Paula J. Kelly
LightNews LightNews
banner
paulajkelly.bsky.social
Paula J. Kelly
@paulajkelly.bsky.social
320 followers 510 following 83 posts
Editor, writer, and reader who loves stories in every form. She/her
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Paula J. Kelly
petersagal.bsky.social
Solid work by this reporter, but this story was broken by @jessbravin.bsky.social of the WSJ six weeks ago. I hope with this new reporting it will get more attention.

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.
Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reposted by Paula J. Kelly
donmoyn.bsky.social
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
When Davis learned that a breakaway faction was gathering on a Saturday afternoon at the offices of venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to plot a strategy for DOGE’s future, he began calling likely attendees and told them not to attend what he called the “coup” meeting. (The firm did not respond to a request for comment on its role in DOGE’s work.) Those at the meeting who looked at their phones would have seen their fortunes change in real time, as they were removed from Signal group chats — DOGE’s primary status marker of who belonged.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM