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For @theintercept I wrote about ICE posting then deleting a bunch of records from its website and how 6/8 of the mortality reviews of deaths in custody from 2025 found that detention staff broke (sometimes pretty egregiously!) with standards of med care. theintercept.com/2026/09/30/…
ICE's own mortality review finds in the death of Johnny Noviello, a canadian national, on May 15, 2025 at Krome Service Processing Center, that his care "deviated beyond safe limits of practice," apparently from start to finish. Specifically:
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the old world is dying. and the new one? also dying
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ok no worries
FAA "doesn't know yet what is going on" — CNN
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New: Flores settlement lawyers have filed a motion to clarify if children in border patrol custody have the right to report violations — advocates say kids are being held at border facilities way longer than the settlement allows in horrible conditions.
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not laid off, was reassigned to NPR Music. hmu if you have any tips on music, audience engagement, and newsletter strategy stuff!
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today was my last day on code switch, extremely proud of the work i did there! please subscribe to the show and listen to the podcast! the work that they do is so good and important npr.org/podcasts/510312/code…
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Oh so the old technology is dying and the new upgrades struggle to be born??
WOW MULLIN SAYS THE UPGRADES DUFFY PUT IN CAUSED THE OUTAGE “The new technology was overwhelming the older system”
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Literally mine’s scheduled at 8 am
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update: the Rizzler is also stuck at newark airport.
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And this is the official data. The actual figure is if not 10 times, at least 5 times higher.
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AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson responded to reports that the Trump Administration plans to deport scores of Afghan immigrants to Pakistan where they are expected to then be sent back to danger in Afghanistan. bit.ly/3Woteyv
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A congressional committee chaired by Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino could be among the first to hear directly from Trump administration officials about Friday’s nationwide ground stop halting air traffic. 1/2
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In his first month in office, @NYCMayor appears to have sent only one text to @realDonaldTrump in the records NYC released to me under FOIL
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CNN passenger in an interview: "I'm making the best of it. I just shared a Xanax with a new friend."
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I think my perspective on this is that journalists need to be better at explaining how our jobs work if we want people to trust the information we provide.
I think I just realized that a lot of people think anonymous sources are also anonymous TO THE JOURNALISTS talking to them
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update: the Rizzler is also stuck at newark airport.
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On days like this I’m glad the NYC subway runs on 1930’s technology no lie
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the government right now
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Rep. Chris Deluzio found out from me that all flights were grounded lol
Denver might win for most interesting ground stop scene 👀 (Said as someone who isn’t there.)
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