Tory Wegerski
@producertory.bsky.social
Investigative journalist & news producer for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Professionally nebby. SAG-AFTRA steward. Unionize your newsroom. If I had opinions they'd be mine alone.
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Do you work for the federal government in Pittsburgh? Are you a researcher or scientist affected by the new administration? Do you have a story tip?
I'm an investigative journalist; get in touch!
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I'm an investigative journalist; get in touch!
Work email: [email protected]
Proton email: [email protected]
Signal: @torywegerski.25
Sending this out again for anyone in Pittsburgh who lost their NEA grant last week, or is fighting for their NSF money, or who is being RIF'd from their fed job, or who wants to tell an investigative journalist anything, really. You can be anonymized and you will be protected.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled
Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are obser...
apnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled
Husband gets to work from home and hang out with Samwise all day. I'm seething with envy.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Husband gets to work from home and hang out with Samwise all day. I'm seething with envy.
It's Casino Night at the Pittsburgh Penguins game & they have playing card graphics for the goal scorers. The King is Sidney Crosby & the Queen... is Evgeni Malkin. #HeatedRivalry anyone?
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It's Casino Night at the Pittsburgh Penguins game & they have playing card graphics for the goal scorers. The King is Sidney Crosby & the Queen... is Evgeni Malkin. #HeatedRivalry anyone?
Witnesses contradicting claims made by ICE, again and again and again
Witness Sam Warburton said he was able to get through an alleyway and could see the front of a north Minneapolis house, where agents in tactical gear were shooting through a second-floor window, he said.
Live: Federal agent shoots, injures man in north Minneapolis
Gov. Tim Walz addressed Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in the state. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minnesota.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Witnesses contradicting claims made by ICE, again and again and again
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
I'm not gonna say out loud that if folks with felony records in PA would just quit carrying guns, then the AUSAs at Western District of Pennsylvania would have nothing to do
but they would at least have to get creative with criminal charges other than Felon In Possession.
but they would at least have to get creative with criminal charges other than Felon In Possession.
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I'm not gonna say out loud that if folks with felony records in PA would just quit carrying guns, then the AUSAs at Western District of Pennsylvania would have nothing to do
but they would at least have to get creative with criminal charges other than Felon In Possession.
but they would at least have to get creative with criminal charges other than Felon In Possession.
How quickly will someone reaching into their coat to pull out their phone be "mistaken" by an ICE officer as someone reaching for a gun?
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
How quickly will someone reaching into their coat to pull out their phone be "mistaken" by an ICE officer as someone reaching for a gun?
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“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
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Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
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Just hit the world's deepest pothole on the Parkway East exit ramp into Squirrel Hill and the tire pressure light IMMEDIATELY came on
Bent the hell out of my rim too
PennDOT you are my sworn enemy
Bent the hell out of my rim too
PennDOT you are my sworn enemy
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Just hit the world's deepest pothole on the Parkway East exit ramp into Squirrel Hill and the tire pressure light IMMEDIATELY came on
Bent the hell out of my rim too
PennDOT you are my sworn enemy
Bent the hell out of my rim too
PennDOT you are my sworn enemy
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin is done, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin is done, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Reposted by Tory Wegerski
Six-byline alert: 🚨
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Six-byline alert: 🚨
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Earlier today someone posted pics of unmarked law enforcement vehicles massed up at a local public transit up, warning that they could be ICE agents. I contacted Pittsburgh Regional Transit, who tells us they're FBI & local & state police participating in a multi-agency exercise for the 2026 draft.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Earlier today someone posted pics of unmarked law enforcement vehicles massed up at a local public transit up, warning that they could be ICE agents. I contacted Pittsburgh Regional Transit, who tells us they're FBI & local & state police participating in a multi-agency exercise for the 2026 draft.
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Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
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Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
One more round of pictures from the Pittsburgh "ICE Out for Good" protest march on the South Side today.
I am not good at crowd numbers: lots of people, families with kids, young people with dogs, older folks; it was unbelievably cold & windy & snow got very heavy at points. Somber but energetic.
I am not good at crowd numbers: lots of people, families with kids, young people with dogs, older folks; it was unbelievably cold & windy & snow got very heavy at points. Somber but energetic.
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
One more round of pictures from the Pittsburgh "ICE Out for Good" protest march on the South Side today.
I am not good at crowd numbers: lots of people, families with kids, young people with dogs, older folks; it was unbelievably cold & windy & snow got very heavy at points. Somber but energetic.
I am not good at crowd numbers: lots of people, families with kids, young people with dogs, older folks; it was unbelievably cold & windy & snow got very heavy at points. Somber but energetic.
This protester had incredible trash talk game, I'm sad I only got my phone out for the tail end of her hilariously berating a plainclothes officer
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This protester had incredible trash talk game, I'm sad I only got my phone out for the tail end of her hilariously berating a plainclothes officer
A rather jaunty band brings up the rear of Pittsburgh anti-ICE march
January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A rather jaunty band brings up the rear of Pittsburgh anti-ICE march
It is VERY cold and VERY windy, and it is snowing pretty hard here at the march, but that hasn't deterred several hundred Pittsburghers
January 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It is VERY cold and VERY windy, and it is snowing pretty hard here at the march, but that hasn't deterred several hundred Pittsburghers
A somber protest march against ICE in the South Side in Pittsburgh heads toward the DHS offices
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A somber protest march against ICE in the South Side in Pittsburgh heads toward the DHS offices
POV: Edward R. Purrow wants you to have a lovely evening.
January 10, 2026 at 4:23 AM
POV: Edward R. Purrow wants you to have a lovely evening.
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DOOCY: Vance yesterday suggested Renee Good was part of a broad left-wing network. What has your team told you about this? Who is in charge of it?
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
DOOCY: Vance yesterday suggested Renee Good was part of a broad left-wing network. What has your team told you about this? Who is in charge of it?
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
TRUMP: I haven't seen the vice president's statement but he's generally very accurate. She was an agitator. Probably a paid agitator. She was not normal
These ICE officers keep yelling "18 USC 111" at the person taking the video.
18 USC 111 requires a "forcible act," verbal or gestured threats, or for the officer to anticipate bodily harm. www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
It is your right to record law enforcement.
18 USC 111 requires a "forcible act," verbal or gestured threats, or for the officer to anticipate bodily harm. www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
It is your right to record law enforcement.
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
These ICE officers keep yelling "18 USC 111" at the person taking the video.
18 USC 111 requires a "forcible act," verbal or gestured threats, or for the officer to anticipate bodily harm. www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
It is your right to record law enforcement.
18 USC 111 requires a "forcible act," verbal or gestured threats, or for the officer to anticipate bodily harm. www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
It is your right to record law enforcement.