"Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, approved allowing minors to access artificial intelligence chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions, according to internal Meta documents filed in a New Mexico state court case and made public on Monday."

Potent @nytimes.com editorial—"The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths. They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power."

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

“Woke Hoth.” Who is he?

Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.

NYT analysis confirms Pretti’s gun was gone by the time they shot him to death. 10 shots. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo via Reuters)

How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Camp East Montana is yet another private detention facility - which means it’s not subject to FOIA. The $1.2 billion contract for this hellhole wasn’t given to a group w/experience in private prisons, either - it was given to Acquisition Logistics LLC, whose largest prior contract was $16 million.

DHS said the man died while he tried to commit suicide and “violently resisted security staff.” A medical examiner called it “asphyxia due to neck and chest compression.” A witness told the Washpost *on the record* that guards choked him as he said, “no puedo respirar.” Gift link⤵️ wapo.st/49FW4NG

16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over. They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said. Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ

“No mother, no baby.” www.propublica.org/article/nort...

BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.

I know this isn't the first time. But it remains jarring that the White House is just casually and knowingly referencing a neo-Nazi text.

BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. “I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished www.propublica.org/article/vide...

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”

My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.

at cbs we believe in transparency and this includes my shirt

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Vastly underreported rape stats in State College, home to Penn State. Great reporting by @spotlightpa.org www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...

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. 🧵 1 of 9

TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:

Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.” The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida. It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID. Free link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.

‘Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson launches fund to provide free field trips to thousands of Philly students

My money is on the astronaut.

Thank you @pvangay.bsky.social and David Sanford. I’m so proud of this work.

We won! I’m beyond thrilled and so proud of these stories. Thanks to my friend @flichtman.bsky.social 🎤 THE best host a producer could ever hope to work with.

Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq

The point of having a standards editor is that you bring in a skilled, disinterested person to read or watch a story and point out possible bias, errors and lapses. The actual story editors can miss those things because they're so closely tied to the production and reporting of the piece.

Oh my heart

Beyond the grave 🔥 take down of a truly ick human. I love that Sharon Begley did this.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

“Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” Hard to say. Let me ask all of my teacher, nurse, CNA friends doing the hardest jobs for 82 cents on the dollar compared to men. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

I don’t know any paper meeting the moment like @inquirer.com and I feel lucky to be a Philadelphian. You should subscribe!

Beware of AI-generated articles like this one from "International News & Views". The quote is fabricated! I never said this (even if might actually agree w/ the basic sentiment): internationalnewsandviews.com/harrison-for...

The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE. Kristi Noem is a liar. And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?) And a fool. And a puppy killer. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Oh ok, as long as it’s a strategy.

Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

If you’ve been affected by the government shutdown at NIH, CDC, or FDA — we’d still love for you to join us at the #STATSummit this week. Email [email protected] for a complimentary virtual pass. Explore the agenda: www.statnews.com/stat-summit-...