Steph Rosenfeld
@steph43.bsky.social
One day. One step at a time: Philly-based communications consultant advocating for victims-survivors of injustice. Netflix #unsolvedmysteries “Mystery at Mile Marker 45”
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The Australian state of New South Wales, of which Sydney is the capital, on Wednesday passed new laws that further restrict gun ownership and empower police to shut down protests, in response to last week’s terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration.
Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack
While the new restrictions on firearms have broad support, new police powers to crack down on some protests were criticized as limits on civil liberties.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Australian state of New South Wales, of which Sydney is the capital, on Wednesday passed new laws that further restrict gun ownership and empower police to shut down protests, in response to last week’s terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration.
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Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has spent years weaponizing hatred to become the mastermind of Trump’s crackdown on marginalized groups.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
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The US has banned Thierry Breton, former French Finance Minister and former EU Commissioner, + 4 other Europeans
For their campaigns against disinformation and hate on social media, and their support of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
For their campaigns against disinformation and hate on social media, and their support of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
US targets former EU commissioner, activists with visa bans over alleged censorship
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former European Union commissioner and anti-disinformation campaigners it says were involved in censoring U.S. social media platforms, in the...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The US has banned Thierry Breton, former French Finance Minister and former EU Commissioner, + 4 other Europeans
For their campaigns against disinformation and hate on social media, and their support of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
For their campaigns against disinformation and hate on social media, and their support of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
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"On Tuesday, however, Ms. Loomer said nothing about the newly released materials, which showed, among other things, that federal prosecutors had determined that Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private plane more times than they originally knew," The Times reported.
#Epstein
#Epstein
Major Release of Epstein Documents Contains Mentions of Trump and Mar-a-Lago Subpoenas
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"On Tuesday, however, Ms. Loomer said nothing about the newly released materials, which showed, among other things, that federal prosecutors had determined that Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private plane more times than they originally knew," The Times reported.
#Epstein
#Epstein
Cover Up Season in full swing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Epstein files takeaways: possible co-conspirators, fake video and Trump trips
The largest release of Epstein-related documents yet from the justice department included some notable messages and several mentions of Trump.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Cover Up Season in full swing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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DHS Oberts-Gruppenfuhrer Kristi Noem appointed head of U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency FAILS polygraph examination for access to classified material
DHS trying to make staff of Agency the fall guys for Director’s lie detector test failure
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DHS trying to make staff of Agency the fall guys for Director’s lie detector test failure
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
DHS Oberts-Gruppenfuhrer Kristi Noem appointed head of U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency FAILS polygraph examination for access to classified material
DHS trying to make staff of Agency the fall guys for Director’s lie detector test failure
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DHS trying to make staff of Agency the fall guys for Director’s lie detector test failure
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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"This is a story about money, leverage, bribery, and access — and how a collapsing Trump empire just stumbled into the most lucrative geopolitical choke point of the next century.
Six billion dollars.
That’s the price tag on the surprise merger between Trump Media & Technology Group"
Six billion dollars.
That’s the price tag on the surprise merger between Trump Media & Technology Group"
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"This is a story about money, leverage, bribery, and access — and how a collapsing Trump empire just stumbled into the most lucrative geopolitical choke point of the next century.
Six billion dollars.
That’s the price tag on the surprise merger between Trump Media & Technology Group"
Six billion dollars.
That’s the price tag on the surprise merger between Trump Media & Technology Group"
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Republicans are extortionists. Trump is carrying on and supersizing a decades-long pattern of extortion like threatening funding for DC residents or punishing cities and states for policies the GOP hates.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review
It is not clear on what authority the administration could withhold Smithsonian funds, as President Trump tries to purge “woke” content from cultural institutions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Republicans are extortionists. Trump is carrying on and supersizing a decades-long pattern of extortion like threatening funding for DC residents or punishing cities and states for policies the GOP hates.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
Murder or Suicide?
Is the Tiffany Valiante 2015 mysterious death a closed or cold case in NJ?
Her parents aren’t giving up the fight for answers, evidence, justice.
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Is the Tiffany Valiante 2015 mysterious death a closed or cold case in NJ?
Her parents aren’t giving up the fight for answers, evidence, justice.
c.org/6FpmBvhJh
LITIGATION UPDATE: Where’s The Evidence?
Why hasn’t it - including everything provided by the parents - been returned to them as required by the NJ CRIME VICTIMS BILL OF RIGHTS?
FOX NEWS reports on the latest developments in New Jersey Super...
c.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Murder or Suicide?
Is the Tiffany Valiante 2015 mysterious death a closed or cold case in NJ?
Her parents aren’t giving up the fight for answers, evidence, justice.
c.org/6FpmBvhJh
Is the Tiffany Valiante 2015 mysterious death a closed or cold case in NJ?
Her parents aren’t giving up the fight for answers, evidence, justice.
c.org/6FpmBvhJh
WATCH: Trump Plaza In Atlantic City Is Demolished | NBC News NOW
YouTube video by NBC News
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Powerful NYT article.
"During dinner that night, Ms. Harth alleged in a 1997 lawsuit, Mr. Trump groped her under the table, then cornered her in a bedroom normally used by his daughter Ivanka and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her from leaving."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
"During dinner that night, Ms. Harth alleged in a 1997 lawsuit, Mr. Trump groped her under the table, then cornered her in a bedroom normally used by his daughter Ivanka and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her from leaving."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Powerful NYT article.
"During dinner that night, Ms. Harth alleged in a 1997 lawsuit, Mr. Trump groped her under the table, then cornered her in a bedroom normally used by his daughter Ivanka and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her from leaving."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
"During dinner that night, Ms. Harth alleged in a 1997 lawsuit, Mr. Trump groped her under the table, then cornered her in a bedroom normally used by his daughter Ivanka and “forcibly kissed, fondled and restrained” her from leaving."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"One [victim] said that she was brought to Mar-a-Lago by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14, and Epstein kind of nudged Trump and said, 'this is a nice one, right?' If two grown men are staying there with a 14-year-old, what message can you take from that? That's a question for Trump to answer."
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"One [victim] said that she was brought to Mar-a-Lago by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 14, and Epstein kind of nudged Trump and said, 'this is a nice one, right?' If two grown men are staying there with a 14-year-old, what message can you take from that? That's a question for Trump to answer."
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
@nytimes.com
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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A rare moment of bipartisanship
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A rare moment of bipartisanship
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“The president’s second term has brought a major expansion of that empire, with forays into cryptocurrency, communications and financial products. Ventures launched since Trump’s re-election generated at least $4 billion in proceeds and paper wealth for the family… www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“The president’s second term has brought a major expansion of that empire, with forays into cryptocurrency, communications and financial products. Ventures launched since Trump’s re-election generated at least $4 billion in proceeds and paper wealth for the family… www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death - ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death - ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.
Jared Kushner Is Quietly Steering a Massive Media Takeover
The president’s son-in-law is getting in on the scramble to make billions from Warner Bros.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’
Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’
Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’