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JM Rieger

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Senior Video Journalist, The Washington Post • [email protected] • Signal: jmrieger.01

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Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 17h

Q: You said last week you would swear in Adelita Grijalva whenever she wanted. She has written a letter to your office, you've not sworn her in..

JOHNSON: She deserves to have a full House of members..as soon as Chuck Schumer opens the government..we're happy [to swear her in]

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

Pat Fallon

Jan. 26, 2024: "I think politically it's a disaster [federalizing troops]. I think from a policy standpoint, it would be a horrible move"

Sept. 1, 2025: "I'm glad to see that this has happened, and I hope President Trump can do it in other places as well"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

Ron DeSantis

Jan. 26, 2024: "What does that say to the American people if you are federalizing the Texas National Guard..to let more people come in illegally?"

July 1, 2025: "We're offering up our National Guard and other folks in Florida to be deputized to be immigration judges"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

Greg Abbott

Jan. 29, 2024: "If Joe Biden federalizes our National Guard, that would be the biggest political blunder"

Oct. 10, 2025: "This is the president using his lawful authority to call up the National Guard and to deploy them where needed"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

Kristi Noem

Feb 4, 2024: "If he's willing to..take away my authority as governor..of those National Guard, boy, we do have a war on our hands"

June 8, 2025: "The president chose the safety of this community..that's one of the reasons why these National Guard soldiers are being federalized"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

Donald Trump

Sept 15, 2020: "We have laws...We can't move in National Guard—I can call insurrection, but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor"

Oct 6, 2025: "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 18h

For years, Donald Trump and his allies opposed federalizing the National Guard.

Now, those same officials are supporting Trump's push to do just that.

My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

"Media across the ideological spectrum said they will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy by Tuesday’s afternoon deadline...The only publication that has said it will sign the agreement is the right-wing One America News." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Multiple airports around the country said they won’t display a video in which DHS Sec. Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related travel delays.

Airports say they won’t play Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Seattle, Phoenix and other cities will not see the video, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight disruptions.

www.washingtonpost.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

JD Vance asked 5 times in less than 3 minutes whether Tom Homan took $50,000 in cash from FBI agents in 2024.

Vance dodges 5 times.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

Oct 7, 2025

WHITEHOUSE: What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI paid to Mr. Homan in a paper bag evidently?

BONDI: ..The investigation of Mr. Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI, agents and DOJ prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

“A WGN creative services department employee was detained by 2 Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago’s North Side Friday morning..Border Patrol released the employee without charges as of 3pm” wgntv.com/news/operati...

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

Trump received the annual flu vaccine and the updated Covid-19 booster vaccine at Walter Reed on Friday.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

Rand Paul:

“Who are the 11 people that were killed in the first boat? Who are the other four [killed in the most recent strike]? ...[If] you know them to be terrorists, and you’re convinced enough to kill them, shouldn’t you know their names?"

thedispatch.com/article/drug...

GOP Senators Push for More Intel on Drug Boat Strikes

Some are increasingly skeptical that targeting the boats is justified.

thedispatch.com

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 4d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Meg Kelly @megkelly.bsky.social · 14d

. @secrubio.govpeeps.us keeps saying no one has died because of USAID cuts. 5-year-old Suza Kenyaba did.

A six-month investigation with a slew of reporters on two continents proved as much.

Our latest 1/ 🎁 wapo.st/46GSwcv

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 4d

"Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5d

WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. apnews.com/article/leti...

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5d

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5d

The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump's Truth Social post on Sept. 20 urging Pam Bondi to prosecute James Comey was meant to be a private message and that Trump was surprised to learn the message was public.

Five days later, Comey was indicted.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Lauren Weber @laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 5d

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Read my and @rachelroubein.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com deep dive on Casey Means

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

www.washingtonpost.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the government shutdown:

"I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening. ... We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House"

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 6d

Individuals Trump has floated jailing:

-Brandon Johnson
-JB Pritzker
-James Comey
-John Brennan
-Zohran Mamdani
-Gavin Newsom
-Jan. 6 Committee members
-Nancy Pelosi
-Chuck Schumer
-Barack Obama
-Joe Biden
-Hillary Clinton's lawyers
-John Kasich
-Ted Cruz
-Hillary Clinton

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 6d

On Wednesday, Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats.

Since 2016, Trump has floated jail for more than a dozen political adversaries.

My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com: