CNN: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her

The FBI ignored texts from Minnesota investigators for *days* following the killing of Renee Good: Scoop from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

After a decade of walking in lockstep, MAGA influencers have finally cracked. Iran was the breaking point. from @makenakelly.bsky.social

DID YOU ALSO WATCH THE MELANIA TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE AND HAVE SO MANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS

Since the beginning of the Iran war, the group Explosive Media has released over a dozen viral videos mocking Trump and the US.

FOIA scoop (no paywall): The day Renee Good was killed, a Minnesota state police official repeatedly texted a FBI agent. He wanted to co-manage the crime scene & ensure his agents were included in interviews. For at least 2 days, maybe longer, the FBI didn't respond: www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

NEW: A review of the short list of potential candidates for US attorney general, show that whoever Trump picks, an election denier will be in charge of the Department of Justice www.wired.com/story/the-ne...

you absolutely must read this one

SCOOP A DOJ lawyer told a judge in Rhode Island that voter rolls data the agency has collected from states was being kept separate, and no analysis was being done to identify voting irregularities. That wasn't true.... www.wired.com/story/doj-mi...

Members of Elon Musk’s private security team were deputized as federal agents last year even though some of them lacked the required training and law enforcement experience, according to newly released government emails. nbcnews.to/4dBXjkR

The acting head of the DOJ’s voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true. www.wired.com/story/doj-mi...

NEW: Before Nick Shirley went to California this year, DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine was helping him "extract" info from a public dataset to identify targets for his YouTube "investigation" into fraud. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social More here: www.wired.com/story/edward...

NEW from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social : Before influencer Nick Shirley went to California this year, DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine was helping him "extract" info from a public dataset to identify targets for his YouTube "investigation" into fraud. www.wired.com/story/edward...

NEW: A year after major DOGE cuts, GSA plans to rehire hundreds of employees. Because nothing says full, determined dismantling of the federal government like admitting you were so very wrong.

NEW: WIRED has unmasked the agents behind Trump’s violent immigration crackdown, identifying dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians in Chicago and other cities around the US.

this story from @davidgilbert.bsky.social about militias rebranding is *so* good and well worth your time today:

NEW: The US militia movement are rebranding, They are now focused less on showing up at drag queen story hours and more on expensive weapons, selling manly sweatshirts, and tending their highly-curated Instagram grids. www.wired.com/story/the-ne...

Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft are among those on a target list released by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. www.wired.com/story/iran-t...

NEW: You may have heard about Trump's efforts to undermine trust in the elections with the SAVE America Act. But here I highlight how this is just one part of a broader effort to manipulate the midterms, and how that could have long-lasting effects on US democracy www.wired.com/story/this-i...

Cat’s out of the bag — I’m joining @wired.com as a senior writer starting April 6! Absolutely thrilled to be joining this incredible team (which I learned today will now feature not one, not two, but FIVE @dailydot.com alumni)!!!

New from me: Last month ICE agents arrested a Columbia student inside university housing after gaining access to the building by claiming to be police looking for a missing 5 year old. In other words, they used a "ruse." And in many cases, that's legal. www.wired.com/story/why-ic...

“There's no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public and impersonate law enforcement. "The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.” read @telliotter.bsky.social:

Look at us go! Now on YouTube!

“Without that pension, I'm going to have to work until the day I die. It was wrong of them to take it from me, and I want it back." @makenakelly.bsky.social talked to John Kiriakou, who went to prison after exposing the CIA's torture program and is now going viral asking Trump for a pardon:

NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI" it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety

NEW: from pickup artists filming drunk women to pranks on retail workers, @milesklee.bsky.social looked at how Meta Ray-Bans are making annoying men everyone's problem: www.wired.com/story/the-ri...

stunning

NEW from me and @leahfeiger.bsky.social: ICE is in the airports as funding for TSA remains frozen. And like I said in an earlier post: if you're at the airport and seeing ICE, @wired.com wants to know. DM me here or on Signal at Vittoria 89.82 www.wired.com/story/ice-in...

NEW: I went to the Polymarket "Situation Room" bar and it was a disaster. The host—Polymarket's head of growth—previously worked for MrBeast and that playbook was on full display even if the actual displays... didn't work. www.wired.com/story/polyma...

One eyewitness tells @wired.com she began filming after hearing a “horrible” scream while walking to her gate. The woman said it appeared that “two unidentified men” were grabbing “a woman trying to hold onto her child.” ICE is invading US airports. new from me and @telliotter.bsky.social:

If you're at an airport today, we'd LOVE to know what it's like interacting with ICE instead of TSA. You can DM me or find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82.

🎇New cover story, new cover package... War Machine. Months ago, we thought we should tell stories of conflict, not knowing, of course, what 2026 would bring

as per usual @roryjohnston.bsky.social summed it up perfectly: “This will be so, so, so, so, so bad."

A mad libs sentence that couldn't be more representative of this moment in time: the person credited with introducing Melania to Trump asked ICE to help him deport his ex-wife.

Scoop: Records obtained by WIRED show an FCC enforcement director who oversees West Coast broadcasters - who is not a political staffer - quietly pledged to aide Brendan Carr's campaign against Disney and Jimmy Kimmel.

The New York Times is right. I don’t care! (And huge credit to the @wired.com team, whose intrepid, fearless, always fair reporting gives the tech bros plenty to be mad about.)

EXCLUSIVE: Military leaders warned Hegseth not to gut the offices that limit risk to civilians. He ignored them. The decision faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed hundreds of children.

WIRED named the DOGE operative accused here of planning to take Social Security data to his new job. It's John Solly, and he works for the government contractor Leidos, a company that has millions in contracts with SSA. read more here:

SCOOP: John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job w/ @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/john-s...

SCOOP from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social: John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job If you're a government worker/contractor/etc and you want to talk, you can find me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal www.wired.com/story/john-s...

NEW: John Solly Is the DOGE operative accused of planning to take sensitive Social Security data to his new job. Solly and Leidos, his current employer with millions of dollars in Social Security contracts, strongly deny the allegations. read @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social:

SCOOP: The writing software Grammarly will discontinue its AI “Expert Review” feature, which used the names of authors without their permission to suggest edits. But parent company Superhuman is still facing a class-action lawsuit over it, brought by journalist @juliaangwin.com.

Documentarian Louis Theroux talked to @davidgilbert.bsky.social about his new Netflix manosphere doc and what a grift the whole thing is. I found this exchange—about why being a good person is bad for business—illuminating, if not surprising: www.wired.com/story/louis-...

NEW: DOD employees are being pressured to volunteer to help with DHS's immigration crackdown. The work includes things like: “developing concepts of operation and campaign plans to execute internal arrests and raids as well as patrols along the Southwest Border” www.wired.com/story/pete-h...

This is just astonishingly great reporting. All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them. And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

NEW: Grok is making disinformation on X so much worse— ....it's now even backing it's own lies by creating AI images www.wired.com/story/fake-a...

SCOOP: In 2021, they helped organize Trump's January 6 rally. In the last year, Event Strategies has raked in federal contracts worth $26M, many of them with no other bidders w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @hudsongiles.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/they-h...

NEW: They Helped Plan the January 6 Rally. Now Their Events Company Is Raking in Millions in Government Contracts The Trump administration has awarded Event Strategies several contracts—including one that could be worth up to $100 million—with little competition, according to federal filings.

touched grass (water) this weekend and let me tell you it is good to log off sometimes and dive with sharks