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*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
*Expert in consumer issues
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
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· Jul 18
Supermarket super-pain: Trump's campaign promise to cut food prices falls short
The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart's total price rising by up to $11.
chicago.suntimes.com
I’ve been busy since December tracking a basket full of 35 grocery items each month at four Chicago stores since Donald Trump’s reelection.
He said he won on immigration and groceries.
But the cost of my basket keeps going up. (1/3)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
He said he won on immigration and groceries.
But the cost of my basket keeps going up. (1/3)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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The march is now parked in front of Trump Tower.
Still very taken aback by the number of people out tonight, given it's below freezing, dark and the last weekend of the Christmas season.
Still very taken aback by the number of people out tonight, given it's below freezing, dark and the last weekend of the Christmas season.
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The march is now parked in front of Trump Tower.
Still very taken aback by the number of people out tonight, given it's below freezing, dark and the last weekend of the Christmas season.
Still very taken aback by the number of people out tonight, given it's below freezing, dark and the last weekend of the Christmas season.
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NYT Editorial Board:
“Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board:
“Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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NYT Editorial Board:
“Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board:
“Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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🔺 Update: The fire that engulfed a bar packed with teenagers in a Swiss ski resort was probably started by sparklers or fireworks in champagne bottles and placed too close to the ceiling, officials have said ⬇️
Switzerland fire latest: ‘blaze probably started by sparklers in bottles’
The first victim was identified as a junior golfer as police investigate cause of the blaze in Crans-Montana that left dozens dead and injured 119 people
www.thetimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🔺 Update: The fire that engulfed a bar packed with teenagers in a Swiss ski resort was probably started by sparklers or fireworks in champagne bottles and placed too close to the ceiling, officials have said ⬇️
Another gift link:
Detailed account of how a few individuals, evidently far out of their depth, are upending the security balance that has allowed the USA and Europe to be safe & prosperous for 75 years.
The Separation:Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Detailed account of how a few individuals, evidently far out of their depth, are upending the security balance that has allowed the USA and Europe to be safe & prosperous for 75 years.
The Separation:Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Detailed account of how a few individuals, evidently far out of their depth, are upending the security balance that has allowed the USA and Europe to be safe & prosperous for 75 years.
The Separation:Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Detailed account of how a few individuals, evidently far out of their depth, are upending the security balance that has allowed the USA and Europe to be safe & prosperous for 75 years.
The Separation:Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers
Confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal patterns of wrongdoing in the ranks that are hidden from the Russian public.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Happy New Year!
Loved seeing Chicago on ABC, but we didn’t see enough of it! Only one Chance song and then like 4 minutes of countdown. More Chicago! Even Ryan Seacrest said so!
Loved seeing Chicago on ABC, but we didn’t see enough of it! Only one Chance song and then like 4 minutes of countdown. More Chicago! Even Ryan Seacrest said so!
January 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Happy New Year!
Loved seeing Chicago on ABC, but we didn’t see enough of it! Only one Chance song and then like 4 minutes of countdown. More Chicago! Even Ryan Seacrest said so!
Loved seeing Chicago on ABC, but we didn’t see enough of it! Only one Chance song and then like 4 minutes of countdown. More Chicago! Even Ryan Seacrest said so!
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ICE is making four-times as many untargeted, street detentions as it did during the first Trump admin.
And Stephen Miller is demanding many, many times that.
Already, most of those arrested have no criminal record.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
And Stephen Miller is demanding many, many times that.
Already, most of those arrested have no criminal record.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
ICE is making four-times as many untargeted, street detentions as it did during the first Trump admin.
And Stephen Miller is demanding many, many times that.
Already, most of those arrested have no criminal record.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
And Stephen Miller is demanding many, many times that.
Already, most of those arrested have no criminal record.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Join us at the @medillschool.bsky.social School of #Journalism for this special event FRAMING INNOCENCE: STORYTELLING AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.
The event includes screenings of four award-winning documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class from Stateville/Sheridan #prisons.
The event includes screenings of four award-winning documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class from Stateville/Sheridan #prisons.
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Join us at the @medillschool.bsky.social School of #Journalism for this special event FRAMING INNOCENCE: STORYTELLING AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.
The event includes screenings of four award-winning documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class from Stateville/Sheridan #prisons.
The event includes screenings of four award-winning documentaries created in my Documenting #Carceral Injustice class from Stateville/Sheridan #prisons.
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New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
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I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
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Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
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You do everything in your power to get every relevant voice in a story. But as one of my former colleagues told a local official who thought his silence would kill a piece: “I’d like to have you. But the story is being written with or without you.”
Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
You do everything in your power to get every relevant voice in a story. But as one of my former colleagues told a local official who thought his silence would kill a piece: “I’d like to have you. But the story is being written with or without you.”
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“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices..."“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices..."“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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A high-impact investment:
Voice of America delivers outsized returns by building global trust in the U.S., says Jamie Shea, retired diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO.
#SaveVOA #PressFreedom
Voice of America delivers outsized returns by building global trust in the U.S., says Jamie Shea, retired diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO.
#SaveVOA #PressFreedom
A High-Impact Investment: Why Voice of America Matters for U.S. Global Trust
A High-Impact Investment: Why Voice of America Matters for U.S. Global Trust Voice of America delivers a disproportionately large return for a relatively small investment, particularly by building support, trust, and confidence in the United States. Public broadcasting is a key component of U.S. efforts to be seen internationally as a trusted and reliable partner, reiterates Jamie Shea, a retired diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom #short
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December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A high-impact investment:
Voice of America delivers outsized returns by building global trust in the U.S., says Jamie Shea, retired diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO.
#SaveVOA #PressFreedom
Voice of America delivers outsized returns by building global trust in the U.S., says Jamie Shea, retired diplomat and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO.
#SaveVOA #PressFreedom
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Charts! Starting with the unemployment rate, which rose to 4.6 percent, its highest level in more than four years.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Charts! Starting with the unemployment rate, which rose to 4.6 percent, its highest level in more than four years.
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Nuestro reportaje de investigación sobre Greg Bovino — comandante de la campaña de deportaciones de Trump en Chicago y otras ciudades.
Sus raices inmigrantes, su papa que mató alguien mientras manejaba borracho y muchisimo mas chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
Sus raices inmigrantes, su papa que mató alguien mientras manejaba borracho y muchisimo mas chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
Greg Bovino es la estrella del show de deportación de Trump. Investigamos su pasado.
De niño, la película de Hollywood ‘La Frontera’ marcó el rumbo de su vida. No podía creer que los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza en la película eran los malos. Ahora que está a cargo de los esfuerz...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Nuestro reportaje de investigación sobre Greg Bovino — comandante de la campaña de deportaciones de Trump en Chicago y otras ciudades.
Sus raices inmigrantes, su papa que mató alguien mientras manejaba borracho y muchisimo mas chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
Sus raices inmigrantes, su papa que mató alguien mientras manejaba borracho y muchisimo mas chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
#journalism
Listen to Mark.
The president of the United States claims this was all because of HIM, and then he brags about how great he is.
We have become numb to how bizarre this is.
Listen to Mark.
The president of the United States claims this was all because of HIM, and then he brags about how great he is.
We have become numb to how bizarre this is.
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#journalism
Listen to Mark.
The president of the United States claims this was all because of HIM, and then he brags about how great he is.
We have become numb to how bizarre this is.
Listen to Mark.
The president of the United States claims this was all because of HIM, and then he brags about how great he is.
We have become numb to how bizarre this is.
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No paywalls at the @chicago.suntimes.com bc news is for EVERYONE. But if you wanted, here's how to become a member and support this kind of reporting which in this case involved trips to both coasts by two teams of journalists + weeks of non-stop reporting: chicago.suntimes.com/become-a-mem...
Become a Chicago Sun-Times member today!
The Chicago Sun-Times is now a non-profit news organization that is free and accessible for anyone to read.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
No paywalls at the @chicago.suntimes.com bc news is for EVERYONE. But if you wanted, here's how to become a member and support this kind of reporting which in this case involved trips to both coasts by two teams of journalists + weeks of non-stop reporting: chicago.suntimes.com/become-a-mem...
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Here's where to read the whole story by @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social and me, gorgeous photos by Anthony Vazquez and Candace Dane Chambers: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Here's where to read the whole story by @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social and me, gorgeous photos by Anthony Vazquez and Candace Dane Chambers: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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We went to Greg Bovino’s mountain hometown and his last posting along the Mexico-California border — and also traced his family tree.
Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We went to Greg Bovino’s mountain hometown and his last posting along the Mexico-California border — and also traced his family tree.
Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Here’s the American story of an immigrant coal miner’s great-grandson turned scourge of foreigners chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Unreal.
Sue Tincher, a white woman in her mid-50s who stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was detained for hours by agents who also cut off her wedding ring, for standing outside her Minneapolis home and asking questions.
(1/2)
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Sue Tincher, a white woman in her mid-50s who stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was detained for hours by agents who also cut off her wedding ring, for standing outside her Minneapolis home and asking questions.
(1/2)
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Unreal.
Sue Tincher, a white woman in her mid-50s who stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was detained for hours by agents who also cut off her wedding ring, for standing outside her Minneapolis home and asking questions.
(1/2)
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Sue Tincher, a white woman in her mid-50s who stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was detained for hours by agents who also cut off her wedding ring, for standing outside her Minneapolis home and asking questions.
(1/2)
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...