirement system, union pension dollars have been implicated in almost every manner of attack against the working class." Excellent piece by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social. inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
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oh look, it’s literally the thing i wrote about for @rollingstone.com happening in real time. as we speak. like exactly what i reported, like a carbon copy.
as a reminder, here’s what i said people within the party and trans care advocates believe will most likely happen next.
as a reminder, here’s what i said people within the party and trans care advocates believe will most likely happen next.
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
oh look, it’s literally the thing i wrote about for @rollingstone.com happening in real time. as we speak. like exactly what i reported, like a carbon copy.
as a reminder, here’s what i said people within the party and trans care advocates believe will most likely happen next.
as a reminder, here’s what i said people within the party and trans care advocates believe will most likely happen next.
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8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
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Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days. Now, he faces deportation —for just doing his job.
The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges.
Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.
The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges.
Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days. Now, he faces deportation —for just doing his job.
The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges.
Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.
The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges.
Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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That was interesting. A Dodge Durango w/a scuffed hood, duct tape dangling from the side & a “FUCK ICE” sticker on the back flashed blue and red hidden lights at the Broadview police checkpoint and drove through. It was greeted by fed agents & drove toward the ICE facility.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This dystopian ICE recruitment ad targeting Chicago cops is running right now.
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This dystopian ICE recruitment ad targeting Chicago cops is running right now.