The Guardian has obtained the missing 302s from the Epstein files, describing accusations against Donald Trump. Story from @jsweetli.bsky.social and @jgedeon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com launched Stand With Minnesota standwithminnesota.com, a mutual aid repository supporting residents under ICE's siege, in early Jan. in the weeks since, it's facilitated covering people's rents and flown folks detained back home from Texas.
she can help you do it, too.
hosted this week's Politics Weekly America for the @theguardian.com, with guest @nikkimcr.bsky.social, to discuss SOTU, Spanberger's rebuttal, and more - listen here!!
open.spotify.com/episode/7rba...
For the latest Politics Weekly America @ohheyjenna.bsky.social is in the chair, discussing the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson - with PWA regular @neonflag.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4JIq...
It's here, it's here!!! BUY AND READ THIS NOW.
3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it.
A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
did not have partial government shutdown, national strike against ICE, massive Epstein files drop, arrest & intimidation of journalists, an insane cold snap, and war with Iran on the bingo card for 2026 let alone ONLY IN JANUARY
Our latest episode of Anywhere but Washington is from Minneapolis.
We observed ICE’s racial profiling during traffic stops in the suburbs, embedded with neighborhood watch groups, spoke to folks at a GOP gubernatorial forum, and spent time with Somali-American community leaders:
Continued: "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you." 4/4
Continued: "Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed." 3/4
Alex Pretti's parents: "Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting..." 2/4
Alex Pretti's parents just issued a statement to local news KARE 11:
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world..." 1/4
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
“He wanted to help people. He was a super nice, super helpful guy," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
Pretti's dad recalls that his son "was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis."
@melodyschreiber.com reports:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"How many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?
How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political & partisan narrative is not as important as American values?" - @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled. Story by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Another 2,000 ICE and homeland security agents will reportedly head to the state, targeting immigrant populations
I'm looking to speak with influencers/content creators who have had their O-1 visas approved or are in the process of applying for one for @theguardian.com
Please reach out to me at sara.braun@theguardian.com or direct message me here.
"New York taxpayers shelled out another $1.3 million since late May to defend former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state police from a sexual discrimination case brought by a trooper he placed on his security detail, according to new figures released by the state comptroller’s office."
The FDA is now reexamining shots to prevent RSV -- but once again, they haven't offered any evidence for safety concerns. From me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The NIH has been gutted.
Hello! I'm looking to speak with student loan borrowers about their affordability concerns and how their student debt may be impacting their holiday spending this year.
Please reach out to me at sara.braun@theguardian.com or direct message me here.
Friendly reminder that laying people off right before Christmas is among the shittiest things a company can do.
i'm available for freelance work, bio writing, consulting, anything! for now going to start writing a newsletter over on substack
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some personal news: after 11 years i was laid off from rolling stone! kind of surreal feeling to start over but excited to see what's next 🫶
if you're not hiring Brittany to report on pop music, conduct interviews, and write deeply interesting profiles that actually rise above the noise, then you're doing it WRONG.
BRITTANY IS THE BEST.
Wrote about Pazdur's (possible?) retirement here, and what it means for the agency www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I am looking to speak with individuals about their affordability concerns and issues they're experiencing this holiday season and the impact on their families.
Please reach out to me at Michael.Sainato@TheGuardian.com or direct message me here.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
and i couldn't help but wonder, would italian-american journalists alike recover from this?
yes, also on gun and American flag metaphors
