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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
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December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social has been a criminal justice reporter for over a decade. She has lived in an authoritarian country overseas.
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
But she has never seen a police presence like the one in ICE-occupied Memphis.
“The people supposedly eliminating crime are making the city unlivable.”
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“Putin is not only a dictator and an illegitimate usurper — his is also a murderer, in a very direct and literal sense of this term”.
On @france24.com to discuss the war in Ukraine, repression in Russia, and the response of the West.
youtube.com/watch?v=0-99...
On @france24.com to discuss the war in Ukraine, repression in Russia, and the response of the West.
youtube.com/watch?v=0-99...
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“Putin is not only a dictator and an illegitimate usurper — his is also a murderer, in a very direct and literal sense of this term”.
On @france24.com to discuss the war in Ukraine, repression in Russia, and the response of the West.
youtube.com/watch?v=0-99...
On @france24.com to discuss the war in Ukraine, repression in Russia, and the response of the West.
youtube.com/watch?v=0-99...
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ICE detain mother days after emerhency C-section—leave her baby abandoned in NICU relying on ventilator to breathe.
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ICE detain mother days after emerhency C-section—leave her baby abandoned in NICU relying on ventilator to breathe.
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
Denied postpartum medical care—even just a breast pump—causing her milk to dry up.
She was finally released—but with flu symptoms keeping her separated from baby for yet another week
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See the issue is that Trump ran on releasing on the Epstein files, and Bondi said she had them sitting on her desk ready to go, and then Elon Musk tweeted that Trump was in them and they were suddenly deemed a hoax and Ghislaine was moved to a spa prison, so you can understand the fresh intrigue
Mike Johnson: "Suddenly now, they've somehow convinced themselves that the Epstein files will be damaging to President Trump and Republicans in some way that they've imagined, and so they feign outrage."
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
See the issue is that Trump ran on releasing on the Epstein files, and Bondi said she had them sitting on her desk ready to go, and then Elon Musk tweeted that Trump was in them and they were suddenly deemed a hoax and Ghislaine was moved to a spa prison, so you can understand the fresh intrigue
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ICE points gun at pregnant mother—a U.S. citizen with her son in the back seat.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ICE points gun at pregnant mother—a U.S. citizen with her son in the back seat.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"
"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"
Video clearly shows her just driving down public street in Berwyn, Illinois.
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Former Israeli hostage 'looking ahead', determined to move on
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Former Israeli hostage 'looking ahead', determined to move on
After more than a year trapped in a dark tunnel under Gaza, Eli Sharabi is determined to move forward with his life, even as he knows that pain and grief will be constant companions."It's impossible…
www.al-monitor.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Former Israeli hostage 'looking ahead', determined to move on
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Putin’s Propagandists Laugh at Trump for Following Kremlin Orders
Russian state media is openly mocking the U.S. and claiming Trump was following Putin’s secret plot to pull a bait and switch on Zelensky.
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...
Russian state media is openly mocking the U.S. and claiming Trump was following Putin’s secret plot to pull a bait and switch on Zelensky.
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...
Putin’s Pals Laugh at Trump for Following Secret Kremlin Orders
Russian state media is openly mocking the U.S. and claiming Trump was following Putin’s secret plot to pull a bait and switch on Zelensky.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Putin’s Propagandists Laugh at Trump for Following Kremlin Orders
Russian state media is openly mocking the U.S. and claiming Trump was following Putin’s secret plot to pull a bait and switch on Zelensky.
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...
Russian state media is openly mocking the U.S. and claiming Trump was following Putin’s secret plot to pull a bait and switch on Zelensky.
My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social:
www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...
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NEW: Leaked video shows Khamenei aide's daughter in Western wedding gown amid Iran's hijab crackdown www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Leaked video shows Khamenei aide's daughter in Western wedding gown amid Iran's hijab crackdown
Senior Iranian official Ali Shamkhani faced criticism online after video surfaced of his daughter’s extravagant wedding.
www.al-monitor.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: Leaked video shows Khamenei aide's daughter in Western wedding gown amid Iran's hijab crackdown www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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NEW:
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW:
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.
By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.
By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid," JD Vance. We checked.
By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.
By scanning public records and media reports, Mother Jones determined the ages of eight of the 11 participants in the abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday: They appear to range from 24 to 35.
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If the Republicans want to stop being called Nazis, maybe they should stop hiring people who put Nazi paraphernalia in the background of their conference calls. Just a thought.
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If the Republicans want to stop being called Nazis, maybe they should stop hiring people who put Nazi paraphernalia in the background of their conference calls. Just a thought.
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Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social.
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I couldn't sleep last night and started reading this. Now after finishing, I can't recall the last time a piece of journalism changed my perspective on a topic like this did.
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Lessons from a mass shooter's mother
A decade after her son committed a massacre, Chin Rodger is on a quest to help prevent the next tragedy.
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I couldn't sleep last night and started reading this. Now after finishing, I can't recall the last time a piece of journalism changed my perspective on a topic like this did.
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...