Paul Moses
@paulbmoses.bsky.social
Reporter, author, professor emeritus.
Latest article, with Tim Healy. Thanks to DocumentedNY for publishing it.
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
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Voluntary Departures of Detained Immigrants Have Surged 1,373 Percent - Documented
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Latest article, with Tim Healy. Thanks to DocumentedNY for publishing it.
"Quiet, piggy," the president told a reporter who asked some good questions. Reminds me of the day Ed Koch ridiculed him for greedily seeking tax breaks: piggy, piggy, piggy!
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Quiet, piggy," the president told a reporter who asked some good questions. Reminds me of the day Ed Koch ridiculed him for greedily seeking tax breaks: piggy, piggy, piggy!
Latest article.
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to obtain records that may explain the circumstances of his death.
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Queens Family Demands Answers After Chinese Immigrant Found Bound in ICE Jail
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Not like the NY Post to try to defuse a sex scandal. They're much better at fanning one.
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November 13, 2025
Visit the post for more.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not like the NY Post to try to defuse a sex scandal. They're much better at fanning one.
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Artists like Bono, Warhol, and Madonna sparked controversy in the 1980s for using religious images and motifs. Now, Paul Elie's new book recovers the artists' side of the story.
@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
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@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
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Saints in the City
In ‘The Last Supper,’ Paul Elie tells the stories of artists whose struggles with their own religious beliefs amid the AIDS pandemic inspired often-controversial art.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Artists like Bono, Warhol, and Madonna sparked controversy in the 1980s for using religious images and motifs. Now, Paul Elie's new book recovers the artists' side of the story.
@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/saints-city
@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
www.commonwealmagazine.org/saints-city
@ewtnews.bsky.social professes to offer "News from a true Catholic perspective" but this one-sided piece lamely defends the Trump immigration crackdown, ignoring the teachings of two popes as well as the reality of what's going on. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267469/...
‘Silent majority’ of Catholics support Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts
Catholics who do not gather for anti-enforcement rallies organized by Catholic prelates are a “silent majority,” according to conservative Catholic immigration experts.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@ewtnews.bsky.social professes to offer "News from a true Catholic perspective" but this one-sided piece lamely defends the Trump immigration crackdown, ignoring the teachings of two popes as well as the reality of what's going on. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267469/...
Geoff Bowser, my son-in-law, has done some very telling research on the propaganda art the US DOL has been posting on X.
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Geoff Bowser, my son-in-law, has done some very telling research on the propaganda art the US DOL has been posting on X.
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With the NY Post is reporting that Eric Adams will pack the Rent Guidelines Board on his way out the door to deny Mamdani the ability to dictate a promised rent freeze, please note that my colleague @smaldo.bsky.social called this back in May.
Will the Next Mayor Freeze Rent? That Could Be Up to Eric Adams
The Rent Guidelines Board is readying a hike as high as 4.75% — and could favor landlords well into the next mayor’s term despite many candidates’ call for no increase.
www.thecity.nyc
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
With the NY Post is reporting that Eric Adams will pack the Rent Guidelines Board on his way out the door to deny Mamdani the ability to dictate a promised rent freeze, please note that my colleague @smaldo.bsky.social called this back in May.
As I read the the Pentagon press policy, it asserts that reporters lack the legal right to probe the government's secrets. It's twisted into an act of criminal solicitation. Chilling stuff. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?
The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As I read the the Pentagon press policy, it asserts that reporters lack the legal right to probe the government's secrets. It's twisted into an act of criminal solicitation. Chilling stuff. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"We are witnessing a comprehensive governmental assault designed to produce fear and terror among millions of men and women." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...
Text of Cardinal McElroy’s homily for World Day of Migrants and Refugees - Catholic Standard
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September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"We are witnessing a comprehensive governmental assault designed to produce fear and terror among millions of men and women." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...
If the president is going to be prosecutor-in-chief, shouldn't he have to follow federal court rules governing acceptable pretrial publicity? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Push to Prosecute James Comey
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September 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If the president is going to be prosecutor-in-chief, shouldn't he have to follow federal court rules governing acceptable pretrial publicity? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...
I think the Comey case will be dismissed for selective prosecution. It's rare but my hunch, based on observing various selective prosecution motions while a reporter in federal court, is that this one would be likely to succeed.
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Trump’s Repeated Attacks May Undercut Case Against Comey
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September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I think the Comey case will be dismissed for selective prosecution. It's rare but my hunch, based on observing various selective prosecution motions while a reporter in federal court, is that this one would be likely to succeed.
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Looks like the rare case that will be dismissed for selective prosecution.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Comey Indicted After Pressure From President
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September 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Looks like the rare case that will be dismissed for selective prosecution.
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“As I write, my head is pounding from the cancer that is eating my skull. I am in extreme pain and have been for quite some time. Duwayne is all I have."
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife
Duwayne Baugh is his wife’s prime caregiver as she battles a rare and aggressive cancer. But a years-old gun charge has the legal permanent resident in ICE detention, facing deportation to a country h...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“As I write, my head is pounding from the cancer that is eating my skull. I am in extreme pain and have been for quite some time. Duwayne is all I have."
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...
Jeffrey Stuart Falk, a Vietnam war-era conscientious objector, was one of the few to beat a federal criminal charge by arguing selective prosecution. But we may be seeing a lot more rulings like this if the DOJ follows Trump's orders. law.justia.com/cases/federa...
United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jeffrey Stuart Falk, Defendant-appellant, 479 F.2d 616 (7th Cir. 1973)
United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jeffrey Stuart Falk, Defendant-appellant, 479 F.2d 616 (7th Cir. 1973) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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September 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Jeffrey Stuart Falk, a Vietnam war-era conscientious objector, was one of the few to beat a federal criminal charge by arguing selective prosecution. But we may be seeing a lot more rulings like this if the DOJ follows Trump's orders. law.justia.com/cases/federa...
Interviewed a man ICE was able to keep in jail--despite a judge's orders to release him--under a federal reg so dubious that in the last 6 weeks alone, federal district judges have ruled 11 times that ICE had violated the Constitution through it.
Multiple judges have ruled that there’s little evidence that the Venezuelan man is a member of the notorious gang, but he remains in ICE custody nonetheless.
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Detainee Accused of Tren de Aragua Affiliation Starts Hunger Strike
Multiple judges have ruled that there’s little evidence that the Venezuelan man is a member of the notorious gang, but he remains in ICE custody nonetheless.
www.thecity.nyc
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interviewed a man ICE was able to keep in jail--despite a judge's orders to release him--under a federal reg so dubious that in the last 6 weeks alone, federal district judges have ruled 11 times that ICE had violated the Constitution through it.
Related Cos. is offering a job to Mayor Eric Adams to get him out of the mayoral race? I can't help noting the enormous tax breaks that company is getting from the city. www.thecity.nyc/2023/12/19/t...
September 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Related Cos. is offering a job to Mayor Eric Adams to get him out of the mayoral race? I can't help noting the enormous tax breaks that company is getting from the city. www.thecity.nyc/2023/12/19/t...
The leader of this effort is an executive at Hudson Yards, which is heavily subsidized by the city and looking to expand. Anyone know what the candidates' views are on the expansion of Hudson Yards?
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Wealthy N.Y. Developers Call Meeting to Plot Mamdani’s Defeat
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September 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The leader of this effort is an executive at Hudson Yards, which is heavily subsidized by the city and looking to expand. Anyone know what the candidates' views are on the expansion of Hudson Yards?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
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You would think that the NYS Health Dept. would have updated info on its website about getting a COVID vaccination without having to go to New Jersey. But no. coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home
COVID-19
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September 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You would think that the NYS Health Dept. would have updated info on its website about getting a COVID vaccination without having to go to New Jersey. But no. coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home
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A top NYPD official in charge of transportation is under investigation for an alleged hit and run of a parked car — and then trying to cover it up, THE CITY has learned.
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Top NYPD Traffic Chief Probed for Alleged Hit-and-Run, Cover-Up
Franklin Sepulveda is accused of sideswiping a car then telling a subordinate to lie — and the case is now under Internal Affairs review.
www.thecity.nyc
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A top NYPD official in charge of transportation is under investigation for an alleged hit and run of a parked car — and then trying to cover it up, THE CITY has learned.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/27/n...
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“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, is it surprising they would conclude that they could get away with killing many more Palestinian journalists in Gaza?” — my latest @theguardian.com
Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack
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August 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, is it surprising they would conclude that they could get away with killing many more Palestinian journalists in Gaza?” — my latest @theguardian.com
It's hard to say anything original about Donald Trump at this point, but the Vatican official Antonio Spadaro, S.J. comes up with some interesting observations in this @commonweal.bsky.social piece. www.commonwealmagazine.org/donald-trump...
Trump & the Grand Theater of the World
Trump has shown us—painfully, unmistakably—that politics can become a total work of art.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's hard to say anything original about Donald Trump at this point, but the Vatican official Antonio Spadaro, S.J. comes up with some interesting observations in this @commonweal.bsky.social piece. www.commonwealmagazine.org/donald-trump...
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Here’s the latest.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
My latest piece for @commonweal.bsky.social: The crucial detail Rep. Jim Jordan leaves out in his crusade to persuade Catholics that the FBI is out to get them. Conservative media like EWTN and National Review do the same. www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...
Errors of Omission
Paul Moses reports on a significant hole in a House Judiciary Committee report accusing the Biden FBI of targeting an SSPX priest.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My latest piece for @commonweal.bsky.social: The crucial detail Rep. Jim Jordan leaves out in his crusade to persuade Catholics that the FBI is out to get them. Conservative media like EWTN and National Review do the same. www.commonwealmagazine.org/moses-fbi-ss...