Michelle Shephard
@michelleshephard.bsky.social
Journalist, NYT best-selling author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Podcast host and producer. Co-president of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (@CJFE.) May post photos of adorable dogs. www.michelleshephard.ca
And … now ban is lifted?
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
And … now ban is lifted?
Not since 9/11 … ???
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Not since 9/11 … ???
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"I thought, 'Oh, my God. How am I going to write like this guy?' We are opposite in every way. I'm this lefty Canadian agnostic. I don't even like cops."
Author and journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social on her initial reaction to being chosen to co-write a book with former FBI agent Scott Payne.
Author and journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social on her initial reaction to being chosen to co-write a book with former FBI agent Scott Payne.
Michelle Shephard
Podcast Episode · What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books · 02/09/2026 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"I thought, 'Oh, my God. How am I going to write like this guy?' We are opposite in every way. I'm this lefty Canadian agnostic. I don't even like cops."
Author and journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social on her initial reaction to being chosen to co-write a book with former FBI agent Scott Payne.
Author and journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social on her initial reaction to being chosen to co-write a book with former FBI agent Scott Payne.
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Rupert Murdoch is now 94 and worth $23 billion. His empire continues to gaslight the world—but he’ll leave even his own kingdom darker than he found it. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How the Murdoch Family Built an Empire—and Remade the News
Today, the name represents a story of profit and power unlike any other. But tracing the genealogy of Murdoch sleaze requires a long memory.
www.newyorker.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Rupert Murdoch is now 94 and worth $23 billion. His empire continues to gaslight the world—but he’ll leave even his own kingdom darker than he found it. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
We’ve had three cats .. Woody, Bernie and DT (Woodward, Bernstein and uh, Deep Throat.) THAT’S the @washingtonpost.com legacy when you’re a journalism couple.
But now, it’s this. (To @leloveluck.bsky.social & Lizzie Johnson ++ 💔 )
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
But now, it’s this. (To @leloveluck.bsky.social & Lizzie Johnson ++ 💔 )
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 AM
We’ve had three cats .. Woody, Bernie and DT (Woodward, Bernstein and uh, Deep Throat.) THAT’S the @washingtonpost.com legacy when you’re a journalism couple.
But now, it’s this. (To @leloveluck.bsky.social & Lizzie Johnson ++ 💔 )
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
But now, it’s this. (To @leloveluck.bsky.social & Lizzie Johnson ++ 💔 )
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Nearly every sentence of U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes' 83-page ruling is an indictment of the Trump administration's attempt to end a visa program for 350,000+ Haitians legally living in the U.S.
But these last paragraphs ...
But these last paragraphs ...
February 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Nearly every sentence of U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes' 83-page ruling is an indictment of the Trump administration's attempt to end a visa program for 350,000+ Haitians legally living in the U.S.
But these last paragraphs ...
But these last paragraphs ...
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The political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:
Your Leaders Were Lying. Now The People Are Driving
The depravity of ICE, the enthusiasm of Republicans and the cowardice of Democrats is breaking through hypernormalization
www.forever-wars.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:
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Ta-Nehisi on Minnesota, and Culture War as war www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Ta-Nehisi on Minnesota, and Culture War as war www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
White House Warns CBS: Air Trump Interview in Full, or ‘We’ll Sue’
In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited.
nyti.ms
January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
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"They went to the Midwest to fight a phantom war against imaginary enemies. They ended up, within days, as an occupying force. In his first address as president, in 2017, Trump spoke of 'American carnage.' In Minnesota, in 2026, the carnage is finally here."
#Opinion from @rwarnica.bsky.social
#Opinion from @rwarnica.bsky.social
Richard Warnica: I spent the week in Minnesota. The only thing I’m sure of now is that more people are going to die
As confrontations between ICE and protesters and activists grow more common, the tension only rises.
www.thestar.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
"They went to the Midwest to fight a phantom war against imaginary enemies. They ended up, within days, as an occupying force. In his first address as president, in 2017, Trump spoke of 'American carnage.' In Minnesota, in 2026, the carnage is finally here."
#Opinion from @rwarnica.bsky.social
#Opinion from @rwarnica.bsky.social
“The man Toronto police won’t stop stopping.”
@jleerankin.bsky.social on a proposed class-action lawsuit over historic and racially skewed police practice of “carding” in @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
@jleerankin.bsky.social on a proposed class-action lawsuit over historic and racially skewed police practice of “carding” in @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Why the legacy of ‘carding’ is now a massive class action lawsuit — and why this man wants Toronto police to ‘leave me alone, please’
Dale James is “the man Toronto police won’t stop stopping.” Even after “carding” was abolished, he says he’s still regularly being stopped.
www.thestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“The man Toronto police won’t stop stopping.”
@jleerankin.bsky.social on a proposed class-action lawsuit over historic and racially skewed police practice of “carding” in @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
@jleerankin.bsky.social on a proposed class-action lawsuit over historic and racially skewed police practice of “carding” in @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
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Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.
Read the Indictment Against Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuelan president was accused of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine, among other charges. His wife, Cilia Flores, was also charged.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.
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#TalkAboutSudan “Having lost almost everything, their stories are what they have left.”
Michelle Shephard recently returned from the Chad-Sudan border, where she met MSF teams and heard from Sudanese refugees fleeing violence.
Listen on CBC/Radio-Canada's The Current: https://ow.ly/BmbE50XHtuy
Michelle Shephard recently returned from the Chad-Sudan border, where she met MSF teams and heard from Sudanese refugees fleeing violence.
Listen on CBC/Radio-Canada's The Current: https://ow.ly/BmbE50XHtuy
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#TalkAboutSudan “Having lost almost everything, their stories are what they have left.”
Michelle Shephard recently returned from the Chad-Sudan border, where she met MSF teams and heard from Sudanese refugees fleeing violence.
Listen on CBC/Radio-Canada's The Current: https://ow.ly/BmbE50XHtuy
Michelle Shephard recently returned from the Chad-Sudan border, where she met MSF teams and heard from Sudanese refugees fleeing violence.
Listen on CBC/Radio-Canada's The Current: https://ow.ly/BmbE50XHtuy
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Pentagon abruptly calls a press conference for 11 am. Or, since hard-pass holders are now right-wing orgs & influencers, something orchestrated but flavored like a press conference: "For in-person attendance, this briefing is limited to invited press only. There is no Zoom call dial-in available."
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pentagon abruptly calls a press conference for 11 am. Or, since hard-pass holders are now right-wing orgs & influencers, something orchestrated but flavored like a press conference: "For in-person attendance, this briefing is limited to invited press only. There is no Zoom call dial-in available."
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I Urge you to read #Journalist @markmackinnon.bsky.social superb in depth reporting from #Syria. In this "new media" world of sound bites_this is a truly comprehensive report full of rich detail one yr after the fall of murderous #Assad
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I Urge you to read #Journalist @markmackinnon.bsky.social superb in depth reporting from #Syria. In this "new media" world of sound bites_this is a truly comprehensive report full of rich detail one yr after the fall of murderous #Assad
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I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Grateful for the support from @msf.ca & @thewalrus.ca, allowing me report on the war in #Sudan.
Please give a listen to today's CBC Front Burner episode (and thank you Jayme Poisson and Matt Amha).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNa...
More stories to come:
Please give a listen to today's CBC Front Burner episode (and thank you Jayme Poisson and Matt Amha).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNa...
More stories to come:
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Grateful for the support from @msf.ca & @thewalrus.ca, allowing me report on the war in #Sudan.
Please give a listen to today's CBC Front Burner episode (and thank you Jayme Poisson and Matt Amha).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNa...
More stories to come:
Please give a listen to today's CBC Front Burner episode (and thank you Jayme Poisson and Matt Amha).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNa...
More stories to come:
Grateful for chance to shed light on the war in #Sudan with support from @msf.ca & @thewalrus.ca … stories coming soon.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Grateful for chance to shed light on the war in #Sudan with support from @msf.ca & @thewalrus.ca … stories coming soon.
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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
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Hundreds of people have been doxxed, fired or threatened for social media posts that were seen as callous or celebratory after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In a Texas town, people flooded online feeds with attacks that spilled into the real world for a paramedic. nyti.ms/4n7CSND
October 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hundreds of people have been doxxed, fired or threatened for social media posts that were seen as callous or celebratory after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In a Texas town, people flooded online feeds with attacks that spilled into the real world for a paramedic. nyti.ms/4n7CSND
Thank you Criminal Podcast, for such a thoughtful episode.
Appreciate the interview and care Phoebe Judge & @jackiesojico.bsky.social
thisiscriminal.com
Appreciate the interview and care Phoebe Judge & @jackiesojico.bsky.social
thisiscriminal.com
Criminal
A Podcast About Crime
thisiscriminal.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank you Criminal Podcast, for such a thoughtful episode.
Appreciate the interview and care Phoebe Judge & @jackiesojico.bsky.social
thisiscriminal.com
Appreciate the interview and care Phoebe Judge & @jackiesojico.bsky.social
thisiscriminal.com
“I know that’s not as interesting as muzzling a comedian, but it’s so important to have a free press and it is nuts that we aren’t paying more attention.” 🙏🏻 @jimmykimmel.com …
Good piece by Allan Woods @thestar.com (And I hope he’s right ..)
Good piece by Allan Woods @thestar.com (And I hope he’s right ..)
Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s return to regularly scheduled programming could be a prelude to a larger war over free speech in the United States. #Analysis
Jimmy Kimmel’s return could be a prelude to a larger free-speech war
Kimmel called political interference and threats that led to Stephen Colbert losing is show this year and almost cost him his own show “un-American and … so dangerous.”
www.thestar.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“I know that’s not as interesting as muzzling a comedian, but it’s so important to have a free press and it is nuts that we aren’t paying more attention.” 🙏🏻 @jimmykimmel.com …
Good piece by Allan Woods @thestar.com (And I hope he’s right ..)
Good piece by Allan Woods @thestar.com (And I hope he’s right ..)
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Journalists should not face such harassment or threats for doing their job. Informed reporting or analysis is part of free expression and a cornerstone of democracy. #journalismisnotacrime
September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Journalists should not face such harassment or threats for doing their job. Informed reporting or analysis is part of free expression and a cornerstone of democracy. #journalismisnotacrime
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J6ers and militia leaders are newly energized in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. “I’m going to be rebuilding Oath Keepers,” vowed Stewart Rhodes, leader of the militia group. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and me
Pardoned insurrectionists are using Charlie Kirk’s death to call for civil war
“Charlie Kirk's assassination pulled me out of retirement. More work must be done.”
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
J6ers and militia leaders are newly energized in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. “I’m going to be rebuilding Oath Keepers,” vowed Stewart Rhodes, leader of the militia group. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and me
“(T)he President doesn’t care one bit about all those sanctimonious calls for healing,” writes @sbg1.bsky.social. “It is not a dialogue about the crisis of political violence in America that he wants right now but an aggressive new policy of political vengeance.”
In his speech about the death of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday night, Donald Trump seemed to blame the large chunk of the nation that reviles his divisive policies and those promoted by Kirk “as surely as if they had pulled the trigger,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
Did Trump Just Declare War on the American Left?
After Charlie Kirk’s tragic killing, the President speaks not of ending political violence but of seeking political vengeance.
www.newyorker.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“(T)he President doesn’t care one bit about all those sanctimonious calls for healing,” writes @sbg1.bsky.social. “It is not a dialogue about the crisis of political violence in America that he wants right now but an aggressive new policy of political vengeance.”