Nick Miroff
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security.
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"a campaign against blue cities ... has burned through the president’s political capital faster than the money could be spent. ICE is now flush with cash right at a moment when public backlash is turning the agency into a pariah." @nickmiroff.bsky.social
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"a campaign against blue cities ... has burned through the president’s political capital faster than the money could be spent. ICE is now flush with cash right at a moment when public backlash is turning the agency into a pariah." @nickmiroff.bsky.social
NEW Trump has burned through much of his immigration political capital before ICE could scale up its mass deportation tools. Now he wants a “softer” tune to stop the agency from becoming a pariah, and to shift attention from Minneapolis to his border record www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
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February 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
NEW Trump has burned through much of his immigration political capital before ICE could scale up its mass deportation tools. Now he wants a “softer” tune to stop the agency from becoming a pariah, and to shift attention from Minneapolis to his border record www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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“We had the best writers in the country and did more with less, and we knew it with a swagger.” Sally Jenkins pays tribute to The Washington Post’s Sports section:
The Sports Section With Swagger
My old corner of The Washington Post raised some of the best journalists in the business.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:12 AM
“We had the best writers in the country and did more with less, and we knew it with a swagger.” Sally Jenkins pays tribute to The Washington Post’s Sports section:
I spent 18 years at The Washington Post. Among the reporters who lost jobs today were dear colleagues who risked their lives to get the story, and who worked tirelessly to get the story right. We're all worse off without them. Heartbreaking to see this great institution so cheapened and diminished.
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I spent 18 years at The Washington Post. Among the reporters who lost jobs today were dear colleagues who risked their lives to get the story, and who worked tirelessly to get the story right. We're all worse off without them. Heartbreaking to see this great institution so cheapened and diminished.
"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social 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.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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It takes all of us to make The Washington Post. Every section works together to create this authoritative, entertaining, worldwide news report.
So, Jeff Bezos, #SaveThePost.
So, Jeff Bezos, #SaveThePost.
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It takes all of us to make The Washington Post. Every section works together to create this authoritative, entertaining, worldwide news report.
So, Jeff Bezos, #SaveThePost.
So, Jeff Bezos, #SaveThePost.
“Police in Minnesota have said they support the removal of violent criminals from the community. But the federal govt’s actions have soured relations in a way that, for some, makes future coordination on immigration enforcement unlikely” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... via @toluseo.bsky.social
‘Trust Has Been Breached’
The broken relationship between Minnesota and the federal government
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January 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“Police in Minnesota have said they support the removal of violent criminals from the community. But the federal govt’s actions have soured relations in a way that, for some, makes future coordination on immigration enforcement unlikely” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... via @toluseo.bsky.social
"A five-alarm fire": Election officials are unnerved by the federal government’s raid on Fulton County election offices, with some comparing it to an occupation, @sfifz787.bsky.social @yvonnewingett.bsky.social report.
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‘It’s a Five-Alarm Fire'
The FBI’s search and seizure of material from Fulton County election offices marks a major escalation.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"A five-alarm fire": Election officials are unnerved by the federal government’s raid on Fulton County election offices, with some comparing it to an occupation, @sfifz787.bsky.social @yvonnewingett.bsky.social report.
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Masterful profile of Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, and a city under siege by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
How Minneapolis Looks From the Police Chief’s Squad Car
In the city where George Floyd was killed, Trump hastens a new social breakdown.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Masterful profile of Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, and a city under siege by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Extremist groups such as the Proud Boys have been oddly quiet during Trump’s nationwide ICE operations, Ali Breland reports. “We’ve kind of gotten what we want, right?” Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader, told Breland.
The Blurred Lines Between ICE and the Proud Boys
The far-right group’s views and tactics are now emulated by federal agents.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Extremist groups such as the Proud Boys have been oddly quiet during Trump’s nationwide ICE operations, Ali Breland reports. “We’ve kind of gotten what we want, right?” Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader, told Breland.
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SCOOP: The war within DHS is not going away. Noem raised concerns Monday to POTUS about pace of wall construction under CBP’s Rodney Scott. Scott sent a memo to his agency saying he was in charge. DHS GC rescinded it Wednesday. W @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The War Within Homeland Security
Officials overseeing Trump’s mass-deportation campaign are fighting one another for power.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
SCOOP: The war within DHS is not going away. Noem raised concerns Monday to POTUS about pace of wall construction under CBP’s Rodney Scott. Scott sent a memo to his agency saying he was in charge. DHS GC rescinded it Wednesday. W @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEW: “I mean, is this a Fort Sumter?” Tim Walz asked
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social today. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told him. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.”
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@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social today. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told him. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.”
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January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
NEW: “I mean, is this a Fort Sumter?” Tim Walz asked
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social today. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told him. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.”
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@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social today. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told him. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.”
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
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DHS is celebrating an ICE hiring spree that officials say achieved a “120% Manpower Increase.” But @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports that most of those new hires are not ready to be deployed. theatln.tc/Iggj1gnq
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
DHS is celebrating an ICE hiring spree that officials say achieved a “120% Manpower Increase.” But @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports that most of those new hires are not ready to be deployed. theatln.tc/Iggj1gnq
NEW: Training for new deportation officers at the ICE academy has been cut to 42 days. Not much time to practice de-escalation tactics www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push
Trump officials are touting 12,000 new hires in four months. Getting them onto U.S. streets may take longer.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
NEW: Training for new deportation officers at the ICE academy has been cut to 42 days. Not much time to practice de-escalation tactics www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Betting money puts the odds of constitutional collapse in the United States at about one in 25. Armed with AI doomsday preppers have begun to game out what happens if Trump seeks a third term. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Doomsday-Prepping for Trump’s Third Term
Dmitri Mehlhorn has created a fictional world to game out constitutional collapse.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Betting money puts the odds of constitutional collapse in the United States at about one in 25. Armed with AI doomsday preppers have begun to game out what happens if Trump seeks a third term. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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"The outrageous seizure" of @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's records "chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm." Anything less than immediate return "would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"The outrageous seizure" of @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's records "chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm." Anything less than immediate return "would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
NEW “Trump Derangement Syndrome, in many ways, has been replaced by Trump Exhaustion Syndrome: The populace notes the latest indignity, and then returns to business as usual," @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes of the president's first year back in office www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Exhaustion Syndrome
Americans can’t seem to keep up.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
NEW “Trump Derangement Syndrome, in many ways, has been replaced by Trump Exhaustion Syndrome: The populace notes the latest indignity, and then returns to business as usual," @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes of the president's first year back in office www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on how DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets:
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on how DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets:
NEW Calls to ‘Abolish ICE’ are back, and some Democrats don’t like it, via @elainegodfrey.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘Abolish ICE’ Is Back
It’s making some Democrats anxious.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
NEW Calls to ‘Abolish ICE’ are back, and some Democrats don’t like it, via @elainegodfrey.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Terrorism is such a powerful label, @tomwarrickac.bsky.social told me. “Applying that to Renee Good just defies the average American’s understanding of what that term ought to mean.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
“Terrorism is such a powerful label, @tomwarrickac.bsky.social told me. “Applying that to Renee Good just defies the average American’s understanding of what that term ought to mean.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
NEW: How the Department of Homeland Security, founded to prevent another 9/11 terrorist attack, has turned into the partisan political tool its critics always feared www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
From Stopping Osama bin Laden to Killing Renee Good
Two decades after its founding, the Department of Homeland Security has become exactly what its critics feared.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
NEW: How the Department of Homeland Security, founded to prevent another 9/11 terrorist attack, has turned into the partisan political tool its critics always feared www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him. Don’t miss this one from @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him. Don’t miss this one from @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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Madison Sheahan, the 28-year-old former political aide to Kristi Noem who was installed as ICE deputy director in March, is stepping down, per memo to staff. Sheahan is preparing a run for Congress in Ohio, two current officials told me.
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Madison Sheahan, the 28-year-old former political aide to Kristi Noem who was installed as ICE deputy director in March, is stepping down, per memo to staff. Sheahan is preparing a run for Congress in Ohio, two current officials told me.