Being a journalist who still posts on X getting harder and harder to justify

Get yourself a personal assistant who will scream "make it happen" at people to fulfill your jet ski dreams

The "stop hitting yourself" strategy

Col Davis is the former chief prosecutor in Guantánamo.

This is how you know they're definitely on firm legal ground here

A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Just in: The 1,100-ish Afghans the U.S. moved to Qatar for asylum & SIV processing were just told the camp is closing in March and they'll be transferred elsewhere. They (half women & children) have been stuck since Trump froze refugee travel a year ago. Via @shawnjvandiver.bsky.social

breaking: william shatner spotted eating cereal while driving

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Trump just pardoned her, freeing her from prison ... AGAIN. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/25/s...

Until Jan. 20, 2025 much of what DHS has posted on X could have got you kicked out of the military for extremism

Over the weekend, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security shared posts with a song, "We'll Have Our Home Again." I dug into the group that performed and popularized it. Its cofounder said his goal was to create "the seed of an eventual government." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

DOD says they're refocusing the paper to do the same kind of content its own massive PR operations already do

Not sure if it's new or I've never noticed, but there's nothing more "San Diego" than local activist Shane Harris having his own personal official-looking seal

X updated its terms of service to declare that any lawsuit against it, even ones which are ongoing (as Musk’s suit against Media Matters is), must be heard by Reed O’Connor in Texas. Basically.

10 of the 16 seized vehicles in the DA's street racing indictments are Stellantis (Dodge + Jeep) www.sdcda.org/content/offi...

At the start of this Senate hearing on "Biden's Afghan Parolee Program - A Trojan Horse with Flawed Vetting and Deadly Consequences" Republicans are claiming Afghans coming here under parole were not vetted. That's just not true. www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

In 2020 the U-T & LA Times issued reporters gas masks, eyepro and rock climbing helmets for protest coverage. "Less lethal" crowd control weapons can and do maim.

Horrible violence against a protester in California: www.latimes.com/california/s...

For less than $13k www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.

One of the letters HHS sent the state of California alleging fraud and demanding extensive PPI of beneficiaries also asks the state to provide documents from Minnesota on how they confirmed the citizen ship status of their beneficiaries.

This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.

Renee Nicole Good had a six-year-old son. Good was killed by ICE. His father, Good's ex, died in 2023. So both of that child's biological parents are now gone. “There’s nobody else in his life,” said the child's grandfather. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Looks like some of you have already forgotten all the American blood spilled in the battle of Greenland

Trump's redirected $1,776 cash bonuses for troops might have come at the expense of those in uniform struggling to pay for housing in expensive areas www.kpbs.org/news/militar...

... And why are so many journalists, news outlets and government entities still there? www.ft.com/content/ad94...

Really shouldn't have looked at my phone before coffee

Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

I've got more reader feedback on this story explaining more about the new "militarized zone" in California than just about any story I've done at KPBS. I wanted to report on this, even a week stale of being "new" news, because I felt other coverage lacked context. www.kpbs.org/news/militar...

Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...

HBOMAX FINALLY ADDED THE THUMBS DOWN FEATURE, YOU CAN THUMBS DOWN BILL MAHER NOW

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🔥👽🐐 #NBAsky

What once was largely limited to Stormfront and the fever swamps of the internet just a few years ago is now accepted discourse from the White House.

The fact this money was supposed to supplement BAH is completely absent from the UT's story. BAH is weighted by the cost of living wherever you're stationed. By giving everyone the same amount you're actually shorting those 115k in San Diego. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Some stunning things in this new GAO report: www.kpbs.org/news/militar...

"congratulations to President Kennedy"

Here's your "warrior dividend" via @tomnovelly.bsky.social @defenseone.bsky.social www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

There's so much news and we all miss things. I missed this ... Trump admin loyalty questions for government jobs www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs...

What percentage of the podcast economy is just reading reddit posts into a microphone? Follow up: What percentage of tiktoks are just videos of podcasters reading reddit posts into a microphone? 🤔🤔🤔

VP Vance says we should fight antisemitism by… echoing the very same anti-immigrant conspiracy theories that have directly fueled antisemitic violence — like Charlottesville and Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. This is so dangerous.

Total dead now stands at 95 starting from the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025.

Do what now?

Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.” That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth. What came next was even wilder.

The Trump administration has a list of trigger words to avoid if you want your Head Start program funded

I asked Google Gemini whether the Hegseth AI memo is real.

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out: