RCFP is suing the Army for public records related to the deployment of troops in Los Angeles, with a special focus on how they were told to treat journalists. Covers comms with Marines & National Guard. Key words they're looking for include: First Amendment, Press, Reporters, Media, and Curfew. 👀

Stop LAPD Spying Coalition Sues LAPD for Hiding Records on their Partnership with Flock Safety Media advisory announcing Flock-related lawsuit morning at 9 am outside LAPD HQ 👀 I am co-counsel on this case with @shakeer.bsky.social Shut down Flock NOW! @stoplapdspying.bsky.social

“Through the Labyrinth” uncovers the stories of Angelenos who struggle to find their loved ones amid the immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. The trailer for the podcast miniseries is now available on all streaming platforms ➡️ Spotify Link shorturl.at/vDzyv

I will be guest co-hosting This Week on ICE podcast starting this week. 🗣️🎙️ Follow hosts @kellyruthk.bsky.social and @matthewkendrick.bsky.social. Subscribe to This Week on ICE: thisweekonice.substack.com/p/the-140b-g...

breaking: 80-student encampment up at Occidental College in California, demanding the Board of Trustees commit to divest from Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Maersk, and Caterpillar amid the war on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine at an upcoming meeting on Monday.

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The Southlander introduces its brand-new podcast, “Through the Labyrinth.” Listen to the trailer on all major podcasting platforms on April 27. ➡️ Stay tuned for more information. ➡️ Subscribe to our newsletter and become a paid subscriber in order to get early access to the trailer and episodes.

The Israel-founded group behind Miznon is expanding its L.A. footprint with a new location, despite protests accusing the restaurant of rebranding Palestinian cuisine, and highlighting its founders’ ties to massacres in Gaza. The full story: lataco.com/miznon-expan... By @abemarquez.bsky.social

The suit was filed Friday and on Monday the county started producing records. Gotta be a world record.

NEW: The Union Bug is back! On this week's episode, I spoke with @dgorganize.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, "Unions of Our Own: 8 Building Blocks to Change Work...and the World." It's a damn good conversation and I hope you'll check it out. Daniel's book is out April 28th.

I just suspect every social media post is written by an AI now. This doesn’t just suck — it’s annoying!

“People were tortured inside the Adelanto ICE prison. GEO Group is fighting to keep the records secret so the public is kept in the dark about what’s really going on there,” said [me w/ @thesouthlander.com] “The taxpayers who fund that facility deserve transparency.”

Motion granted! Public Justice scored a win on behalf of FAC, @thesouthlander.bsky.social, @lapublicpress.bsky.social & Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice to unseal documents in a case against the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Learn more here ⬇️ firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/mo...

New from 404 Media: Thomson Reuters shareholders demand investigation into the company's ICE contracts. The shareholders demand explicitly cites multiple 404 Media investigations, including one that shows Thomson Reuters' CLEAR is integrated with a Palantir ICE tool www.404media.co/thomson-reut...

Watch The Southlander interview with Jenaro Ernesto Ayala, a labor outreach coordinator for the Van Nuys Day Labor Center. Ayala spoke about his experience getting detained by the federal agents, the brutality he faced, and how it impacts the community's mental health. Full interview link in bio🔗

Many, many brave people are fighting to stop this, and also—our collective failure to stop it from getting this far will haunt us for the rest of our lives.

Inadvertent is now at inadvertent.news (ditched the substack URL finally)

A tool called DROP lets California residents fill out a few forms to keep their personal data from being tracked or sold by data brokers.

hilarious

"...they're afraid that they're gonna die there. They're afraid that what's happening across the country to people, that what's happening inside Adelanto, with the deaths of people, is going to happen to them." [email protected] on This Week on ICE open.spotify.com/episode/6Cvq...

How many FOIA requests does the state of New Jersey think is too many to file in a year and worth getting banned from filing anymore FOIAs for a year? 14.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell should be held in contempt for overseeing a department that continues to violate a federal injunction.

Saturday in LA at No Kings 3 LAPD - 3 press unlawfully detained 2+ hours - 2 press unlawfully arrested & cited - 3 possible press handcuffed and driven away, identity/status unknown - Dozens of press unlawfully obstructed DHS - Person holding camera shot in face - Threw tear gas at group of press

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps." What?

ICE is going to harass family members of United States Marines graduating from basic training www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

i was recently shown a photo from a couple years ago BEFORE i knew who bari weiss and the free press was and in the photo i am wearing a Free Press hat thinking it was some public gesture of my support for a free press. if u saw me wearing that hat, no you didn’t

More gas. A young woman with a camera got shot in the eye and carried away Too chaotic to post

"Voter fraud lies have infected local law enforcement agencies, who now feel emboldened to act upon vague tips from politically-motivated groups." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cali...

powerful reporting from my colleague @kevin-flores.bsky.social and also @thesouthlander.com's first investigative piece. Read the story here: thesouthlander.com/lb-substanti...

Since April 2023, at least 217 Long Beach tenants have been displaced due to substantial remodel evictions. Tenant advocates allege that landlords exploit the "renoviction loophole" without proper legal or city notification. ✍️ by Kevin Flores 🔗Read our full story on thesouthlander.com

if the constant digital ads on my timeline continue for a certain mayoral candidate, I am just going to not vote for them at all just based on the amount of ads filling my timeline, idc if i agreed with what they had to say, the way to my vote is not ads #rantover

Last year, I wrote a piece highlighting LAPD's liability settlement costs and the harm that precedes the lawsuits. Now, I'm thinking bigger and want to know what you'd like to see reported on about police liabilities. What's missing? lapublicpress.org/2025/11/lapd...

6! members! away!

Folks, I’ve got some great stuff coming this year on Inadvertent. We are just 8 paid members away from having a freelance editor— a year ago I did not think this would be possible. The graphic says 10 but since I made it and shared on IG, two people signed up. inadvertent.substack.com

Weston to the city via letter: "If suspects can defeat surveillance simply by knowing where cameras are located and avoiding those areas, then the surveillance system's effectiveness is admittedly minimal—undermining any claim that its secrecy serves a compelling [police] interest."

Santa Ana city officials are saying they can’t retrieve data from the Flock system— and they’re using that to throw their hands up and deny requests for the data. Story here: inadvertent.substack.com/p/secret-flo...

Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square” - my photos and story from the day: la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/d...

Scenes from the dedication at Crenshaw and Slauson: Nate Gibbs, Rachel Doyle, artist Mohammad Mubarak and the painting of Nipsey Hussle that served as the backdrop of the ceremony, and Marshall (in the jacket he made himself) and Brother Quenton.

⭕️ CIA evacuating posts w/in Iranian missile range after drone strike hits Riyadh station A suspected Iranian drone strike hit the CIA station inside the US Embassy compound in Riyadh, according to people familiar w/ the incident, The Washington Post reports. Journalist @aidachavez.bsky.social...

Happy #FOIAFriday to those that celebrate! This week I met with journalist @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social to discuss public records requests he'll be filing for @lataco.bsky.social. We're able to work with Joey part-time thanks to all your donations! Donate here 👉🏾 givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

I’m excited to help @shoton35mm.bsky.social launch LA Taco’s much needed investigative reporting desk. We’re already scheming on a couple of stories and I can’t wait to share what we find. Your donations support my work and LA Taco’s future investigations that are in the pipeline.

@404media.co sums up my frustration as a journalist about the new federal contracting website. It’s strange to miss a database that looks like it’s stuck in the early 2000’s, but now there’s less info about contracts, making it harder to do our jobs. Maybe the point? www.404media.co/the-governme...

Over the weekend, violence erupted across parts of Mexico in the wake of the killing of major Jalisco cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho, leaving stores ransacked, residents sheltering in place and flights cancelled. LA people who know these neighborhoods, how are you feeling?

El Mencho was the last of the old guard—the final mass-trafficking titan standing alongside El Chapo and El Mayo—now fallen, marking the end of an era in Mexican organized crime. This is a developing story. The latest: lataco.com/mexico-viole... By @theglutster.bsky.social

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...

My latest in @texasobserver.org The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas: As nine of the "Prairieland 19" face their days in court, the broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance. www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare...

MAGA white nationalist kills two at Pawtucket high school hockey game. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...