Great piece by @jamellebouie.net on the need for ICE hearings. Get it all out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

The print first issue of the @chicagoreader.com since its hiatus hit newsstands Feb. 4 at more than 600 locations across Chicago. The cover shows a cracking egg with the caption “New Egg, Who Dis?” symbolizing a new era for the publication.

If Detroit Documenters only wanted you to know one thing, it would be that local government officials are required to meet and vote on policy decisions in public, and you’re allowed by law to be there. Here's what else you should know about the Open Meetings Act, by Documenter A J Johnson:

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C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

I invite you all to get into the weirdest, hardest and most wonderful sport: Biathlon. (I love it so much I went to Norway last March to see my favs biathletes retire.) Here’s an intro I wrote in December 2024. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/you-should-g...

This is a great round-up of Operation Midway Blitz cases that have collapsed at Chicago’s federal courthouse. From Charles Thrush and Mack Liederman, via @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/06/t...

the Cook Report should do recipe reviews in off-years

essay i mentioned previously on how independent music gives you the basic tools for organizing even if you didn’t realize you were building those skills, and how great it’s been to watch people hit the ground running

This is so important, and something I learned from the history beat. Example: We don't have to say "fugitive slaves" just bc people did in 1850. We can give self-emancipated people the dignity they deserved back then. Plus, it's more accurate! Wish more journos thought about this contemporaneously.

SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...

If you’re not in DC, tune in to the livestream of the #savethepost rally that just started at noon Eastern www.instagram.com/postguild/li...

Kim is the literal best. Some newsroom better grab her quick!

Breaking news reporter Kim Bellware bsky.app/profile/bell...

Y'all, if you don't know @bellwak.bsky.social work, you should. This is such a loss! Though, I've got a feeling someone is going to hire @bellwak.bsky.social ASAP

Someone grab Kim up. The way she reports and tells stories is masterful. She is also the most generous of people and an insanely talented DIYer.

Kim is the best, what's happening at the Post is the worst. Hire Kim before someone else does.

WaPo marks this Millennial's fourth lifetime layoff. I need a punchcard.

My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues. I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure. ➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com Website update coming soon @postguild.bsky.social forever

The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.

A version of what’s happening in Fulton Co. happened in Maricopa Co. five years ago. Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it. We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H

A note from our editors:

BREAKING: 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.

Always remember. Brumble Bikes Westerly, RI.

NEW: South Carolina’s measles outbreak is country’s largest in more than 25 years. But its falling vaccination coverage + rising religious exemptions from school requirements don’t make it an outlier. My story. Gift link. 1/3 wapo.st/4rttZRg

Recordings I obtained of Chicagoans calling 911 to report ICE activity—including Marimar Martínez’s call after an agent shot her—are included in this week’s episode of @thisamericanlife.org

a tribute to everyone who hasn’t forgotten how to love their neighbors 💙 www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights. After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I filmed this right before the outrageous arrest of Don Lemon, so here are four *other* worrying press freedom stories that you should be paying attention to this week.

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

I’m on today’s episode of Post Reports to discuss the fallout from the Trump administration’s move to advance a narrative about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting that bore no resemblance what people viewing the same videos saw with their own eyes www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

. @vermontgmg.bsky.social: "There is no bright line between democracy and autocracy, it’s a spectrum, and not all of the country will experience that switch at the same moment in the same way" www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...

O'Hara refusing to step away from the scene is something to keep an eye on

The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in the city. It's the second shooting there in a week, third this month, involving a federal officer.

Struggling to find words on the shooting video out of Minneapolis. If you don’t have to watch, consider reading analyses that are already publishing. If you must watch, turning off volume and keeping captions and viewing in grayscale accessibility mode can provide a little buffer

I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis. This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.

That quote is how school shooters talk

Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Unions were out. Minnesotans were out. Immigrants were out. Neighbors were out. Rapid responders were out. People who were scared were out. Even kids were out. And it's still going! My report from Minnesota: inthesetimes.com/article/minn...

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

you cannot smear a group with a famously specific regional accent as outside agitators. it simply is not plausible.

My god…this story by @merylkornfield.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is really America’s loss — the Bears are much more fun team to root for than the RAMS