@mattmittenthal.bsky.social
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"I am extraordinarily proud of my husband," said Brad Lander's wife, Meg Barnette, during a press conference just now.
"What was going on in those courtrooms is absolutely unacceptable... This is not the way people are treated in the US."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"What was going on in those courtrooms is absolutely unacceptable... This is not the way people are treated in the US."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing
Mayoral candidate was detained by Ice as he escorted an immigrant out of court, says his wife
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I am extraordinarily proud of my husband," said Brad Lander's wife, Meg Barnette, during a press conference just now.
"What was going on in those courtrooms is absolutely unacceptable... This is not the way people are treated in the US."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"What was going on in those courtrooms is absolutely unacceptable... This is not the way people are treated in the US."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Last week, shortly before the Guardian was to publish a second story providing additional detail about Gonite’s pending lawsuit and the other two whistleblowers’ declarations, UnitedHealth filed a lawsuit against the Guardian”- @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UnitedHealth faces federal scrutiny into whistleblower claims
Attention comes in wake of ex-employees’ allegations that insurer paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers and used improper tactics to gain Medicare Advantage enrollees
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Last week, shortly before the Guardian was to publish a second story providing additional detail about Gonite’s pending lawsuit and the other two whistleblowers’ declarations, UnitedHealth filed a lawsuit against the Guardian”- @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
thanks MAX!
May 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
thanks MAX!
a real accomplishment by the makers of Parasite that Trump is still upset about the best picture win 5 years later
May 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
a real accomplishment by the makers of Parasite that Trump is still upset about the best picture win 5 years later
the horses did it again!
May 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
the horses did it again!
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I didn't have space to get into it much in my piece, but there is a Catholic version of the political work done by "the sin of empathy" and it's "ordo amoris" – a concept embraced by JD Vance to justify privileging his family and fellow citizens over strangers
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I didn't have space to get into it much in my piece, but there is a Catholic version of the political work done by "the sin of empathy" and it's "ordo amoris" – a concept embraced by JD Vance to justify privileging his family and fellow citizens over strangers
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I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
gonna say what we’ve all been thinking: the phrase “jammy eggs” is absolutely disgusting
April 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
gonna say what we’ve all been thinking: the phrase “jammy eggs” is absolutely disgusting
“there is a real crisis of access to reliable information for people who don’t want or have the means to subscribe”- @thebetsy.bsky.social via @charlottetklein.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
The Newspaper Flourishing Without a Paywall
How the Guardian US is using Trump to get readers to cough up a donation.
nymag.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“there is a real crisis of access to reliable information for people who don’t want or have the means to subscribe”- @thebetsy.bsky.social via @charlottetklein.bsky.social nymag.com/intelligence...
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NEW: Trump agreed to rescind executive order targeting Paul Weiss after seeing the firm’s chairman offer up criticism of Mark Pomerantz at a meeting on Wednesday as he tried to appease the president. The White House then publicized his criticism @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump
Paul, Weiss’s chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: Trump agreed to rescind executive order targeting Paul Weiss after seeing the firm’s chairman offer up criticism of Mark Pomerantz at a meeting on Wednesday as he tried to appease the president. The White House then publicized his criticism @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Bezos's interference in the Post during the morning becomes a fund-raising pitch by the Guardian during the afternoon
February 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bezos's interference in the Post during the morning becomes a fund-raising pitch by the Guardian during the afternoon
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When SDNY refused to drop the Eric Adams case, it was moved to the Public Integrity Section.
The acting leader of the Public Integrity Section also refused to drop the case and resigned.
The acting leader of the Public Integrity Section also refused to drop the case and resigned.
BREAKING: The acting U.S. attorney for New York’s Southern District resigns after DOJ’s order to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. nbcnews.to/3QjCeys
February 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When SDNY refused to drop the Eric Adams case, it was moved to the Public Integrity Section.
The acting leader of the Public Integrity Section also refused to drop the case and resigned.
The acting leader of the Public Integrity Section also refused to drop the case and resigned.
“when prompted to pull an article the Guardian published on Oct. 7, 2024, titled, “‘The pain will never leave’: Nova massacre survivors return to site one year on,” …Cohere referenced an entirely different, and nonexistent article”- @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/med...
Condé Nast, McClatchy and Other Publishers Accuse AI Firm Cohere of Copyright Violations
The lawsuit accuses the Canadian company of sharing versions of entire articles without permission.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“when prompted to pull an article the Guardian published on Oct. 7, 2024, titled, “‘The pain will never leave’: Nova massacre survivors return to site one year on,” …Cohere referenced an entirely different, and nonexistent article”- @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/med...
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New: @propublica.org is tracking who's in Musk's DOGE crew. 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New: @propublica.org is tracking who's in Musk's DOGE crew. 20+ names so far including some that haven't yet been reported.
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Thousands of ICE press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thousands of ICE press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump signs order authorizing tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China
Trump signs order authorizing tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China
Decision could set the stage for a damaging trade war between the US and three of its top trade partners
Donald Trump has signed an order authorizing tariffs after vowing to impose dramatic taxes on goods from Canada, Mexico and China starting this…
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump signs order authorizing tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China
doing the federal government like a SPAC pitch deck
January 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
doing the federal government like a SPAC pitch deck
“Hegseth expresses agreement with the principle of sphere sovereignty, which…envisions a subordination of ‘civil government’ to Old Testament law, capital punishment for infringements of that law such as homosexuality, and rigidly patriarchal families/churches” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Trump Pentagon nominee endorsed extremist Christian doctrine on podcast
In newly uncovered recordings, Pete Hegseth rails against feminism, ‘critical race theory’, and even democracy itself
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Hegseth expresses agreement with the principle of sphere sovereignty, which…envisions a subordination of ‘civil government’ to Old Testament law, capital punishment for infringements of that law such as homosexuality, and rigidly patriarchal families/churches” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...