Elise Garofalo
@elisegaro.bsky.social
Curious journalist/producer/storyteller | Prev: Senior Producer for @CNNSitRoom; work at @SkyNews, @AlJazeera, PBS @NewsHour, @Channel4News | Hoya
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I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
A young Palestinian girl who lost her mother and brother in a blazing fire after Israel struck their tents has just been reunited with her aunt in the U.S. through an evacuation by HEAL Palestine... Rahaf will get treatment in Boston for her severe burns.
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A non-profit will carry out the largest evacuation of children from Gaza to the U.S.
This week, HEAL Palestine, a non-profit organization, will carry out the largest known evacuation of wounded children from Gaza to the United States. Co-founder Zeena Salman shares some of the childre...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A young Palestinian girl who lost her mother and brother in a blazing fire after Israel struck their tents has just been reunited with her aunt in the U.S. through an evacuation by HEAL Palestine... Rahaf will get treatment in Boston for her severe burns.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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"rhetoric seems to be part of an elaborate game, in which everyone dances increasingly performatively around what needs to happen... Action that never comes"
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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July 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"rhetoric seems to be part of an elaborate game, in which everyone dances increasingly performatively around what needs to happen... Action that never comes"
Keith and Lee Siegel continue to work to free the remaining hostages, with Lee saying continued war "is how hostages are murdered"
Freed U.S.-Israeli hostage's brother says war in Gaza 'is how hostages are murdered'
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July 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Keith and Lee Siegel continue to work to free the remaining hostages, with Lee saying continued war "is how hostages are murdered"
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president trump tells bbc he’s “disappointed” with putin, “but not done with him.”
and asked if he trusts him: “i trust almost nobody, to be honest with you.”
(fact check: true)
and asked if he trusts him: “i trust almost nobody, to be honest with you.”
(fact check: true)
July 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
president trump tells bbc he’s “disappointed” with putin, “but not done with him.”
and asked if he trusts him: “i trust almost nobody, to be honest with you.”
(fact check: true)
and asked if he trusts him: “i trust almost nobody, to be honest with you.”
(fact check: true)
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A former sheriff pushed Kerr County, where dozens are dead from flash floods, nearly a decade ago to adopt a more robust flood-warning system. That suggestion, from him and others, was never adopted.
Officials Pushed for Better Warning System for Years Before Deadly Floods
A sheriff in 2016 recalled pulling ‘kids out of trees’ in summer camps as leaders repeatedly discussed installing a siren system, but didn’t do so.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A former sheriff pushed Kerr County, where dozens are dead from flash floods, nearly a decade ago to adopt a more robust flood-warning system. That suggestion, from him and others, was never adopted.
“The billions spent on so-called reforms, designed to promote a more tolerant and inclusive kingdom under the crown prince’s rule, mask an authoritarian state where daily executions for drug crimes are now the norm.”
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Executions in Saudi Arabia reach a record high mostly over drug cases, Amnesty says
Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“The billions spent on so-called reforms, designed to promote a more tolerant and inclusive kingdom under the crown prince’s rule, mask an authoritarian state where daily executions for drug crimes are now the norm.”
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“…what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can…”
After decades in the US, Iranians arrested in Trump’s deportation drive
Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“…what it seems like ICE has done is basically give out an order to round up as many Iranians as you can…”
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more of our extended conversation with Alejandro Barranco, who had just visited his dad in ICE custody where he says he is “in a cage, you can say, with at least 70 other people. No privacy. One toilet. He's received water maybe once a day.” youtu.be/OgIXyY1xzho?...
‘Never seen him like this’: Marine vet speaks out after shocking video of his father being beaten by ICE
Marine Corps veteran Alejandro Barranco speaks to NBC News' Jacob Soboroff and MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace about his father's violent detainment on Saturday by ICE agents in Los Angeles. Narciso Barranco,...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
more of our extended conversation with Alejandro Barranco, who had just visited his dad in ICE custody where he says he is “in a cage, you can say, with at least 70 other people. No privacy. One toilet. He's received water maybe once a day.” youtu.be/OgIXyY1xzho?...
"... the people of New York City tonight have spoken. They have spoken out against the lily-livered, lack-of-courage approach of Democrats in fighting authoritarianism.”
Mamdani’s stunning rise gives Democrats a playbook — and some perils
The swift ascendance of a 33-year-old democratic socialist in the race for New York mayor has sparked a fierce debate over the future of the Democratic Party.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"... the people of New York City tonight have spoken. They have spoken out against the lily-livered, lack-of-courage approach of Democrats in fighting authoritarianism.”
“domestic use of the military is often fraught and is just as often corrosive to American democracy”
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The Mounting Crisis of Militarizing Immigration Enforcement
When part-time soldiers police their neighbors, federal authority displaces state and local officials, and strains civil-military relations.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“domestic use of the military is often fraught and is just as often corrosive to American democracy”
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Great interview with the Los Angeles day laborers who weren't grabbed in the raid that kicked off the protests. “I’m starting to feel something ugly,” Josue said. "It’s a familiar feeling not unlike the sense of insecurity I felt in my own country." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
‘La migra!’: Day laborers recount ICE raid outside Los Angeles Home Depot
Workers who witnessed the ICE raid outside a Los Angeles Home Depot say officers arbitrarily detained migrants. The sweep was one of several that sparked protests.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Great interview with the Los Angeles day laborers who weren't grabbed in the raid that kicked off the protests. “I’m starting to feel something ugly,” Josue said. "It’s a familiar feeling not unlike the sense of insecurity I felt in my own country." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
.@zeteo_news EXCLUSIVE: Wife of Kidnapped Georgetown Scholar Speaks Out in Heartbreaking Interview
She shares that fellow detainees call Badar Khan Suri "Gandhi" because he's teaching about peace and political justice
She shares that fellow detainees call Badar Khan Suri "Gandhi" because he's teaching about peace and political justice
EXCLUSIVE: Wife of Kidnapped Georgetown Scholar Speaks Out in Heartbreaking Interview
Mapheze Saleh describes what her husband Badar Khan Suri has faced in detention, why fellow detainees see him as Gandhi, and how their kids have dealt with his absence
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May 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
.@zeteo_news EXCLUSIVE: Wife of Kidnapped Georgetown Scholar Speaks Out in Heartbreaking Interview
She shares that fellow detainees call Badar Khan Suri "Gandhi" because he's teaching about peace and political justice
She shares that fellow detainees call Badar Khan Suri "Gandhi" because he's teaching about peace and political justice
Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza “appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic—as part of a military strategy,” according to aid groups
Israel Approves Plans to Occupy Gaza, Control Aid Distribution
Israel’s security cabinet voted to approve a new ground operation that includes occupying the Gaza Strip while also agreeing to a plan to take control over aid distribution.
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May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza “appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic—as part of a military strategy,” according to aid groups
What an excellent resource - @NaTakallam offers Arabic tutoring courses (provided by refugees) specifically for journalists:
Arabic for Professionals - NaTakallam
ARABIC FOR PROFESSIONALS Master Arabic in Your Field with Our Arabic for Professionals Series Select Your Focus Select Your Focus Arabic for business Arabic for healthcare Arabic for journalism Arabic...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What an excellent resource - @NaTakallam offers Arabic tutoring courses (provided by refugees) specifically for journalists:
“The sexual abuse crisis is not a matter of the past. It is present.” Clergy sexual abuse victims demand next pope enact zero-tolerance policy.
Abuse survivors demand next pope enact zero-tolerance policy, identify cardinals with poor records
A coalition of survivors of clergy sexual abuse are demanding that cardinals entering the conclave will pick a pope who will adopt a universal zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“The sexual abuse crisis is not a matter of the past. It is present.” Clergy sexual abuse victims demand next pope enact zero-tolerance policy.
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I asked top media execs to share their unfiltered, anonymous takeaways from Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. Here's what one told me. Read the rest in @status.news: www.status.news/p/donald-tru...
April 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I asked top media execs to share their unfiltered, anonymous takeaways from Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. Here's what one told me. Read the rest in @status.news: www.status.news/p/donald-tru...
The Trump administration has been engaged in a concerted effort to undo initiatives aimed at holding Russia accountable for alleged war crimes in Ukraine
Trump administration unwinds efforts to investigate Russian war crimes
The Trump administration has backed away from several initiatives intended to hold Moscow accountable for war crimes in Ukraine, including an intelligence coordinator office.
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April 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Trump administration has been engaged in a concerted effort to undo initiatives aimed at holding Russia accountable for alleged war crimes in Ukraine
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Georgetown U students used open data to discover that the planes athletes take to games are the exact same planes being used by ICE for deportations (h/t to Bellingcat)
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Inside GU Basketball’s Links to ICE Deportation Planes
On Dec. 14, hours after the Georgetown University men’s basketball team defeated the Syracuse University Orange, a chartered GlobalX airplane with tail number N837VA took off from Syracuse, N.Y., and ...
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April 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Georgetown U students used open data to discover that the planes athletes take to games are the exact same planes being used by ICE for deportations (h/t to Bellingcat)
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This is very eyebrow-raising. An un-retracted lie by Columbia that’s possibly contributed to the detaining of one of their students.
As one professor put it to me: “we have never seen so clear a line between language the university has used and the Trump attacks on individuals.”
As one professor put it to me: “we have never seen so clear a line between language the university has used and the Trump attacks on individuals.”
April 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is very eyebrow-raising. An un-retracted lie by Columbia that’s possibly contributed to the detaining of one of their students.
As one professor put it to me: “we have never seen so clear a line between language the university has used and the Trump attacks on individuals.”
As one professor put it to me: “we have never seen so clear a line between language the university has used and the Trump attacks on individuals.”
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TPM’s @hunterw.bsky.social makes a convincing case - citing experts - that we should be referring to CECOT as a “concentration camp,” “penal colony,” or “permanent prison camp.”
Based on its features (no due process, indefinite detention) he says: “President Trump is sending people to the camps.”
Based on its features (no due process, indefinite detention) he says: “President Trump is sending people to the camps.”
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
“More than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
TPM’s @hunterw.bsky.social makes a convincing case - citing experts - that we should be referring to CECOT as a “concentration camp,” “penal colony,” or “permanent prison camp.”
Based on its features (no due process, indefinite detention) he says: “President Trump is sending people to the camps.”
Based on its features (no due process, indefinite detention) he says: “President Trump is sending people to the camps.”
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This is exemplary leadership by Van Hollen and it is beyond outrageous that a White House atrocity necessitates it.
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is exemplary leadership by Van Hollen and it is beyond outrageous that a White House atrocity necessitates it.
Whistleblower against DOGE had a threat taped to his office door - including overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Whistleblower against DOGE had a threat taped to his office door - including overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone
“As the occupying power, Israel has unequivocal obligations under international law,” Guterres said. “The current path is a dead end — totally intolerable in the eyes of international law and history.”
U.N. says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, in some of his strongest language on the crisis so far, described Gaza as “a killing field.” Israel accused him of “spreading slander.”
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April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“As the occupying power, Israel has unequivocal obligations under international law,” Guterres said. “The current path is a dead end — totally intolerable in the eyes of international law and history.”
Concerning - US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
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US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying to benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to c...
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March 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Concerning - US immigration officials look to expand social media data collection
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