J. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈
@jaspar.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize winning editor and news developer. Bluesky elder. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social
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@jaspar.bsky.social
· Feb 14
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing.
www.statnews.com
New from me: Here it is, everything I know about every change I've been monitoring on data.cdc.gov plus an archive of every file that's been removed or altered.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Adding to this with one of my biggest gripes:
If rights in the Constitution aren’t enforceable by individuals when such rights have been violated or if the rights are held otherwise non-justiciable, then those rights in the Constitution cease to exist.
If rights in the Constitution aren’t enforceable by individuals when such rights have been violated or if the rights are held otherwise non-justiciable, then those rights in the Constitution cease to exist.
Again, my big takeaway from four-plus years of reporting on the Trump Hotel DC—
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Adding to this with one of my biggest gripes:
If rights in the Constitution aren’t enforceable by individuals when such rights have been violated or if the rights are held otherwise non-justiciable, then those rights in the Constitution cease to exist.
If rights in the Constitution aren’t enforceable by individuals when such rights have been violated or if the rights are held otherwise non-justiciable, then those rights in the Constitution cease to exist.
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Here's all the Klobuchar v. Republican matchups from that SurveyUSA poll
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Here's all the Klobuchar v. Republican matchups from that SurveyUSA poll
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
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DHS lied about the people they shot? Gosh.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
DHS lied about the people they shot? Gosh.
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Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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That fraud scheme in Minnesota involving Somali Americans that Trump has trumpeted? FBI agents were pulled off the case to do routine immigration work, delaying the investigation, according to this revelatory oral history by Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Meltdowns, Chaos, Vendettas
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
That fraud scheme in Minnesota involving Somali Americans that Trump has trumpeted? FBI agents were pulled off the case to do routine immigration work, delaying the investigation, according to this revelatory oral history by Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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And even if they were it isn’t supposed to be illegal to oppose the regime.
Worth keeping an eye on this story: Heritage Foundation-linked group is trying to frame Netflix as being some super liberal company that puts out super liberal content (it's not).
Same strategy they successfully used against traditional media and social media.
deadline.com/2026/02/netf...
Same strategy they successfully used against traditional media and social media.
deadline.com/2026/02/netf...
Project Netflix: MAGA’s Plan To Sandbag Warner Bros Deal; Streamer Called “Biggest Political & Ideology Messaging Machine In Human History”
Ted Sarandos' testimony tomorrow in front of the Senate could see MAGA forces try to blow up the streamer's plan to buy Warner Bros
deadline.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
And even if they were it isn’t supposed to be illegal to oppose the regime.
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A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
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Because the higher ups are trying to force them to use their public powers illegally or unethically
Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The latest: Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The recent wave of departures follows the mass exodus of six veteran prosecutors last month who quit in protest of recent directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Because the higher ups are trying to force them to use their public powers illegally or unethically
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*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
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Still having a very hard time understanding how cameras are going to be the thing that stops what we all saw happen on camera from multiple angles
#BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said that all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras while in the field.
thehill.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Still having a very hard time understanding how cameras are going to be the thing that stops what we all saw happen on camera from multiple angles
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One of the most prominent firms repping Epstein survivors identified "thousands of redaction failures on behalf of nearly 100 individual survivors."
The lawyers rip DOJ's "institutional incompetence."
The lawyers rip DOJ's "institutional incompetence."
![Within the past 48 hours, the undersigned alone has reported thousands of redaction failures on behalf of nearly 100 individual survivors whose lives have been turned upside down by DOJ's latest release.
[...]
"There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred - particularly where the sole task ordered by the Court and repeatedly emphasized by DOJ was simple: redact known victim names before publication.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/bafkreick6fu5fywyfueeiy3xnrzwpkvose637pmssro6h63gaoa24uypca@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
One of the most prominent firms repping Epstein survivors identified "thousands of redaction failures on behalf of nearly 100 individual survivors."
The lawyers rip DOJ's "institutional incompetence."
The lawyers rip DOJ's "institutional incompetence."
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WSJ - A US intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it hasn't been shared with Congress. www.wsj.com/politics/national...
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
WSJ - A US intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it hasn't been shared with Congress. www.wsj.com/politics/national...
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Once again, the total amount of fraud alleged so far in Minnesota's social services programs is $218 million, according to a @startribune.com analysis of court records.
www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Once again, the total amount of fraud alleged so far in Minnesota's social services programs is $218 million, according to a @startribune.com analysis of court records.
www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
www.startribune.com/trump-claims...
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
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It makes me furious that there is no way to force them to listen. AI crawlers have forced a future in which much of the information about the present is gated & the near past will disappear. All they need do is respect the rights and requests of people and orgs who produce news. They won't do that.
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It makes me furious that there is no way to force them to listen. AI crawlers have forced a future in which much of the information about the present is gated & the near past will disappear. All they need do is respect the rights and requests of people and orgs who produce news. They won't do that.
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Trump DOJ sued DC like a month ago for having laws against semi automatic weapons
Pirro: "You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law abiding law owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail. And that makes all the difference"
February 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Trump DOJ sued DC like a month ago for having laws against semi automatic weapons
Did we ever figure out wtf the deal was with Canadian planes getting “decertified”?
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Did we ever figure out wtf the deal was with Canadian planes getting “decertified”?
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Protesters gathered outside Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis on Monday morning, renewing calls for the Minnesota-based company to push back on ICE operations in the state.
Protesters call on Target to speak out against ICE
Protesters gathered outside Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis on Monday morning, renewing calls for the Minnesota-based company to push back on ICE operations in the state.
www.mprnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Protesters gathered outside Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis on Monday morning, renewing calls for the Minnesota-based company to push back on ICE operations in the state.