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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 1d

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital,” she said.

Extraordinary reporting and storytelling by Mel Leonor Barclay and @shefali.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

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ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 6d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

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Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · 9d

New story: ICE is moving detainees faster and more frequently. “It’s about efficiency for ICE on their end, but with a total disregard for the people that they’re detaining and ripping apart from their loved ones” - Ghandehari of Detention Watch Network www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

How ICE detainees are moved miles away from families and attorneys

ICE relies on a vast network of detention facilities to house immigrants across the country, sometimes transferring people up to 15 times before deportation.

www.latimes.com

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.

“This place is built to break us”

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Sep 7

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.

Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].

We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago, collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents and the National Guard.

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Sep 3

Satellites have been tracking the water held in glaciers, lakes and the world’s vast underground reserves — aquifers. A extensive analysis of that data reveals water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth are drying out. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier

Research shows vast portions of the world are losing fresh water and getting drier. Groundwater depletion accounts for two-thirds of the continents' water losses, contributing to rising oceans.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Aug 29

'It's happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

'It’s happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

As ICE detainees top 60,000, some detention centers stack mattresses on the floor.

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Aug 29

“People are sleeping on floors.” New analysis: One in three ICE detainees has spent time in an over capacity facility this year. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

'It’s happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

As ICE detainees top 60,000, some detention centers stack mattresses on the floor.

www.latimes.com

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Jun 19

The transformation of the prison into migrant detention continues a pattern of ICE moving into shuttered prisons. With several recently closed prisons in the state and one more expected next year, activists worry whether one of those facilities may be next.

Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Jun 19

California City mayor told me that he had proposed to the company that they turn the former prison into a training academy for trade careers but CoreCivic decided to wait until after the election to see which way the political winds would blow.

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Jun 19

Private prison and detention contractor CoreCivic has reached an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to convert its 2,560-bed California City facility into the state’s newest and largest migrant detention center. www.latimes.com/california/s...

ICE wants to expand detention capacity in California. This new facility will be the largest in the state

CoreCivic has reached an agreement with ICE to convert its California City facility into federal immigrant detention.

www.latimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 13

NEW: The biggest DOGE-related layoffs are in and around Washington, D.C.

In the week ending Feb. 22, unemployment claims in D.C. rose 25% from the week prior and were four times as high as one year earlier — and that’s only the beginning.

Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future

For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as Elon Musk’s mass layoffs shake everything from employment to real estate,…

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · Feb 11

DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance

The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...

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Daniel Miller @danielnmiller.bsky.social · Jan 9

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · Jan 9

Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances.

They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.

5 dead, more than 2,000 structures burned as new fire hits Hollywood Hills

More than 2,000 structures have burned and at least five people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County. Red flag warnings remained in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County...

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · Dec 12

Oh you gotta be kidding me. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils

A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit

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Sal Hernandez @salhernandez.bsky.social · Dec 5

"Our members—and all Times stffers—abide by a strict set of ethics guidelines, which call for fairness, precision, transparency, vigilance against bias, & an earnest search to understand all sides of an issue. Those longstanding principles will continue guiding our work"
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LAT Guild statement: Our commitment to journalistic integrity — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild

Journalists of the Los Angeles Times are committed to shining a light on injustice, exposing wrongdoing, and seeking the facts. We speak truth to power, regardless of which party is in power.

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Nov 27

Ummm rude to mention this. But yes! Such a good song. Shaboozey deserves all the attention.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · Nov 27

This is a jarring story about Tegna owned WUSA-TV pulling a story AFTER IT AIRED. The excuse is that the story needed a comment from the local gas company BUT that seems a bit fishy especially because 1) the local gas co isn't mentioned 2) the general industry complaints are included. HMMMM

Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · Nov 27

WUSA9 quietly pulled a story on the health risks of gas stoves, allegedly under pressure from Washington Gas. The study found 77% of tested kitchens in D.C. exceeded safe nitrogen dioxide levels.

Did Washington Gas Convince a TV Station to Bury a Story on the Dangers of Gas Appliances?

Washington Gas appears to have pressured a D.C. TV station to bury a story on a report detailing the health risks of gas appliances.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Here is a gift article from The NY Times that also describes the disinformation-fueled measles epidemic in Samoa which killed over 80 people, most of them small children, and RFK Jr’s considerable role in fomenting it:
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/w...

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · Nov 15

DMV folks: 🚨 Thanksgiving Volunteers Needed! Food & Friends needs YOUR help delivering 4,500 Thanksgiving meals to seriously ill neighbors across the DMV. Delivery shifts are available at 8:00 am, 9:00 am, 10:00 am, and 11:00 am.

Details at: foodandfriends.org/engage/thank...

Thanksgiving | Food & Friends

Delivering hope, one meal at a time.

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Lorena O’Neil @lorenaoneil.com · Nov 15

Lifesaving medication for postpartum hemorrhaging is being pulled off emergency carts because of new Louisiana law reclassifying misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance. lailluminator.com/2024/09/03/l...

Doctors grapple with how to save women's lives amid 'confusion and angst' over new Louisiana law • Louisiana Illuminator

Under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for pregnant women.

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Nov 14

While looking through campaign finance data, I noticed a strange pattern. Many people were donating small amounts, $1 or $5, to the same candidates and groups over and over again, dozens of times, every day. Why? Here's the story. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

How ‘urgent’ texts pushed these donors to give thousands of times to political candidates

Donors responding to a slew of political text messages from both Republicans and Democrats have given tens of thousands of dollars in small donations. Some without realizing how they were adding up.

www.latimes.com

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Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee @lamarrlemee.bsky.social · Nov 14

Seems like people like pets over here. This is Flops, a mostly good boy. Flops thinks the work day has gone on far too long.

Black dog wearing red harness laying down in the trunk of an SUV.

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