Eric Umansky
@ericumansky.bsky.social
Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ evidence-based journalism, and good trouble. Tips/ideas: [email protected] and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
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Quite a defense.
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Quite a defense.
“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about work they told to abandon — investigations of terrorist plots, corruption and white-collar fraud”
Gift link to NYT article about the corruption of DOJ. One former insider says “I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. … [T]he American people should be enraged.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“They described being asked to drop cases for political reasons, to find evidence for flimsy investigations and to take positions in court they thought had no legitimate basis. They also talked about work they told to abandon — investigations of terrorist plots, corruption and white-collar fraud”
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What is he talking about? I mean, seriously.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is he talking about? I mean, seriously.
"encroachment"?
Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"encroachment"?
"I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross." -priest who was protesting peacefully.
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross." -priest who was protesting peacefully.
If you’re gonna be a politician, perhaps best to not leave freezer full of pet carcasses when you sell your store.
Also, feces and urine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Also, feces and urine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you’re gonna be a politician, perhaps best to not leave freezer full of pet carcasses when you sell your store.
Also, feces and urine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Also, feces and urine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tucker Carlson’s paid subscribers *grew* after his Fuentes interview.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tucker Carlson’s paid subscribers *grew* after his Fuentes interview.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
So there's a secret White House legal memo that blesses Trump's extrajudicial killings.
"The memo compares military personnel participating in the strikes to the police who break the speed limits when pursuing a suspect who poses a threat to public safety."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
"The memo compares military personnel participating in the strikes to the police who break the speed limits when pursuing a suspect who poses a threat to public safety."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
So there's a secret White House legal memo that blesses Trump's extrajudicial killings.
"The memo compares military personnel participating in the strikes to the police who break the speed limits when pursuing a suspect who poses a threat to public safety."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
"The memo compares military personnel participating in the strikes to the police who break the speed limits when pursuing a suspect who poses a threat to public safety."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Exposing the bad businesses of billionaires and buffoons is good trouble.
Make it your job.
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Make it your job.
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Senior Editor, Business
New York City, United States
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November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Exposing the bad businesses of billionaires and buffoons is good trouble.
Make it your job.
👇🏻
Make it your job.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“DHS would not comment on the specific incident, instead sending a similar statement to one it sent the day before.”
“The agency would not answer questions about whether the action violated use-of-force policy — which states that agents “should not use [pepper spray],” on small children.
“The agency would not answer questions about whether the action violated use-of-force policy — which states that agents “should not use [pepper spray],” on small children.
Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“DHS would not comment on the specific incident, instead sending a similar statement to one it sent the day before.”
“The agency would not answer questions about whether the action violated use-of-force policy — which states that agents “should not use [pepper spray],” on small children.
“The agency would not answer questions about whether the action violated use-of-force policy — which states that agents “should not use [pepper spray],” on small children.
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Are you jealous that George Santos is the president's new favorite criminal?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
ERIC ADAMS IS AN ICONIC GUEST | ZIWE INTERVIEW
YouTube video by Ziwe
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"Are you jealous that George Santos is the president's new favorite criminal?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
So immigration agents drove off in a citizen’s car with a toddler in the back.
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So immigration agents drove off in a citizen’s car with a toddler in the back.
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DHS stopped automatically archiving officials’ text messages.
Now to save messages — as law requires— officials gotta…
-take a screenshot.
-send it to their work computer
-run the file through a program there
-repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Now to save messages — as law requires— officials gotta…
-take a screenshot.
-send it to their work computer
-run the file through a program there
-repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
DHS stopped automatically archiving officials’ text messages.
Now to save messages — as law requires— officials gotta…
-take a screenshot.
-send it to their work computer
-run the file through a program there
-repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Now to save messages — as law requires— officials gotta…
-take a screenshot.
-send it to their work computer
-run the file through a program there
-repeat
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Last week, I reported the Trump admin has made it harder for male vets w/ breast to get their care covered
The admin invoked a presidential order on "Restoring Biological Truth"
Now, two dozen House members have written VA demanding the admin reverse course
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The admin invoked a presidential order on "Restoring Biological Truth"
Now, two dozen House members have written VA demanding the admin reverse course
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation wo...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last week, I reported the Trump admin has made it harder for male vets w/ breast to get their care covered
The admin invoked a presidential order on "Restoring Biological Truth"
Now, two dozen House members have written VA demanding the admin reverse course
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The admin invoked a presidential order on "Restoring Biological Truth"
Now, two dozen House members have written VA demanding the admin reverse course
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
That daycare teacher who agents snatched yesterday?
She also has two young kids, and according to a GoFundMe, they now are left without a caregiver.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
She also has two young kids, and according to a GoFundMe, they now are left without a caregiver.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
That daycare teacher who agents snatched yesterday?
She also has two young kids, and according to a GoFundMe, they now are left without a caregiver.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
She also has two young kids, and according to a GoFundMe, they now are left without a caregiver.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
So, Rubio and Stephen Miller are pushing Trump to go all in on Regime Change in Venezuela.
The only one holding them back at the moment: Trump.
He apparently wants to make sure the U.S. gets a cut of Venezuela's oil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
The only one holding them back at the moment: Trump.
He apparently wants to make sure the U.S. gets a cut of Venezuela's oil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So, Rubio and Stephen Miller are pushing Trump to go all in on Regime Change in Venezuela.
The only one holding them back at the moment: Trump.
He apparently wants to make sure the U.S. gets a cut of Venezuela's oil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
The only one holding them back at the moment: Trump.
He apparently wants to make sure the U.S. gets a cut of Venezuela's oil.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety."
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety."
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...