@Newswhole.bsky.social
@newswhole.bsky.social
Crusty old Silicon Valley-based investigative reporter. Judicial branch, criminal justice, civil and family law, government accountability, FOIA, public records law, government transparency. Member IRE, SPJ, ONA.
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It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.
Ridiculous behavior.
Ridiculous behavior.
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.
Ridiculous behavior.
Ridiculous behavior.
100X This. Any appellate attorney will tell you: if you don’t have a trial court record, an appeal is futile.
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 AM
100X This. Any appellate attorney will tell you: if you don’t have a trial court record, an appeal is futile.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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A great idea I got from @anamariecox.bsky.social I just may do this, hyper locally. localtools.org/find/
Find Your Local Tool Lending Library – Local Tools
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January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A great idea I got from @anamariecox.bsky.social I just may do this, hyper locally. localtools.org/find/
Brilliant reporting and news analysis
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We're all just content for ICE
Four days on the ground in Minneapolis
www.garbageday.email
January 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Brilliant reporting and news analysis
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This is not a novel observation, but I really don't think the admin quite understands the level of radicalization that is happening to opposition elements that were not previously radicalized in the slightest.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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Veteran engaging in free speech.
🚨"F*ck you you Nazis! F*ck you for your betrayal of the people of America. America hates you cowards! F*cking Nazi scum! Why did I fight Al-Qaeda for you to f*cking destroy our country" -U.S. veteran screams at ICE at Minneapolis protests for Renee Nicole Good. WE'RE LIVE NOW⬇️
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Veteran engaging in free speech.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
This is an example of how much work goes into debunking copaganda horseshit. In this case, related to the George Floyd murder. Among other effects, it is just time consuming, exhausting work.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
The retconning of George Floyd
Bari Weiss's Free Press is the latest outlet to tout a conspiratorial documentary alleging that Derek Chauvin was wrongly convicted. It's all nonsense.
radleybalko.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is an example of how much work goes into debunking copaganda horseshit. In this case, related to the George Floyd murder. Among other effects, it is just time consuming, exhausting work.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Watch the censored 60 Minutes CECOT segment:
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www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Watch the censored 60 Minutes CECOT segment:
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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I had no idea how much I needed this.
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I had no idea how much I needed this.
Really, you could only get this on this holiday.
My in-laws are visiting us now and my brother and his wife stopped by and his in-laws are with them so my 80 year old Indian FIL and my brothers 80 year old hippie lived in a VW van for 15 years FIL are talking about how everything sucks drinking scotch and smoking cigarettes in the backyard
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Really, you could only get this on this holiday.
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia and current de-facto ruler of that kingdom, whose word is law and power is unquestioned, is visibly like “whoah dude, dial down the authoritarian thing a bit”
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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