Maeve McGoran
@maevemcgoran.bsky.social
Reporter, ex-NPR, based in Miami. Please check out my new podcast Shipwreck on Audible. audible.com/Shipwreck
90 years after the Tuskegee Experiment, the CDC is about to do it again.
"Critics of the study have argued that it would be unethical to randomize children to an inferior treatment protocol."
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"Critics of the study have argued that it would be unethical to randomize children to an inferior treatment protocol."
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RFK-backed infant vaccine study in Africa to proceed despite backlash, U.S. says
U.S. funding for a study on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants in Guinea-Bissau has sparked confusion and ethics concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
90 years after the Tuskegee Experiment, the CDC is about to do it again.
"Critics of the study have argued that it would be unethical to randomize children to an inferior treatment protocol."
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"Critics of the study have argued that it would be unethical to randomize children to an inferior treatment protocol."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Good news for us
Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order
The Trump administration has tried to eliminate funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA. Appropriators in Congress have had other ideas.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Good news for us
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NEW
An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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January 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
NEW
An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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"In times past, a politician might offer thoughts and prayers, encourage those reacting to wait for the full results of the investigation and generally try to lower the temperature...to soothe the broken heart of a nation...JD Vance went in a different direction."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"In times past, a politician might offer thoughts and prayers, encourage those reacting to wait for the full results of the investigation and generally try to lower the temperature...to soothe the broken heart of a nation...JD Vance went in a different direction."
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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The fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis did not occur in isolation. It follows months of documented uses of potentially unlawful force by federal immigration agents.
As Samantha Trepel (@statesunited.org) explains, DOJ has clear authority to investigate and its silence leaves communities at risk.
As Samantha Trepel (@statesunited.org) explains, DOJ has clear authority to investigate and its silence leaves communities at risk.
DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics
The DOJ has the authority, resources, and responsibility to hold federal agents accountable for willful constitutional violations.
www.justsecurity.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis did not occur in isolation. It follows months of documented uses of potentially unlawful force by federal immigration agents.
As Samantha Trepel (@statesunited.org) explains, DOJ has clear authority to investigate and its silence leaves communities at risk.
As Samantha Trepel (@statesunited.org) explains, DOJ has clear authority to investigate and its silence leaves communities at risk.
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"That both DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are four videos circulating that reveal those accounts to be lies shows they no longer are making any attempt to justify their actions."
The latest newsletter from HCR...
The latest newsletter from HCR...
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
"That both DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are four videos circulating that reveal those accounts to be lies shows they no longer are making any attempt to justify their actions."
The latest newsletter from HCR...
The latest newsletter from HCR...
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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When I teach my seminar on coups we keep a running tab on how many regime changes were motivated at least in part by desire for oil or other valuable commodities...
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
When I teach my seminar on coups we keep a running tab on how many regime changes were motivated at least in part by desire for oil or other valuable commodities...
"Florida, where nearly one in every four people are immigrants, has become one of the nation's strongest anti-immigration enforcers - arresting more people than any other state except Texas."
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Florida’s deportation campaign arrests more than 20,000. Some had clean records
Over 20,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida in 2025
www.miamiherald.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"Florida, where nearly one in every four people are immigrants, has become one of the nation's strongest anti-immigration enforcers - arresting more people than any other state except Texas."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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They taught a lie and called it progress.
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They taught a lie and called it progress.
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Slavery didn’t end in 1865 — it was rebranded through prisons and policy.
This truth wasn’t lost.
It was redesigned.
ERASED exposes the continuity of Black exploitation in America.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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🎅 Santa Claus in a Snow Garden by Kawase Hasui (1950).
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎅 Santa Claus in a Snow Garden by Kawase Hasui (1950).
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
One of the most important printmakers of 20th-century Japan, Hasui rarely depicted Western figures in his vast oeuvre. This Christmas-themed work, created for The Japan Trade Monthly, places Santa Claus within a quiet, snowy Japanese garden.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
"At least two U.S. senators have put holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to lead the U.S. Coast Guard, citing concerns with a new...harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'”
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Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral’s promotion over swastika, noose policy
Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to “potentially divisive” was allowed to take effect.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"At least two U.S. senators have put holds on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to lead the U.S. Coast Guard, citing concerns with a new...harassment policy that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to 'potentially divisive.'”
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Higgins won by a massive margin, more than 18 points
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the nonpartisan Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Higgins won by a massive margin, more than 18 points
The election tomorrow of a new Miami CITY mayor is getting national media attention this year.
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
Pig named '6-7' to be pardon by Miami-Dade mayor during 8th annual pardoning
In a tradition unique to South Florida, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Tuesday is set to pardon a pig.
www.nbcmiami.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The election tomorrow of a new Miami CITY mayor is getting national media attention this year.
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
But those of us who live here know that's mostly a ceremonial role.
It's the Miami-Dade COUNTY mayor who has all the power - like saving a pig from a Christmas caja china.
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/p...
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
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Gift link:
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December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
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Gift link:
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I join @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, and Rachel Goldbrenner once more for our Murder on the High Seas series.
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
A fourth installment of Murder on the High Seas is here. Listen for expert analysis of recent reports of the deliberate killing of two survivors from the first strike, how the DOJ is justifying the campaign, Congress’ role, allies’ reactions, and more.
www.justsecurity.org/126056/the-j...
www.justsecurity.org/126056/the-j...
The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part IV
A panel of experts, co-hosted with RCLS, discuss the Trump administration's campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I join @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @bcfinucane.bsky.social, and Rachel Goldbrenner once more for our Murder on the High Seas series.
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
There were a lot of new details to unpack, including recent revelations about the still secret—and nevertheless undeniably flawed — OLC memo.
Tldr: It’s still murder
An official accused Trump's spokesperson of "'Throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An official accused Trump's spokesperson of "'Throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The attorney representing the student, Any Lucia López Belloza, said "she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The attorney representing the student, Any Lucia López Belloza, said "she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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