brandon soderberg
@bsoderberg.bsky.social
I live in Baltimore and I report on cops, guns, and drugs / Cowriter, "I Got a Monster" / Soderberg v. Carrion / bsoderberg.com
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brandon soderberg
@bsoderberg.bsky.social
· Dec 29
Baltimore's Crime Numbers Game: A Three-Part Series
A three-part series on the past 30-plus years of rising crime and rising police budgets.
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"Baltimore's Crime Numbers Game," a three-part, two-year, ~14k word look at Baltimore crime data and Baltimore police corruption history from 1990-2024 now has a landing page. Very proud of this project: therealnews.com/baltimores-c...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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DEAD HEAT (Goldblatt, 1988)
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
DEAD HEAT (Goldblatt, 1988)
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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a related question might be what is or isn’t normal versus exceptional let alone legal versus criminal in a country that has been engaged in various kinds of wars for the vaster majority of its existence. none of this is to excuse anything but we should be clear eyed
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
a related question might be what is or isn’t normal versus exceptional let alone legal versus criminal in a country that has been engaged in various kinds of wars for the vaster majority of its existence. none of this is to excuse anything but we should be clear eyed
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historically speaking this not correct, but the issue there may hinge on whether or not and to what extent this enterprise we call a country has ever been either sustainable or a democracy
Loving war crimes is not a sustainable policy in a democracy
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
historically speaking this not correct, but the issue there may hinge on whether or not and to what extent this enterprise we call a country has ever been either sustainable or a democracy
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A missile screams down from the sky and sinks your boat. You climb onto a fragment of it. You hear an aircraft overhead. You wave toward it: don't shoot, help me. Maybe you know they have to provide assistance. This goes on for 45 minutes. Only then do they execute you with another missile.
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
Boat Strike Survivors Clung to Wreckage for Some 45 Minutes Before U.S. Military Killed Them
“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”
interc.pt
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A missile screams down from the sky and sinks your boat. You climb onto a fragment of it. You hear an aircraft overhead. You wave toward it: don't shoot, help me. Maybe you know they have to provide assistance. This goes on for 45 minutes. Only then do they execute you with another missile.
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Maryland numbers - which several counties participate with 287(g)
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Maryland numbers - which several counties participate with 287(g)
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
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December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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We must stop tinkering around the edges of a broken healthcare system.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We must stop tinkering around the edges of a broken healthcare system.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.
We need Medicare for All.
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When I was in college I wish I knew I couldve written “Jesus says in the Bible that police should have the right to shoot you, you who are grading this” when I had to write a short essay about the reading. But I went to school during woke :(
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
When I was in college I wish I knew I couldve written “Jesus says in the Bible that police should have the right to shoot you, you who are grading this” when I had to write a short essay about the reading. But I went to school during woke :(
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Under what circumstances would you want a structure with a floor but no ceiling
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Under what circumstances would you want a structure with a floor but no ceiling
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My new Intercept piece on the NYPD’s targeting of MLK is up today, with never-before-published police surveillance photos of King.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My new Intercept piece on the NYPD’s targeting of MLK is up today, with never-before-published police surveillance photos of King.
this is tonight! Great way to see this excellent documentary
Come through @redemmas.org 11/28 and hang w/ @baltimoredsa.org for a screening of WTO/99 and discussion with @prophetkotto.bsky.social, @jessdouglas.bsky.social, and @bsoderberg.bsky.social!
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
this is tonight! Great way to see this excellent documentary
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This was labeled “Negro mis-rule” when people were arguing to end Reconstruction.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This was labeled “Negro mis-rule” when people were arguing to end Reconstruction.
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Richard Corben, “Prospecting in the Asteroids,” 1967
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Richard Corben, “Prospecting in the Asteroids,” 1967
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"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
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These people do 10 times more tryhard linguistic parsing than any Oberlin sophomore
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These people do 10 times more tryhard linguistic parsing than any Oberlin sophomore
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It took me 10 months to obtain the public records that shed light on this investigation. Allegany County at first tried to redact Ternent's name from the records, but the MPIA Compliance Board sided with me.
Ternent abruptly retired soon after I got the unredacted report.
Ternent abruptly retired soon after I got the unredacted report.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It took me 10 months to obtain the public records that shed light on this investigation. Allegany County at first tried to redact Ternent's name from the records, but the MPIA Compliance Board sided with me.
Ternent abruptly retired soon after I got the unredacted report.
Ternent abruptly retired soon after I got the unredacted report.
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Cumberland city leaders reviewed the incident before promoting Ternent to chief in 2020, the mayor told me.
"We believed it was something the chief had handled through the city’s process," the mayor said of the 2015 investigation.
"We believed it was something the chief had handled through the city’s process," the mayor said of the 2015 investigation.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cumberland city leaders reviewed the incident before promoting Ternent to chief in 2020, the mayor told me.
"We believed it was something the chief had handled through the city’s process," the mayor said of the 2015 investigation.
"We believed it was something the chief had handled through the city’s process," the mayor said of the 2015 investigation.
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Lt. Chuck Ternent told his police chief he was "disgusted and embarrassed by the filthy conversations" he had with the girl, a 17-year-old he met at National Night out.
He was never criminally charged and appears to have received a relatively light punishment: a 24-hour leave.
He was never criminally charged and appears to have received a relatively light punishment: a 24-hour leave.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lt. Chuck Ternent told his police chief he was "disgusted and embarrassed by the filthy conversations" he had with the girl, a 17-year-old he met at National Night out.
He was never criminally charged and appears to have received a relatively light punishment: a 24-hour leave.
He was never criminally charged and appears to have received a relatively light punishment: a 24-hour leave.
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My latest: In 2015, a Cumberland police officer told his boss he'd had "filthy" conversations with a high schooler.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
He admitted ‘filthy’ chats with a teen. Cumberland kept it quiet and made him police chief.
He admitted to ‘filthy’ chats with a teen. Cumberland still made him police chief.
New records show a Cumberland, Maryland officer admitted “filthy” messages with a teen before becoming police chief — a case the city kept quiet.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My latest: In 2015, a Cumberland police officer told his boss he'd had "filthy" conversations with a high schooler.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
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"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous, they are dangerous because they are forbidden,” said Peter Krykant, who "hit the global harm reduction scene with a bang," running an unauthorized overdose prevention site from a van in Glasgow.
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
Remembering Peter Krykant, Who Knew Harm Reduction Couldn’t Wait
It’s been a few months since Peter Krykant’s passing in July, at the age of 48. He hit the global ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Drugs are not forbidden because they are dangerous, they are dangerous because they are forbidden,” said Peter Krykant, who "hit the global harm reduction scene with a bang," running an unauthorized overdose prevention site from a van in Glasgow.
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute:
People who knew and worked with him pay tribute: