Journalists should not face such harassment or threats for doing their job. Informed reporting or analysis is part of free expression and a cornerstone of democracy. #journalismisnotacrime

J6ers and militia leaders are newly energized in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. “I’m going to be rebuilding Oath Keepers,” vowed Stewart Rhodes, leader of the militia group. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and me

“(T)he President doesn’t care one bit about all those sanctimonious calls for healing,” writes @sbg1.bsky.social. “It is not a dialogue about the crisis of political violence in America that he wants right now but an aggressive new policy of political vengeance.”

BREAKING: Canada has now joined a coalition of 27 other governments in calling on Israel to allow immediate foreign media access to Gaza and to protect journalists.

If you’re in Toronto, and a fan of our book “Code Name: Pale Horse,” or the CBC podcast series, White Hot Hate, please join us Saturday! Scott will be in town for the MOTIVE festival. The lovely @debdundas.bsky.social will be our moderator. Passes 👇🏻 festivalofauthors.ca/event/code-n...

for a look at what could come next in the Trump administration’s war on immigrants, read @davidgilbert.bsky.social on the upcoming US ‘Office of Remigration’ — Remigration is an immigration policy touted by extremists that calls for the removal of all migrants—including “non-assimilated” citizens.

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protesters in California, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.

ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾 This was about an hour ago…

“I suppose if there were something valuable that I could leave you with, it would be to say that you can play tiny invisible games inside of your plainest tasks.” The comedian and writer Jenny Slate offers some words of wisdom to new graduates. nyer.cm/9R5a4jH

DELETED: Trump administration deleted a webpage summarizing evidence that “undocumented immigrants are arrested at less than half the rate of native-born U.S. citizens for violent and drug crimes and a quarter the rate of native-born citizens for property crimes.” 1/2

“Social solidarity is destroyed when you have too much migration too quickly,” JD Vance tells our columnist Ross Douthat in this episode of “Interesting Times.” “That’s not because I hate the migrants or I’m motivated by grievance. That’s because I’m trying to preserve something in my own country.”

NEW: We obtained the province's internal investigations into the Dec 2023 crackdown on inmates at Maplehurst jail. The reports show widespread institutional failure, from the supt to rank-and-file guards. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner didn't respond to questions. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

“It’s not ‘complicated.’ “ And it’s too late. But let the image of Ward grab hold and save what lives we still can.” A short column for @thestar.com. #Gaza

Until Donald Trump put it front and centre again, Guantánamo was meant to be a “footnote” in US history—but it wasn’t. “It was always,” writes @michelleshephard.bsky.social, “a harbinger of what could come.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/

“The cognitive dissonance begins from above.” On her twenty-eighth visit to Guantánamo Bay, journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social confronts the stark contrast between the tropical splendour and dark history of the prison dubbed “the gulag of our times.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/

Why is the paper that brought down Richard Nixon struggling to survive the second term of Donald Trump? @claremalone.bsky.social reports on changes afoot at the Washington Post.

"The first thing I saw outside of Gaza was the rest of occupied Palestine—something I had never dreamed of seeing in my life. We drove past signs to Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Yaffa, Haifa, and Jericho... But I only got a brief glimpse of it, before we crossed the border into Jordan." Abubaker Abed:

One in five Gazans are facing starvation, while the entire territory is confronted with a critical risk of famine that is projected to worsen in the coming months, the globe’s leading body on food emergencies said Monday.

This.

Made it to the @nytimes.com Best Seller list with Mr. (not on BlueSky yet) Scott Payne!

Honoured to take part in Free Speech Centre (formerly “Free Speech Hub) for their #WorldPressFreedomDay panel, on behalf of @cjfe.bsky.social. Please consider supporting their organization: freespeechhub.org

Journalism to win !!!!

Highly recommend the film Antidote @hotdocs.bsky.social, one more screening on Monday. @bellingcat.com journalist Christo Grozev was met last night with the standing ovation he deserved.

Tonight @hotdocs.bsky.social !! Screening of @jamesjones.bsky.social chilling documentary Antidote. Stay for our post-film Q&A with @bellingcat.com journalist Christo Grozev.

Full segment here. Thanks @tvotoday.bsky.social 👇🏻

"Violent extremism is the same wherever you go." — @michelleshephard.bsky.social on extremist movements, with Scott Payne, co-author of "Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis," tonight at 8/11pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social

Thanks 🇨🇦

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Watch: Disturbing video shows jail guards carrying out violent, hours-long retribution at Maplehurst provincial jail in Milton. www.thestar.com/news/investi...

Still processing this @lulugnavarro.bsky.social interview (and now reading all the comments / controversy). Goes way beyond her story to a journalism debate. Really really interesting.

Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler. More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:

Forgive me for some book promotion … Available today …

And if you don’t have a subscription you should get one (!!) .. but also, Shane has “gifted” the article here 👇🏻

Oh wow. This is a must read. An accidental inclusion of the editor in chief of the @theatlantic.com in a Signal app group about the imminent attack on Yemen. JD Vance, Hegseth, others.. They used prayer, fist, fire, bicep, and American flag emojis. ( @shaneharris.bsky.social .. no words .. )

If you're in Toronto this evening you can come listen to me say stuff? About natural disasters? hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...

With many thanks to @hamiltoncain.bsky.social for our first and very generous review of "Code Name: Pale Horse" from @atriabooks.bsky.social. On sale next Tuesday! chapter16.org/walking-a-pi...:

NEW @citizenlab.ca report: Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi...

I never tire of listening to Omar El Akkad. If you missed it, today feels like an especially good time to listen to him talk about the genocide of Palestinians and our complicity: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Journo and political animal alert: @cjfe.bsky.social and @westernu.bsky.social media studies faculty present a panel @hotdocs.bsky.social this Thursday night that will delve into the coming federal election. $10, free for students. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...

Driving through the Heartland …

A free press is the backbone of democracy, but when those in power call journalists “enemy media,” they undermine the public’s right to truth and accountability. CJFE stands with those who risk their safety to report the facts. #PressFreedom #TruthDiesInDarkness #journalismisnotacrime

1. "How a Would-Be Bomber Rebuilt His Life," @michelleshephard.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca "It is rare—and brave—to review your work with 20 years of hindsight, and while Shephard claims no regrets in her previous reporting, there’s more than one redemption story here." thewalrus.ca/how-a-would-...

Meet Marvin Starblanket - partner, dad, son, former inmate and one of a growing number of Indigenous people bound to strict carceral rules after serving their sentences. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

@theatlantic.com’s writers and editors are on Bluesky. Follow us for ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y

#ICYMI .. a really interesting short @ezraklein.bsky.social read / listen. Spot of optimism … and reminder of: “muzzle velocity.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Our March/April 2025 issue is here. Featuring reporting from the likes of @michelleshephard.bsky.social, Ariella Garmaise, and @timothytaylor.bsky.social. Check it out: 📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W43CVRSW 🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...

Meanwhile www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

... Interestingly, on Sunday morning I had an @aircananda.bsky.social flight from DCA to Toronto that dropped dramatically and suddenly (cabin overhead bins popped open). Pilot came on after to calmly say we had flown too close to another flight. Thought it was a blip – not a pattern.