Journalist Mario Guevara faces deportation for "doing his job, reporting the news" at a "No Kings" protest, @seth-stern.bsky.social said on @meidastouch.com. "He might not be as famous as Jimmy Kimmel ... but he is just as worthy a cause for people to get behind."

This. This! This! This! It's even worse when people buy into the "left vs. right" spectrum. As if people can be measured entirely on a one-dimensional plane. You, the person reading this right now, are not one-dimensional. Stop perpetuating the garbage that politics is left-right.

The Energy Department wants to close as many FOIA requests as it can. It is about to publish a notice in the federal register for all FOIA requests to HQ that predate FY 2025. If you don't respond to [email protected] in 30 days, your request is closed. I just FOIA'd DOE about this.

Wrote about the late Richard Parker's book on El Paso, THE CROSSING, for @thenation.com. Though his take on the Southwest's history is rosier than mine, count me as a believer in his argument that the region is absolutely central to the American experience: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

In this month's K Paoletter, I wrote about the EPA deciding carbon emissions aren't pollution, California gutting CEQA in the name of climate progress, and why there suddenly seems to be so much bipartisan agreement that environmental regulations are bad, actually. open.substack.com/pub/kylepaol...

Three generations of my family worked for CBS. Bending the knee to Donald Trump is unacceptable to me. Good analysis by @kpaoletta.bsky.social on potential shareholder lawsuit by @freedom.press against Paramount. I shared a little perspective as a former employee and shareholder, myself:

'At perhaps the most trying time for press freedom in American history, it has become clear that corporate ownership is a serious liability—and journalistic independence will require vigilant defense, sometimes through esoteric tactics.' Via @kpaoletta.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature-2/pa...

“People can’t trust a news outlet that is bribing the same officials it’s supposed to hold accountable,” Seth Stern told @kpaoletta.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social about Paramount's capitulation to Trump.

Trump has approved Paramount’s merger with Skydance, raising concerns over a handshake deal for Paramount’s $16m settlement. It’s a sign that media is compromised by corporate ownership, writes @KPaoletta.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature-2/pa...

With the Paramount/Skydance merger a go, the clock is now ticking on @freedom.press' threat to sue Paramount over its $16 million settlement with Trump. For @columjournreview.bsky.social, I took a look at the legal landscape and the state of the media biz that got us here www.cjr.org/feature-2/pa...

I just finished reading American Oasis and am absorbing Kyle Paoletta's scathing critiques of development patterns in the American Southwest that are STILL ONGOING @kpaoletta.bsky.social 1/3

Paramount capitulates to Trump, in a "dark day for independent journalism," says Sen. Bernie Sanders. If the free press is to persevere through the Trump era, the media must refuse to follow Paramount's example, by @kpaoletta.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/paramou...

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Charles Breyer (brother of retired SCOTUS justice Stephen) hears arguments on whether to grant California's emergency motion to limit Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA. 🧵

"More transparency means less corruption and potential for state capture. It’s an existential issue, and not one that our federal records laws or the people in the bureaucracy are equipped to deal with," @laurenleharper.bsky.social tells CJR's @kpaoletta.bsky.social.

How civil society groups are making the case for public-records access, by @kpaoletta.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature-2/tr...

On my way to San Antonio for the book festival tomorrow! Catch me in the Hawk Holt Family Auditorium at 10:30 am, where I’ll be in conversation with Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies. sabookfestival.org/schedule-eve...

And last week we were joined by @kpaoletta.bsky.social to discuss his book American Oasis and learned so much about southwestern cities. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/27/t...

"I find it pretty inspiring to think about how do we use technology not to overcome the environment, but to actually live within its limits." Kyle Paoletta

Talking Headways Podcast: American Oasis - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/03/27/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @theoverheadwire.com, and @kpaoletta.bsky.social

Wow everything’s environment

new Portis. God is real harpers.org/archive/2025...

Good morning Tucson! Stoked for the book festival on campus today, here’s when you can catch me:

Many thanks to EcoWatch's Craig Thompson for the great conversation and lovely write-up of American Oasis!

I’m not far into the book yet, but something the beginning of @kpaoletta.bsky.social’s AMERICAN OASIS does so effectively is give you a real sense of the deep history of the American Southwest, such that the last 150-200 years actually feels like the real blip that it is. Get this book if you can.

This is tonight at 6! Providence, won’t you be my valentine?

A trump voter may be out of nearly $300k they invested into their farm, thinking the government was going to repay him. Now he might lose his farm because Trump and President Musk cut the funding to the program he was relying on. These are the stories our reps need to be amplifying.

Rhode Island! I'll be at @symposiumbooks.bsky.social with @drewpendergrass.bsky.social this Friday, February 14th at 6pm. What better way to spend your Valentine's Day than at a delightful bookstore in downtown Providence? www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

Oh hey! Nice to be picked as a Project Kickstarter Loves, with plenty of time still to back the RPG Design Zine Two www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

Great read from @jasonleopold.bsky.social on DOGE's access to acquiring CFPB records. I'm curious if any of these (or future) MOUs will attempt to classify any agency communications with DOGE as presidential records (possibly including transfer of ownership of preexisting agency records).

Los Angeles! I'll be going on AirTalk to discuss AMERICAN OASIS this morning. Tune into @laist.com / 89.3 around 9:40am, or stream online: laist.com/listen @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

IM GONNA FLIP A CYBERTRUCK

Saying DEI with the hard R

More than 50 CFPB staffers out here, the day after Elon Musk tweeted “CFPB RIP.” No Democratic politicians here as far as I can tell.

New Mexico! Tune into KNME on channel 5 tonight at 7pm to see my conversation with @megankamerick.bsky.social for New Mexico in Focus — had a great time talking about the past and present of Albuquerque and the rest of the Southwest, plus what the rest of the country can learn from the arid lands.

I'd assumed Republicans would have to pass legislation to fulfill Trump's quest to "open up" libel laws — stunning to see them not just take that plot to the Supreme Court instead, but do it via someone like Steve Wynn. Accusations of him being a sexual predator were so credible he lost his company!

Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

The FCC cannot deem constitutionally protected journalism outside the "public interest" whenever it wants to censor the press. The slope is even more slippery with an unprincipled partisan hack like Brendan Carr in charge.

“In the world of Trump Trad, men are men and women are women, and they cosplay as extreme versions of their genders.” For WaPo, I have a look at the aesthetics of the Trump presidency: backward looking and full of cartoonish virility. I call it Trump Trad. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Do you have any outstanding FOIA requests with USAID? Please let us know if you receive any formal communications from USAID or State about its processing. Justice Department also needs to explain what happens to docs published in USAID's FOIA library? Will they be made available in State's?

Hello Zine Quest, I'm back www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

Did not realize this address from Trudeau was going to be aimed at us

Really glad I got these babies when they were 25% off — should’ve stoked up.

good morning - back up for day two here, checking government site uptime. first scan of the day running now. i'll give a summary of what we learned yesterday while i'm waiting for it to finish :)

The critics all agree

hey question, is this bad?

The website of the Census Bureau — noted cataloger of demographic reality — is down www.census.gov

Taking down agency websites violates parts of the FOIA (EFOIA of 1996 etc), the Open Gov Data Act if it impacts data.gov, possibly the FRA depending what's going on behind the scenes, &, if docs are classified, possibly security clearance requirements - just to start