Stephanie Kirchgaessner
@skirchy.bsky.social
Deputy editor of investigations, Guardian US. I write/edit stories on any topic that should be investigated. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephanie-kirchgaessner
This is very good and worth listening to. It might also give some hope to people who have lost family members and friends to Maga. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Why Is Leaving MAGA So Difficult?
Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · 11/25/2025 · 23m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is very good and worth listening to. It might also give some hope to people who have lost family members and friends to Maga. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Extremely disturbing story of a serial drugging in France www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Extremely disturbing story of a serial drugging in France www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NEW: The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale from the "Diplomacy Lab" fed research program because they engage in DEI hiring practices, according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale from the "Diplomacy Lab" fed research program because they engage in DEI hiring practices, according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This move was widely celebrated but nevertheless demands scrutiny. Important reporting here by @melodyschreiber.com. Is this the way the FDA will make decisions going forward? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’
Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This move was widely celebrated but nevertheless demands scrutiny. Important reporting here by @melodyschreiber.com. Is this the way the FDA will make decisions going forward? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Dmitriev denies the transcript right after the White House confirms that it is accurate. Bad timing.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Dmitriev denies the transcript right after the White House confirms that it is accurate. Bad timing.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
There he is. @julianborger.bsky.social among the hundred most notable books of the year. Well done, Julian. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There he is. @julianborger.bsky.social among the hundred most notable books of the year. Well done, Julian. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
RFK Jr is not really the subject of this truly devastating account of a woman and mother who is dying of leukemia. But Tatiana Schlossberg is using the platform she has in the moments she has left to call him out. She follows in the footsteps of her mother. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RFK Jr is not really the subject of this truly devastating account of a woman and mother who is dying of leukemia. But Tatiana Schlossberg is using the platform she has in the moments she has left to call him out. She follows in the footsteps of her mother. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
New investigation into the Free Birth Society by Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New investigation into the Free Birth Society by Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Reading today's news and remembering this story published in 2017 but still relevant www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reading today's news and remembering this story published in 2017 but still relevant www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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A judge issued a permanent injunction against NSO Group targeting WhatsApp.
Now, NSO Group is petitioning for that to be overturned, saying it would prevent them from doing business in the USA, which they desperately want
cyberscoop.com/nso-group-wh...
Now, NSO Group is petitioning for that to be overturned, saying it would prevent them from doing business in the USA, which they desperately want
cyberscoop.com/nso-group-wh...
NSO Group argues WhatsApp injunction threatens existence, future U.S. government work
The spyware vendor made those two arguments, among others, in a motion to stay the California court ruling.
cyberscoop.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A judge issued a permanent injunction against NSO Group targeting WhatsApp.
Now, NSO Group is petitioning for that to be overturned, saying it would prevent them from doing business in the USA, which they desperately want
cyberscoop.com/nso-group-wh...
Now, NSO Group is petitioning for that to be overturned, saying it would prevent them from doing business in the USA, which they desperately want
cyberscoop.com/nso-group-wh...
Powerful reporting by @annneumann.bsky.social and another example of the Guardian keeping on top of the addiction crisis (and ways to tackle it) in America www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Powerful reporting by @annneumann.bsky.social and another example of the Guardian keeping on top of the addiction crisis (and ways to tackle it) in America www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Sacrificial lamb. We haven't forgotten what really happened. By @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder
President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligence
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sacrificial lamb. We haven't forgotten what really happened. By @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
The reality: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The reality: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Not for the first time, Trump contradicts the findings of the US intelligence community www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
www.dni.gov
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not for the first time, Trump contradicts the findings of the US intelligence community www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
Reminder that Marco Rubio, sitting across from MBS, was saying this just a few years ago: Prince Mohammed is “complicit” in and should be “held accountable” for the “abhorrent and unjustified murder” of Jamal Khashoggi
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reminder that Marco Rubio, sitting across from MBS, was saying this just a few years ago: Prince Mohammed is “complicit” in and should be “held accountable” for the “abhorrent and unjustified murder” of Jamal Khashoggi
"Kafka" - Lawrence Krauss's one-word response in September 2018 to being told by Epstein of reporting on a Jed Rubenfeld investigation and Amy Chua complaints.
The Guardian story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...
The Guardian story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...
![From:
Lawrence Krauss
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9/20/2018 5:43:37 PM
To:
jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
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Importance:
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Kafka
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State Universitv. P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
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On Sep 20, 2018, at 10:40 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
The Guardian has learned that Rubenfeld is currently the subject of an internal investigation at Yale. The investigation is focused on Rubenfeld's conduct, particularly with female law students. Students have also raised related concerns to Yale authorities about Chua's powerful influence in the clerkships process. The investigation was initiated before Kavanaugh was nominated by Donald Trump to serve on the high court.
Rubenfeld said in a statement to the Guardian: "In June, Yale University informed me that it would conduct what it terms an 'informal review' of certain allegations, but that to preserve anonymity, I was not entitled to know any specifics. As a result, I do not know what I am alleged to have said or done. I was further advised that the allegations were not of the kind that would jeopardize my position as a long-tenured member of the faculty.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigwoy5lte7kkrixurdbkz2mf35gdmrsnj4di346ovp6hsv3yiwhla@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My latest. The infiltration of Twitter led to the imprisonment of one human rights activists who poked fun at the royal family and execution of another journalist: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Saudi entourage for US visit may include official implicated in Twitter spy plot
Senior aide to Mohammed bin Salman allegedly led campaign to identify users who were posting critically about Saudi regime
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My latest. The infiltration of Twitter led to the imprisonment of one human rights activists who poked fun at the royal family and execution of another journalist: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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One again, it is degrading to women journalists that our industry operates this way.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One again, it is degrading to women journalists that our industry operates this way.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
Brazen. One more example of Trump justice www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Brazen. One more example of Trump justice www.propublica.org/article/andr...