Before Trump bombed Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro illegally, I wrote about how US embassies are exporting Trump's worldview through social media, manufacturing consent for US military intervention across Latin America: prismreports.org/2025/12/02/u...

Some are using the cash to build new AI companies, while others are cashing in on AI hype while they can. www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe... (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/ theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...

Mayor Mamdani's promise to freeze rents for roughly 2 million New Yorkers survived a late-game challenge when a homeowner advocate on Friday night rejected ex-Mayor Adams' 11th hour offer for her to serve on the city's Rent Guidelines Board. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/02/a...

"When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York," writes @mollycrabapple.bsky.social.

Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop. (Published Nov. 2025)

Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history

Gunshots and fireworks. Good ol New Years night in Oakland.

🚨 Breaking: NYC no more affordable than it was 53 minutes ago. An exclusive on how it all went wrong for Mamdani.

My photo of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is being used on the official mayors page. Great way to start the new years!

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71

The line in this courageous essay about her child not remembering her broke my heart. I hope she knows what an impact it had on so many people.

Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze

"'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.

Myself and a cohort of other photographers spent half the year photographing what happens inside of 26 Federal Plaza and we always talked about the lack of reporters working alongside us. @hunterw.bsky.social captures perfectly in words what we have experienced this past year bearing witness.

I spent the past few months with the activists fighting ICE inside NYC's notorious immigration courts. Here's my story on their work - which is scoring key court victories and freeing families. It's played out amid intense scenes that haunt their dreams. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day. When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.

ICE and other agencies descended on Chinatown in October. Vendors say they're still feeling the effects. gothamist.com/news/canal-s...

Same energy

Photos: A Venezuelan family Christmas – from the US dream to poverty https://aje.io/v10qft

Betty Reid Soskin died this week. She was 104. To the world, she was the National Park Service's oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100. To me, she is Aunt Betty open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...

Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.” trib.al/6h1Tuwk

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Do me a favor and watch this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWC8...

And used my photo for it!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

26 Federal Plaza is ground zero for New York's unprecedented courthouse detentions. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's own family passed through the building earlier this year. He talked to me about the experience for an exclusive @talkingpointsmemo.com interview. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...

She survived a storm. The house didn’t. For 40 years, Malissa Whitehead called this place home. She fears it could collapse on her at any moment. For decades, she reached out for help. Now, she’s turning to her community to hold onto her American dream. capitalbnews.org/mississippi-...

The Barbara Rose Johns statue replaces one of Lee that was removed in December 2020 from the Capitol, where it had represented Virginia for 111 years. The removal occurred during a time of renewed national attention over Confederate monuments after the death of George Floyd.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure. n.pr/3L95mJU

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Anthony Joshua calls out Tyson Fury after sending Jake Paul to hospital with broken jaw

Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner

I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists. Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.

In January, millions of Americans will face more costly premiums on their ACA health plans. Some will go without insurance, pay out of pocket to see doctors, and use special prescription drug plans. n.pr/3KRwnBB

Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...

I was looking at this picture saying to myself that the phone looks familiar. Then I saw the byline.

‘I could watch the final 30 minutes on a loop till the end of time’: Guardian writers’ favourite Rob Reiner moments

Exclusive: The person of interest authorities took into custody in connection with the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin, people briefed on the investigation told The Post.

Witness accounts and videos verified by The New York Times show how a deadly shooting at a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, unfolded.

See images of the Hong Kong fire-engulfed high-rise, protests across America, Volodymyr Zelensky’s Oval Office visit, and more of the most striking 2025 news photos. These selections “take your breath away, bring you close,” Alan Taylor writes—via The Atlantic Photo.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him.

The U.S. Department of the Interior revealed that in 2026, U.S. residents will get free admission to national parks on June 14 (Flag Day and Pres. Trump’s birthday), but not on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth. https://capitalbnews.org/trump-smithsonian-tubman-dei-order-erases-black-history/

Immigration advocates fear the Trump administration is conducting family separations far from the border for the same reasons as before: to deter new immigrants from coming and to terrify those who are here into leaving.