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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 19d
We checked the Department of Homeland Security's viral videos of chaos and protests. What we found were months-old, misleading clips, some recorded thousands of miles away.
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linkletter.org
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!

linkletter.org/update-33-th...
Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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jackjenkins.me
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
(RNS) — In video recorded on Friday (Nov. 4) outside the embattled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, the Rev. Michael Woolf stands alongside fellow protesters, fiddling awkwardly with his backpack as faith leaders and other protesters chant slogans at a line of police officers. A moment later, one officer can be seen walking forward, grabbing Woolf by the wrist and yanking. Demonstrators attempted to hold on to Woolf, who was a clerical collar, but four officers wrenched him from the crowd and tossed him to the ground. After turning him onto his stomach, officers proceeded to arrest Woolf, and removed him to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Maywood, Illinois. “I’ve got bruises all over my body,” Woolf, an American Baptist minister who is pastor of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, told Religion News Service. He was speaking in his first interview since being released Friday afternoon after about seven hours in custody. Woolf said when he asked the arresting officers to loosen the plastic handcuffs that were causing his hands to go numb, an officer replied: “Nobody wants to talk to you — shut the f–k up.” “It’s part of the dehumanizing nature of it, and it’s it gives me a lot of clarity around what’s happening here,” said Woolf, who has been active in protests against ICE. “It’s really a spiritual emergency.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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atrupar.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump: “It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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ryanjreilly.com
Some undeniable truth about misinformation coverage, from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
In the larger construct, disinformation really is a dirty word. People don’t want to talk about it. Other news organizations want to pretend like it doesn’t exist anymore. But not only does it exist, it’s worse than ever. Tech companies have capitulated, and so have news organizations.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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mikaelthalen.bsky.social
NEW: Nearly 10,000 employees & contractors at The Washington Post, including ex-national security adviser John Bolton, had their personal data exposed after the paper was breached by hackers.

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John Bolton among Washington Post contributors exposed in hack
Ex-national security advisor John Bolton is one of nearly 10,000 contributors who had data exposed after a hack of The Washington Post.
san.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Vice President JD Vance wants to blame undocumented immigrants for high housing prices. Here are three reasons that makes no sense
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Leavitt, this week: "President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep."

Trump, asked in 2019 if he had “any suspicions” that Epstein was molesting underage women: "No, I had no idea. I had no idea."

@sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency
Read the e-mails—this isn’t going away anytime soon.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 4d
The Post analyzed 47,000 public ChatGPT conversations.
While 35% use it for info and 11% for coding, the most striking finding? The emotional intimacy.
ChatGPT: "You're not crazy sweetheart — you're just early."
Use this link to read it with a $4 day pass to @washingtonpost.com: bit.ly/47QOjUb
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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michelleboorstein.bsky.social
This pastor fell for a TikTok stunt and sparked a debate on Christian charity.

Fascinating reporting with me and @tatumhunter.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This pastor fell for a TikTok stunt and sparked a debate on Christian charity
An influencer’s test of churches went viral, rewarding the generous and shaming the stingy
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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
WAPO: “.. The Agriculture Department is preparing to fire an employee in the division that handles food benefits after she publicly warned that the shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government ..”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Anyone's guess www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Then in July, six months after taking office, Trump reversed course and forbade the release of the files. "He told Pam [Bondi] not to release the files. We don't exactly know why," said another Trump insider.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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willoremus.com
every company in 2025
comic strip with call and response text. who are we? CEOs what do we want? AI! AI to do what? We don't know! When do we want it? Right now!
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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JD Vance in 2021: "What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein’s clients secret? Oh…"
What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein’s clients secret? Oh… Quote Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec · Dec 30, 2021 Are you paying attention yet? The DOJ and Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have made a deal that her “little black book” of contacts will never be made public https://thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwells-little-black-book-to-remain-secret-in-court-deal-dvjzzw85m 8:23 AM · Dec 30, 2021 Replying to @JDVance No file chosen JD Vance @JDVance · Dec 30, 2021 If you’re a journalist and you’re not asking questions about this case you should be ashamed of yourself. What purpose do you even serve? I’m sure there’s a middle class teenager somewhere who could use some harassing right now but maybe try to do your job once in a while.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Good story - and as we reported, misleading videos about the Portland protests were also created and posted by the Trump administration itself www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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willsommer.bsky.social
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
drewharwell.com
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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"A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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willoremus.com
Four years ago, far-right white male supremacist Nick Fuentes was deplatformed pretty much everywhere.

Now he's back with a vengeance—and the online right can't stop fighting over whether to condemn him or welcome him. My story: wapo.st/4nJbt4M
Far-right provocateur Nick Fuentes is triggering a MAGA civil war
Once barred from nearly every social media platform, Fuentes’s resurgence has driven a wedge through the conservative movement.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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scottnover.bsky.social
New with @laurawags.bsky.social >>

Bari Weiss was hired to remake CBS News — and she's already doing it. Staffers are weathering a flurry of layoffs, shifting resources and a cultural collision with Weiss’s ideas for the news.

Our latest in @washingtonpost.com:
Bari Weiss was hired to remake CBS News. Here’s how it’s working out so far.
Bari Weiss took over as editor in chief in October, launching a new era for CBS News amid layoffs, confusion and shifting expectations.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Arguing with a toaster
cameroncorduroy.bsky.social Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 10d
if i ever reach this point then just put me down
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This is the woman who made a joking video about SNAP, then was featured in a Fox News story that didn't mention it was a joke, then went viral, then was labeled AI. I found her original post and she shared this in response
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Congratulations to First Lady Melania Trump for winning Fox Nation's “Patriot of the Year” award
First Lady Melania Trump Named “Patriot of the Year” The First Lady was named “Patriot of the Year,” an honor Fox Nation awards to “heroes and patriots who have shown unwavering dedication to the values that make our country great.” The First Lady’s speech awakened the “spirit of ambition,” inviting Americans to “celebrate everyone who dares to think differently, for it is these courageous Americans who are the heartbeat of our civilization.” Drawing from her creative side, Mrs. Trump confessed, “most innovators know—it’s lonely when you are close to the edge of imagination—when you have a deep belief in your own power to create new realities. This is exactly where real change begins.”
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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jakelahut.writes.news
I was one of the four people who got canned.

In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM