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It's actually a credit to the strength of our civil society that we're not treating ICE officers the way they're asking to be treated on sight.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's actually a credit to the strength of our civil society that we're not treating ICE officers the way they're asking to be treated on sight.
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This is the third such case I've read of ICE agents in Portland arresting guys with valid work visas and no criminal records, who then disappear into the detention system. I wrote about one last week. He appears to still be in Mississippi as of today reason.com/2025/10/30/a...
ICE agents detained the wrong people in Oregon, then stranded one in Mississippi
Feds also kept a gold chain one of the immigrants had received from his mother, as well as his cell phone.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Feds also kept a gold chain one of the immigrants had received from his mother, as well as his cell phone.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
ICE agents detained the wrong people in Oregon, then stranded one in Mississippi
Homeland Security confirmed the agents were looking for someone else when they broke into the men’s Gresham apartment.
www.oregonlive.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the third such case I've read of ICE agents in Portland arresting guys with valid work visas and no criminal records, who then disappear into the detention system. I wrote about one last week. He appears to still be in Mississippi as of today reason.com/2025/10/30/a...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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has this man never heard of batteries?
Burgum: "When the sun goes down, you have a catastrophic failure called sunset and there's no solar energy produced, and yet we're subsidizing these things that are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive. We've gotta get back to base load."
July 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
has this man never heard of batteries?
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Trump cut the ribbon at a new Scottish golf course this week.
The White House called it a “working visit," costing taxpayers ~$10M.
Since becoming president, Trump’s reported more income from Scotland than any other foreign country.
My full piece for @msnbc:
🔗 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The White House called it a “working visit," costing taxpayers ~$10M.
Since becoming president, Trump’s reported more income from Scotland than any other foreign country.
My full piece for @msnbc:
🔗 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's Scotland trip was a brazen mixing of power and profit
He has reported more income from business in Scotland than any other foreign country.
www.msnbc.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump cut the ribbon at a new Scottish golf course this week.
The White House called it a “working visit," costing taxpayers ~$10M.
Since becoming president, Trump’s reported more income from Scotland than any other foreign country.
My full piece for @msnbc:
🔗 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The White House called it a “working visit," costing taxpayers ~$10M.
Since becoming president, Trump’s reported more income from Scotland than any other foreign country.
My full piece for @msnbc:
🔗 www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Why aren't Medicaid expansion states discussing using AI to quickly simplify all qualification and requalification requirements that will cost 10m people their coverage ?
Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?
Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?
July 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why aren't Medicaid expansion states discussing using AI to quickly simplify all qualification and requalification requirements that will cost 10m people their coverage ?
Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?
Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?
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Imagine giving $32 billion extra to this dude.
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Imagine giving $32 billion extra to this dude.
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Trump’s 2025 inauguration raised more from $1M+ donors than any previous inauguration raised in total—and set a new record for refunds.
My new analysis with the @brennancenter.org breaks it down and follows the money trails.
🔗 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
My new analysis with the @brennancenter.org breaks it down and follows the money trails.
🔗 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Million-Dollar Donors Flooded Trump’s Second Inauguration
The inauguration raised more money from donors contributing at least $1 million than any prior inauguration fundraised altogether.
www.brennancenter.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump’s 2025 inauguration raised more from $1M+ donors than any previous inauguration raised in total—and set a new record for refunds.
My new analysis with the @brennancenter.org breaks it down and follows the money trails.
🔗 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
My new analysis with the @brennancenter.org breaks it down and follows the money trails.
🔗 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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This should be fun. A stranger-than-fiction feature I commissioned at Rolling Stone is now set to be a Hulu docuseries. Comes out next month. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
'Trophy Wife': True Crime Story of Love Triangle Murder on Safari Becomes Docuseries
The true crime story about a dentist, his wife, and his mistress - a mystery documented in 'Rolling Stone' - will be the focus of a Hulu docuseries.
www.rollingstone.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This should be fun. A stranger-than-fiction feature I commissioned at Rolling Stone is now set to be a Hulu docuseries. Comes out next month. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Hunh. How strange. Two of Adelson's top people just met with Nassau County's MAGA, casino-boosting executive Bruce Blakeman.
"The pair... were seen leaving Blakeman’s office through a private entrance to a street level parking lot early Tuesday afternoon."
www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...
"The pair... were seen leaving Blakeman’s office through a private entrance to a street level parking lot early Tuesday afternoon."
www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...
April 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hunh. How strange. Two of Adelson's top people just met with Nassau County's MAGA, casino-boosting executive Bruce Blakeman.
"The pair... were seen leaving Blakeman’s office through a private entrance to a street level parking lot early Tuesday afternoon."
www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...
"The pair... were seen leaving Blakeman’s office through a private entrance to a street level parking lot early Tuesday afternoon."
www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...
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“.. The mouthiest barroom brawler knows not to pick a fight and then turn his back ..
“.. a prominent authority on Beijing’s geopolitics told me Mr. Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible.’”
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
“.. a prominent authority on Beijing’s geopolitics told me Mr. Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible.’”
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
Opinion | Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“.. The mouthiest barroom brawler knows not to pick a fight and then turn his back ..
“.. a prominent authority on Beijing’s geopolitics told me Mr. Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible.’”
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
“.. a prominent authority on Beijing’s geopolitics told me Mr. Trump has already ‘done more damage to American capacities to confront China than anybody has ever imagined possible.’”
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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
wapo.st
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
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China and its propagandists *couldn't be happier* with Trump and Musk.
The state-run People's Daily, for instance, recently praised DOGE for "confirm[ing] what critics have long argued: The United States is not a beacon of democracy, but a global engine of instability."
The state-run People's Daily, for instance, recently praised DOGE for "confirm[ing] what critics have long argued: The United States is not a beacon of democracy, but a global engine of instability."
Trump picked a fight with the world -- and then lowered America's guard.
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Opinion | America’s Tough Guy in Chief Is Making America Weak
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
China and its propagandists *couldn't be happier* with Trump and Musk.
The state-run People's Daily, for instance, recently praised DOGE for "confirm[ing] what critics have long argued: The United States is not a beacon of democracy, but a global engine of instability."
The state-run People's Daily, for instance, recently praised DOGE for "confirm[ing] what critics have long argued: The United States is not a beacon of democracy, but a global engine of instability."
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"Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one’s idea of a sound national security plan. And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his second term."
Trump picked a fight with the world -- and then lowered America's guard.
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Opinion | America’s Tough Guy in Chief Is Making America Weak
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one’s idea of a sound national security plan. And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his second term."
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Trump picked a fight with the world -- and then lowered America's guard.
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Opinion | America’s Tough Guy in Chief Is Making America Weak
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump picked a fight with the world -- and then lowered America's guard.
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Me in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
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Good analysis by Indy Scholtens on @opensecrets.org: Private prison companies are pouring millions into lobbying & political donations as the Trump admin is poised to step up deportations —potentially increasing their revenue by billions. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
Private prison companies positioned to benefit from increased deportations - OpenSecrets News
As the Trump administration is ramping up detentions and deportations of immigrants living in the United States, it is also…
www.opensecrets.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good analysis by Indy Scholtens on @opensecrets.org: Private prison companies are pouring millions into lobbying & political donations as the Trump admin is poised to step up deportations —potentially increasing their revenue by billions. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04...
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New: Trump met with Bukele at the White House today.
What didn’t make the readout?
A $1.5M foreign lobbying blitz bankrolled by El Salvador’s government to win over Trump’s inner circle.
I followed the money: www.influencebrief.com/p/the-15-mil...
What didn’t make the readout?
A $1.5M foreign lobbying blitz bankrolled by El Salvador’s government to win over Trump’s inner circle.
I followed the money: www.influencebrief.com/p/the-15-mil...
The $1.5 Million Lobbying Blitz Behind the Self-Described “Dictator” Visiting Trump’s White House
Justice Department records reveal how a multimillion-dollar foreign lobbying campaign helped Bukele secure rare access to Trump’s inner circle.
www.influencebrief.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New: Trump met with Bukele at the White House today.
What didn’t make the readout?
A $1.5M foreign lobbying blitz bankrolled by El Salvador’s government to win over Trump’s inner circle.
I followed the money: www.influencebrief.com/p/the-15-mil...
What didn’t make the readout?
A $1.5M foreign lobbying blitz bankrolled by El Salvador’s government to win over Trump’s inner circle.
I followed the money: www.influencebrief.com/p/the-15-mil...
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"Since the start of 2022, the Office of the President of El Salvador paid Merlo’s firm about $1.5 million for lobbying and influence operations targeting the U.S."
open.substack.com/pub/influenc...
open.substack.com/pub/influenc...
The $1.5 Million Lobbying Blitz Behind the Self-Described “Dictator” Visiting Trump’s White House
Justice Department records reveal how a multimillion-dollar foreign lobbying campaign helped Bukele secure rare access to Trump’s inner circle.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Since the start of 2022, the Office of the President of El Salvador paid Merlo’s firm about $1.5 million for lobbying and influence operations targeting the U.S."
open.substack.com/pub/influenc...
open.substack.com/pub/influenc...
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What a goddamn nightmare documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Home. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What a goddamn nightmare documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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To be fair, one man technically does not have this kind of power; he has it only because he has the support of an entire political party and its movement
One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
April 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
To be fair, one man technically does not have this kind of power; he has it only because he has the support of an entire political party and its movement
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FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, I am re-upping this story @swin24.bsky.social and I wrote about the last Trump administration. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's White House Was 'Awash in Speed' -- and Xanax
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.
www.rollingstone.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, I am re-upping this story @swin24.bsky.social and I wrote about the last Trump administration. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...