Annie Sciacca
@anniesciacca.bsky.social
California-based journalist | Professor at Contra Costa College | President, Pacific Media Workers Guild
Get in touch: anniesciacca.com
Get in touch: anniesciacca.com
Oakland police say city is too unsafe to conduct its news conferences the way every other agency in the city does. Instead, it picks and chooses who passes an application for a police-issued credential just to be present at routine news conferences.
Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam’s death
First Amendment advocates are now calling for an end to a policy requiring journalists to have police-issued credentials.
www.eastbaytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oakland police say city is too unsafe to conduct its news conferences the way every other agency in the city does. Instead, it picks and chooses who passes an application for a police-issued credential just to be present at routine news conferences.
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds To Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory. www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
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It’s 1.5 miles in 14 minutes
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s 1.5 miles in 14 minutes
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This morning, protesters gathered at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Oakland/Alameda, to rally against Customs & Border Protection agents who are part of a reported immigration operation targeting the SF Bay Area, ordered by the Trump admin. Here's what happened....
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This morning, protesters gathered at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Oakland/Alameda, to rally against Customs & Border Protection agents who are part of a reported immigration operation targeting the SF Bay Area, ordered by the Trump admin. Here's what happened....
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Global protests target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza.
Hundreds protest Gaza media coverage, murder of Al Jazeera journalists
Global protests target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza.
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Global protests target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza.
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The future of journalism is one million Bari Weisses writing soothing Billionaire Appreciation Month essays while all the laid-off reporters work gig economy jobs at food delivery companies owned by those billionaires.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/first-kill...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/first-kill...
First, Kill The News
Then, do whatever you want.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The future of journalism is one million Bari Weisses writing soothing Billionaire Appreciation Month essays while all the laid-off reporters work gig economy jobs at food delivery companies owned by those billionaires.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/first-kill...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/first-kill...
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FAC, @spj-norcal.bsky.social, Pacific Workers Media Guild oppose a Modesto law that prohibits possession of safety gear like gas masks or helmets at protests. Reporters should not have to choose between their personal safety and doing their jobs. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/07/21/c...
Coalition Urges Modesto to Roll Back Local Law that Criminalizes Use of Safety Gear Used by Journalists
Journalists should not have to risk their health and safety to do their jobs and cover the news.
firstamendmentcoalition.org
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
FAC, @spj-norcal.bsky.social, Pacific Workers Media Guild oppose a Modesto law that prohibits possession of safety gear like gas masks or helmets at protests. Reporters should not have to choose between their personal safety and doing their jobs. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/07/21/c...
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They did this to detainees in Abu Ghraib, they’re doing it to migrants now, they’re gonna do it to American inmates next
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
They did this to detainees in Abu Ghraib, they’re doing it to migrants now, they’re gonna do it to American inmates next
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's been 178 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.
July 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's been 178 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.
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#USA: RSF condemns the wave of violence – at least 27 separate attacks – that swept across journalists covering protests in Los Angeles this weekend. Violence against journalists trying to do their jobs is unacceptable. #JournalismIsNotACrime rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...
USA: RSF condemns wave of violence against journalists covering Los Angeles protests
At least 27 attacks on journalists covering protests in Los Angeles took place between June 6 and June 8. The assaults have been carried out by both law enforcement and protesters. Violence against jo...
rsf.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#USA: RSF condemns the wave of violence – at least 27 separate attacks – that swept across journalists covering protests in Los Angeles this weekend. Violence against journalists trying to do their jobs is unacceptable. #JournalismIsNotACrime rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...
I’m back on the nursing home beat for this one; tracking some proposals in the gov’s May budget revise that would roll back some standards for the nursing home industry.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to delay a California law requiring nursing homes to have 96 hours of backup power. Critics say it would be a dangerous rollback of emergency protections, especially after the Los Angeles wildfires. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Newsom’s Push To Block Law Could Save California Nursing Homes Over $1 Billion - KFF Health News
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to block a state law that requires nursing homes to have 96 hours of backup power in the case of emergencies, potentially giving the industry a break from spending over $1 bill...
kffhealthnews.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m back on the nursing home beat for this one; tracking some proposals in the gov’s May budget revise that would roll back some standards for the nursing home industry.
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Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
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"why does the American public not understand what's happening in their own country" I shout over the hedge fund dessicated corpse of local journalism
March 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"why does the American public not understand what's happening in their own country" I shout over the hedge fund dessicated corpse of local journalism
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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Oakland schools prepare for escalation of immigration enforcement
Oakland schools prepare for escalation of immigration enforcement
For one Fruitvale principal, the hard part is telling families to keep sending their students to school despite their real fears about interactions with
oaklandside.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Oakland schools prepare for escalation of immigration enforcement
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Tech oligarchs were a notable presence at the inauguration ceremony. Thanks to Citizens United, we have a political system dominated by ultra-wealthy individuals to a degree never before seen in American politics — a cash-for-access economy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Fifteen Years Later, Citizens United Defined the 2024 Election
The influence of wealthy donors and dark money was unprecedented. Much of it would have been illegal before the Supreme Court swept away long-established campaign finance rules.
www.brennancenter.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tech oligarchs were a notable presence at the inauguration ceremony. Thanks to Citizens United, we have a political system dominated by ultra-wealthy individuals to a degree never before seen in American politics — a cash-for-access economy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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After becoming increasingly enmeshed in the wildfire world, you start to notice things about the way we've systematically altered our relationship with the natural environment in a way that has increased the risk of destructive fires. And then you stop being able to unsee them.
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
After becoming increasingly enmeshed in the wildfire world, you start to notice things about the way we've systematically altered our relationship with the natural environment in a way that has increased the risk of destructive fires. And then you stop being able to unsee them.
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Oakland FBI investigation: Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao indicted amid sprawling public corruption inquiry
Oakland FBI investigation: Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao indicted amid sprawling public corruption inquiry
The development comes just a day after FBI agents raided the home of another East Bay politician who, along with Thao, was among several officials who visited Vietnam as part of a trade delegation …
www.eastbaytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Oakland FBI investigation: Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao indicted amid sprawling public corruption inquiry
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The reporters of @edsource.org are excited to announce the formation of the #EdSourceGuild.
January 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The reporters of @edsource.org are excited to announce the formation of the #EdSourceGuild.