On a reporting trip to Imperial County, trying to work on my black and white photography.

Seems bad www.reuters.com/business/aut...

ICE HAS PURCHASED A WAREHOUSE NEAR EL PASO, TX. The cost of this warehouse was $123M. It will operate at an estimated cost of $620.5M per year. It removes $300K from the state’s annual tax revenue. It will hold up to 8,500 detainees.

HELL yea

Pattie Lopez, whose job is to help patients access public health coverage at Venice Family Clinic, says the volume and scope of cuts to Medi-Cal and Covered California are unlike anything else she’s seen in 23 years. capitalandmain.com/what-its-lik...

Wildfires are getting worse. Republicans are pushing legislation that would weaken environmental protections and open vast swaths of land to logging. Scientists say policies should focus on making infrastructure and landscapes fire-resilient.

Protesters are turning to economic disruption to fight ICE. Last Friday, protesters across the U.S. missed work and school as part of an anti-ICE shutdown. Thousands showed up in Downtown LA to protest the agency, many—including City Councilmember Nithya Raman—supporting calls for a general strike.

Another bizarre Epstein files interaction (crazy part in 2nd post): Eman Moss (full name Emanuelle Karen Moss) tells Epstein about her new alternative/wellness company & asks to stay in his apt, where she has stayed before. Epstein says he likes the company, but that the apt is unavailable. (1/2)

Immigration officials in Minnesota arrested 100+ refugees and sent many of them to Texas detention centers where they faced long interviews to once again prove they qualified for protection. Thanks to a judge’s order, they must now be released. capitalandmain.com/amid-the-vio...

And he’s from McAllen. bsky.app/profile/theo...

Here’s a crazy email I found in the Epstein files. From Michele Reilly to Epstein. “I think we’re mostly starving for great conspiracies today.” “What are your thoughts on funding and constructing your own Intelligence Agency?” “High profile Island orgies come to mind…”

Has this been reported? Looks like Marsh Barnaby offered to introduce Patrick Soon-Shiong, current owner of the LA Times, to Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and Epstein accepted the offer. Probably worth knowing if they ever linked up.

Management of CorePower Yoga seems to have sent management to a Minneapolis yoga studio telling them they can’t publicly oppose ICE at work, leading to a longtime teacher quitting in protest. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThf8QU5D/

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The agents that killed Alex Pretti are: Jesus Ochoa (Border Patrol) Raymundo Gutierrez (Customs and Border Protection) ProPublica with the critical scoop. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

DHS agents deploy irritant spray at protesters in downtown LA yesterday.

87-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters made an appearance at yesterday's anti-DHS protest in LA. In this clip you can hear her say "this is where they slammed the door in my face."

Anti-DHS protesters in LA moved a huge dumpster, partially blocking agents in their building.

The Justice Department releasing 3 million more Epstein files on the day of the national shutdown highlights how scared institutions are of organized labor. They want to distract from the growing momentum of working class solidarity, don't let them.

You can be happy Bovino lost his job, that the Trump admin may temporarily pull back on its maximalist violence in Minneapolis, but don't forget that until ICE is abolished, the infrastructure that facilitates and incentivizes such violence remains intact.

Influencer news aggregators like Ron and Aaron Parnas have made tons of money off the backs of other journalist's work.

This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.

Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million for Trump’s inauguration. Then the administration introduced policies that benefit the company. Reporter: Marcus Baram Producer: @cerisecastle.bsky.social Editor: @jeremotographs.bsky.social

Weekend in Antigua, Guatemala

It’s my least favorite season: local media layoffs. I’m blessed to have worked in a newsroom I *LOVE* for the past (almost) 2 years. If you’re looking for a journalism job and passionate about building audiences, please consider joining us @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/careers

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Capital & Main’s video reporting reached millions of viewers in 2025, expanding our coverage of the most pressing issues facing our readers. Here are some of our most viewed, memorable and impactful videos of 2025: capitalandmain.com/from-fire-to...

It’s been a wild year. Here are some of my favorite photos and videos I took while documenting 2025.

Here's a Christmas story. Trump's assault on immigrants has disproportionately affected a group he claims to be aligned with: Catholics. Despite making up just 19% of the US population, Catholics make up over 60% of the folks vulnerable to deportation. My latest: capitalandmain.com/trumps-war-o...

I don’t ever want to hear anyone say “the raids aren't as bad.” this is the last 2 days. lataco.com/daily-memo-d...

Jake Paul Anthony Joshua? They let four guys box now?

Trump's FBI is so incompetent that they search for mass shooters the same way someone would look for a lost pet. Just put up some photos and hope someone has seen them.

Scenes from the week on the Olympus Mju x Kodak Gold

Read @nicolefoy.bsky.social's investigation that prompted the congressional probe. We found that agents had detained >170 Americans this year. More than 20 citizens said they were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their loved ones.

Photo I took of my mom while visiting home for Thanksgiving on my Intrepid 4x5 camera. Developed and scanned at home.

Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.

SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

Today I want to tell you about farmworkers. Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley. As young as 12 years old. In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety. Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social. Part I:

The City Council in Santa Fe, NM, voted to integrate the cost of housing in its calculation of the citywide minimum wage going forward. This marks the first time in the U.S. that a city has factored local housing costs directly into setting its minimum. capitalandmain.com/santa-fes-pl...

NEW for Ten Four: ChatGPT’s 4o sent numerous messages to minor users encouraging self-harm and suicide. One of several lawsuits says that Adam Raine, a 16-year-old boy, was told how to commit suicide moments before he took his own life. Part 1 of many this week! latenfour.com/2025/12/01/t...

Spectacular #longread on the history of the right-wing opposition in Venezuela, and how during Juan Guaido's shadow government an abominable legal strategy robbed the country of $30 billion destined for corporate claims holders. Amazing work from Moe Tkacik. prospect.org/2025/11/26/3...

Been carrying my Olympus Mju 140 around with me. Here are a few shots from the week.

How employers and labor groups are protecting their workers from ICE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWcO...

I also want to say, in response to the melodrama currently playing out at the highest levels of this industry— Scores of us understand the importance of maintaining our professional integrity while we work. We don’t burn sources, or fuck them for that matter. Ethics means something.

How employers and labor groups in LA have been organizing to protect vulnerable workers from ICE. My latest: capitalandmain.com/how-employer...

Employers, unions and advocacy groups are organizing to protect vulnerable immigrant workers from being targeted, detained and deported by federal agencies. Here’s how. Camera/Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld Producers: JL, Cerise Castle #LosAngeles #LosAngelesNews #ICEinLA #Immigrants #Workers

1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs. And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."