Maeve McGoran
@maevemcgoran.bsky.social
Reporter, ex-NPR, based in Miami. Please check out my new podcast Shipwreck on Audible. audible.com/Shipwreck
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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They taught a lie and called it progress.
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They taught a lie and called it progress.
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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🎅 Santa Claus in a Snow Garden by Kawase Hasui (1950).
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎅 Santa Claus in a Snow Garden by Kawase Hasui (1950).
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
"At least two U.S. senators have put holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to lead the U.S. Coast Guard, citing concerns with a new...harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral’s promotion over swastika, noose policy
Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to “potentially divisive” was allowed to take effect.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"At least two U.S. senators have put holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to lead the U.S. Coast Guard, citing concerns with a new...harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'”
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Higgins won by a massive margin, more than 18 points
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the nonpartisan Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Higgins won by a massive margin, more than 18 points
The election tomorrow of a new Miami CITY mayor is getting national media attention this year.
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
Pig named '6-7' to be pardon by Miami-Dade mayor during 8th annual pardoning
In a tradition unique to South Florida, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Tuesday is set to pardon a pig.
www.nbcmiami.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The election tomorrow of a new Miami CITY mayor is getting national media attention this year.
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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I join @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, and Rachel Goldbrenner once more for our Murder on the High Seas series.
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
A fourth installment of Murder on the High Seas is here. Listen for expert analysis of recent reports of the deliberate killing of two survivors from the first strike, how the DOJ is justifying the campaign, Congress’ role, allies’ reactions, and more.
www.justsecurity.org/126056/the-j...
www.justsecurity.org/126056/the-j...
The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part IV
A panel of experts, co-hosted with RCLS, discuss the Trump administration's campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I join @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, and Rachel Goldbrenner once more for our Murder on the High Seas series.
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
An official accused Trump's spokesperson of "'Throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An official accused Trump's spokesperson of "'Throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The attorney representing the student, Any Lucia López Belloza, said "she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The attorney representing the student, Any Lucia López Belloza, said "she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I had the honor of interviewing Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, and her husband Herb, a postal clerk, years ago, before they donated their incredible collection to museums. Artworks crammed ceiling to floor shelves in their little apartment. The world will miss them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I had the honor of interviewing Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, and her husband Herb, a postal clerk, years ago, before they donated their incredible collection to museums. Artworks crammed ceiling to floor shelves in their little apartment. The world will miss them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines (and) similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines (and) similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
Tim Cook. Musk. David Ellison. The CEOs of Nvidia, Dell, Blackstone, GM, Citi, Bechtel, Chevron and Ford.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tim Cook. Musk. David Ellison. The CEOs of Nvidia, Dell, Blackstone, GM, Citi, Bechtel, Chevron and Ford.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
The new acting acting FEMA Administrator "has played a central role in the Trump administration’s efforts to cut costs at FEMA (and) rejected many FEMA spending requests before they could reach the desk of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
Acting FEMA Administrator Is Out, Injecting Uncertainty at Agency in Limbo
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The new acting acting FEMA Administrator "has played a central role in the Trump administration’s efforts to cut costs at FEMA (and) rejected many FEMA spending requests before they could reach the desk of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
Christmas is early this year in South Florida
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Christmas is early this year in South Florida
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced “You Are Not Alone,” a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.
Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants
At their first business meeting since the Trump administration crackdown began, church leaders resolved to combat the fear they detect among their adherents.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced “You Are Not Alone,” a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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After #NOAA ceased funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing #earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the month.
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
After #NOAA ceased funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing #earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the month.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...