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Amy MacKinnon

@amymackinnon.bsky.social
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Former member of The Boston Globe editorial board, editorial director of the New England Aquarium, editorial page editor of The Patriot Ledger, congressional aide, forever a champion of democracy and effective climate policy.

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Amy MacKinnon @amymackinnon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Last night wasn't just the end of The Colbert Show, it was the beginning of the end of the First Amendment. #heylaheyhey
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/04/2026
Hayam El Gamal and her five children have been held in immigration detention in Dilley, Texas, for more than 10 months — longer than any other family detained there under the administration’s mass deportation agenda.
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Judge orders release of mom and five children from immigration detention
Hayam El Gamal, whose ex-husband was accused of a fatal firebombing attack in Colorado, and her family have been held at a facility in Dilley, Texas, longer than any other family.
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Amy MacKinnon @amymackinnon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
While visiting NYC last week, we were reminded that even the darkest storm can't overcome the light.
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Exclusive new details about Trump's effort to 'take over' the midterm elections, in a monthslong investigation from @dougbockclark.bsky.social & me: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/04/2026
In a now-deleted post, President Trump shared a rendering that appeared to depict him as Jesus on Monday, drawing rare criticism from the religious right and allegations of blasphemy. wapo.st/4mo8Czc
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/02/2026
Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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“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...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/02/2026
NEW: A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science. It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
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Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/01/2026
NEW: The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.
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FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn
The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch
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Amy MacKinnon @amymackinnon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The Trump administration invaded Venezuela without Congressional approval, kidnapped its president, and plans to get "strongly involved" in its oil industry. Imagine if that happened here.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Yes this is as strange and alarming as you think it is: www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
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Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist
In a series of appearances, the billionaire investor has offered his analysis intertwining technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end of the world.
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Amy MacKinnon @amymackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
When they defund independent journalism, we defend it. Join @steveinskeep.bsky.social, @tizianadearing.bsky.social, and your fellow listeners, and defend independent journalism by donating to @npr.org stations today.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Wowser!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/09/2025
In March, we reported on how two leaders of a white supremacist network allegedly helped create a detailed hit list of U.S. politicians, execs, academics and others, according to court documents. Each entry included a photo of the target and their home address. W/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram: Inside a Global Online Hate Network
How a cadre of white supremacists used the loosely moderated social media platform Telegram to inspire lethal violence — until authorities took them down.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2025
Moskowitz on Mike Johnson: "If he was lying then, is he lying now? ... I don't think in the history of this country we've had a Speaker of the House say the president was an FBI informant ... we need to hear from the FBI."
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#ScienceUnderSiege www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
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White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Oh. My. Gosh. This is wild.
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Politico @politico.com · 26/07/2025
The Senior League Baseball World Series is a tournament for 13- to 16-year-old baseball players from around the world. A qualifying Venezuelan Little League team will not be in attendance this year because players were unable to secure visas.
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Venezuelan Little League team denied entry into US amid Trump travel ban
The team will not be able to play in the Senior League World Series in South Carolina.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New podcast with MCJ where I discuss how climate science is under attack and why it matters now more than ever: mcj.vc/inevitable-p...
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Dr. Michael Mann on Climate Science Under Siege and Why It Matters Now — MCJ
Climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann joins Inevitable to discuss the evolution of climate misinformation, the fossil fuel industry's role in policy delay, and the urgent fight to protect climate science...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/07/2025
NEW: A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.
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Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
So the former NYPD commish is suing Mayor Adams and the NYPD, accusing them of a "coordinated criminal conspiracy." As evidence, the commish points to my investigation of a "rogue" that answered directly to City Hill. That story, from March. www.propublica.org/article/eric...
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How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/07/2025
The Trump administration has chosen not just to trivialize the danger presented by climate change, but to revoke funding for the very data collection and research that would help the country better understand and prepare for this moment. By @abrahm.bsky.social
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The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Th-th-that’s all, folks!
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Opponents of social safety net programs claim that gobs of cash are being paid to people who refuse to work. But as @propublica.org showed in 2021, several states have refused to spend BILLIONS in federal funds meant for families in need - or made it effectively impossible for them to qualify.
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States Are Hoarding $5.2 Billion in Welfare Funds Even as the Need for Aid Grows
Bonnie Bridgforth supported five children with an $8.50-an-hour job when she was told she no longer qualified for welfare in Maine. But the state — like so many others — was sitting on a huge stockpil...
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NPR @npr.org · 30/06/2025
President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
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How does President Trump make his money? Real estate, hospitality and his name
President Trump's financial disclosure shows more than $630 million in income from 2024 including tens of millions from cryptocurrency and Trump-branded products touted on the campaign trail.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Trump admin has agreed to release from prison a three-time felon and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I get that they're all-in on climate denial, but now hurricane denial?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
federal immigration agent arrived at World Cup party attended by Miami-Dade County’s mayor, who is calling the incident “deeply troubling” and a potential warning sign that international soccer fans won’t feel safe traveling to Miami next year for World Cup www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Miami-Dade mayor was at World Cup party that broke up after Border agent arrived: ‘Troubling’
The Coast Guard says it was a routine safety check with one Customs and Border Protection agent aboard the federal vessel.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2025
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
He's not "Trump's top general"; he works for us and swore an oath to the Constitution
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Ho-leeeeee cowwwwww NYT.
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Jonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
RFK Jr. names new members of CDC’s vaccine advisory panel. The list includes several well-known critics of vaccines, writes @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/r...
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RFK Jr. names new members of CDC's vaccine advisory panel
Kennedy announced the new members of the panel of experts that advises the CDC on vaccine policy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2025
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
After law firms struck deals to appease Trump, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
NEW: He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame. @maxblau.bsky.social
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He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.
The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental h...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
American citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE. And it's gonna keep happening. During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.** From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025
UPDATE: ICE has awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for the company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet. It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
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STAT @statnews.com · 11/04/2025
A STAT Special Report Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations become unglued
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Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations become unglued
The Trump administration’s remaking of HHS — in a matter of weeks — is sparking basic questions about how parts of the agency and those it oversees can continue to function.
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The bad news: Climate change is still happening, no matter what the federal government says. The good news: Your choices still matter. Our solutions hub can help you pick the climate action that works best for your life. You can grow your impact by organizing your friends and neighbors to join in.
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Climate change solutions » Yale Climate Connections
Discover how people across the country are reacting to the reality of climate change.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/04/2025
Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials. But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By @reneedudley.bsky.social
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Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across…
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