Claudia Peschiutta
@reporterclaudia.bsky.social
Journalist taking an adult gap year to travel the world.
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Donate! L.A. Taco has been closely covering the ICE raids that haven’t stopped in L.A. even after the national headlines went away.
In a month in which too many prominent voices have chosen silence in the face of federally mandated mass deportations that target families, friends, and workers, we applaud and are endlessly grateful for Longoria’s generosity and actions. Thank you for seeing our work. lataco.com/longoria-don...
July 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Donate! L.A. Taco has been closely covering the ICE raids that haven’t stopped in L.A. even after the national headlines went away.
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Hearing from so many people, including people with their kids, who didn't feel safe after LAPD/LASD started attacking peaceful protesters — and then were unable to get home.
If you took transit to DTLA and got stranded I'd love to hear from you
If you took transit to DTLA and got stranded I'd love to hear from you
30,000 people showed up across our city to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful protest today — that's powerful.
A curfew is in effect in Downtown Los Angeles to stop bad actors who do not care about immigrants rights.
Get home safe, LA.
A curfew is in effect in Downtown Los Angeles to stop bad actors who do not care about immigrants rights.
Get home safe, LA.
June 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hearing from so many people, including people with their kids, who didn't feel safe after LAPD/LASD started attacking peaceful protesters — and then were unable to get home.
If you took transit to DTLA and got stranded I'd love to hear from you
If you took transit to DTLA and got stranded I'd love to hear from you
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Protesters in all 50 states marched against President Trump's policies on Saturday as Trump held a military parade in Washington. Read more: https://trib.al/JnBJSdw
June 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Protesters in all 50 states marched against President Trump's policies on Saturday as Trump held a military parade in Washington. Read more: https://trib.al/JnBJSdw
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What happened to Senator Padilla is not homeland security. This is homeland fascism. This is homeland authoritarianism.
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What happened to Senator Padilla is not homeland security. This is homeland fascism. This is homeland authoritarianism.
Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests
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June 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
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This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines.
"It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
"It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines.
"It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
"It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
Here's a story from Kosovo 2.0 about how Action for Mothers and Children is providing support for moms struggling with the "baby blues" or postpartum depression.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/i-dont-ca...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here's a story from Kosovo 2.0 about how Action for Mothers and Children is providing support for moms struggling with the "baby blues" or postpartum depression.
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/i-dont-ca...
kosovotwopointzero.com/en/i-dont-ca...
Hey, friends! I’m now living in Pristina and working part-time with Action for Mothers and Children, an NGO that’s working to reduce STIs and otherwise improve health outcomes for women and children in Kosovo.
May 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hey, friends! I’m now living in Pristina and working part-time with Action for Mothers and Children, an NGO that’s working to reduce STIs and otherwise improve health outcomes for women and children in Kosovo.
“One of the children is a four-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was sent without medication, a lawyer for the child's family said.”
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Three US citizen children, one with cancer, deported to Honduras, lawyers say
Trump's border czar Tom Homan says the mothers had made the choice for their citizen children to be removed with them.
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April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“One of the children is a four-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was sent without medication, a lawyer for the child's family said.”
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The Japanese American National Museum has stated they won't bow to Trump. It's time more LA museums had their back.
This is an opportunity for the Getty to rethink PST— and instead help create a support network for the LA arts ecosystem.
My latest for @kcrw.com:
email.kcrw.com/la-museums-n...
This is an opportunity for the Getty to rethink PST— and instead help create a support network for the LA arts ecosystem.
My latest for @kcrw.com:
email.kcrw.com/la-museums-n...
April 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Japanese American National Museum has stated they won't bow to Trump. It's time more LA museums had their back.
This is an opportunity for the Getty to rethink PST— and instead help create a support network for the LA arts ecosystem.
My latest for @kcrw.com:
email.kcrw.com/la-museums-n...
This is an opportunity for the Getty to rethink PST— and instead help create a support network for the LA arts ecosystem.
My latest for @kcrw.com:
email.kcrw.com/la-museums-n...
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Today, my son Sam and I showed Speaker Johnson why you don't mess with moms.
Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support, we stopped the Speaker’s attempt to kill our resolution to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us today.
Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support, we stopped the Speaker’s attempt to kill our resolution to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us today.
April 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Today, my son Sam and I showed Speaker Johnson why you don't mess with moms.
Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support, we stopped the Speaker’s attempt to kill our resolution to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us today.
Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support, we stopped the Speaker’s attempt to kill our resolution to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely.
Thank you to everyone who stood with us today.
Another great journalist leaves the L.A. Times
This is my last day at the Los Angeles Times. I’m grateful to have spent 13 years here, learning from some of the best.
More to come soon!
More to come soon!
March 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Another great journalist leaves the L.A. Times
My friend and former editor Ric Schroeder invited me to be a guest on his podcast. We talked about the first six months of what I've been calling an adult gap year. Check it out!
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INTERESTING PEOPLE - EXTRAORDINARY TIMES | rjs2s
Discussing a variety of topics with Interesting People dealing with life in these Extraordinary Times
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March 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My friend and former editor Ric Schroeder invited me to be a guest on his podcast. We talked about the first six months of what I've been calling an adult gap year. Check it out!
www.podbean.com/wlpi/pbblog-...
www.podbean.com/wlpi/pbblog-...
“When you see important societal actors…changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“When you see important societal actors…changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Remember, it's only a "big" earthquake if shit breaks and a freeway falls down.
March 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Remember, it's only a "big" earthquake if shit breaks and a freeway falls down.
Walk out. No real journalist would tolerate this.
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, breaking decades of precedent in the White House.
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Walk out. No real journalist would tolerate this.
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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
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On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s official White House social-media account posted a picture of him wearing a crown; as he proclaimed on his Truth Social page, “Long Live the King.” Will Americans let him get away with his self-coronation?
We’d Never Had a King Until This Week
Donald Trump tries to overturn the most basic meme of American history.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s official White House social-media account posted a picture of him wearing a crown; as he proclaimed on his Truth Social page, “Long Live the King.” Will Americans let him get away with his self-coronation?
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So much is happening in the US right now it's hard to know where to focus.
This is something that shouldn't get lost in the blizzard: Government computer systems have been massively breached.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
This is something that shouldn't get lost in the blizzard: Government computer systems have been massively breached.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
February 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So much is happening in the US right now it's hard to know where to focus.
This is something that shouldn't get lost in the blizzard: Government computer systems have been massively breached.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
This is something that shouldn't get lost in the blizzard: Government computer systems have been massively breached.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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RFK Jr. talks about vaccine science as if the alleged links between vaccines and autism haven't been disproven. @matthewherper.bsky.social walks you through the science Kennedy won't cite. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...
Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism
Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
RFK Jr. talks about vaccine science as if the alleged links between vaccines and autism haven't been disproven. @matthewherper.bsky.social walks you through the science Kennedy won't cite. www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...
“For many, Mr. Trump’s attacks on D.E.I. point to his long history of inflaming racial tensions using dog whistles…But now, they say, the dog whistle is a bullhorn.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“For many, Mr. Trump’s attacks on D.E.I. point to his long history of inflaming racial tensions using dog whistles…But now, they say, the dog whistle is a bullhorn.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
February 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.