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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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America imprisons 5X more per capita than even the world’s most authoritarian regimes — including China.
But for the authoritarian right, that’s not enough.
Their vision of society is built on maximizing human suffering.
They are the tyrants our forefathers fought against.
But for the authoritarian right, that’s not enough.
Their vision of society is built on maximizing human suffering.
They are the tyrants our forefathers fought against.
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
America imprisons 5X more per capita than even the world’s most authoritarian regimes — including China.
But for the authoritarian right, that’s not enough.
Their vision of society is built on maximizing human suffering.
They are the tyrants our forefathers fought against.
But for the authoritarian right, that’s not enough.
Their vision of society is built on maximizing human suffering.
They are the tyrants our forefathers fought against.
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if you're not from or have never been to new york i cannot stress enough how normal the subway is 99% of the time. kids take it to school. everyone is basically chill. you learn to be in proximity with harmless weirdos or minor irritations pretty quick. for all its issues it's an incredible thing
August 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
if you're not from or have never been to new york i cannot stress enough how normal the subway is 99% of the time. kids take it to school. everyone is basically chill. you learn to be in proximity with harmless weirdos or minor irritations pretty quick. for all its issues it's an incredible thing
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@anamariecox.bsky.social says hope is not necessary, only a commitment to resist surrender. ❤️
You Have No Idea How Bad Things Will Get (And That’s the Good News)
Uncertainty isn’t doom. It’s possibility in disguise. Trump has broken the simulation. After years of conspiratorial build-up and righteous demands for...
newsletter.anamariecox.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@anamariecox.bsky.social says hope is not necessary, only a commitment to resist surrender. ❤️
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Don't let Trump and Musk's feud obscure their fundamental agreement: Both men and the party they own are committed to taking as much as possible from Americans who need help in order to give to those who have more than they could ever want www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Musk and Trump Still Agree on One Thing
Whatever they may be fighting about, they are both committed to showering tax cuts on Americans who already have more than they need.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Don't let Trump and Musk's feud obscure their fundamental agreement: Both men and the party they own are committed to taking as much as possible from Americans who need help in order to give to those who have more than they could ever want www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I would like to apologize to the house sparrows in New York who I said should shut up so I could hear other birds — they are scarce and using their inside voices compared with the red-winged blackbirds in Loring Park in Minneapolis
May 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I would like to apologize to the house sparrows in New York who I said should shut up so I could hear other birds — they are scarce and using their inside voices compared with the red-winged blackbirds in Loring Park in Minneapolis
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In response to Trump's executive orders, RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, has barred its crisis hotline staff from sharing resources specific to LGBTQ people, immigrants and other marginalized groups.
Top Sexual Assault Hotline Drops Resources After Trump Orders
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In response to Trump's executive orders, RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-violence organization, has barred its crisis hotline staff from sharing resources specific to LGBTQ people, immigrants and other marginalized groups.
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
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NEW: We got our hands on a DOGE memo listing which CDC programs are required by law and warning of a "litigation risk" to cutting them. Dozens of those programs, tracking everything from IVF to cancer, have since been halted by layoffs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @sophiegardner.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @sophiegardner.bsky.social
Trump transforms congressionally mandated health offices into ghost towns
Federal workers, Democratic lawmakers, state officials and independent legal experts say keeping offices afloat in name only – with minimal or no staff – is an unconstitutional power grab.
www.politico.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: We got our hands on a DOGE memo listing which CDC programs are required by law and warning of a "litigation risk" to cutting them. Dozens of those programs, tracking everything from IVF to cancer, have since been halted by layoffs.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @sophiegardner.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @sophiegardner.bsky.social
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies 👇🏽
May 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies 👇🏽
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“He has simply disappeared,” said a friend.
“I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing and teaching immigration law.,” said one law prof. “This case represents a black hole where due process no longer exists."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
“I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing and teaching immigration law.,” said one law prof. “This case represents a black hole where due process no longer exists."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
A Venezuelan Is Missing. The U.S. Deported Him. But to Where? (Gift Article)
The immigrant does not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends have no idea of his whereabouts. He has essentially disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“He has simply disappeared,” said a friend.
“I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing and teaching immigration law.,” said one law prof. “This case represents a black hole where due process no longer exists."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
“I have not heard of a disappearance like this in my 40-plus years of practicing and teaching immigration law.,” said one law prof. “This case represents a black hole where due process no longer exists."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
"His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea. And the more he talked to me, you know, the more he reached me. But I couldn't let go of L.A., city of the fallen angels. "
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"His eyes were the color of the sand and the sea. And the more he talked to me, you know, the more he reached me. But I couldn't let go of L.A., city of the fallen angels. "
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DOJ's request for a stay of the judge’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador to the U.S. is denied. 🙏🏼
The stay has been firmly denied. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
DOJ's request for a stay of the judge’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador to the U.S. is denied. 🙏🏼
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I wrote about the surreal experience of teaching the First Amendment right now on a green card, teaching lofty doctrine while the government is rounding up people like me for things they say
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?
Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I wrote about the surreal experience of teaching the First Amendment right now on a green card, teaching lofty doctrine while the government is rounding up people like me for things they say
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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My new role is now press-release official, and I've filed my first story to be published soon
Maggie Astor Is Joining Well | The New York Times Company
www.nytco.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My new role is now press-release official, and I've filed my first story to be published soon
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After the Palisades and Eaton fires in LA, 20 firefighters had elevated lead and mercury in their blood — more than firefighters who'd fought forest fires. The new data point to the particular dangers of fires in urban areas, which climate change is making more common.
First story back from leave:
First story back from leave:
L.A. Firefighters Who Fought Blazes Show Elevated Mercury and Lead Levels
The findings, which compared the firefighters’ blood samples against those taken after past fires, suggest unique risks to blazes that burn in populated areas.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
After the Palisades and Eaton fires in LA, 20 firefighters had elevated lead and mercury in their blood — more than firefighters who'd fought forest fires. The new data point to the particular dangers of fires in urban areas, which climate change is making more common.
First story back from leave:
First story back from leave:
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There’s no word for this other than evil.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There’s no word for this other than evil.
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My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
