We're tracking the fallout from the Epstein files here (GIFT LINK) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

📣 NEW! I’ve just released the BIGGEST and perhaps most creative project I’ve ever worked on! “Searching for Birds” searchingforbirds.visualcinnamon.com 🐤 A project, an article, an exploration that dives into the data that connects humans with birds, by looking at how we search for birds.

Trump's View Of the World Even on a global scale, the president's attitudes reflect a fixation on a single subject: himself. GIFT LINK 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Please consider donating — 100% of the funds raised will go to Washington Post journalists who were laid off today. gofund.me/e8d3e10a3

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

GIFT LINK: Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits. Great investigation by @jenvalentino.bsky.social and @kashhill.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Brazilian Musician Seu Jorge Performs 15 Iconic Bowie Songs in Portuguese to Mark the 10th Anniversary of Bowie’s Passing www.openculture.com/2026/01/braz...

It's never a bad time to revisit this story the Wall Street Journal ran just before the 2024 election:

Trump: Bush invoked Insurrection Act 22 times. Actually 2 times. Trump: Secured $18T in investments. His own White House puts it at $9.6T. Trump: Drug prices coming down 600%. Not mathematically possible. @qiu examines a year of falsehoods. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

RIP Stephen Hess, who advised multiple presidents and for a time was the number one go-to authority on government for reporters. He was always a generous source and an insightful tutor in the mysterious ways of Washington. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/n...

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

Does it feel like Trump is talking even more this time around? You're not wrong. Jonah Smith did the count and Trump spoke more than twice as many words in public in the first year of his second term as he did in the first year of his first term. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

“Since President Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion since the election, likely more than during the campaign itself. Of 346 donors identified by the @nytimes.com at least 197 have benefited from Trump policies or actions. @karenyourish.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR, PBS and hundreds of local radio and TV stations across the U.S. for more than a half-century, said on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization because Congress cut off its federal money.

NEW w/ @kenvogel.bsky.social: Trump’s team raised more than $100 million for MAGA Inc. in the second half of 2025, with much of the money coming from wealthy people and corporations with issues before the administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...

Other donors to MAGA Inc in the 2nd half of 2025 were seeking or received nominations from Trump for themselves or their family members: ▶️Jared Isaacman (tapped as NASA head): $1m ▶️Benjamin Landa (tapped as ambassador to Hungary): $5m ▶️Elizabeth Brodie (son serving as ambassador to Hungary): $1m 🎁🔗

NEW: The Trump-backed MAGA Inc. super PAC raised $100m+ in the 2nd half of 2025, including from donors with interests before his administration: ▶️Greg & Anna Brockman (AI policies): $25m ▶️Juul (Trump's FDA approved Juul's vapes): $1m ▶️American Rights & Reform PAC (cannabis rescheduling): $1m+

Trump Has Renamed the Kennedy Center, but a Satirist Owns the URL www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/u...

I frequently criticize the Times on various fronts. With great size/power comes great responsibility. But it's always important to remember that really only they have the resources and capacity to put stuff like this together. These are like genome maps of the Trump corruption machine.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever.” — Madison Biedermann, whose entire, taxpayer-funded job is to serve as a spokesperson for the US Department of Education Via @charlesornstein.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/prop...

DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March. But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al

RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!” “A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”

Second-term presidents typically wind down fundraising after their inaugurations. President Trump has ramped it up. We traced $500 MILLION back to 346 DONORS, and found that MORE THAN HALF have benefited from actions taken by Trump or his administration. (2/2) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

➡️ 15 Ambassadorships ➡️ 2 Pardons ➡️ Hundreds of White House invitations ➡️ 13 Dropped investigations ➡️ Dozens of executive actions Inside Trump’s FUNDRAISING BONANZA at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social (1/2) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A+ data journalism. @karenyourish.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social and @charliesmart.bsky.social analyzed 346 donors who gave more than $250,00 to Trump. They found that more than half, “benefited, or are involved in an industry that has benefited,” from Trump. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Love this Wendell Berry quote sent my way by Anne Lamont. Perfect for the holidays — “Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.”

🚨Extraordinary, relentless, detailed data investigation from @karenyourish.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social and Charlie Smart showing who has given more than $250,000 to Trump causes and passion projects and who has benefited from the administration in pardons, jobs, access and more.

Opinion: What Ozempic might tell us about the future of Alzheimer’s www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/o...

Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...

GIFT LINK: Brilliant story and presentation @stuartathompson.bsky.social & Michael Grynbaum www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A total of 16 photos were taken down at some point on Saturday from the website that the Justice Department created. One featured an open drawer containing other photos, including at least one of President Trump. From NYT Politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

Sad news. He was a great and fair journalist, and a truly lovely person. I borrowed a quote from one of his books as the first words of the preface of mine. -- Lou Cannon, Post reporter and preeminent Reagan biographer, dies at 92 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Updated: Our online tracker, now with 25 U.S. military strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats that have killed 95 people since the campaign began on Sept. 2. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday. He has said that falling in love with his wife inspired him to give “When Harry Met Sally…” a new ending.

NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid. We went to S. Sudan to see the effects. Rubio says no one has died from the cuts. Spoiler: That's not true. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy: www.propublica.org/article/usai...

every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different

Let me just say that I do not work at an outlet with an aggressive paywall, but I will also instantly block this kind of nonsense. How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets. The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.

"OpenAI’s new guidelines ask its chatbot to celebrate ‘innovation,’ contradicting its stated goal of objectivity—and raising questions about what objectivity even means." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...