NEW An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found: In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.” 🧵

"In times past, a politician might offer thoughts and prayers, encourage those reacting to wait for the full results of the investigation and generally try to lower the temperature...to soothe the broken heart of a nation...JD Vance went in a different direction."

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

The fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis did not occur in isolation. It follows months of documented uses of potentially unlawful force by federal immigration agents. As Samantha Trepel (@statesunited.org) explains, DOJ has clear authority to investigate and its silence leaves communities at risk.

"That both DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are four videos circulating that reveal those accounts to be lies shows they no longer are making any attempt to justify their actions." The latest newsletter from HCR...

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

When I teach my seminar on coups we keep a running tab on how many regime changes were motivated at least in part by desire for oil or other valuable commodities...

"Florida, where nearly one in every four people are immigrants, has become one of the nation's strongest anti-immigration enforcers - arresting more people than any other state except Texas." www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B 💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M. 💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M. 💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.

They taught a lie and called it progress. Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy. This truth wasn’t lost. It was redesigned. ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America. Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

🎅 Santa Claus in a Snow Garden by Kawase Hasui (1950). One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

"At least two U.S. senators have put holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to lead the U.S. Coast Guard, citing concerns with a new...harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Higgins won by a massive margin, more than 18 points

The election tomorrow of a new Miami CITY mayor is getting national media attention this year. But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role. It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...

"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'” Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

I join @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, and Rachel Goldbrenner once more for our Murder on the High Seas series. There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo. Tldr: It’s still murder

An official accused Trump's spokesperson of "'Throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The attorney representing the student, Any Lucia López Belloza, said "she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

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I had the honor of interviewing Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, and her husband Herb, a postal clerk, years ago, before they donated their incredible collection to museums. Artworks crammed ceiling to floor shelves in their little apartment. The world will miss them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...

"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines (and) similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.

Tim Cook. Musk. David Ellison. The CEOs of Nvidia, Dell, Blackstone, GM, Citi, Bechtel, Chevron and Ford. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

The new acting acting FEMA Administrator "has played a central role in the Trump administration’s efforts to cut costs at FEMA (and) rejected many FEMA spending requests before they could reach the desk of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...

Christmas is early this year in South Florida

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.

Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced “You Are Not Alone,” a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: “I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

After #NOAA ceased funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing #earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the month. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide. Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.

BREAKING: We just got the First Circuit's ruling in the Rhode Island SNAP case: The petition for stay pending appeal is denied in part. (waiting for the full doc to hit PACER)

If you're looking for something to dislodge that Gordon Lightfoot earworm, tomorrow is ALSO the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album. Like Bruce Springsteen says, starts with "probably the greatest opening line of anyone’s debut album in rock ’n’ roll." This is a fun piece:

I hope KBJ's faith that the federal appeals court will immediately review the order to fully fund SNAP isn't misplaced www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

The only federal judge in Fort Pierce is Aileen Cannon. "A federal judge recently empaneled a new grand jury to convene Jan. 12 in Fort Pierce, Fla. That prompted close Trump allies to indicate this will be the venue to review what they allege is a broad Democratic conspiracy to thwart Trump."

Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸 @feedingamerica.org give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate

#SNAP @kyledcheney.bsky.social

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"The best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it."

A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked. “Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

McClatchy, of course, owns the Miami Herald... .

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...

The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power. Read our full statement: rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...