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Josh Copitch
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Award winning journalist.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
As a Black Hawk helicopter roared overhead, the slender, 28-year-old immigrant from Venezuela answered softly, his eyes darting to a television crew invited to film the raid. Next to Caicedo, masked Border Patrol agents inspected another man’s tattoos and asked him if he belonged to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group. Until that moment, Caicedo’s only interaction with law enforcement in his two-and-a-half years in the United States had been a traffic stop two weeks earlier for driving without a license or insurance, according to the records we reviewed. Chicago police had run a background check on him and found no prior arrests, no warrants and no evidence that he was in a gang. Caicedo said he had a pending asylum application, a steady job at a taco joint and a girlfriend whose daughter attended elementary school across the street. None of that mattered. The U.S. government paraded him and his neighbors in front of the cameras and called their arrests a spectacular victory against terrorism. But later, after the cameras had gone, prosecutors didn’t charge Caicedo with a crime. They didn’t accuse him of being a terrorist. And after a brief hearing in immigration court, the government sent him back to the country he had fled nine years earlier. “I lost everything,” he said in a phone interview from his mother’s home in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. “For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Breaking news: House Democrats release Epstein emails alleging President Trump knew of activities, including one claiming the president had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with one of his sex trafficking victims.
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by polic...
wapo.st
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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economist.com
Three years ago The Economist warned that that keeping global warming to just 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels was no longer plausible. Now, the data confirm that the window has closed econ.st/4p6NQoa
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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newyorker.com
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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wandrme.paxex.aero
Maps of the Delta and United cuts loaded so far, as interpreted from the FlightAware cancels reports.

Not all frequencies on these routes, and decent chance things continue to shift. But this is what I'm seeing right now.

#AvGeek
GSP-LGA LGA-OMA DTW-JFK ATL-TRI JFK-SYR ATL-BTR ATL-CHA MSP-XNA JFK-ORF ATL-GSO ATL-SGF ATL-MOB ATL-HPN LGA-PIT CLE-LGA ATL-FAY ATL-ROA ATL-LFT MCI-MSP ATL-OAJ ATL-MGM DTW-MDW DTW-OMA AEX-ATL AGS-ATL LGA-RIC ATL-JAN MSP-TYS ATL-CAE ABE-ATL ATL-MLI BNA-JFK DLH-MSP MSN-MSP ATL-TLH ATL-VLD ATL-MLU BUF-JFK MSP-RST BUR-SLC ABR-MSP ATL-SHV SEA-SFO LAX-PHX MOT-MSP RDM-SEA MSO-SLC SJC-SLC GRB-MSP PSC-SLC SLC-TUS EUG-SEA DTW-SDF FSD-MSP LIT-SLC PSC-SEA DTW-MBS PSP-SLC BOI-SLC SEA-SNA LAX-SAN DTW-TPA LGA-MCO DTW-ORD ATL-MIA LAS-MSP DTW-FLL ATL-MBJ ATL-VPS DFW-DTW ATL-DSM ATL-MLB LAX-PDX ATL-MYR DEN-LAX ATL-MSP EWR-FLL EWR-SJU BWI-ORD ATL-EWR BOS-EWR MBJ-ORD OMA-ORD DSM-ORD DEN-SEA DFW-IAH IAH-PHX LAS-SFO FLL-IAH AUS-IAH DEN-PDX EWR-MIA EWR-MCO MBJ -ORD CLE-ORD DTW-ORD DEN-PHX DEN-DFW DEN-SMF ONT-SFO LAS-LAX SFO-SNA EWR-IAD BOS-CLT CLT-ORD EWR-IND CLE-DTW BOS-CVG BOS-LGA CLT-IAD CVG-ORD DCA-LGA DTW-EWR JFK-RDU IAD-LGA BOS-IND GSO-LGA IND-ORD BUF-DTW IAD-PHL IAD-PVD ORD-SDF CVG-EWR DCA-EWR EWR-PIT EWR-ORF BUF-EWR IAD-ROC IAD-ROA IAH-MFE IAH-SHV CAE-IAD IAH-SGF IAH-MEM HRL-IAH CMH-IAH BUF-IAD CLE-IAD IAH-MAF
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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status.news
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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alaskapublic.org
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
EPA Commissioner Lee Zeldin announces his agency is launching a major investigation into the right-wing conspiracies about chemtrails and weather manipulation to get to the bottom of it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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latimes.com
California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for layoffs as federal budget battle drags on
California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for layoffs as federal budget battle drags on
Agency officials confirmed that layoffs are imminent this month, but declined to provide an exact number of affected employees.
www.latimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
joshcopitch.bsky.social
A Royal Air Force B-17A (BKCAT01) doing loops off the coast of the Monterey Peninsula tonight.
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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bloomberg.com
China is winning the energy exports race. Read more about how it's pulled far ahead of the US in today's Green Daily newsletter.
The Energy Export Race Has a Clear Winner: China
China has positioned itself as the world’s clean tech export hub while the US — especially under President Donald Trump — has pitched itself as a global gas station. That’s set up a battle for energy export supremacy. It’s solar, wind and batteries vs. oil and gas.
bloom.bg
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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apnews.com
BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.
California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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johngramlich.bsky.social
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
joshcopitch.bsky.social
I have reached out to the White House for comment.

www.ksbw.com/article/medb...
President Trump shares seemingly-AI video amplifying "medbed" conspiracy theory
MedBeds conspiracies date back to 2022 and are shared among far-right communities online.
www.ksbw.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
joshcopitch.bsky.social
The President has posted an AI video with a fake clip of him announcing a fake technology and policy program.

A) does he know the tech is fake?
B) does he know the video is fake/does he not recall never saying those words?
C) why would he post something he personally knows nothing of.
alkapdc.bsky.social Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · Sep 28
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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mingemi.bsky.social
Natalie Nakase being awarded Coach of the Year from Cathy Engelbert
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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sfgate.com
Ted Cruz wants a ban on states regulating AI, and calls out California in particular.
California's control over tech is scaring Republicans
Ted Cruz wants a ban on states regulating AI, and calls out California in particular.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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adamisacson.com
The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Oseguera caught another break from the Trump administration. The president’s campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally has taken federal agents away from drug-traffic interdiction. In Arizona, two Customs and Border Protection checkpoints along a main fentanyl-smuggling corridor from Mexico have been left unstaffed. Officers stationed there were sent to process detained migrants. A senior administration official said the U.S. border is more secure than it has ever been. Colombia is producing records amounts of cocaine, and the volume of the drug arriving in the U.S. is driving down prices, the people familiar with cartel operations said. Cocaine prices have fallen by nearly half to around $60 to $75 a gram compared with five years ago, said Morgan Godvin, a researcher with the community organization Drug Checking Los Angeles. “The price of pure cocaine has plummeted,” Godvin said.
September 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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mingemi.bsky.social
Your 2025 WNBA head coach of the year is Natalie Nakase | @sfchronicle.com

www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
Natalie Nakase named WNBA Coach of the Year after steering expansion Valkyries to playoffs
Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase was named the WNBA’s Coach of the Year after guiding her first-year team to the most successful expansion season in league history.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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propublica.org
DOGE staffer Akash Bobba knew that he hadn’t turned up evidence of 12 million “vampires” collecting Social Security benefits, and he tried to communicate this fact to Elon Musk, but to no avail, SSA officials say.
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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makenakelly.bsky.social
NEW: Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean

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www.wired.com/story/charli...
Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean
The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
joshcopitch.bsky.social
With their win over Dallas tonight, the Valkyries are once again have the best franchise record of any active WNBA team.
And, are the just the second team to have an all time winning record at home.

@mingemi.bsky.social
mingemi.bsky.social Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · Sep 5
The Golden State Valkyries have clinched the WNBA playoffs
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM