Dan Moritz-Rabson
@dmoritzrabson.bsky.social
I report on the criminal legal system and fact check things. Published in ProPublica, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, and other places. Researcher/fact checker at Freakonomics Radio Network. Email me at [email protected]. Clips at dmoritzrabson.com
and you mean to tell me not one person at ny mag knew? i have questions
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
and you mean to tell me not one person at ny mag knew? i have questions
which one of you freaks is the one paying for the lizza substack
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
which one of you freaks is the one paying for the lizza substack
Despite everything, the Times is still telling people to read the Nuzzi book
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Despite everything, the Times is still telling people to read the Nuzzi book
"Ceilings in the tunnels have begun to deteriorate, causing chunks of concrete to fall and putting employees and the heating system at risk"
apnews.com/article/bure...
apnews.com/article/bure...
Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles
The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the fa...
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Ceilings in the tunnels have begun to deteriorate, causing chunks of concrete to fall and putting employees and the heating system at risk"
apnews.com/article/bure...
apnews.com/article/bure...
"Kentucky’s three infant deaths from whooping cough over the past 12 months are the state’s first reported since 2018. None of the infants or their mothers had been vaccinated against the respiratory disease"
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Kentucky’s three infant deaths from whooping cough over the past 12 months are the state’s first reported since 2018. None of the infants or their mothers had been vaccinated against the respiratory disease"
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
She’s on her way to the bookstore to find prosecuting for dummies right now
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
She’s on her way to the bookstore to find prosecuting for dummies right now
Your taxpayer dollars are being spent on twitter fights.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Your taxpayer dollars are being spent on twitter fights.
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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I always recommend anything by @laurengill.bsky.social, who really cares about the people she writes about.
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I always recommend anything by @laurengill.bsky.social, who really cares about the people she writes about.
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
"In a prison system where more than 75 percent of employees are white and 73 percent of prisoners are Black or Hispanic, many of the incidents had racist overtones, inmates said, with white guards using racial epithets and other demeaning language during attacks"
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"In a prison system where more than 75 percent of employees are white and 73 percent of prisoners are Black or Hispanic, many of the incidents had racist overtones, inmates said, with white guards using racial epithets and other demeaning language during attacks"
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Please make this all stop
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please make this all stop
Someone with authority needs to issue a ban on Olivia Nuzzi thinkpieces
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Someone with authority needs to issue a ban on Olivia Nuzzi thinkpieces
This article says that "That immorality, once unleashed, may ultimately be aimed at others in this country, regardless of immigration status."
Citizens have been swept up by ICE's deportation machine for months.
Nobody is safe from secret police. There is no citizen/non-citizen distinction.
Citizens have been swept up by ICE's deportation machine for months.
Nobody is safe from secret police. There is no citizen/non-citizen distinction.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This article says that "That immorality, once unleashed, may ultimately be aimed at others in this country, regardless of immigration status."
Citizens have been swept up by ICE's deportation machine for months.
Nobody is safe from secret police. There is no citizen/non-citizen distinction.
Citizens have been swept up by ICE's deportation machine for months.
Nobody is safe from secret police. There is no citizen/non-citizen distinction.
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This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
It appears Putin has the photo of Trump blowing Bubba
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It appears Putin has the photo of Trump blowing Bubba
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Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
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This seems not great
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This seems not great
DHS and its personnel have been accusing Lander of assault since June. He's facing a misdemeanor for "blocking entrances, foyers and corridors," not assault. And prosecutors haven't shied away from bringing bogus charges (see @katmabu.bsky.social's case) so you know there's really nothing here.
ICE spox Tricia McLaughlin responds to a request for comment, 24 hours later, saying, “Brad Lander’s obsession with attacking the brave men and women of law enforcement, physically and rhetorically, must stop NOW.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
DHS and its personnel have been accusing Lander of assault since June. He's facing a misdemeanor for "blocking entrances, foyers and corridors," not assault. And prosecutors haven't shied away from bringing bogus charges (see @katmabu.bsky.social's case) so you know there's really nothing here.
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Of course this is cowardly bullshit that encourages violence against reporters, but it's not like Biden took brave action to actually punish MBS for murdering a journalist. He met with MBS in Riyadh. It's just one of many areas where Dems failed to actually *do* something while they had power
“Things happen.”
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and Washington Post columnist who was literally murdered and dismembered by agents of the Saudi government inside a Saudi consulate.
Shameful. So shameful.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Of course this is cowardly bullshit that encourages violence against reporters, but it's not like Biden took brave action to actually punish MBS for murdering a journalist. He met with MBS in Riyadh. It's just one of many areas where Dems failed to actually *do* something while they had power
I think this is spot on. It's fun to poke at the shitty writing, but it's an absolute travesty that the Olivia Nuzzis of the world still have lofty perches in the journalism world while so many talented reporters are struggling. All the joking only boosts her profile as a "journalist"
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I think this is spot on. It's fun to poke at the shitty writing, but it's an absolute travesty that the Olivia Nuzzis of the world still have lofty perches in the journalism world while so many talented reporters are struggling. All the joking only boosts her profile as a "journalist"
