You have got to be kidding me

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

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You know that right wing meme when they look at a baroque church and are like “no one knows how they did this. We’ve forgotten how.” That’s how I feel about this 36 seconds of 30 rock

I produced this Press Play two-parter on Housing First - which broadly is the idea that unhoused people should be given housing whether or not they are sober. We spoke to the inventor of housing first, Sam Tsemberis, and then a formerly unhoused woman who got sober in a housing first program

"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.

much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.

Last thing to note since everyone seems to forget this. Yes, should the games go over budget, the city of LA is on the hook for the first $270 million. The state is on the hook for the next $270 million. Then it goes *back* to the city of LA for the next $270 million... or more

This is a really good overview of the (potentially catastrophic) deal that LA signed as the host city — but there's some important context that Angelenos should have about host cities that have succeeded in delaying or kicking out the games 🧵

You don’t win an award for being the most not-surprised, is the thing

check out this Press Play segment I produced on Trump, DC and copaganda with the author of the new book "Copaganda," @equalityalec.bsky.social www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

I'll sound like a crazy person for this, but I cannot see this as anything but a bribe payment from Skydance to Trump's "sports" friends at TKO. $7 Billion for UFC is an insane overvaluation. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/p...

It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Before (2024) / After (2025) the pedestrianization and greening of Rue Saint-Victor in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, a case where traditional cobblestones were laid in place of asphalt.

check out this segment I produced for Press Play on KCRW - how 9/11 gave birth to ICE with @attackerman.bsky.social ‬ www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

Really was one of the dumbest and most harmful things possible for “virtue signaling” to become some kind of epithet. Sending externally visible signals that you are engaging in pro-social behavior is normal, natural, and good, it’s how society works. Other people can’t read your fucking mind.

voyage of the mimi

🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car. They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor. Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is. (🎥 ABC 7 News)

Hearing from UFW spokesperson just now that this man has died.

DHS posts explicitly Christian nationalist and violent video about how ICE/CBP is delivering the Lord's justice

I once again humbly request that you give @lataco.bsky.social all your money

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:

this is an insult to her memory and everyone who loves her. Mely Forever.

For transit riders stranded in DTLA during the No Kings rally, I'm still trying to piece together what happened, but according to Metro, LAPD ordered the closure of the stations. Here's Metro board chair Janice Hahn questioning the decision: "Is that up to LAPD to tell us to shut down stations?"

most crucial imo is that close to a staggering 25% of early voters, who also skew absurdly young, have never voted in a Democratic primary before

irony of course is that what these people are demanding are explicit racial preferences and quotas for themselves

Looks like Harvard could potentially cave to the Trump administration. And of course, race and diversity would be the first casualty. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...

As I have argued for months: The person calling the shots in this admin was never Musk or Bannon or Susie Wiles. It's always been Shadow President Stephen Miller. Anything Trump says on e.g. immigration is cheap talk; Miller is the decider. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

At Van Nuys Jail where photojournalist Anthony Orendorff is being held after being arrested by LAPD while filming an ICE operation in Los Angeles. Press conference to start soon.

this is exactly right what we are seeing from center-left institutions right now in NYC is a kind of centrist identity politics, totally unmoored from any objective consideration of the merits of the candidates and their policies

New from me for LA Public Press. What’s a little crossfire among friends? I found three calls from LAPD complaining about being gassed and shot by LASD. I have the audio! lapublicpress.org/2025/06/ice-...

The LAPD says they need more $$$ in order to cover overtime to respond to the protests, according to this city report. LA city's response has so far cost $19.7 million. The LAPD costs make up nearly $17M, of which $11.7M is police OT, which the LAPD says it needs more funds to cover.

I wrote about Democrats' obsession with calling Trump's actions a "distraction," and how it reflects their failure to understand the modern media ecosystem.

Border Patrol detained and deported an Australian writer who reported independently on the protests at Columbia, with CBP stating plainly they flagged him for that reason. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

Very important. If this is true, it contradicts eye witness accounts. So we need to see the video. Literally every single inch of these spaces are being continuously filmed.

During the No Kings a a demonstrator was struck in the head by a less-lethal munition fired by police, causing a severe injury that led to significant bleeding, according to footage captured by @ Miglovin on IG. Fellow demonstrator medics quickly stepped in to provide treatment.

Rubber bullet ‘shatters’ ICE protester’s testicle in downtown Los Angeles

This is literally what happened today

Does anyone have a recording of this !!

Video of a protester being carried away unconscious after law enforcement tear gassed and shot crowd control weapons at the crowd.

Last week I published this story explaining the violence that LAPD exercises toward protesters and press. Today I saw them seriously injury many with the exact same tactics. capitalandmain.com/police-viole...

From a trusted source: Train conductor at LA Union Station made an announcement that the train would not be leaving because conductor was shot in the head by a rubber bullet on the way in. #NoKings #LosAngeles

Update: protesters moved the lady in the wheelchair to safety as police pushed forward. @ShotOn35mm

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark. “The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” @msnbc.com reporter #nokings