Noah Hurowitz
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social
Wrote a book about El Chapo via @AtriaBooks | Work in @theintercept, @NYMag, @thisisinsider, @RollingStone, @hellgateny etc | Tips: [email protected]
NEWS👀👀: After many years in the wilds of freelancing, I start TODAY as a full-time staff reporter for
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEWS👀👀: After many years in the wilds of freelancing, I start TODAY as a full-time staff reporter for
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
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New from me:
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Accusing Jordan Silverman
A D.C. teaching assistant was accused of molesting up to 15 kids. Multiple law enforcement agencies cleared him. But his nightmare was just beginning.
radleybalko.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New from me:
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong.
This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.
More than a decade ago, the Pentagon hired a team to interview dozens of high-ranking ex-narcos sitting in U.S. prisons
The report never saw the light of day—until @nathanbreakfast.bsky.social got his hands on it!
via @theintercept.com, with contributions by me theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
The report never saw the light of day—until @nathanbreakfast.bsky.social got his hands on it!
via @theintercept.com, with contributions by me theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
An Obama-era Pentagon report called for “direct military action” in the drug war, presaging Trump’s brazen strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
More than a decade ago, the Pentagon hired a team to interview dozens of high-ranking ex-narcos sitting in U.S. prisons
The report never saw the light of day—until @nathanbreakfast.bsky.social got his hands on it!
via @theintercept.com, with contributions by me theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
The report never saw the light of day—until @nathanbreakfast.bsky.social got his hands on it!
via @theintercept.com, with contributions by me theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
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I obtained a report funded by the Pentagon under Obama on drug cartels. Researchers interviewed dozens of high-level traffickers in US custody, then tailored what they were told to what the generals wanted to hear
For @theintercept.com w/ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
For @theintercept.com w/ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
Internal Report Shows the Military Always Wanted to Join the Drug War
An Obama-era Pentagon report called for “direct military action” in the drug war, presaging Trump’s brazen strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I obtained a report funded by the Pentagon under Obama on drug cartels. Researchers interviewed dozens of high-level traffickers in US custody, then tailored what they were told to what the generals wanted to hear
For @theintercept.com w/ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
For @theintercept.com w/ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/10/26/d...
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‘If you spend that much time thinking about the worst, most transgressive thing you could do in any given moment, that feeling eventually hardens into desire.’
Max Pearl on Samanta Schweblin's ‘Good and Evil and Other Stories’
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Max Pearl on Samanta Schweblin's ‘Good and Evil and Other Stories’
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A danger to myself and others
In Samanta Schweblin's Good and Evil and Other Stories, the horror comes from realizing maybe you're the monster.
substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
‘If you spend that much time thinking about the worst, most transgressive thing you could do in any given moment, that feeling eventually hardens into desire.’
Max Pearl on Samanta Schweblin's ‘Good and Evil and Other Stories’
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Max Pearl on Samanta Schweblin's ‘Good and Evil and Other Stories’
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
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Trump disappeared immigrants with tattoos to the notorious CECOT prison, alleging they were gang members.
But Border Patrol agents are allowed to have literal gang tattoos, as long as they're covered?
Read more: interc.pt/4nTELz3
✍️ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
But Border Patrol agents are allowed to have literal gang tattoos, as long as they're covered?
Read more: interc.pt/4nTELz3
✍️ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up #politics #trump
YouTube video by The Intercept
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July 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trump disappeared immigrants with tattoos to the notorious CECOT prison, alleging they were gang members.
But Border Patrol agents are allowed to have literal gang tattoos, as long as they're covered?
Read more: interc.pt/4nTELz3
✍️ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
But Border Patrol agents are allowed to have literal gang tattoos, as long as they're covered?
Read more: interc.pt/4nTELz3
✍️ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com
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The double standards are not just maddening, they’re evil. Timely reporting by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up
U.S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.
theintercept.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The double standards are not just maddening, they’re evil. Timely reporting by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
NY Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Adriano Espaillat are here at 26 Federal Plaza for an unscheduled attempt to visit the 10th floor detention facility where ICE has been holding detainees — sometimes for weeks — after arresting them outside immigration court
July 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NY Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Adriano Espaillat are here at 26 Federal Plaza for an unscheduled attempt to visit the 10th floor detention facility where ICE has been holding detainees — sometimes for weeks — after arresting them outside immigration court
🚨Border Patrol detained a nursing mother in Watertown, NY Thursday, separating the woman from her 6-month-old infant daughter.
The baby is now “inconsolable” and the mom, unable to nurse, has suffered from extreme pain, according to Workers Center of Central New York
The baby is now “inconsolable” and the mom, unable to nurse, has suffered from extreme pain, according to Workers Center of Central New York
May 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨Border Patrol detained a nursing mother in Watertown, NY Thursday, separating the woman from her 6-month-old infant daughter.
The baby is now “inconsolable” and the mom, unable to nurse, has suffered from extreme pain, according to Workers Center of Central New York
The baby is now “inconsolable” and the mom, unable to nurse, has suffered from extreme pain, according to Workers Center of Central New York
ICE agents camped outside immigration courtrooms across the country yesterday, pouncing on people as they left their hearings, with reports of arrests in NYC, AZ, FL, IL, CA, TX, WA, and more.
@theintercept.com by @akelalacy.bsky.social, Jose Olivares, and me theintercept.com/2025/05/21/i...
@theintercept.com by @akelalacy.bsky.social, Jose Olivares, and me theintercept.com/2025/05/21/i...
ICE Agents Are Camped Outside Immigration Courts to Make Arrests
The tactical shift accelerates the erosion of past limitations — and appears to be aimed at speeding up the pace of deportations.
theintercept.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICE agents camped outside immigration courtrooms across the country yesterday, pouncing on people as they left their hearings, with reports of arrests in NYC, AZ, FL, IL, CA, TX, WA, and more.
@theintercept.com by @akelalacy.bsky.social, Jose Olivares, and me theintercept.com/2025/05/21/i...
@theintercept.com by @akelalacy.bsky.social, Jose Olivares, and me theintercept.com/2025/05/21/i...
On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
theintercept.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory
My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
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“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case. Must-read reporting by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social byhttps://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ice-raid-farm-labor-union-new-york-ufw/
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
theintercept.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case. Must-read reporting by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social byhttps://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ice-raid-farm-labor-union-new-york-ufw/
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Hi everybody. My name is Max. I’m a book critic and this is my newsletter, SEPARATOR, edited by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social maxxpearl.substack.com/p/this-is-my...
This is my blog about books
Welcome to Separator.
maxxpearl.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hi everybody. My name is Max. I’m a book critic and this is my newsletter, SEPARATOR, edited by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social maxxpearl.substack.com/p/this-is-my...
NEW: A mother and her three school-aged children detained by ICE/CBP on March 27 in Sackets Harbor, NY, have been RELEASED after an outpouring of anger from locals in northern New York theintercept.com/2025/04/07/t...
Family Detained in Immigration Raid in Tom Homan’s Hometown Is Released
Residents of Sackets Harbor, New York, protested the detention of a mother and her three school-aged children.
theintercept.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW: A mother and her three school-aged children detained by ICE/CBP on March 27 in Sackets Harbor, NY, have been RELEASED after an outpouring of anger from locals in northern New York theintercept.com/2025/04/07/t...
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“We defeated ISIS in Kobane, but they burned down everything…Now Turkey is doing the same. They want to annihilate the Kurds here.”
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“We defeated ISIS in Kobane, but they burned down everything…Now Turkey is doing the same. They want to annihilate the Kurds here.”
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
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A City on the Brink:
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey.
Great reporting from Patrick Hilaman,
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social & others theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey.
Great reporting from Patrick Hilaman,
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social & others theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.
theintercept.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A City on the Brink:
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey.
Great reporting from Patrick Hilaman,
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social & others theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey.
Great reporting from Patrick Hilaman,
@noahhurowitz.bsky.social & others theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
“We defeated ISIS in Kobane, but they burned down everything…Now Turkey is doing the same. They want to annihilate the Kurds here.”
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“We defeated ISIS in Kobane, but they burned down everything…Now Turkey is doing the same. They want to annihilate the Kurds here.”
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
Reporters w/ @theintercept.com, spent 12 days in Kobane, a majority-Kurdish Syrian city on the brink of siege by Turkey theintercept.com/2025/02/03/k...
For the first time in their lives, exiled critics of the Assad regime can speak openly with family in Syria, without fear
I wrote for @theintercept.com about what Assad’s fall means for families long separated by war and surveillance theintercept.com/2024/12/12/a...
I wrote for @theintercept.com about what Assad’s fall means for families long separated by war and surveillance theintercept.com/2024/12/12/a...
Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly.
The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.
theintercept.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM
For the first time in their lives, exiled critics of the Assad regime can speak openly with family in Syria, without fear
I wrote for @theintercept.com about what Assad’s fall means for families long separated by war and surveillance theintercept.com/2024/12/12/a...
I wrote for @theintercept.com about what Assad’s fall means for families long separated by war and surveillance theintercept.com/2024/12/12/a...
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For this week's @theintercept.com Briefing, I talked to @noahhurowitz.bsky.social & @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social about the ways Congress is poised to give Trump sweeping powers to crush non-profit groups (H.R. 9495) and silence critics in the press:
theintercept.com/2024/12/06/i...
theintercept.com/2024/12/06/i...
Silencing Dissent: Attacks on Free Speech and Nonprofits Are Already Ramping Up
Trump may soon have a new weapon to target critics: the ability to label any nonprofit “terrorist-supporting” and take away its tax-exempt status.
theintercept.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:20 PM
For this week's @theintercept.com Briefing, I talked to @noahhurowitz.bsky.social & @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social about the ways Congress is poised to give Trump sweeping powers to crush non-profit groups (H.R. 9495) and silence critics in the press:
theintercept.com/2024/12/06/i...
theintercept.com/2024/12/06/i...
BREAKING: The House has PASSED H.R. 9495 by a vote of 219-184, with the vote breaking down roughly along party lines.
A total of 15 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, which is way down from the 52 who supported it last week. See below for full list!
A total of 15 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, which is way down from the 52 who supported it last week. See below for full list!
TODAY: The House is set to vote on H.R. 9495, the "nonprofit killer" bill designed to target pro-Palestine groups — and which could empower Trump to go after other political foes
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING: The House has PASSED H.R. 9495 by a vote of 219-184, with the vote breaking down roughly along party lines.
A total of 15 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, which is way down from the 52 who supported it last week. See below for full list!
A total of 15 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, which is way down from the 52 who supported it last week. See below for full list!
TODAY: The House is set to vote on H.R. 9495, the "nonprofit killer" bill designed to target pro-Palestine groups — and which could empower Trump to go after other political foes
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:39 PM
TODAY: The House is set to vote on H.R. 9495, the "nonprofit killer" bill designed to target pro-Palestine groups — and which could empower Trump to go after other political foes
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
Debate starts at 9am, voting to follow at 10 am. I'll be updating here, with story tk at @theintercept.com
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Meet HR 9495: The nonprofit killer.
How a House bill could let Trump label enemies as terrorists
“Donald Trump says you’re a terrorist, so you’re a terrorist.”
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Meet HR 9495: The nonprofit killer.
Rep. Angie Craig, one of 52 Democrats to vote YES on "nonprofit killer" bill H.R. 9495 last week, now says she will vote NO, citing Trump's cabinet nominees.
"I've become increasingly concerned that H.R. 9495 would be used inappropriately by the incoming Administration."
"I've become increasingly concerned that H.R. 9495 would be used inappropriately by the incoming Administration."
November 20, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Rep. Angie Craig, one of 52 Democrats to vote YES on "nonprofit killer" bill H.R. 9495 last week, now says she will vote NO, citing Trump's cabinet nominees.
"I've become increasingly concerned that H.R. 9495 would be used inappropriately by the incoming Administration."
"I've become increasingly concerned that H.R. 9495 would be used inappropriately by the incoming Administration."