George Zornick
@gzornick.bsky.social
US political enterprise editor, The Guardian
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"Several sources say CIA officials have been trying to play a more central role in the foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration in the hemisphere."
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
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October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Several sources say CIA officials have been trying to play a more central role in the foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration in the hemisphere."
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October 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The Trump admin told furloughed workers to set out-of-office email messages blaming Dems for the shutdown, according to an email obtained by @jamieson.bsky.social
Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump admin told furloughed workers to set out-of-office email messages blaming Dems for the shutdown, according to an email obtained by @jamieson.bsky.social
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Every time you hear Trump, Vance or a GOP leader talk about “illegal aliens” getting health care, remember they are trying desperately to dodge blame for an insurance premium jump about to hit 20M+ Americans
Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie
No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”
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October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Every time you hear Trump, Vance or a GOP leader talk about “illegal aliens” getting health care, remember they are trying desperately to dodge blame for an insurance premium jump about to hit 20M+ Americans
Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...
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NEW: A young new associate deputy attorney general at the DOJ directing US attorneys to call repeated grand juries if they don't get indictments in DC, and to prioritize charges against protesters in LA, was convicted of a DUI while a federal prosecutor. /
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US justice department official pleaded guilty to DUI charge four years ago
Aakash Singh’s elevation to high-ranking post is unusual in light of arrest, experts say
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September 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW: A young new associate deputy attorney general at the DOJ directing US attorneys to call repeated grand juries if they don't get indictments in DC, and to prioritize charges against protesters in LA, was convicted of a DUI while a federal prosecutor. /
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.
Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Stop ICE Arrests Of Pregnant Women
It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.
Excited to get started at the Guardian:
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The Guardian announces formation of new US political enterprise team
George Zornick and Aram Roston appointed amid increased investment in the Guardian’s US operation
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August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Excited to get started at the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/guardian-us-...
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In Gaza, reports a high-ranking UN official now being forced out of his job by Israeli pressure, “I have seen first-hand what appears to be the systematic dismantling of the means to sustain Palestinian life.”
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I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us
Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed, says Jonathan Whittall of UN OCHA
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August 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In Gaza, reports a high-ranking UN official now being forced out of his job by Israeli pressure, “I have seen first-hand what appears to be the systematic dismantling of the means to sustain Palestinian life.”
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Jerce Reyes Barrios describes his time in CECOT - powerful reporting from @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social @mattshuham.bsky.social
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August 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Jerce Reyes Barrios describes his time in CECOT - powerful reporting from @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social @mattshuham.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
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At the end of a very intense interview, we asked Jerce if there was anything else he wanted our readers to know. He smiled and said, "Just that even with everything I’ve gone through, I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid.”
August 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At the end of a very intense interview, we asked Jerce if there was anything else he wanted our readers to know. He smiled and said, "Just that even with everything I’ve gone through, I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid.”
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Jerce was accused of being a gang member based on a Real Madrid-inspired tattoo and a "rock-and-roll" hand gesture he made on social media years ago.
For this, he was disappeared from the US and sent to one of the most infamous prisons in the world, where he endured "countless" beatings
For this, he was disappeared from the US and sent to one of the most infamous prisons in the world, where he endured "countless" beatings
August 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jerce was accused of being a gang member based on a Real Madrid-inspired tattoo and a "rock-and-roll" hand gesture he made on social media years ago.
For this, he was disappeared from the US and sent to one of the most infamous prisons in the world, where he endured "countless" beatings
For this, he was disappeared from the US and sent to one of the most infamous prisons in the world, where he endured "countless" beatings
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pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There
“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
After 6 incredible years, today is my last day at HuffPost.
I was blessed with the very best team - reporters who covered the hell out of a pandemic, mass civil rights movement in the streets, an election, an insurrection, and then the return of Trump.
I was blessed with the very best team - reporters who covered the hell out of a pandemic, mass civil rights movement in the streets, an election, an insurrection, and then the return of Trump.
August 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
After 6 incredible years, today is my last day at HuffPost.
I was blessed with the very best team - reporters who covered the hell out of a pandemic, mass civil rights movement in the streets, an election, an insurrection, and then the return of Trump.
I was blessed with the very best team - reporters who covered the hell out of a pandemic, mass civil rights movement in the streets, an election, an insurrection, and then the return of Trump.
A powerful story from @mattshuham.bsky.social, bearing witness to what's happening in immigration courts as people that show up for hearings are snatched by federal agents:
www.huffpost.com/entry/five-d...
www.huffpost.com/entry/five-d...
I Watched 20 Arrests In Trump’s America. Here’s What They Looked Like.
"This is fishing in a stocked pool. You tell them, 'Show up at this location,' and then they show up and you grab them,” one federal agent involved with immigration court arrests told HuffPost.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A powerful story from @mattshuham.bsky.social, bearing witness to what's happening in immigration courts as people that show up for hearings are snatched by federal agents:
www.huffpost.com/entry/five-d...
www.huffpost.com/entry/five-d...
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Man, the kicker on Adam Shatz's latest:
"In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
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July 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Man, the kicker on Adam Shatz's latest:
"In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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One of the men @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I wrote about is Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. He came into the U.S. legally, through the CBP One app. His family has worked tirelessly to secure his release from CECOT. Tonight, they got to hug him again. His mother Ydalys shares this video:
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
One of the men @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I wrote about is Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. He came into the U.S. legally, through the CBP One app. His family has worked tirelessly to secure his release from CECOT. Tonight, they got to hug him again. His mother Ydalys shares this video:
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i love how insane everyone is becomeing
June 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
i love how insane everyone is becomeing
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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said he won't seek reelection hours after Trump threatened a primary challenge for his vote against the "big, beautiful bill"
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis Announces He Won't Seek Reelection
The North Carolina Republican faced sharp attacks from President Donald Trump after he voted against his massive tax and spending bill on Saturday.
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June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls
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Trump is gonna make Karoline Leavitt do a Sean Spicer later tonight.
The photos coming from Trump’s birthday parade are just incredible. No one showed up.
June 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump is gonna make Karoline Leavitt do a Sean Spicer later tonight.
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This was the crowd by the main stage at the military festival a bit ago.
June 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This was the crowd by the main stage at the military festival a bit ago.
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