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Didn’t realize we had already implemented the No Transgender for Everyone yet

Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.

Breaking news: Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated she has appointed a prosecutor to examine the relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and other prominent Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton, as requested by President Trump today.

Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵

Problems have persisted for decades inside the St. Louis jail system. Nobody seems to have lasting answers. Now, they are pinning hopes on the latest new leader with a plan.

I checked back on this and he ended up going 11 hours and raised $65,000

If you have been put on leave or are being fired because of comments you made in your personal capacity about and during the shutdown, please, reach out to me — Signal is crg.32 and I'm fairly easy to find on any platform.

“A professor who showed a graphic labeling the “Make America Great Again” slogan as covert white supremacy has been removed from teaching a class under a new Indiana law meant to foster “intellectual diversity.”” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

''Prison journalism should not be illegal. It should not be starved, stifled, or silenced ... laws need to change." Read @inquest.bsky.social's article featuring Jeremy's account of how his own journalism, and that of outside reporters wanting to tell his story, is stifled by prison authorities.

NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."

Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday. The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. buff.ly/MRJcyFm

A major source for library books nationwide is suddenly shutting down, leaving branches in the Philadelphia area and across the country in a bind.

I'm creating a roadmap for other news orgs to replicate the success we had creating the 1st investigative unit at a Black newspaper. If you're a newsroom leader or a funder I'd like to hear from you about what you would like to see in such a roadmap. jskfellows.stanford.edu/how-founding...

Love this idea >:3 Click this link if you want to support worker-owned journalism in the Bay Area! coyotemedia.org?ref=coyoteme...

Confirmed: Katie Wilson will be mayor of Seattle, ousting the incumbent from his left. And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction. What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:

MuckRock is now part of the Journalism Support Exchange, a free matchmaking tool designed to help local news organizations find the resources and support they need faster and more effectively. Learn more about JSX: jsx.news

We have some absolutely w i l d stories in the works at @autonomynews.co. But investigative reporting is time-intensive, and time is money. Subscribe, tip, buy merch, or make a tax-deductible donation today to keep our work paywall-free for all:

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

There's a virtual event for journalists who cover trans issues being offered by @objectivejournos.bsky.social tomorrow. @valorievandieman.bsky.social interviewed the organizer and wrote about the event and its goals for Assigned Media today. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!

Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies. In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.

"No, you get it; you understand that the internet forever longs for your knee-jerk, negative, and uninformed opinions that occasionally contain grammatical errors — and you are more than ready to deliver them."

#foioklahoma By John D. Hanna & Heather Hollingsworth, apnews.com: A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor said Tuesday.

Guy seething with jealousy: Well, I think the normal sky is already pretty cool

A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system. My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:

Illinois defendants who have been found unfit for trial – and are in need of inpatient fitness restoration – are waiting nearly twice as long for a state hospital bed as they did five years ago. My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social illinoisanswers.org/2025/11/11/t...

Uzumaki (2025)

UPDATE: The city declined to provide a breakdown of internal costs for Mayor Bruce Harrell's slickly produced budget video, which largely duplicates his campaign talking points, after initially saying that they would. 1/2

The Trans People Take on the World Bundle is live on itch with 32 books for just $35 USD, all featuring trans characters, largely written by trans creators! A multitude of genres and vibes are included, including an epic dark fantasy romance by me, Powder and Feathers! itch.io/b/3352/trans...

“Teachers should not be paying to become teachers. We should make this more affordable & accessible.” As the Trump admin sues Rhode Island over a loan forgiveness initiative for educators of color, teachers say it is a necessary effort to bridge a diversity gap in Providence classrooms.

NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community. From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Employees documented abuse and filth at LA tiny home villages. Officials did next to nothing. More than 550 incident reports detail assaults, drug use, unsanitary conditions and more across a dozen villages designed to shelter and support unhoused people.

My new #FOIA podcast, Disclosure, that I co-host with my attorney, @mvtopic.bsky.social made @theguardian.com's best podcasts of the week list! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

By the spring of this year, 95 percent of all school buildings in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed — including every university. interc.pt/4oReRMF

How do journalists get records from government agencies through @freedom.press public records requests? Is that something anyone can access? 404 Media is gonna teach you 🫵 Find out how to join our LIVE session here:

Had a great conversation with John last week about how the Trump admin has gutted SAMHSA/the ramifications for dismantling the fed agency overseeing mental health and addiction treatment. Here's the story we talk about, written/reported w/ @levfacher.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.

“The thing that is most troubling about this is that the nuclear weapons that we, as Americans, witnessed 80 years ago are still being proliferated and modernized without question.” Read the full story by @mjgault.bsky.social

“First they came after undocumented people. [Now] they’re coming after documented people who are the cream of the crop. Who are they coming after next, & why?” Faculty say FL Gov. DeSantis’ attack on H-1B visa holders affect the future of Florida’s students, Alexandra Martinez reports.

I recently joined @imarajones.bsky.social on The Mess, to talk about politics. Check it out anywhere you get your podcasts.

Reuters takes a deep dive into something I’ve been squawking about lately: the disappearing line between official Republican government operations and the right-wing marketplace. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

due to Library Availability Travails ended up reading Wild Seed before Parable and WHOO BOY. there’s a lot there!

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

There’s the story, and then there’s the story behind the story, illuminated in this short thread. Both deserve your attention

For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...

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. 🧪🧬🧫