Aaron Grunwald
@grunwaldaaron.bsky.social
Journalist in Luxembourg
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The roots of ICE List trace back to June, when Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, warned that Americans who identified agents publicly would face arrest.
“Well, we’re not in the US, so send them to us,” said Dominick Skinner, the Netherlands-based Irish national behind the site.
“Well, we’re not in the US, so send them to us,” said Dominick Skinner, the Netherlands-based Irish national behind the site.
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The roots of ICE List trace back to June, when Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, warned that Americans who identified agents publicly would face arrest.
“Well, we’re not in the US, so send them to us,” said Dominick Skinner, the Netherlands-based Irish national behind the site.
“Well, we’re not in the US, so send them to us,” said Dominick Skinner, the Netherlands-based Irish national behind the site.
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Can't tell you who told me this but apparently it's "Chatham House Rule", not "Chatham House Rules"
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Can't tell you who told me this but apparently it's "Chatham House Rule", not "Chatham House Rules"
Europeans could potentially retaliate against Washington by dumping US treasury bonds, but market observers told me the notion of coordinated selling is unrealistic.
@bruegel.org, @eurasiagroup.net, Invesco and Pure Capital
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@bruegel.org, @eurasiagroup.net, Invesco and Pure Capital
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Coordinated European sell‑off of US bonds is ‘social media fantasy’
Despite claims that Europe could punish Washington by dumping treasuries, experts say investors are too diverse to move in unison
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February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Europeans could potentially retaliate against Washington by dumping US treasury bonds, but market observers told me the notion of coordinated selling is unrealistic.
@bruegel.org, @eurasiagroup.net, Invesco and Pure Capital
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@bruegel.org, @eurasiagroup.net, Invesco and Pure Capital
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Friends:
I'll join NPR's Morning Edition at 7.45 PT/ 10.45 ET to talk about the profound cuts at the Washington Post:
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My story:
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I'll join NPR's Morning Edition at 7.45 PT/ 10.45 ET to talk about the profound cuts at the Washington Post:
Tune in stream kcrw.org, scpr.org or any other fine NPR west coast station
My story:
Bezos orders layoffs at 'Washington Post'
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Friends:
I'll join NPR's Morning Edition at 7.45 PT/ 10.45 ET to talk about the profound cuts at the Washington Post:
Tune in stream kcrw.org, scpr.org or any other fine NPR west coast station
My story:
Bezos orders layoffs at 'Washington Post'
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I'll join NPR's Morning Edition at 7.45 PT/ 10.45 ET to talk about the profound cuts at the Washington Post:
Tune in stream kcrw.org, scpr.org or any other fine NPR west coast station
My story:
Bezos orders layoffs at 'Washington Post'
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This story by @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social is powerful and sensitively written:
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February 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM
This story by @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social is powerful and sensitively written:
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Letting swarms of autonomous drones loose in crowded urban areas would create "strategic and dystopian risks with the potential for mass civilian casualties" although China's PLA thinks it would reduce casualties, writes Michael C. Loftus in @thediplomat.com
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Machines in the Alleyways: China’s Bet on Autonomous Urban Warfare
PLA-linked research indicates a concerted attempt to develop lethal, autonomous drone swarms specifically for urban warfare, with Taiwan in mind. The results could be catastrophic.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Letting swarms of autonomous drones loose in crowded urban areas would create "strategic and dystopian risks with the potential for mass civilian casualties" although China's PLA thinks it would reduce casualties, writes Michael C. Loftus in @thediplomat.com
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“It’s time to get serious and stop being complicit,” California Governor @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social in Davos. “I can’t take this complicity. People rolling over. I should have brought kneepads for all the world leaders … this is pathetic.”
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Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands
California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over
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January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“It’s time to get serious and stop being complicit,” California Governor @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social in Davos. “I can’t take this complicity. People rolling over. I should have brought kneepads for all the world leaders … this is pathetic.”
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"In the separating-information economy, true and false information are easy to distinguish; in the pooling one, doing so is impossible. In which case, why pay for any news? And if no one will pay for it, why produce it?" @economist.com
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AI misinformation may have paradoxical consequences
To understand why, consider the side-blotched lizard
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December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"In the separating-information economy, true and false information are easy to distinguish; in the pooling one, doing so is impossible. In which case, why pay for any news? And if no one will pay for it, why produce it?" @economist.com
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“If BBC journalists are not allowed to mention a sentence in a story about censorship, then the problem is far bigger than one line in my lecture,”
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December 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“If BBC journalists are not allowed to mention a sentence in a story about censorship, then the problem is far bigger than one line in my lecture,”
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I truly do find it sad and maddening that the EU’s top court wasted four years of its time having to reject this Commission official’s grubby attempt to claw back extra special money he was never owed - a spurious demand at best
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Top EU court rejects EU official’s bid for child tax relief | Euractiv
The ruling comes as the Commission reviews how its 32,000 staff work after complaints about long hours
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November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I truly do find it sad and maddening that the EU’s top court wasted four years of its time having to reject this Commission official’s grubby attempt to claw back extra special money he was never owed - a spurious demand at best
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"I believe an attack like that on one should be considered an attack on all."
@camanpour.bsky.social at @cnn.com in @theguardian.com in solidarity with @bloomberg.com White House reporter
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@camanpour.bsky.social at @cnn.com in @theguardian.com in solidarity with @bloomberg.com White House reporter
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‘We are a vital pillar in society’: Christiane Amanpour on the threat to journalism - speech extract | Christiane Amanpour
We all need to stand together and make ourselves heard and seen and felt in this fight
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November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"I believe an attack like that on one should be considered an attack on all."
@camanpour.bsky.social at @cnn.com in @theguardian.com in solidarity with @bloomberg.com White House reporter
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@camanpour.bsky.social at @cnn.com in @theguardian.com in solidarity with @bloomberg.com White House reporter
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This won't help the (normally mistaken) impression held by many that journalists (and diplomats) are really all spies
Lots to unpack in the latest Chattering Classes
- The alleged Chinese spy who worked for Politico
- Coked-up senior official at European Patent Office
- Jean Quatremer ripping off Euractiv
- And the Kurz-Epstein-Bannon triangle
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- The alleged Chinese spy who worked for Politico
- Coked-up senior official at European Patent Office
- Jean Quatremer ripping off Euractiv
- And the Kurz-Epstein-Bannon triangle
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The Chattering Classes: Politico spy-affair update | Euractiv
Sebastian Kurz, Steve Bannon, and Jeffrey Epstein; taking libertés, and Je Suis Henry!
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November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This won't help the (normally mistaken) impression held by many that journalists (and diplomats) are really all spies
Not my beat but same principle applies
Note to tipsters/sources. When you contact a journo about something you want them to write about, consider timing and what you say. Certain times of year are busier for news than others, and big stories in cyber are often unfolding. These can cause your pitch about something else to get overlooked
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Not my beat but same principle applies
Local paper wins $3m and an apology after unjustified police raid meant to intimidate journalists and publisher
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Kansas county to pay more than $3m over police raiding local newspaper
Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper’s editor
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Local paper wins $3m and an apology after unjustified police raid meant to intimidate journalists and publisher
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So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors
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Peter Williams, A former executive with US defense contractor L3Harris has pleaded guilty to selling digital spy tools to a Russian broker, the Justice Department announced. Williams pleaded to two counts of theft of trade secrets reut.rs/49o7Q0I
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So this story is super duper interesting for a whole ton of reasons, but one big one is its a very rare glimpse into the private valuation of high-end exploits held by major defense contractors
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NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass
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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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Meanwhile, Pete Hegseth is still pushing forward with his plans to force journalists at the Pentagon to sign on to a written "understanding" of policies "that appear designed to stifle a free press" and potentially expose reporters to prosecution.
via the Pentagon Press Association
via the Pentagon Press Association
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Meanwhile, Pete Hegseth is still pushing forward with his plans to force journalists at the Pentagon to sign on to a written "understanding" of policies "that appear designed to stifle a free press" and potentially expose reporters to prosecution.
via the Pentagon Press Association
via the Pentagon Press Association
Sad to hear of the passing of iconic journalist Belva Davis, role model for many
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Groundbreaking Journalist Belva Davis Dies at 92 | KQED
Davis, a legend of Bay Area journalism, was the first Black woman to be hired as a TV journalist on the West Coast.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of iconic journalist Belva Davis, role model for many
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Amusing how the Disney leadership is now trying to paint its decision to suspend Kimmel as a temporary move to “cool things down” instead of the craven cave-in to MAGA that it was. Iger & Co were forced to reverse course because of the backlash. They don’t deserve praise for that.
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Inside Disney’s decision to bring back Jimmy Kimmel
Bob Iger’s media group was pilloried for dropping the comedian after Trump administration criticism
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September 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Amusing how the Disney leadership is now trying to paint its decision to suspend Kimmel as a temporary move to “cool things down” instead of the craven cave-in to MAGA that it was. Iger & Co were forced to reverse course because of the backlash. They don’t deserve praise for that.
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What in the actual fuck is a “Confident Striver”? Hey folks at the @washingtonpost, here is a pro tip from a media entrepreneur: Make stuff people like and sell ads or subscriptions or events against it. Merch if you insist. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
New: WP Ventures, the “third newsroom,” is changing — some of it will now report to biz side leader Suzi Watford, while the editorially related stuff will stay in the newsroom. “The next iteration of WP Ventures will be developed apart from The Post newsroom.”
July 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What in the actual fuck is a “Confident Striver”? Hey folks at the @washingtonpost, here is a pro tip from a media entrepreneur: Make stuff people like and sell ads or subscriptions or events against it. Merch if you insist. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR.
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR.
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