Victoria McGrane
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Deputy director of audience Boston Globe looking for a new social media addiction.
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Dylan Freedman
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I was part of a round table on how NYT is covering the Epstein files, with new tech and old-school reporting. Our work is far from over:
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How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/insider/jeffrey-epstein-files-documents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1A.kB27.eHaxpXZlcAPZ&smid=url-share
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It's time. Shake off that deep disappointment that The Cutting Edge got eliminated and vote in ROUND 2 of the Reel Olympics
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
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Bracket: Vote for the Greatest Olympic movie of all time in the Reel Olympics, Round 2 - The Boston Globe
Discover the best Olympics-themed movies with The Reel Olympics! Vote for your favorite and see which film will win Globe gold.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/arts/vote-globe-reel-olympics-bracket/
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Steve Vladeck
1 day ago
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
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Noah Shachtman
2 days ago
The future is here, and it's insane
www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-...
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Pentagonâs Use of High-Energy Laser Led FAA to Halt Flights Over El Paso
Administration lifts flight restrictions hours after issuing the pause for âspecial security reasons.â
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-for-unspecified-security-reasons-163e0966?st=BzG73E&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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I was not aware that jawboning the stock market was in the AG's portfolio.
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Karl Bode
3 days ago
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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What's better than the Winter Olympics? MOVIES about the Winter (and Summer) Olympics! Vote for which film deserves gold in the
@bostonglobe.com
Reel Olympics
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
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Bracket: Vote for the Greatest Olympic movie of all time in the Reel Olympics - The Boston Globe
Discover the best Olympics-themed movies with The Reel Olympics! Vote for your favorite and see which film will win Globe gold.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/arts/vote-globe-reel-olympics-bracket/
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Steve Koczela
3 days ago
Big
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/ MassINC Polling survey out this morning. "They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now theyâre packing up their labs." We surveyed NIH funded scientists in Massachusetts about federal funding cuts & policies. Here's what they told us.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
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They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now theyâre packing up their labs. - The Boston Globe
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/metro/massachusetts-nih-cuts-biotech-scientists/
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Philip N Cohen
3 days ago
I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.) The pronatalism will continue until moral improves. ht
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Michelle Wu ĺłĺź
3 days ago
đŻ So much energy in our state goes to shutting down proposed fixes for serious problems vs working to find better solutions. I donât support the exact language, but will vote Yes bc the proposal I do support (& filed) went no where, like tax relief, transfer fee & more. Past time to do something.
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YouTube video of Bad Bunny's full half-time show has 21 million (and counting) views right now
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Jim Acosta
6 days ago
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not âmove onâ from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world.
#standwithsurvivors
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Jessica Shortall
6 days ago
Puerto Rico has been part of the USA longer than Alaska and Hawaii and became part of the USA before these four states existed as U.S. states. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Steven T. Dennis
6 days ago
Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus." The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
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Astead Herndon bot
6 days ago
Donald Trump didnât embarrass his black GOP allies â this is what they signed up for. A racist post from a president who rose from a racist conspiracy theory and has a history of racist rhetoric đş: On
@cnn.com
this AM with
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jennifer uncoolidge
8 days ago
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistâbecause the person felt she did didnât deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
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Phil Lewis
8 days ago
UPDATE: The Park Service returned the brochures to the home, hours after this report. Park Service officials told Mississippi Today that the reason they removed the brochures was because they were âoutdatedâ
mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/v...
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David Wessel
8 days ago
Peggy Noonan on Jeff Bezos & Washington Post: "Losing the one major newspaper left in the great nationâs capitalâand during the Trump administration no less...is more than a Jeffersonian nightmare, it is a kind of sin. The kind history doesnât easily forgive."
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
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Opinion | A Lament for the Washington Post
The most powerful capital in the world has no major fully functioning newspaper. Thatâs a huge absence.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-lament-for-the-washington-post-a5509d63?st=2uRN27&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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New bio just dropped: "corporate verbiage that bounces off the face and leaves a rage headache behind"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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You Canât Kill Swagger
My old corner of The Washington Post raised some of the best journalists in the business.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/02/washington-post-sports-section-cut/685888/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Scott Horton
9 days ago
On Trump's orders, the National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a âracist"
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Medgar Eversâ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/
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đ Tommo đ
about 1 year ago
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.
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Dan Diamond
9 days ago
A non-journalist friend asked me â is losing 300 people from a newsroom a lot? I pointed out there are about 200 journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer and about 100 at the Baltimore Banner. Imagine losing both those publications in a day.
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Financial Times
9 days ago
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
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Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
https://ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
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Gabe OrtĂz
9 days ago
âFrom âquiet piggy' to âshe never smiles': Donald Trump's history of attacking women who ask about Epstein.â
people.com/trump-attack...
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From 'Quiet Piggy' to 'She Never Smiles': Donald Trump's History of Attacking Women Who Ask About Epstein
President Donald Trump has repeatedly gone after female White House journalists when confronted with questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the Epstein-related investigation files
https://people.com/trump-attacks-journalists-epstein-questions-11899607
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Daniel Suitor
9 days ago
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
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Nieman Lab
9 days ago
âThe cuts ... are a sign that Jeff Bezos, who became one of the worldâs richest people by selling things on the internet, has not yet figured out how to build and maintain a profitable publication on the internet.â
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Washington Post Begins Cutting More Than 300 Jobs
The layoffs will cut into The Postâs local, international and sports coverage, and reduce the number of all its employees by about 30 percent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/washington-post-layoffs.html
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Ben Mullin
10 days ago
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."
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Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni
10 days ago
Even the libertarians are like, âbruhâ
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Ryan J. Reilly âpaints a vivid and urgent portrait of⌠disarrayâ
10 days ago
NEW: A government attorney who was detailed to the U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Minnesota is no longer on that detail after telling a judge âthis job sucksâ and asking to be held in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: 'This job sucks'
Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorneyâs office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-government-tells-judge-ice-case-job-sucks-rcna257349
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Carl Quintanilla
10 days ago
Another round of dark headlines this am.
@wsj.com
@financialtimes.com
@nytimes.com
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News
10 days ago
This is the "Portland Chicken" case. Here's the rulilng:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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11 days ago
The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez
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jamelle
10 days ago
holy shit
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Yashar Ali đ
10 days ago
Melinda Gates says her ex-husband Bill Gates needs to answer questions about his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
11 days ago
Right at the top, Judge Reyes lays out her official findings, after reviewing the evidence. She says it is "substantially likely" that Secretary Noem's decision to end Haitian TPS was "preordained" and based on Secretary Noem's general "hostility to nonwhite immigrants."
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Carl Quintanilla
11 days ago
â.. Weiss insists she does not want to cut ties with Attia over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and sees it as giving in to the mob.â
@calderone.bsky.social
#$PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
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Quite literally a more innocent time
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Deborah Rose
12 days ago
Today in
#BlackHistoryMonth
& my nerdlove of all things post officey. Shout out to inventor Philip B. Downing who invented the first mailbox in 1891 đŹ Like all great inventors (and ordinary decent people), he saw a need and he filled it đ
theblackwallsttimes.com/2022/02/18/b...
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Alexander Chee
13 days ago
Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
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Senator Scott Wiener
14 days ago
For those objecting to comparisons between Germany then & the U.S. now: âAbout 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the buildingâs Haitian staff in their apartments.â
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'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
https://www.jta.org/2026/01/30/united-states/jewish-seniors-rally-behind-their-caregivers-as-350000-haitians-are-set-to-lose-legal-status
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Dara Lind
13 days ago
I canât stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops canât force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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Universal Hub
13 days ago
Maybe with the next storm,
#Boston
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www.universalhub.com/2026/maybe-n...
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MPR News
14 days ago
In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, âMommy, why donât you pick us up?â Or âMommy, we donât want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.â
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âMommy, why donât you pick us up?â: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding
Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/mother-of-liam-conejo-ramos-speaks-to-mpr-news-about-her-sons-detainment
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Imani Gandy
15 days ago
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists. Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews. All Black. All doing their jobs.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
15 days ago
The Minnesota Star Tribune,
@mprnews.org
@minnesotareformer.com
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@spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social
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@sahanjournal.bsky.social
, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
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Phil Lewis
15 days ago
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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