Julie Westfall
@juliewestfall.bsky.social
Product at media orgs. I love it here.
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Politicians have spent so long being terrified of being labeled anti-cop that this administration is now getting away with shielding the identities of guys in quasi-legal rendition squads by pretending that *they* are the people at risk.
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Politicians have spent so long being terrified of being labeled anti-cop that this administration is now getting away with shielding the identities of guys in quasi-legal rendition squads by pretending that *they* are the people at risk.
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President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
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This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Trump suggests federal control of elections in ‘some areas’
In a lengthy interview with NBC, the president said he will accept the results of the midterm elections if they are “honest.”
www.ms.now
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.
This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...
When I told an engineer at a news org I wanted to become a product manager, they said I would have a hard time because those on the biz side would think I'd always be on the side of the newsroom.
This also speaks to my argument re: rich guys and newspapers: they think their business side hires are smart and they're just hobbled by the actual journalists, who are idiots.
"I realized that the Post wasn’t the same paper that had recruited me, and that I didn’t want to work for an owner and publisher who couldn’t articulate a vision and confused contempt for the newsroom with a business plan."
-- Ashley Parker, on why she jumped ship
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
-- Ashley Parker, on why she jumped ship
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
When I told an engineer at a news org I wanted to become a product manager, they said I would have a hard time because those on the biz side would think I'd always be on the side of the newsroom.
You just knew the beginning of the end of the world order was always going to about some dude being butt hurt
President Trump claimed that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a text message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. Read more: nyti.ms/4r1ESJy
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
You just knew the beginning of the end of the world order was always going to about some dude being butt hurt
Don't forget eating snacks and leaning against walls in Union Station!
It’s now been more than five months since Donald Trump set forth National Guard troops to waste their lives and taxpayers’ money standing on street corners in DC.
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Don't forget eating snacks and leaning against walls in Union Station!
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
This continues to be real fucking life, somehow, that has made its way into workforce management software
January 1, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This continues to be real fucking life, somehow, that has made its way into workforce management software
This is very clearly nothing short of human body part trafficking. It should be illegal, and even though it's not, the hospitals making money from it should be shamed. AND the people who do it are just like, "Yeah, we traffic organs and we make a ton of money" and shrug.
Hospitals Cater to ‘Transplant Tourists’ as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is very clearly nothing short of human body part trafficking. It should be illegal, and even though it's not, the hospitals making money from it should be shamed. AND the people who do it are just like, "Yeah, we traffic organs and we make a ton of money" and shrug.
"Our success will be used to discredit us, like a quantum theory of suicide: If democracy survives, then that is proof that it was never under threat in the first place."
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Our success will be used to discredit us, like a quantum theory of suicide: If democracy survives, then that is proof that it was never under threat in the first place."
Beef, and most other meat, *should* be expensive
As the Price of Beef Soars, Restaurants Are in ‘Code Red’ Mode
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Beef, and most other meat, *should* be expensive
In Chicago, rich kids take advantage of free school lunches AND breakfasts because Chicago decided that it was an efficient AND moral idea to give all kids access to nutrition without fussing about tax forms.
“What if rich kids take advantage of free school lunches?” is like asking “What if rich executives take advantage of public transportation?”
What if they do?
They probably won’t. But what if they do?
Well, nothing.
What if they do?
They probably won’t. But what if they do?
Well, nothing.
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Chicago, rich kids take advantage of free school lunches AND breakfasts because Chicago decided that it was an efficient AND moral idea to give all kids access to nutrition without fussing about tax forms.
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Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are opposed to democracy everywhere.
They know popular control of government threatens their ability to rob from the people.
They know popular control of government threatens their ability to rob from the people.
POLITICO: When you attack Europe, do you intend to send a message of tough love to our allies, or do you think that many of them are just weak and you don't want to be allies with them?
TRUMP: I think they're weak, but I also think they want to be so politically correct.
TRUMP: I think they're weak, but I also think they want to be so politically correct.
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are opposed to democracy everywhere.
They know popular control of government threatens their ability to rob from the people.
They know popular control of government threatens their ability to rob from the people.
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
This is a really important story but it's a lot of text and not a lot is done to mitigate that. I hope more is done with this story in other formats
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 8:04 PM
This is a really important story but it's a lot of text and not a lot is done to mitigate that. I hope more is done with this story in other formats
"For tech companies, courage doesn’t scale."
Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"For tech companies, courage doesn’t scale."
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago