Michael Morisy
@morisy.bsky.social
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civic transparency for a better tomorrow. founder, MuckRock. also caretaker of DocumentCloud, FOIA Machine, and many other internet friends.
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cjciaramella.bsky.social
lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...
a screencap of Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning standing in front of a projector screen displaying a slideshow. The current slide has a headline "BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY."
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davidho.bsky.social
“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”
Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline
People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.
www.technologyreview.com
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muckrock.com
As part of our new design, we’re also now offering a Data Liberation Project beanie in our MuckRock swag store! www.muckrock.com/store/
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ericumansky.bsky.social
That immigration agent who threw a woman to the ground, prompting DHS to declare his conduct "unacceptable"?

He's back at the courthouse.

And DHS still won't tell us his name.
tilleckert.com
I recently reported on an ICE officer who was publicly reprimanded and “relieved of his duties” after shoving a woman to the ground in an NYC immigration court. Well, he’s back.

DHS did not respond to a request for comment.

Original story: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Photos: Carol Guzy
morisy.bsky.social
Glad that this is getting coverage, but the chilling effect is here! Apple and Google are very clearly chilled! Speech is restricted with no legal basis! No experts needed, it's just facts!
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.
Brendan Carr, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission:
President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape. And the way he's doing that is,
when he ran for election, he ran directly at these legacy broadcast media outlets, ABC, NBC, CBS.
For years, government officials just allowed those entities with execs sitting in Hollywood in New York to dictate the political narrative. And he has fundamentally changed the game. And you see that really having consequences that are just rushing all through media.
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.
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nysfocus.bsky.social
Almost half of New York's newspapers have closed in the last 20 years. New York Focus launched in 2020 to fill those gaps.

5 years later, we’ve grown into a statewide newsroom making real impact:
✨ Nearly 1 million annual readers
✨ 15 full-time staff
✨ Investigations that sparked real change
morisy.bsky.social
With the DOJ's argument essentially being ICEBlock was used to deduce that ICE agents were at an ICE facility. Follow that line of argument and I guess they outlaw signage next?
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activateva.bsky.social
"Kevin Martingayle, a Virginia Beach attorney and UVA Law alumnus, said the university is “highly likely” to lose if sued. “They were told of this requirement in 2013 … and the Supreme Court of Virginia said it again in 2023,” he said. “They are inviting litigation and that’s a real mistake.”"
FOIA Friday: Records reveal surge in ICE arrests across Virginia • Virginia Mercury
Records reveal surge in ICE arrests across Virginia
virginiamercury.com
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willbunch.bsky.social
You'll be shocked to learn New College of Florida is on the brink of implosion just a couple of years after DeSantis engineered an extreme right-wing takeover

Fun fact: NCF's new overlords spend $134K per student (!!...the average at other FL publics is $10K) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
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davidcovucci.bsky.social
Did you know that most university presidents get a luxury box for football games?

Did you know that who they invite is a public record?

Take a peek inside presidential suites in this week's FOIAball.

foiaball.beehiiv.com/p/luxury-box...
Take a peek inside university luxury boxes at big games
FOIAball obtained attendee lists for suites school presidents use to wine and dine.
foiaball.beehiiv.com
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jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it‘s in direct retaliation for his coverage:

“An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerous”
Detained journalist Mario Guevara's attempt to block deportation order denied by Court of Appeals
A federal court has denied journalist Mario Guevara's last-minute appeal to stop his deportation to El Salvador.
www.cbsnews.com
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freedom.press
Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt.

Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.
On trial for journalism in Kentucky.
Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.
www.cjr.org
morisy.bsky.social
“If universities sign and then violate the terms of the compact, they could be forced to return any money given to them by the federal government that year as well as any private contributions.”
wsj.com
Exclusive: The White House is calling it the “Compact,” a sweeping set of operating principles it wants universities to adopt in exchange for federal funding preference.
Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage
An initial round of nine schools is being asked to sign a wide-ranging accord.
on.wsj.com