George Chidi, Evil Reporter
@neonflag.bsky.social
Journalist for The Guardian (and occasionally Rolling Stone) in Atlanta, covering politics and the odd Young Thug tidbit. Massive D&D nerd. Veteran. #AddToBlackSky Signal: George_Chidi.80
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I think that's my fucking beat at this point. George, what do you cover?
"Evil, motherfucker. I cover evil."
"Evil, motherfucker. I cover evil."
DHS has lied to me often enough in unambiguous ways that I only record their responses for whatever future tribunal follows this insanity.
Update: DHS sent a statement denying that medicine was withheld from Amalia after her return to detention.
But her lawyer says there’s no evidence in Dilley’s records that the girl’s prescription was ever administered, “which is consistent with her parents' accounts.”
But her lawyer says there’s no evidence in Dilley’s records that the girl’s prescription was ever administered, “which is consistent with her parents' accounts.”
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
DHS has lied to me often enough in unambiguous ways that I only record their responses for whatever future tribunal follows this insanity.
Mike with the story you need to read.
We are torturing children so far right assholes can laugh.
We are torturing children so far right assholes can laugh.
For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
February 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Mike with the story you need to read.
We are torturing children so far right assholes can laugh.
We are torturing children so far right assholes can laugh.
Sushi, at Five Points. Place below the Coca Cola sign. Seriously, this is going to blow up as a space. Surprised it hasn't happened yet.
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Sushi, at Five Points. Place below the Coca Cola sign. Seriously, this is going to blow up as a space. Surprised it hasn't happened yet.
Partisanship means there's no point to public argument. It shows. Floor debate in Congress should be the highest form of argument in our democracy. I've been listening to it as I work, and it is the most useless empty bullshit around. We get better arguments in the stupid 20-vs-1 Hasan Piker things.
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Partisanship means there's no point to public argument. It shows. Floor debate in Congress should be the highest form of argument in our democracy. I've been listening to it as I work, and it is the most useless empty bullshit around. We get better arguments in the stupid 20-vs-1 Hasan Piker things.
I'm all in favor of killing Boko Haram terrorists. Understand though that our military activity in northern Nigeria is at least as much about blunting the influence of Russia as it is about terrorism.
The Russians have flipped governments across the Sahel, and nearly have Nigeria surrounded.
The Russians have flipped governments across the Sahel, and nearly have Nigeria surrounded.
US to deploy additional 200 troops to Nigeria under expanded counterterrorism cooperation
Additional US troops not to 'carry out isolated operations' but to partner Nigerian forces 'to ensure terrorists are flushed out,' Nigerian military source tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I'm all in favor of killing Boko Haram terrorists. Understand though that our military activity in northern Nigeria is at least as much about blunting the influence of Russia as it is about terrorism.
The Russians have flipped governments across the Sahel, and nearly have Nigeria surrounded.
The Russians have flipped governments across the Sahel, and nearly have Nigeria surrounded.
Hannah Hackemeyer, the teen drunk driver who killed Sophia Lekiachvili in 2024 has been sentenced to 2 years of house arrest and 10 years of probation.
You get three guesses about her socio-economic status. You'll get it in one.
You get three guesses about her socio-economic status. You'll get it in one.
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Hannah Hackemeyer, the teen drunk driver who killed Sophia Lekiachvili in 2024 has been sentenced to 2 years of house arrest and 10 years of probation.
You get three guesses about her socio-economic status. You'll get it in one.
You get three guesses about her socio-economic status. You'll get it in one.
I've just gone through the affidavit that the FBI used to obtain the ballots and documents from 2020 in Fulton County. It relies entirely on assertions found wanting in several lawsuits by election denialists who have been getting laughed out of court for five years. Kevin Moncla. Joe Rossi. Others.
February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I've just gone through the affidavit that the FBI used to obtain the ballots and documents from 2020 in Fulton County. It relies entirely on assertions found wanting in several lawsuits by election denialists who have been getting laughed out of court for five years. Kevin Moncla. Joe Rossi. Others.
Big if true.
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Big if true.
Maybe it's this shit that lost Moore the Trump endorsement.
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Maybe it's this shit that lost Moore the Trump endorsement.
Other news organizations *cough cough* are going to be picking off the talent the Washington Post just shed.
Don't be shy about telling people you're looking for work on social media, people.
Don't be shy about telling people you're looking for work on social media, people.
February 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Other news organizations *cough cough* are going to be picking off the talent the Washington Post just shed.
Don't be shy about telling people you're looking for work on social media, people.
Don't be shy about telling people you're looking for work on social media, people.
Donald Trump endorsed Clay Fuller in the Georgia 14th congressional race.
Not Colton Moore.
I am ... rather surprised, frankly.
Not Colton Moore.
I am ... rather surprised, frankly.
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Donald Trump endorsed Clay Fuller in the Georgia 14th congressional race.
Not Colton Moore.
I am ... rather surprised, frankly.
Not Colton Moore.
I am ... rather surprised, frankly.
The trucking thing might be the most interesting, and I'm working on more reporting about it. A state strategy could cut the country in half for undocumented drivers going cross country.
Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement
Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional lines
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The trucking thing might be the most interesting, and I'm working on more reporting about it. A state strategy could cut the country in half for undocumented drivers going cross country.
Anyone claiming that noncitizens are voting in meaningful numbers is lying, starting with the president.
Donald Trump tells lies. And I find myself having to say that in plain English in news stories.
Donald Trump tells lies. And I find myself having to say that in plain English in news stories.
February 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Anyone claiming that noncitizens are voting in meaningful numbers is lying, starting with the president.
Donald Trump tells lies. And I find myself having to say that in plain English in news stories.
Donald Trump tells lies. And I find myself having to say that in plain English in news stories.
I suspect I am going to have to compile a list next week of all the times ICE agents went into churches without a warrant over the last 12 months, with Pam Bondi's quote about people being free to worship safely at the top of the story.
Reasonable people are not the audience for their bullshit.
Reasonable people are not the audience for their bullshit.
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I suspect I am going to have to compile a list next week of all the times ICE agents went into churches without a warrant over the last 12 months, with Pam Bondi's quote about people being free to worship safely at the top of the story.
Reasonable people are not the audience for their bullshit.
Reasonable people are not the audience for their bullshit.
Reposted by George Chidi, Evil Reporter
NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after his coverage of Minneapolis protests
Lemon's attorney called it an attack on the First Amendment.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Naturally, there's a big Epstein data drop today while all this is going on.
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
www.justice.gov
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Naturally, there's a big Epstein data drop today while all this is going on.
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
The story I write providing a basic backgrounder about Don Lemon will be read by more people than are watching CNN right now. Bet.
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The story I write providing a basic backgrounder about Don Lemon will be read by more people than are watching CNN right now. Bet.
Goddamn it. They really are going to make me defend Don Lemon.
If Don Lemon is a criminal, then I'm a straight up terrorist and they should work the logistics out for a drone strike on Pine Lake. Everything he's done, including the stuff I dislike, is First Amendment protected press activity.
If Don Lemon is a criminal, then I'm a straight up terrorist and they should work the logistics out for a drone strike on Pine Lake. Everything he's done, including the stuff I dislike, is First Amendment protected press activity.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Goddamn it. They really are going to make me defend Don Lemon.
If Don Lemon is a criminal, then I'm a straight up terrorist and they should work the logistics out for a drone strike on Pine Lake. Everything he's done, including the stuff I dislike, is First Amendment protected press activity.
If Don Lemon is a criminal, then I'm a straight up terrorist and they should work the logistics out for a drone strike on Pine Lake. Everything he's done, including the stuff I dislike, is First Amendment protected press activity.
Looking for job hunting advice in Atlanta. Job hunter is a young man, thin resume but has an associates degree in psychology, coming out of a long recuperative period from an illness. Work from home would not be ideal.
Half the jobs with a callback are devilcorp full commission sales scams. Advice?
Half the jobs with a callback are devilcorp full commission sales scams. Advice?
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Looking for job hunting advice in Atlanta. Job hunter is a young man, thin resume but has an associates degree in psychology, coming out of a long recuperative period from an illness. Work from home would not be ideal.
Half the jobs with a callback are devilcorp full commission sales scams. Advice?
Half the jobs with a callback are devilcorp full commission sales scams. Advice?
Reposted by George Chidi, Evil Reporter
Here's the full scoop from ATL local & media guru @neonflag.bsky.social @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FBI executes search warrant at election office in Fulton county, Georgia
County spokesperson says warrant seeks number of 2020 election records while FBI declines to give further details
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Here's the full scoop from ATL local & media guru @neonflag.bsky.social @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A federal search warrant is being executed at the same address as the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, *right now.* If you know what's going on with that, or are an elected official, ping me.
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
A federal search warrant is being executed at the same address as the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, *right now.* If you know what's going on with that, or are an elected official, ping me.
Reposted by George Chidi, Evil Reporter
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
Yesterday, I asked Steven Bansbach, spokesman for DHS, if reports that CBP were pulling out of Minneapolis were accurate. Rather than answer that question, at 11:05 a.m. today he sent me a note reposting Tricia McLaughlin's X post: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."
A lie.
A lie.
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Yesterday, I asked Steven Bansbach, spokesman for DHS, if reports that CBP were pulling out of Minneapolis were accurate. Rather than answer that question, at 11:05 a.m. today he sent me a note reposting Tricia McLaughlin's X post: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."
A lie.
A lie.