Abe Kenmore
@twitterlessabe.bsky.social
Fact checker, producer and scribbler. Usually over-caffeinated and listening to banjos.
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Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
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Breaking news: The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Breaking news: The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
My latest: A breakdown of what the NDAA authorized for Fort Bragg. Much of the construction budget is going to Special Forces projects in one form or another, including a microgrid for training facilities, a new hangar to maintain planes used by SF and more www.cityviewnc.com/stories/spec...
Special Forces Major Beneficiary of Authorized Construction at Fort Bragg
Millions of dollars in funding are authorized for Fort Bragg construction projects in the National Defense Authorization Act—more than half of it going to Special Operations Command facilities.
www.cityviewnc.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
My latest: A breakdown of what the NDAA authorized for Fort Bragg. Much of the construction budget is going to Special Forces projects in one form or another, including a microgrid for training facilities, a new hangar to maintain planes used by SF and more www.cityviewnc.com/stories/spec...
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...
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An ICE officer fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday. The official account differs markedly from videos from witnesses, report @minnesotareformer.com and @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/RWpV7yu
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
minnesotareformer.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
An ICE officer fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday. The official account differs markedly from videos from witnesses, report @minnesotareformer.com and @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/RWpV7yu
A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison
About 225 people serving life-without-parole sentences are eligible for review under an obscure, short-lived North Carolina law from 1994.
www.theassemblync.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
apnews.com/article/minn... ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
Authorities say a federal agent shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city.
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
apnews.com/article/minn... ICE agent shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
My latest conversation for @contrariannews.org with author Nora Neus about her new book “24 Hours at the Capitol” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
24 Hours at the Capitol...
A conversation with author Nora Neus
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
My latest conversation for @contrariannews.org with author Nora Neus about her new book “24 Hours at the Capitol” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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That is a lot of news to wake up to.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
That is a lot of news to wake up to.
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WHOA. This is wild -- she was up by 30+ points on her Republican primary opponent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
WHOA. This is wild -- she was up by 30+ points on her Republican primary opponent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
I'm all for newspapers doing what they have to in order to raise revenue, but I just had to click through two pop-up ads just to hit the paywall notice on an article and that feels a bit excessive
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm all for newspapers doing what they have to in order to raise revenue, but I just had to click through two pop-up ads just to hit the paywall notice on an article and that feels a bit excessive
Humanities students should understand some level of mathematics just like STEM majors should know how to write clearly
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Humanities students should understand some level of mathematics just like STEM majors should know how to write clearly
Broke: “The sun rises. It is always doing that.”
Woke: “This mornin' a miracle happened as promised,
The risin' of the world's closest star”
Woke: “This mornin' a miracle happened as promised,
The risin' of the world's closest star”
hands down my favorite line from a book that provides no value add to the written word besides being, possibly, the most narcissistic memoir ever put to paper.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Broke: “The sun rises. It is always doing that.”
Woke: “This mornin' a miracle happened as promised,
The risin' of the world's closest star”
Woke: “This mornin' a miracle happened as promised,
The risin' of the world's closest star”
I thought @onthemedia.bsky.social mid-week podcast on this phenomenon was particularly good this week
Coming around to the “we need to bring back shame” argument
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I thought @onthemedia.bsky.social mid-week podcast on this phenomenon was particularly good this week
Spoke with @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social about her new book on taxes and democracy which published this week open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Book Review: The Price of Democracy
A conversation between Vanessa Williamson and Abraham Kenmore
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Spoke with @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social about her new book on taxes and democracy which published this week open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passes bill to end the now-41-day government shutdown, sending it to the House for a final vote this week.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passes bill to end the now-41-day government shutdown, sending it to the House for a final vote this week.
