Do any of these people actually believe the words that come out of their mouths? Trying to gauge lies/immorality vs. mental illness/immorality

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

Is Trump going to terminate his personal business deals with UAE worth a total of $500 million? They are Iran’s 2nd largest trading partner. What about the advanced chips we just agreed to sell them? Are we still selling them $14 billion in Boeing 787s?

Journalism tips from the field. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/how-to-rep...

Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

"The obsession with 'balance' often forces journalists to hide their perspective in the name of neutrality. In doing so, outlets sometimes give lies as much weight as facts, creating dangerous false equivalence," writes @laurenwolfe.bsky.social.

The US embassy in Kyiv just issued a massive air strike warning. They usually do it only on special occasions, says my source on the ground.

Bias in journalism isn’t the enemy. Pretending it doesn’t exist is. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/transparen...

Over a dozen media workers detained in Venezuela, says national press association www.reuters.com/business/med...

My former boss, Billie Jean Sweeney, who is trans, has become an outspoken voice for the trans community. And her latest words have packed a punch, a punch right in the face of The New York Times. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/nyt-is-act...

The next sign that the government has won in its effort to silence “60 Minutes” will be if Sharyn Alfonsi loses her job. If she does, we will have fallen that much farther down the rabbit hole of autocracy. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-happe...

What Trump, Netanyahu and Putin Have in Common And how justice for war crimes is mired in a Catch-22. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-trump...

I woke up to a message from a Syrian-American friend offering her condolences about the shooting at a Hannukah celebration in Sydney. But I feel indifferent. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/its-never-...

I’m sorry in advance for making you angry, too. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/trump-caps...

What I loved most from today's #NoKings protests were all the kids. All the parents teaching their kids that a free America means an America without an absolute ruler, and with the protections of the Constitution in place. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

…And two more photographers slammed to the ground by ICE agents. It seems like the modicum of accountability served to the ICE agent reinstated yesterday is being taken out on the free press in a fresh wave of violence.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

To officially accuse a state or warring party of genocide requires that certain extremely high thresholds are met. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/gaza-the-w...

Appalling - but unsurprising - news from Georgia today. #MziaAmaglobeli sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment. Mzia is a tenacious journalist & a visionary publisher. I am proud to act as international counsel. I & my Georgian & international colleagues will now be taking urgent steps to #FreeMzia.

The reality of how Russia is adopting out Ukrainian children has been made bare — and it is chilling. New: chills.substack.com/p/russias-on...

Major piece about my new film "The Atomic Bowl" (now streaming on PBS) today from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Nuclear fallout, from 1946 to today. thebulletin.org/2025/07/a-ne...

Memories of miasmic clouds of Drakkar Noir surrounding adolescent boys at high school lockers pervade my nightmares. But right now, I am on a quest, and scent is my happy place. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/an-exquisi...

As of today, we've counted a massive number of arrests of journalists in the Palestinian territories since the start of the war: 90. 84 of them are Palestinian. cpj.org/2023/10/arre...

He was in the first ICE plane full of immigrants being sent to the most brutal El Salvador prison. The Court ordered the plane to turn around- return to the USA so that the Immigrants could have the hearing they are entitled to. Trump refused. No due process for Andry or any of the immigrants

Please lets not forget Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador. He came to the US to escape bullying in Venezuela, his homeland . He has committed no crime. His family is unable to contact him. They worry for his safety. So should we all #FreeAndryRomero

The bananacake is really bananacaking today

What Journalists Get Wrong About ‘Objectivity.’ New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-journ...

Goodbye to Bill Moyers. We've lost a trailblazer and a critical voice in this hellscape www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

What Journalists Get Wrong About ‘Objectivity.’ New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-journ...

Some broadcasters, like CNN, aired Trump’s full remarks. Others, like ABC 7 in Chicago, censored his use of the f-word, either bleeping it out or removing it entirely. Several split the difference, airing the word on certain news shows but not others. www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

Plus: @ncrabbithole.com with @tommytomlinson.bsky.social on the "strange minutiae" of North Carolina, Erika Hayasaki talks to freelance writer Sheon Han, and @laurenwolfe.bsky.social on working with interpreters.

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Remembering William Langewiesche, and a conversation with @franklinleonard.bsky.social about the power of "Based on a true story" in Hollywood. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/06/20/r...

Xavier will find happiness anywhere

Lauren Wolfe on the no-popularity contest for journalists: Get comfortable not being liked. You’re not writing for praise. You’re writing for clarity — and sometimes for history. @laurenwolfe.bsky.social

Being neutral isn’t always noble. Sometimes, it’s complicity dressed up in politeness. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/how-to-rep...

How to Report the Truth When No One Wants to Hear It What I’ve learned as a journalist in hostile, high-stakes places — when power lies, and people still need the truth. chills.substack.com/p/how-to-rep...

I am both cheered and disheartened by a new, sweeping study about the news and how we consume and perceive it. On Chills: chills.substack.com/p/americans-...

Signs we are becoming a police state: Australian writer @alistairkitchen.bsky.social was denied entry into the United States after border officials at LAX searched his phone and questioned him about his views on the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org/2025/06/aust...

LA is strong. This is what a peaceful protest looks like. We refuse the chaos.

Hey, there’s a parade in D.C. in honor of my dad today—it’s his birthday! He’s 84. And he grew up in Brooklyn then Queens, like the man we shall not name. He deserves all the good wishes! So, dissidents, consider this day a celebration of Gordon Wolfe!

There are so many pitfalls to reporting in translation. Here are some tips. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/tips-for-j...

Are you a journalist who needs safety advice or emergency assistance? 🔴Contact us at [email protected]. 🔴For legal support call the @rcfp.org‬ legal hotline at 1-800-336-4243. 🔴More resources here: cpj.org/2018/09/phys...

Law enforcement in Los Angeles shot non-lethal rounds that struck at least 4 reporters while covering protests that began on Friday and escalated over the weekend following immigration raids. Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to the state against local authorities' wishes. cpj.org?p=486855

Two lives shots - a peaceful music interval in the protests in LA, a modest peaceful protest in Atlanta. Chyron: Coast-to-Coast Protests!!! OMG!!! This would be embarrassing to any normal media professional.

New from CPJ: Law enforcement injure at least 4 journalists covering protests in California amid federal crackdown. Two were shot with rubber bullets. A Los Angeles Police Department representative just told CPJ it will investigate the cases. cpj.org/2025/06/law-...

There’s currently a big attack on Kyiv and other cities underway in Ukraine. The energy infrastructure is under fire, my source says

New Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson's personal X page is a treasure trove of ultraright-wing content. She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years. https://trib.al/vrtqs6L

My Sproinger Spaniel

Oooh, scawy www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Who talks or even thinks like this? Trump's first thought is how much Diddy liked HIM: "I haven’t seen, I haven’t spoken to him in years. He used to really like me a lot." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...