Matt Shuham
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🚨Update: Vahid Abedini has been released. He wrote on LinkedIn early Tuesday, “It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had.”
🚨And: A DHS spokesperson now tells me: “This Iranian national was detained for standard questioning. He's been released.”
🚨And: A DHS spokesperson now tells me: “This Iranian national was detained for standard questioning. He's been released.”
New: Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Iranian Studies Professor Taken In ICE Custody While Traveling To Academic Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨Update: Vahid Abedini has been released. He wrote on LinkedIn early Tuesday, “It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had.”
🚨And: A DHS spokesperson now tells me: “This Iranian national was detained for standard questioning. He's been released.”
🚨And: A DHS spokesperson now tells me: “This Iranian national was detained for standard questioning. He's been released.”
New: Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Iranian Studies Professor Taken In ICE Custody While Traveling To Academic Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New: Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
I'm proud and excited to be a member of the HuffPost Union bargaining committee this year:
10 years after first organizing, it's time to bargain for our fourth contract. We're prepared, we're united and we're locked in.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm proud and excited to be a member of the HuffPost Union bargaining committee this year:
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NEW: A federal judge issued an order Wednesday requiring the Trump administration to again consider granting protection from deportation to certain vulnerable young immigrants under the Special Immigrant Juvenile status program, also known as SIJS.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Government ordered to resume deportation protection program for vulnerable immigrant youth
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume a program that could grant deportation protection to vulnerable immigrant children and youth. U.S.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NEW: A federal judge issued an order Wednesday requiring the Trump administration to again consider granting protection from deportation to certain vulnerable young immigrants under the Special Immigrant Juvenile status program, also known as SIJS.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
A CBP spokesperson has confirmed the authenticity of this document, but claims it doesn't threaten kids or misrepresent the law. Rather, they call it an “advisal document provided to unaccompanied children” that “explains options available under [the law] on their path forward.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A CBP spokesperson has confirmed the authenticity of this document, but claims it doesn't threaten kids or misrepresent the law. Rather, they call it an “advisal document provided to unaccompanied children” that “explains options available under [the law] on their path forward.”
🚨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with “prolonged” detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
Newly Uncovered Document Reveals An 'Alarming And Disturbing' Trump Threat
The Trump administration is turning the screws on kids who’ve arrived in the United States without adults accompanying them.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with “prolonged” detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
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I’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social
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🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity.
Read our full statement below:
Read our full statement below:
Reposted by Matt Shuham
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Airman Logan Ireland thought with 15 yrs of service he would at least get retirement benefits even as he was being pushed out after SCOTUS green lit Trump's trans military ban.
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Violates A 32-Year-Old Policy: ‘This Has Never Happened Before’
The move raises questions about how far the administration will go to reshape the armed forces.
www.huffpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Airman Logan Ireland thought with 15 yrs of service he would at least get retirement benefits even as he was being pushed out after SCOTUS green lit Trump's trans military ban.
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Kind of a big deal that @hellgatenyc.com can confirm that NYC First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro used his position to cancel Kehlani's SummerStage concert in order to punish the artist for their political speech on Palestine:
hellgatenyc.com/randy-mastro...
hellgatenyc.com/randy-mastro...
How Randy Mastro Killed the Kehlani SummerStage Concert—And a Whole Lot More
With Mayor Adams thinking about his next act, the former first deputy mayor to Rudy Giuliani is now "guiding every conceivable aspect of this administration."
hellgatenyc.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Kind of a big deal that @hellgatenyc.com can confirm that NYC First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro used his position to cancel Kehlani's SummerStage concert in order to punish the artist for their political speech on Palestine:
hellgatenyc.com/randy-mastro...
hellgatenyc.com/randy-mastro...
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Avelo is an ICE Air charter, transporting shackled detainees on deportation flights. You'll not be shocked to learn that the flights are a fiasco: loss of cabin pressure, slow evacuations, dangerous cargo onboard, no safety checks, long tarmack delays.
Great piece by Gillian Brockell:
Great piece by Gillian Brockell:
ICE Air’s Sloppy, Dangerous Deportation Flights - The American Prospect
Poor planning, mechanical issues, serious safety lapses, and the shutdown are taking a toll on Avelo, America’s most famous deportation airline, internal documents show.
prospect.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Avelo is an ICE Air charter, transporting shackled detainees on deportation flights. You'll not be shocked to learn that the flights are a fiasco: loss of cabin pressure, slow evacuations, dangerous cargo onboard, no safety checks, long tarmack delays.
Great piece by Gillian Brockell:
Great piece by Gillian Brockell:
New: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander wrote to Spotify Thursday to press the company for details about the recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement that have been running on the platform in recent weeks. City pension funds hold $400m+ in Spotify stock.
www.huffpost.com/entry/spotif...
www.huffpost.com/entry/spotif...
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Presses Spotify On ICE Recruitment Ads
Brad Lander, a trustee of New York City’s pension funds, expressed concern about “reputational risks” to Spotify.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander wrote to Spotify Thursday to press the company for details about the recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement that have been running on the platform in recent weeks. City pension funds hold $400m+ in Spotify stock.
www.huffpost.com/entry/spotif...
www.huffpost.com/entry/spotif...
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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Btw – HuffPost has a membership program, and this is exactly the type of work that's getting harder and harder to do in most newsrooms:
www.huffpost.com/support
www.huffpost.com/support
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Btw – HuffPost has a membership program, and this is exactly the type of work that's getting harder and harder to do in most newsrooms:
www.huffpost.com/support
www.huffpost.com/support
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Tremane Wood’s brother said he killed a man during a botched robbery. But Wood was sentenced to die for the crime — until today.
This morning, minutes before Wood was scheduled to be executed, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) granted him clemency.
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
This morning, minutes before Wood was scheduled to be executed, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) granted him clemency.
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tremane Wood’s brother said he killed a man during a botched robbery. But Wood was sentenced to die for the crime — until today.
This morning, minutes before Wood was scheduled to be executed, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) granted him clemency.
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
This morning, minutes before Wood was scheduled to be executed, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) granted him clemency.
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
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Blinken asked if Israel was conducting ethnic cleansing
Biden + advisors discussed if American officials were liable for war crimes
New details on the late 2024 deliberations that could have helped Gaza—and how Biden dodged accountability, kicking the can to Trump:
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden + advisors discussed if American officials were liable for war crimes
New details on the late 2024 deliberations that could have helped Gaza—and how Biden dodged accountability, kicking the can to Trump:
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Blinken asked if Israel was conducting ethnic cleansing
Biden + advisors discussed if American officials were liable for war crimes
New details on the late 2024 deliberations that could have helped Gaza—and how Biden dodged accountability, kicking the can to Trump:
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden + advisors discussed if American officials were liable for war crimes
New details on the late 2024 deliberations that could have helped Gaza—and how Biden dodged accountability, kicking the can to Trump:
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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Hair-raising story by @attackerman.bsky.social with new documents showing that a detained journalist is being held by ICE for his Instagram likes.
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes
New details about Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre's detention show his posts supporting Palestine and the wrongfully convicted representing, in Homeland Security's eyes, support for terrorism
www.forever-wars.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hair-raising story by @attackerman.bsky.social with new documents showing that a detained journalist is being held by ICE for his Instagram likes.
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"There’s something historic and courageous about stating simple facts in a time when words like ‘civil rights’ or ‘justice’ are being twisted to mean exactly the opposite of what they mean."
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
Judges Are Pissed Off At Trump — And They Aren't Hiding It Anymore
There is a pointed purpose to the increasingly spicy rulings and dissents coming from across the judiciary.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"There’s something historic and courageous about stating simple facts in a time when words like ‘civil rights’ or ‘justice’ are being twisted to mean exactly the opposite of what they mean."
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
> Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering establishing a new call center, in part to make it easier for them to track immigrant children with the help of local and state law enforcement.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ca...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ca...
ICE Is Pitching A Plan That Would Track Immigrant Kids
The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on migrant youth for months.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
> Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering establishing a new call center, in part to make it easier for them to track immigrant children with the help of local and state law enforcement.
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ca...
www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ca...
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~70 people have now been killed by the US in waters around South America without proof of criminality, an imminent threat, due process or a strategy beyond bombing or a bigger war.
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
~70 people have now been killed by the US in waters around South America without proof of criminality, an imminent threat, due process or a strategy beyond bombing or a bigger war.
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Hours ago, 51 Republican senators quashed a bipartisan effort to rein this policy in:
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
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Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...