hooooooooly shit he is not fucking around

What we know so far, 9:30pm —Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG. —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani up —Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA —JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy. —Dems sweep Orlando council —PA: Dem justices up big —Maine anti-mail vote measure down —Krasner wins

it's almost like running young, leftist, authentic politicians MOTIVATE VOTERS

And then the entire politics staff was fired. RIP Teen Vogue.

Is it good when federal judges have to schedule Sunday night 10 pm hearings about absurd military invasions of their state.

Hey, you guys? Is it a good sign or a bad sign if a federal judge has to remind you (multiple times) that you’re a lawyer and an officer of the court?

In 2023, I wrote about a young veteran who ended his life in jail as LASD sheriff’s deputies watched videos on their computers and failed to perform standard welfare checks in his dorm. Today, his family revealed new evidence that deputies also falsified safety check records.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

The right to speak freely is the ultimate personal liberty and the foundation of Karen’s 11-year career at The Post. We’re proud to call Karen a colleague and a longtime union sibling. The Post Guild stands with her and will continue to support her and defend her rights.

Their jails are atrocious and unsafe. The OIG for the LA County Sheriffs reported that from April to June, seven people died in the department’s custody. Of those seven, four were suicides. YTD, the department has reported 36 in-custody deaths.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit today against LASD and LA County over “unconstitutional and inhumane conditions” at LA County jails. Bonta highlights that we’re on track to have “more in-custody deaths in 2025 than at any time in the past twenty years.”

Context in our @lapublicpress @latimes collab from September: @keribla.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

How one Los Angeles complex organized to take on their landlord—and the city’s housing crisis. “I didn’t know how to explain it to her. I just said, ‘No, we aren’t going to move.'”

The mayor of Huntington Park had formally directed the police department to enforce laws against ICE concerning unmarked vehicles, visible license plates and required agency identification.

Headed to #IRE2025 and a reminder that you can always say no to this ❌

Federal agents attack press and protesters with pepper balls at DTLA’s federal building during protests against ICE arrests. @shoton35mm.bsky.social reporting on the scene.

ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!

The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race

This UCLA psychiatrist's expert evaluation of ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva is ... really something. (The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

“If you’re in a bar, and someone’s being creepy to you, you’re going to tell the bartender or the bouncer and that guy is going to get kicked out… With these apps, the bouncer didn’t work.” — @eedugdale.bsky.social, lead reporter, The Dating Apps Reporting Project https://twp.ai/9PQx0X

NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt for their decision not to turn the planes around on March 15. He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).

“Substance-use related” incident sent three incarcerated youths in LA County to the hospital and cancelled visitation at Los Padrinos this weekend, according to the probation department.

By 2022, 40% of the buses weren’t working, as @eedugdale.bsky.social reported at the time: laist.com/news/crimina...

In THEORY the point of jail is to make sure people show up to court - but since 2018 LASD has often failed to get them there At one point >80% of buses were broken & 1/3 of inmates were missing court dates. My latest @latimes.com is a deep dive on how it came to this www.latimes.com/california/s...

The problem isn't new. Our friend @eedugdale.bsky.social wrote this story way back in 2022. But it has gotten worse in the past year, per attorneys, judges, prosecutors, anyone I speak to in an L.A. courthouse, ever. laist.com/news/crimina...

The L.A. Sheriff's Department can't get inmates to jail on time thanks to a years-long bus crisis, sowing courtroom chaos, infuriating judges and leading to people getting injured in jail when held longer than they should be. Latest from @keribla.bsky.social & me: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past. The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece. www.latimes.com/california/s...

1. Happening now, the United States Senate is considering S9, a bill that would ban transgender people from playing sports of their gender identity from chess to darts and everything in between. It could result in genital exams and more. I'm covering live. Watch: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

California Attorney General Ron Bonta indicts 30(!!) probation officers for their role in allowing and/or encouraging fights between youths at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.

On @npr.org this morning, @eedugdale.bsky.social talking about The Dating Apps Reporting Project. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...

Steven Matthews was first reported for rape to #Hinge in 2020. Only his arrest, in 2023, got him off the apps. AI Fellow @eedugdale.bsky.social & Hanisha Harjani reveal why this happened in this report for @themarkup.org, @theguardian.com & @19thnews.org! pulitzercenter.org/stories/dati...

Match Group made a show of hiring trust & safety workers to assure users it platform was safe. When negative media attention and congressional scrutiny died down, the company laid off its core safety team and outsourced their jobs. Read more from @eedugdale.bsky.social & Hanisha Harjani:

The latest @cybersecadvisors.net (In)Securities - issue #125 - features articles by: @bvig.bsky.social @mrdolores.bsky.social @connorjonespwns.bsky.social @eedugdale.bsky.social @grahamcluley.com @jessicalyons.bsky.social + more! MY APPRECIATION TO ALL WRITERS & SOURCES! 1/4 tinyurl.com/yp7ahtr2

"But Matthews’s case shows that even as these apps have made it easier for people to connect with a seemingly endless pool of potential lovers, they have also made it easier for people who commit sexual abuse to reach a seemingly endless number of potential targets." @eedugdale.bsky.social

Not the prison texting app asking for vday money!

AI Fellow @eedugdale.bsky.social and Hanisha Harjani investigated how the world’s largest dating app company, knew for years about the abusive behaviour on its platforms but chose to keep millions of users unaware. A report for @themarkup.org, @theguardian.com, & @19thnews.org! bit.ly/4b7RCrp

NEW: Your next Hinge or Tinder date could have a history of sexual assault, but the company behind these dating apps isn’t telling you that. What our investigation found, with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social, @us.theguardian.com and @19thnews.org: themarkup.org/investigatio...

The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark. Produced in partnership with the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @themarkup.org and copublished with @us.theguardian.com.

@eedugdale.bsky.social and Hanisha Harjani report on the safety practices of apps like Tinder and Hinge. “Court documents show that he had already allegedly sexually assaulted nine women and drugged 10. Not only did the apps allow him back on, they featured Matthews’s profile.”

New investigation published today featuring incredible and dogged reporting from @eedugdale.bsky.social and Hanisha Harjani. Honored I got to contribute to this feat of journalism, co-published by @19thnews.org, @theguardian.com, @themarkup.org and @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.

“No online space is risk-free. But while Match Group has long possessed the tools, financial resources & investigative procedures necessary to make it harder for bad actors to resurface, internal docs show the company has resisted efforts to spread them across its apps.” 19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...

AI Fellow @eedugdale.bsky.social found that Hinge & Tinder know which users have been reported for assaulting their dates. Yet, the company behind them chooses to keep it secret. Story for @themarkup.org, in partnership with @theguardian.com & @19thnews.org. pulitzercenter.org/stories/dati...

Musk has been fixated on fraud for decades. He believes his enemies are defrauding him, his companies, and, in this case, the US. It a view that's been heavily influenced by his experience at what became PayPal in early the 2000's. To him, fraud is everywhere.

NEW: ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.

It begins.

Not my neighbor watching the west wing right now

The start of 2025 in LA: I hear a million neighbors setting off fireworks and one lone but committed bagpipe player 🥹