Reposted by Andrew PantaziCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 17hSad update here: I heard from a family member that Elmer Williams died on Sunday. I've been haunted by what he told me three years ago. "Slowly, slowly, slowly, they just let me fall apart." 38440
Reposted by Andrew PantaziBolts @boltsmag.org · 13/10/2026NEW in Bolts: The midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump’s orders and how to shape mail voting and registration. Explore our state breakdown:boltsmag.orgThese 35 States Are Deciding Who’ll Run Their Elections - BoltsThe midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump’s orders and how to shape mail voting and registration. 34723
Reposted by Andrew PantaziJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/10/2026New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations 6470162
Reposted by Andrew PantaziHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026We went to a police union convention and all we got was this disquieting sense that solidarity can only be stretched so far before it breaks. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltr...hamiltonnolan.comWe Infiltrated a Police Union Convention in Las VegasAt the far edge of solidarity, ICE is more popular than the AFL-CIO. 923956
Reposted by Andrew PantaziKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is WILD. The BOP has apparently RE-terminated the union contract 32612
Reposted by Andrew Pantazidaniel a. smith @electionsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Florida’s Immigrant Electorate has Drifting GOP, but Only Two Groups Have Flipped from D to R electionsmith.substack.com/p/floridas-i...electionsmith.substack.comFlorida’s Immigrant Electorate has Drifting GOP, but Only Two Groups Have Flipped from D to RCuban and Venezuelan-born registered voters in Florida have the 041
Reposted by Andrew PantaziTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.mississippitoday.orgWrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers diesAfter Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him. 17696257
Reposted by Andrew PantaziLaura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Alligator Alcatraz is closed. But in northern FL, another state-run immigrant detention center, nicknamed Deportation Depot, is still open. Here's what life is like inside. For @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comOut of Sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation DepotAdvocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz's worst. 59950
Reposted by Andrew PantaziHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Interesting defector.com/jaguars-junc...defector.comJaguars Junction: Week 4 | DefectorAre you grasping for an explanation of the Jacksonville Jaguars’ typically excellent performance? Look no further than the Microsoft Surface. Microsoft Surface tablets are in the hands of all the Jagu... 3343
Reposted by Andrew PantaziTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2921571957
Reposted by Andrew PantaziRebuild Local News @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Historic development for local news! 🚨 @governor.ca.gov has signed the Community NEWS Act (AB 2222) into law, creating the nation’s largest state investment in local news by total dollars. Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/gov-newsom-s...rebuildlocalnews.orgGov. Newsom Signs Nation's Most Ambitious Law to Strengthen Community NewsThe Community NEWS Act (AB 2222), sponsored by Rebuild Local News, creates refundable tax credits to help California news outlets retain and hire local journalists 48228
Reposted by Andrew PantaziMatt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 01/10/2026Special Wednesday newsletter: On Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a big local news funding bill and when change creeps up on you unexpectedly. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/california...mattdpearce.substack.comCalifornia roadmapOn Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of the Community NEWS Act and the roads unexpectedly traveled. 13310
Reposted by Andrew PantaziNate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000 floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h...floridatrib.orgHow AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process. 036
Reposted by Andrew PantaziThe Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...floridatrib.orgDeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion. 61494342
Reposted by Andrew PantaziMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A few dozen candidates for the House and Senate this year have backgrounds in the labor movement www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comRevenge of the labor movement: Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake CongressMeet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class voters 212138
Reposted by Andrew PantaziBarry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 18/09/2026Durham NC holds itself up as a pro-immigrant jurisdiction. But its magistrates and judges repeatedly refer people facing low-level criminal charges to ICE when they're not required to—even for offenses as minor as a single trespassing charge. @twitterlessabe.bsky.social @indyweek.bsky.social #ncpolindyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found. 01414
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Papers that were once thriving, vibrant civic institutions are now, in many markets, shriveled husks, shuffling zombies, if they still exist at all.” davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle?r...davebarry.substack.comMichelleA tribute. 010
Reposted by Andrew PantaziJanelle O’Dea @jayohday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On June 13, Robin Hamilton’s 38-year-old son Reginald Pittman Jr. passed away nearly two decades after a suicide attempt at the Madison County Jail left him permanently disabled. Read Reggie and Robin's story here illinoisanswers.org/2026/09/15/s... for @illinoisanswers.bsky.socialillinoisanswers.orgState standards designed to prevent jail suicides don’t always workDozens of people have died by suicide in Illinois jails in recent years. Advocates say a multipronged approach could prevent such deaths. 112
Reposted by Andrew PantaziAaron Leibowitz @aaronleibowitz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm the Boston Globe’s new sports investigative reporter. Seeking untold stories of money, power, misconduct at all levels of sports in Boston & beyond. Tips: aaron.leibowitz@globe.com or Signal at aaron_leibowitz.01. I take confidentiality seriously. www.bostonglobemedia.com/aaron-leibow...bostonglobemedia.comAaron Leibowitz joins Globe Sports as investigative reporterAaron Leibowitz joins the Boston Globe sports department as an investigative reporter, arriving from the Miami Herald. 031
Reposted by Andrew PantaziWill Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I have been working on this story in one way shape or form since the Guardian investigations team got a leak of deportation manifests in the first months of the Trump admin In the data were records of kids as young as a few weeks old loaded onto flights.theguardian.comPlane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US 12113
Reposted by Andrew PantaziCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026AI cannot make coffee mugs. It can’t do journalism either, but you can’t tell the hedge fund (Chatham Asset Management) that own McClatchy newspapers that, so here we are ✨ 0203
Reposted by Andrew Pantazisgreenberger.bsky.social @sgreenberger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026More conservatives have turned to no-fault divorce as a “family values” talking point, with some pushing to make it harder for couples to divorce. They've relaunched a conversation that would have been nearly unthinkable just a few years ago. stateline.org/2026/09/11/d...stateline.orgDivorce becomes next battleground as states debate family values • StatelineCerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him. Virginia state law required couples with child... 1126
Reposted by Andrew PantaziCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please consider helping us out a little if you're able. Thank you so much for your support. www.gofundme.com/f/help-charl...gofundme.comDonate to Help Charlotte Observer Journalists Through Job Loss, organized by Caitlin McGladeNearly 10 talented Charlotte Observer journalists committed to br… Caitlin McGlade needs your support for Help Charlotte Observer Journalists Through Job Loss 13327
Reposted by Andrew PantaziCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remainIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 612155849
Reposted by Andrew PantaziCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My giant cover story for the latest issue of Reason is online! My goal was to write a readable history of US prisons. I visited the Angola prison rodeo, interviewed a guy whose life sentence was overturned, and talked to historians about our shifting attitudes about crime reason.com/2026/09/08/t...reason.comThe American prison experiment: A 250-year history of good intentions and bad resultsA strange trip through the U.S. prison system's never-ending cycle of failure and reform 16329
Reposted by Andrew PantaziDanielle Alberti @daniellealberti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So I know I mostly use this space to post about birds and quilting, but I'm also a data viz professional. Well, I was until yesterday. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comDanielle Alberti | Danielle Alberti | 32 commentsYesterday I learned that Axios was eliminating the data visualization team I’ve built and led for nearly seven years. So, for the first time in a long time, I’m looking for what's next. I’m so proud... 42811
Reposted by Andrew PantaziJacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 25/08/2026Some sad news: Axios has eliminated their #dataviz team, which means I have a few former colleagues who are going to be looking for work. @daniellealberti.bsky.social was one of the best managers I’ve ever had and her eye for hiring the right people to round out a team is second to none.linkedin.comDanielle Alberti | Danielle Alberti | 29 commentsYesterday I learned that Axios was eliminating the data visualization team I’ve built and led for nearly seven years. So, for the first time in a long time, I’m looking for what's next. I’m so proud... 0116
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Nixon is both a movement progressive and a Democrat's Democrat who believes in a big-tent leftism. In 2016, she was Bernie’s Black outreach deputy field director. Four years later, she unseated an anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ Dem with a record of defeating challengers. www.axios.com/2026/08/21/f...axios.comFlorida's Angie Nixon isn't the socialist you've heard about"I don't campaign as a member of any organization," she told Axios. 1105
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Angie Nixon has been underestimated before, but her organizing prowess propelled her. She first won office by defeating a conservative, anti-abortion Democratic incumbent, then became one of the Florida House's most visible antagonists of Gov. Ron DeSantis. www.axios.com/2026/08/19/d...axios.comAngie Nixon scores socialist breakthrough in Trump's FloridaNixon, a Jacksonville state representative and former union organizer joined DSA during the campaign. 071
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026For the first time ever, a DSA member won a major-party nomination for statewide office. Nixon had less money, but she had something fundraising couldn't buy: an organizing base and years of relationships inside Florida. w/ @marcacaputo.bsky.social & Holly Otterbein www.axios.com/2026/08/19/d...axios.comAngie Nixon scores socialist breakthrough in Trump's FloridaNixon, a Jacksonville state representative and former union organizer joined DSA during the campaign. 032
Reposted by Andrew PantaziDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 12/08/2026Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much. After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program. www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...foiaball.comAaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style camerasThe QB used an LLC to shield his identity. 1082036663
Reposted by Andrew PantaziJim Brunner @jimbrunner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Last week, the Spokesman-Review benched its top editor. Now, its union has voted no confidence www.rangemedia.co/after-a-news...rangemedia.coLast week, the Spokesman-Review benched its top editor. Now, its union has voted no confidenceFor a decade, Rob Curley has told Spokane he knows how to save journalism. After last Friday, it’s unclear if he can save his job. 094
Reposted by Andrew PantaziAxios @axios.com · 02/08/2026Rep. Max Miller says he'll remain in his re-election race, denying abuse allegations. Sen. Bernie Moreno called Miller — his former son-in-law — a "danger" to his daughter and unfit for office. The public clash between 2 Trump allies comes days before Ohio's ballot replacement deadline.axios.comRep. Max Miller not dropping out after domestic abuse allegationsMiller's former father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno, blasted him as a "danger." 106525
Reposted by Andrew PantaziThe NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 31/07/2026From President Susan DeCarava: “This contract is life-changing for many of our members and will allow them to continue to produce the journalism that’s making a real difference at a time when readers need it the most.” More details here nyguild.org/post/propubl...nyguild.orgProPublica Guild wins first contract on third anniversary of its union recognitionNEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented staff at ProPublica have won a first contract with the nonprofit investigative newsroom in a deal that gives staff … 0177
Reposted by Andrew PantaziCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A 16-year-old Black girl was found hanging in a Charlotte churchyard. Authorities said she died by suicide in three days. Police have said nothing about this until we investigated. Read everything we know here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions lingerIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 076
Reposted by Andrew PantaziAxios @axios.com · 19/07/2026The Justice Department is asking a never-before-used federal court to remove an unnamed noncitizen — the first use of a 30-year-old process that could give President Trump a new tool for his deportation agenda.axios.comTrump's DOJ turns to a never-used court for its next deportation fightIts first case could expand Trump's deportation toolkit. 63317
Reposted by Andrew PantaziMichael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Grateful to be a part of this team.nytimes.com‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign 053
Reposted by Andrew PantaziTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Tragic news: Kelly Davis, a wonderful journalist who published a lot of important reporting on San Diego and on the horrid jail conditions there, has passed away. I was really lucky to briefly be Kelly's colleague at @theappeal.org many years ago, and to work with her on a story at @boltsmag.org.sandiegouniontribune.comKelly Davis, intrepid reporter who exposed death and despair in San Diego County jails and gave voice to the downtrodden, dies at 53The 2023 San Diego journalist of the year beat cancer for more than a decade before being diagnosed with a new tumor earlier this year; she leaves a lasting legacy in her adopted hometown. 1244477
Reposted by Andrew PantaziNight Of The Living Biffs @b1ffy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It’s been a hard and yet triumphant year for Minnesota. Ordinary people have been targeted by their fellow countrymen, and made heroic sacrifices for their neighbors. So, appropriate to remember that 163 years ago today, 262 average Minnesotans sacrificed themselves at the Battle of Gettysburg. 5403127
Reposted by Andrew PantaziDave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Minnesota's legacy in the Civil War is mixed b/c of the terrible cruelty during the Dakota War, but 163 years ago today at Gettysburg the 1st Minnesota took 215 casualties out of 262 men in just 5 minutes as they charged the traitor's line. No US unit has ever suffered a higher casualty rate. 1208
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Supreme Court sidelined Congress and banked power for the ascendant branches: the presidency and itself. It overturned precedents, second-guessed Congress, brushed aside lower-court findings and stretched textualism in ways even its adherents questioned. www.axios.com/2026/07/02/s...axios.comThe Supreme Court's favorite branch of government is itselfCongress keeps losing power to presidents and justices. 020
Reposted by Andrew PantaziMichael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"Some days the court is originalist, and other days it's not," @stevevladeck.bsky.social tells @axios.com. The justices, he says, use history and text "the way a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not for illumination."axios.comThe Supreme Court's favorite branch of government is itselfCongress keeps losing power to presidents and justices. 021
Reposted by Andrew PantaziAbe Silberstein @abesilbe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Two years after Darializa Avila Chevalier took part in the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, she is now set to represent the district in which the university is located in Congress. 111806343
Reposted by Andrew PantaziTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026RESULT: New York Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, who was known as an ally of former Mayor Eric Adams, has beenousted by David Orkin, a DSA-endorsed attorney who works at the immigrants' rights group Make the Road New York. 222220357
Reposted by Andrew PantaziBarry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 17/06/2026One issue featured a Black man in the center of a bullseye to illustrate a story opposing UNC's Black cultural center. Another featured a Jewish student running for student body president with horns and a pitchfork. One cover featured a Rebel flag with the headline "Southern Heritage." By Eric Katz. 052
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The new maps are worth nearly 2 extra points to Republicans in the national margin. Now, House Democrats need to outperform Kamala Harris' 2024 national results by nearly 5 percentage points. www.axios.com/2026/06/07/r...axios.comGOP redistricting means Democrats need nearly 2 more points to win the HouseAxios' analysis shows how the 2026 map math changed. 032
Reposted by Andrew PantaziEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here: 17897402845
Reposted by Andrew PantaziJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Incredibly disturbing story broken by @medpagetoday.com team. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...medpagetoday.comVideo: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA MeetingResearchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions 27613338
Andrew Pantazi @apantazi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Florida's redistricting plaintiffs who challenged the state's gerrymander asked the state Supreme Court to intervene. The lower appellate court refused to send the case to the high court even though the FL Supreme Court chastised it for not doing so previously. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...documentcloud.orgFlorida Redistricting Petition to state Supreme Court - 249665169 Petition For All Writs 1155
Reposted by Andrew PantaziAlex DeLuca @alexldeluca21.bsky.social · 04/06/2026BREAKING: Ex-Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has been referred for criminal prosecution by the House Oversight Committee after a former Epstein assistant accused him of abuse. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/former-...miaminewtimes.comFormer Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine referred for charges after Epstein hearingEpstein's assistant Sarah Kellen (who worked for Epstein for 15 years) told the committee Thursday about the assaults by Levine. 032