I want to add a small but suggestive experience to this. In a recent piece I did for @newyorker.com about ICE arrests of Democratic officials and lawmakers, we got a comment from the White House, in which a spokesperson said that the magazine was “encouraging lawless behavior” by reporting on it.

For those scoring at home: Elected officials protest aggressive ICE actions—> Administration claims they are “assaulting” & threatening federal agents, so it arrests & charges them —> Journalists writing about the situation contrast the video evidence with the allegations—>White House says:

Whereabouts remain unknown

Now would we be a great time for @latimes.com to take this excellent article by the great @kate-linthicum.bsky.social out from behind the paywall:

🚨Devastating and scary news from El Salvador: Ruth López, a decorated human rights advocate at the group Cristosal, has been arrested by the government.

B/c of a total lack of transparency, we’re supposed to take the government’s word on these enforcement actions. And yet a recent sting at a Colorado nightclub miraculously yielded members of tren de Aragua, MS-13, and Hells Angels, all in one go…

This is tonight—7PM at the Cervantes Institute, in NYC. Come join us!

Vía journalist Carlos García, the US has deported to El Salvador a top MS-13 gang member who was being held in New York (following a complicated extradition during the Biden years). This is significant for a few reasons that are worth your attention 👇