“Stunning that one of the nation’s highest officials is more concerned with his personal vanity than with accurate reporting of briefings during a war in which Americans have lost their lives.”

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

The Press Box Sports Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis, David Shoemaker and Joel Anderson catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between.

“The way to feel today is to be angry at the people who run the Washington Post. We live in a timeline where (Jeff Bezos’s company) paid $40 million reportedly for a Melania doc & today the Post laid off people who cover the Middle East”
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Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.

Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.

Such welcome news. Armed Only With a Camera, the film about the late Brent Renaud, the first American journalist killed while covering the war in Ukraine, is nominated for an Oscar. An extraordinary film about an extraordinary filmmaker.

*You* give me hope.

How students are trying to save local news. Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.

" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty.

"... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news."

via @columjournreview.bsky.social

“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70 Bruce Dold juggled journalism and business interests in a dual editor-publisher role as the industry grappled with declining revenue and downsizing.

A good man gone. Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and 'consummate newspaperman,' dies at 70. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/b...

Post walk through the snow globe that is Chicago. Beautiful ❄️

Of course they are

“It's a painful reminder to countries tempted by the idea of solving a nation’s problems through populism and authoritarianism. It's easy to believe that handing absolute power to one person is the easiest way to fix things, but our history, the story of the world proves that that is impossible.”

“Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers.”

The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Nuzzi was great at precisely what was incentivized (by the media and power). New York Magazine didn’t hire her despite her personality-driven, access-heavy approach—they hired her because of it.

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Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.

Fall with the Feds in Chicago: 2 people shot, 1 fatally. Rubber pellets, pepper balls fired into crowds. Neighborhoods enveloped in noxious gas, sickening residents & police. Chokeholds used at least 5 times. 8 car chases. Force used in at least 76 incidents.
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Excellent from @reuters.com

"MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream"

(we wish more Reuters journalists joined @bsky.app )

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“.. A Chicago police officer reacts as they detain a man (not pictured) during an argument with residents after an immigration raid by federal law enforcement agents at the Little Village neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois.”

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'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor's prized possessions — including a Grammy — sold at Chicago flea market A treasure trove of her items were put on sale for dirt cheap after a junk dealer's random purchase of the contents of Taylor's storage locker in Orland Park.

This story *is* the Blues. Rest in power, Koko. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...

paragraph of why establishment news outlets don't like Mamdani.

Why the WashPost, WSJ, and NYT all hate Mamdani. Excellent piece from @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...

🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow.
Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.

Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

A Squalid Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’

Another account of the federal raid on a troubled Chicago building clearly in need of an intervention. “But what unfolded that night was an ordeal spanning several hours that left residents, Venezuelans and Americans alike, terror-stricken and humiliated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Sun, 10/19/25 Distrust and anger deepen after raid

After a “warrantless operation in a largely Black community” the government has given no accounting of who remains in custody or what happened to the children who “haven’t been seen by residents since.” Harrowing account of military raid on Chicago. digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...

“Here’s some news for you…You’ll never break Chicago!”Endless stream of #NoKings protestors shut down streets surrounding Grant Park.