A judge says he’s throwing out COP City rico charges against 61 defendants on a technicality. He’s still deciding about domestic terror charges against 5 but says he thinks they still stand. (Money laundering for bail fund organizers is already dead.) apnews.com/article/atla...

Fall has begun & the entire season of SLAPP’d, the podcast I worked on for the past year, is out. Before I start sorting through what’s next, I wanted to shout out all the baddies that worked on the project + some of the cool stuff they have their hands in (THREAD) drilled.media/investigatio...

When I started reporting out a podcast on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial, accusing GP of fueling the Standing Rock movement, I had no idea the twists & turns the reporting would take. Here are some key documents I uncovered as I worked on SLAPP'd (THREAD) drilled.media/investigatio...

"One Israeli officer who led mass arrest operations in Khan Younis said soldiers saw no difference 'between a terrorist who entered Israel on 7 October and someone working for the water authority in Khan Younis.'" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Holy shit: Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status. www.hcn.org/articles/fir...

Only two reporters were in the courtroom every day of this trial, and @alleenbrown.bsky.social was one of them. The judge denied requests to stream, film, or record, so her notes and meticulous coverage are now an important part of the public record. 👇

A tremendous package of stories, podcast, and documents from @alleenbrown.bsky.social on the story of Energy Transfer punishing Greenpeace for the #StandingRock protests is up @drilledmedia.bsky.social. drilled.media/investigatio...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Genocide news: Israel has assassinated four more journalists, targeting them at Nasser hospital. Meanwhile famine has been declared in Gaza - caused by Israel's denial of humanitarian aid AND destruction of food/water sources. This is the first time famine confirmed outside Africa

The season finale of SLAPP'd is live now. Listen to hear how Dakota Access Pipeline boss Kelcy Warren admitted to offering the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe a ranch and a new school in exchange for shutting down the water protector movement. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

I’ve been mixer for much of this series, which is gripping, infuriating and hilarious by turns. e.g. there are a lot of sadboi songwriters on the side of fossil fuel, bringing us sadboi songwriters a bad name

Ep 5 of SLAPP'd is live. It's the climax of the podcast series I reported + hosted. Featuring new details about what really happened the day Dakota Access Pipeline builders bulldozed an area where the Standing Rock tribe had just identified sacred sites. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

One of the key "defamation" claims Energy Transfer filed against Greenpeace over its involvement with Standing Rock centered on the destruction of sacred sites. In today's @drilledmedia.bsky.social episode we hear the whole story from @alleenbrown.bsky.social drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

“Journalists are being deliberately targeted to erase evidence and prevent accountability for war crimes. This is not just an attack on press freedom it is an assault on the public’s right to know and to seek justice” @nwu.org & News Guild on journalist killings in Gaza newsguild.org/the-newsguil...

The Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Association @amejaglobal.bsky.social is calling on journalistic associations to condemn Israel's deliberate starvation & killing of reporters. As a member, I would love to see @ire.org and @sejorg.bsky.social heed this call. www.ameja.org/GazaStarving...

Really important story. "Unit 8200 sources said intelligence drawn from the enormous repositories of phone calls held in Azure had been used to research and identify bombing targets in Gaza." Remarkable to see @microsoft.com's attempts to play dumb here www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Omg they found him! Injured but ok! Red Cross volunteer said, “I can’t remember us finding someone alive after so many days." www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/e...

I interned with Alec at @thenation.com and we both ended up as freelancers on the climate beat. He's a kind person and a good journalist -- I really hope he's found safe. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

I strongly encourage freelancers to join @fspnwu.bsky.social, to share rates and information about publishers, to advocate for themselves in an increasingly hostile media climate. And I urge other indie pubs to work with @nwu.org on policies of their own.

Proud of my union for speaking out against Israel's systematic starvation of people in Gaza, including journalists -- and for pushing our colleagues at mainstream outlets to cover it better. Freelancers, please consider joining @fspnwu.bsky.social nwu.org/starvation-o...

[email protected] put together a really valuable tool on how reporters can cover extreme heat in prisons. People should use this! HOWEVER I wish there was more context in the air conditioning section, where they tout AC as the solution. 1/ www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/04/p...

Canada is saying build baby build in response to Trump tariff pressure -- legislators are considering a bill that would railroad environmental regulations if a pipeline or mine project were deemed in the "national interest" thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-5-can... by ‪@drewanderson.bsky.social‬

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants. Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

New from @michaelfakhri.bsky.social ‘Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Starvation in Gaza is not accidental or sudden. "There has been little or no action to stop Israel starving Palestinians by systematically destroying local food production (greenhouses, orchards, farmland) & blocking aid" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... by @ninalakhani.bsky.social

When @yesmedia.bsky.social announced that it would be shutting down, I stopped waffling about launching a newsletter and started setting it up. Read about that decision and subscribe with an early supporter discount here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/thanks-for-b...

New from me: Illinois prisons are already crumbling, advocates are worried climate change & extreme heat could make it so much worse, “It’s not like heat makes prison unbearable, it’s that prison is unbearable and the heat makes it even worse,” insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...

"Data compiled & published by Israel’s own government makes clear that it has been starving Gaza. Between March & June Israel allowed just 56,000 tonnes of food to enter the territory Cogat records show less than a quarter of Gaza’s minimum needs for that period" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The lawfare & bad-deal politics used by Trump & allies to destroy media outlets like ‪‪@mmfa.bsky.social are also used by the fossil fuel industry to destroy critics. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u... More on that that here for @grist.org + @drilledmedia.bsky.social grist.org/project/indi...

This piece explains what the term "divide and conquer" looks like in practice. I hope you'll read it! (And listen to the podcast.)

In March, a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay $666 million to the companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline. But Indigenous leaders, water protectors, activists, and court records agree: Greenpeace played a bit part in the Standing Rock movement, at best. grist.org/project/indi...

The @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast season + this multi-part @grist.org story (both reported and written by the great @alleenbrown.bsky.social) is such a cool package all together, and delves into some critical never-before reported details: grist.org/project/indi...

New piece out today @grist.org that I helped build out! Outstanding reporting by @alleenbrown.bsky.social with the usual stellar editing and art direction from many folks at Grist. Give it a read! grist.org/project/indi...

Thrilled to have partnered with @grist.org on this mammoth (and beautiful!) print companion to our current podcast season, reported and hosted by @alleenbrown.bsky.social, on the Energy Transfer v Greenpeace case. Lotsa scoops in here! grist.org/project/indi...

My new massive piece on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial includes never-reported details of the settlement ET offered GP. It would have thrown the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the bus. For @grist.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social grist.org/project/indi...

I drove through West Texas listening to the first two episodes. I endorse this as a great road trip listen!

I spent the last year reporting the crap out of this podcast SLAPP’d. It’s a courtroom drama about a pipeline company’s $666 trial against Greenpeace. It is JUICY, I promise. Pop it on your stereo as you drive out of town. The newest episode even features a pontoon ride!! drilled.media/news/slappd

Yesterday we published Episode 4 of Drilled's latest season SLAPP’d. I take a pontoon ride and learn how 1.4 million gallons of drilling mud disappeared under the Missouri River as the Dakota Access Pipeline was being drilled -- a detail only revealed via the Greenpeace lawsuit. push.fm/fl/drilled

Wtf

At Standing Rock, the FBI had 10+ inside informants. The pipeline's security company used Iraq War tactics. Modern disinfo tactics were rampant. For @sequencermag.bsky.social I talked with @alleenbrown.bsky.social of @drilledmedia.bsky.social about misinfo and the legacy of Standing Rock.

Can’t wait to hear the rest of this podcast series. Who is the shady man in episode one with an envelope full of cash??! 👀 @drilledmedia.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/alle...

I also highly recommended checking out our "Real Free Speech Threat" season, which Alleen was senior editor on (and reporter on a lot too), which digs into all the tactics we're seeing too, and how the U.S. spread them to other countries: drilled.media/investigatio...

Fantastic write-up on lessons for today's protestors from Standing Rock, w/ highlights from the new @drilledmedia.bsky.social season and its reporter/host @alleenbrown.bsky.social in the latest Heated newsletter from @emorwee.bsky.social which you should subscribe to!! heated.world/p/lessons-fo...

Wtf

NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

YES, comrades! 🔥

Our reporter and host, writer, queen of this season @alleenbrown.bsky.social was one of 3 reporters in the courtroom every day for the Energy Transfer v Greenpeace trial (one of the other ones worked for a fake newspaper 🙃). That's important because the judge didn't allow recording

Episode 2 of SLAPP'd is out today. If you're trying to figure out what the hell we're facing, with protest under attack, plz let me tell you about the Energy Transfer vs. Greenpeace trial. Today's ep: jury selection and a deep dive into the law firm behind the suit push.fm/fl/drilled

the media’s failure to cover attacks on trans lives, encapsulated in a single post