Zack Newman
@zacknewsman.bsky.social
Freelance investigative data journalist | Emmy & Murrow winner. Alum: BusinessDesk, 9News, SkyBlossomFilm, MSNBC, Mizzou.
Encrypted email: zacknewsman at proton dot me. He/His.
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This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
Coloradans are losing funds. I don't know the full extent of it, but it includes a $371,000 in cuts to program from the Colorado Health Network Inc. that focuses on “engaging Latino and African American” men who have sex with men.
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Coloradans are losing funds. I don't know the full extent of it, but it includes a $371,000 in cuts to program from the Colorado Health Network Inc. that focuses on “engaging Latino and African American” men who have sex with men.
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Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
This story gave me hope. I love seeing more spaces created for men to talk about their feelings in a supportive way
www.cpr.org/2026/02/05/c...
www.cpr.org/2026/02/05/c...
In rural Colorado, some men are taking their troubles and putting them on the table
Dude Talk Dinners allow guys to meet offline, share a meal and talk about real life — jobs, stress, relationships.
www.cpr.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This story gave me hope. I love seeing more spaces created for men to talk about their feelings in a supportive way
www.cpr.org/2026/02/05/c...
www.cpr.org/2026/02/05/c...
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
I missed this earlier, but ICE agents in Minnesota detained the owner and employee of a Mexican restaurant after having lunch there
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Willmar restaurant workers detained by ICE agents who visited business for lunch
While many of the headlines have focused on the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota is feeling the impacts of the immigration crackdown, too.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I missed this earlier, but ICE agents in Minnesota detained the owner and employee of a Mexican restaurant after having lunch there
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
It looks like organizer cancelled it for safety concerns and a bunch of other logistics
www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
It looks like organizer cancelled it for safety concerns and a bunch of other logistics
www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
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If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP.
That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...
That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP.
That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...
That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...
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I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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"Intelligence taskings, law-enforcement bulletins, and drug-task-force assessments show that agencies spent much of 2025 struggling to determine whether TdA even functioned as an organized entity in the US at all — let alone as a coordinated national security threat."
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"Intelligence taskings, law-enforcement bulletins, and drug-task-force assessments show that agencies spent much of 2025 struggling to determine whether TdA even functioned as an organized entity in the US at all — let alone as a coordinated national security threat."
Today marks a milestone! I went on @coloradopublic.bsky.social to talk about my burglary piece for @coloradosun.com. I followed one Lakewood musician who went above and beyond to recover his stolen guitars and bikes.
Listen at around 11 min into the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Listen at around 11 min into the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today marks a milestone! I went on @coloradopublic.bsky.social to talk about my burglary piece for @coloradosun.com. I followed one Lakewood musician who went above and beyond to recover his stolen guitars and bikes.
Listen at around 11 min into the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Listen at around 11 min into the podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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#copolitics as suspected...
NEWS: White House suggested to me that they’re dismantling the nation’s most important weather research institute bc Trump is mad at CO Gov. Jared Polis
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served.”
Trump Is Mad at Jared Polis. Now He’s Dismantling Colorado’s Leading Weather Research Institution.
“If Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served,” a senior White House official told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#copolitics as suspected...
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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social spent a night huddled in the dark with an undocumented family hiding from ICE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social spent a night huddled in the dark with an undocumented family hiding from ICE
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This makes me so happy - I didn't realize that the Jewish tradition of Chinese food and a movie goes back to at least 1935. And it started in part because of Chinese cuisine's penchant for being kosher.
theconversation.com/merry-jewish...
theconversation.com/merry-jewish...
Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews
What do you do on Dec. 25 if you don’t celebrate Christmas? For Jewish Americans, the answers range from takeout to filling a shift for Christian colleagues.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This makes me so happy - I didn't realize that the Jewish tradition of Chinese food and a movie goes back to at least 1935. And it started in part because of Chinese cuisine's penchant for being kosher.
theconversation.com/merry-jewish...
theconversation.com/merry-jewish...
Lit the first Hannukah candle with a broken heart tonight as I’m thinking of the #Bondi shooting victims.
They were there to celebrate the holiday when they were senselessly killed.
Nothing makes me want to double down in my Jewish celebrations more than this hatred.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
They were there to celebrate the holiday when they were senselessly killed.
Nothing makes me want to double down in my Jewish celebrations more than this hatred.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Lit the first Hannukah candle with a broken heart tonight as I’m thinking of the #Bondi shooting victims.
They were there to celebrate the holiday when they were senselessly killed.
Nothing makes me want to double down in my Jewish celebrations more than this hatred.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
They were there to celebrate the holiday when they were senselessly killed.
Nothing makes me want to double down in my Jewish celebrations more than this hatred.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
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As I say here, this is not about saving the planet. The planet will be orbiting the sun long after we’re gone.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
World must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, UN says
The United Nations says the world needs a new way of thinking about environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet
abcnews.go.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As I say here, this is not about saving the planet. The planet will be orbiting the sun long after we’re gone.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...