Karen Foshay
@kfoshay.bsky.social
4th generation Angeleno. Journalist and doc producer currently at @latimes studios
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.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 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
Major report that tied moderate drinking to disease won’t be released, researchers say www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/f... via @statnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Major report that tied moderate drinking to disease won’t be released, researchers say www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/f... via @statnews.com
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David Ellison vowed not to politicize Paramount—yet his first big move at CBS News is a major bet on Bari Weiss, one of the most polarizing figures in media.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
The Weiss Price
David Ellison vowed not to politicize Paramount—yet his first big move at CBS News is a major bet on Bari Weiss, one of the most polarizing figures in media.
www.status.news
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
David Ellison vowed not to politicize Paramount—yet his first big move at CBS News is a major bet on Bari Weiss, one of the most polarizing figures in media.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea. www.wired.com/story/on-mex...
On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea.
www.wired.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea. www.wired.com/story/on-mex...
“Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday morning, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency ..”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Live Updates: More Than 50 Dead in Texas Floods as Search for Missing Grows Dire
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday morning, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency ..”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
A young female food vendor clung to a tree in a desperate move to escape masked agents. Look at what happened: youtube.com/shorts/pveJW... @latimes.com
Food vendor clings to tree, trying to avoid immigration agents
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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June 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A young female food vendor clung to a tree in a desperate move to escape masked agents. Look at what happened: youtube.com/shorts/pveJW... @latimes.com
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In an interview last month with Seattle Times reporters, Barnes said the department does not and will not ask anyone about their immigration status and would not cooperate with immigration officers. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle police chief expects to be jailed under Trump administration
The comment was given to the Seattle City Council as part of Shon Barnes' confirmation process as police chief, three months into his tenure in the job.
www.seattletimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In an interview last month with Seattle Times reporters, Barnes said the department does not and will not ask anyone about their immigration status and would not cooperate with immigration officers. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
My latest: They are texts of terror. From the westside to the Eastside, Southbay and Valley, these are messages of fear and anxiety as ICE rolls into communities across LA. Cell phones are now digital lifelines: youtube.com/shorts/qve6e...
ICE in Los Angeles: Texts of terror
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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June 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
My latest: They are texts of terror. From the westside to the Eastside, Southbay and Valley, these are messages of fear and anxiety as ICE rolls into communities across LA. Cell phones are now digital lifelines: youtube.com/shorts/qve6e...
www.latimes.com/california/s... . Strong reporting from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and @racheluranga.bsky.social
'A good day': Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot
A U.S. citizen who was tackled and arrested by border agents after filming and yelling at them said his 'blood was boiling' when agents high-fived each other after grabbing dozens at Home Depot on Thu...
www.latimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
www.latimes.com/california/s... . Strong reporting from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and @racheluranga.bsky.social
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“My own father, who has been a citizen for decades now, is too afraid to make his weekly trip to Placita Olvera to listen to the Mariachis. Even I, the Mayor of Pasadena, am carrying my passport with me wherever I go in case I am racially profiled by ICE agents.”
The Mayor of Pasadena has written a great article about the immigration raids and how it affects his city of Pasadena. Proud of him
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time.com/7295305/pasa...
Pasadena Mayor: Trump's Immigration Raids Hurt Communities
"Every day that immigration raids continue and federal troops are brought in to police our community, we suffer."
time.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“My own father, who has been a citizen for decades now, is too afraid to make his weekly trip to Placita Olvera to listen to the Mariachis. Even I, the Mayor of Pasadena, am carrying my passport with me wherever I go in case I am racially profiled by ICE agents.”
The woman who shot this video told me she was traumatized by witnessing a local fruit vendor physically taken down by agents.. youtube.com/shorts/qzA3a...
Unidentified agents detain L.A. fruit vendor: 'Like he’d been kidnapped'
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The woman who shot this video told me she was traumatized by witnessing a local fruit vendor physically taken down by agents.. youtube.com/shorts/qzA3a...
ICE agent jokes about getting a car wash as they detain workers. The wash is closed now. The workers who escaped are too scared to return . youtube.com/shorts/02MhE...
ICE hits carwash twice, jokes about getting a wash
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICE agent jokes about getting a car wash as they detain workers. The wash is closed now. The workers who escaped are too scared to return . youtube.com/shorts/02MhE...
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Crazy scene a little bit ago. Two bikers inched up to the main protest intersection, revved their engines to cheers from the crowd … then somehow got to the police skirmish line. One crashed, both drivers seemingly led away by police.
June 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Crazy scene a little bit ago. Two bikers inched up to the main protest intersection, revved their engines to cheers from the crowd … then somehow got to the police skirmish line. One crashed, both drivers seemingly led away by police.
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LAT's @BillPlaschke, a champ of sports columnists: I’m fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time
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Commentary: I'm fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time
Times columnist Bill Plaschke writes about his experience taking a boxing class to help fight Parkinson's disease symptoms.
www.latimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
LAT's @BillPlaschke, a champ of sports columnists: I’m fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time
www.latimes.com/sports/story...
www.latimes.com/sports/story...
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In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
June 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
“When they spit, we hit.”
President Trump defended his decision to send the National Guard into the L.A. area over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. https://www.latimes.com/california/live/national-guard-troops-la-immigration-ice-clashes-paramount?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
June 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“When they spit, we hit.”
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In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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In the short run, loss of America’s appeal to scientists around the world. In the medium term, economic depression. In the long term, the US reverses its development.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...
NIH grant terminations under Trump have totaled at least $1.8 billion, analysis finds
Researchers calculated that $1.8 billion in National Institutes of Health grants were terminated in just over one month
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May 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In the short run, loss of America’s appeal to scientists around the world. In the medium term, economic depression. In the long term, the US reverses its development.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...
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Dear @nytimes.com - Please, for the 100th time, please hire a progressive Catholic columnist. Some kind of counter-weight to Douthat. I have names, others do as well. This is not hard. Thank you.
#PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
#PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
Opinion | What the World Needs From Pope Leo
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dear @nytimes.com - Please, for the 100th time, please hire a progressive Catholic columnist. Some kind of counter-weight to Douthat. I have names, others do as well. This is not hard. Thank you.
#PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
#PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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A highly respected and experienced administrator. The email firing her addresses her as just “Carla”
President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress — the first woman and first African American to hold the position.
She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email.
She was informed of the decision in a terse, two-sentence email.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Hayden, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, was the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A highly respected and experienced administrator. The email firing her addresses her as just “Carla”
Yay! I’ve looked for The Four Seasons and couldn’t find it anywhere. Excited to see it again after all these years.
On the heels of Tina Fey’s new ‘The Four Seasons’ miniseries, the 1981 film it’s based on is coming to Netflix after doing time in streaming jail. Licensing is weird, man.
You Can Stream the Original Four Seasons Movie Very Soon
On the heels of Tina Fey’s new ‘The Four Seasons’ miniseries, the 1981 film it’s based on is coming to Netflix after doing time in streaming jail. Licensing is weird, man.
www.vulture.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yay! I’ve looked for The Four Seasons and couldn’t find it anywhere. Excited to see it again after all these years.
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Sad day for Santa Rosa, CA. www.kqed.org/news/1203846...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat Sold to Nation’s Largest Private Newspaper Group | KQED
The sale of the Sonoma County papers to the owner of San José Mercury News and East Bay Times was a surprise twist in a plan to initially sell to SF Chronicle-owner Hearst.
www.kqed.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sad day for Santa Rosa, CA. www.kqed.org/news/1203846...
I’ve worked at all of the PBS and NPR stations in LA: @kcrw.com @laist.com KLCS and KCET (pbs SoCal+). Often these outlets were the only ones willing to report the stories that corporate media–fearing offending advertisers–wouldn’t touch.
This is a tragedy for journalism and the public.
This is a tragedy for journalism and the public.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
bit.ly
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ve worked at all of the PBS and NPR stations in LA: @kcrw.com @laist.com KLCS and KCET (pbs SoCal+). Often these outlets were the only ones willing to report the stories that corporate media–fearing offending advertisers–wouldn’t touch.
This is a tragedy for journalism and the public.
This is a tragedy for journalism and the public.