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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump admin told furloughed workers to set out-of-office email messages blaming Dems for the shutdown, according to an email obtained by @jamieson.bsky.social

Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown

One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 7d

Every time you hear Trump, Vance or a GOP leader talk about “illegal aliens” getting health care, remember they are trying desperately to dodge blame for an insurance premium jump about to hit 20M+ Americans

Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...

The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie

No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: A young new associate deputy attorney general at the DOJ directing US attorneys to call repeated grand juries if they don't get indictments in DC, and to prioritize charges against protesters in LA, was convicted of a DUI while a federal prosecutor. /

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US justice department official pleaded guilty to DUI charge four years ago

Aakash Singh’s elevation to high-ranking post is unusual in light of arrest, experts say

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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 20d

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Stop ICE Arrests Of Pregnant Women

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 20d

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26d

Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · 28d

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Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo

44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excited to get started at the Guardian:
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The Guardian announces formation of new US political enterprise team

George Zornick and Aram Roston appointed amid increased investment in the Guardian’s US operation

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com · Aug 3

In Gaza, reports a high-ranking UN official now being forced out of his job by Israeli pressure, “I have seen first-hand what appears to be the systematic dismantling of the means to sustain Palestinian life.”

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I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us

Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed, says Jonathan Whittall of UN OCHA

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Aug 2

Jerce Reyes Barrios describes his time in CECOT - powerful reporting from @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social @mattshuham.bsky.social

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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · Aug 2

At the end of a very intense interview, we asked Jerce if there was anything else he wanted our readers to know. He smiled and said, "Just that even with everything I’ve gone through, I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid.”

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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · Aug 2

Jerce was accused of being a gang member based on a Real Madrid-inspired tattoo and a "rock-and-roll" hand gesture he made on social media years ago.

For this, he was disappeared from the US and sent to one of the most infamous prisons in the world, where he endured "countless" beatings

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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · Aug 2

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life

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Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There

“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Aug 1

That's why today is also my first day as a HuffPost member. Please consider becoming one too, and support the important work that's going on here. (I'll say more about what's next for me in a few weeks).

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Aug 1

HuffPost is a special place - our dynamic front page has something for every reader. Our original reporting is what so many people say they want from media: rigorous work that wins awards but doesn't both-sides or sugarcoat critical issues.

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Aug 1

After 6 incredible years, today is my last day at HuffPost.

I was blessed with the very best team - reporters who covered the hell out of a pandemic, mass civil rights movement in the streets, an election, an insurrection, and then the return of Trump.

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George Zornick @gzornick.bsky.social · Jul 25

A powerful story from @mattshuham.bsky.social, bearing witness to what's happening in immigration courts as people that show up for hearings are snatched by federal agents:

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I Watched 20 Arrests In Trump’s America. Here’s What They Looked Like.

"This is fishing in a stocked pool. You tell them, 'Show up at this location,' and then they show up and you grab them,” one federal agent involved with immigration court arrests told HuffPost.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · Jul 19

Man, the kicker on Adam Shatz's latest:

"In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier."

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Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October

The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · Jul 19

One of the men @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I wrote about is Ysqueibel Yonaiquer Peñaloza Chirinos. He came into the U.S. legally, through the CBP One app. His family has worked tirelessly to secure his release from CECOT. Tonight, they got to hug him again. His mother Ydalys shares this video: