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Aryn Braun

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West Coast correspondent for The Economist. 📍Los Angeles

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each. Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Definitely had a “what the heck is this” moment when I first learned it was a thing a few years ago!
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations My 1st for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
It was a team effort!
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 16/07/2025
among many other things, "college" meaning "ivy leagues" explains so much about the discourse
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Looking to talk to current or former workers at the National Park Service for a story for The Economist. Please help share this around! I’m on signal at abraun.99
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Spending my 4th of July listening for fireworks and then obsessively checking Watch Duty hbu
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 02/07/2025
REPEAT Project just completed our rapid analysis of the impacts of the Senate-passed version of the One Big "Beautiful" Bill (OBBB), which the House is considering now, on the US energy sector and emissions. Still working up full report, but here is a sneak peak... 🔌💡 🧵
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Ben Christopher @frombenc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A decade-spanning political battle between housing developers and defenders of CEQA, California’s preeminent environmental law, came to an end this afternoon with only a smattering of “no” votes. The forces of housing won. calmatters.org/housing/2025...
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One of the biggest obstacles to building new housing in California has now vanished
After a decade of battling, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
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Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This should be interesting: State Sen. Scott Wiener has filed to run in 2028 for the House seat currently held by Nancy Pelosi. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...
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FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1897381
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
NEW: Here is Judge Farbiarz's formal order that Mahmoud Kahlil "shall be released from immigration custody today." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pursuant to the Court’s decision on the ECF 308 motion, the
Petitioner shall be released from immigration custody today.
The release order shall become effective upon two conditions
being met. First, the setting of bail conditions by the United
States Magistrate Judge. And second, an order from the United
States Magistrate Judge indicating that the bail conditions have
been met.
The bail conditions here shall not include any obligation that
electronic monitoring be put in place or that a bond be
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immediately posted. There is no basis for that in the
evidentiary record the parties have developed.
The bail conditions shall include other requirements that the
United States Magistrate Judge deems appropriate, including as
to those states to which and through which the Petitioner may
travel, and when the Petitioner must surrender his passport or
passports.
IT IS on this 20th day of June, 2025, so ORDERED.
_____________________________
Michael E. Farbiarz, U.S.D.J.
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Hollie Berman @hollieberman.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Proud to share that The US in Brief from @economist.com won best political newsletter at this year’s Publisher Newsletter Awards 🏆 Want to read our daily analysis of the second Trump presidency? Subscribe here www.economist.com/newsletters/...
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
No Waymo is safe
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
DTLA
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“The president hasn’t invoked the Insurrection Act. He’s instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited..” For Lawfare, Chris Mirasola explains the purported legal basis for Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in LA: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Executive Branch States & Localities
The National Guard in Los Angeles
Chris Mirasola
Sunday, June 8, 2025, 10:38 AM
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The president hasn't invoked the Insurrection Act. He's instead relying on a theory of inherent constitutional power that is far more limited.
U.S. California Army National Guard in Sacramento,
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I’ve spent years covering both immigration and Los Angeles and sending National Guard troops to LA feels like “a thinly-veiled message to Democratic-run places that retribution awaits those who would stand between immigrants and the administration’s deportation machine” economist.com/united-state...
economist.com
Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting
The city is being punished for resisting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 01/06/2025
Several people were set on fire in an “act of terror” Sunday afternoon on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder during a gathering to raise awareness about people taken hostage during Hamas’ 2023 attack on Israel, authorities said. coloradosun.com/2025/06/01/b...
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“Act of terror” during Israeli hostage demonstration leaves several injured on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
Officers were called to an area near the intersection of 13th and Pearl streets about 2 p.m. Sunday, Boulder police department said.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 31/05/2025
ICE arrested Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, the Trump admin admits—claiming “exigent circumstances.” Khalil, a green card holder, missed his son’s birth while detained. Critics call it retaliation for pro-Palestinian speech. www.cbsnews.com/news/mahmoud...
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ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, Trump administration confirms
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys are asking an immigration judge to terminate his deportation case.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is so pure www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/...
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Hop aboard this Seattle-Portland train that’s essentially a rolling national park
Between April and September on the Amtrak Coast Starlight between Seattle and Portland, you can catch a national park guide onboard who will narrate the journey.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hot take: California is good, actually
Photo of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
And another about LA’s declining film &TV production. Does Hollywood need saving? economist.com/culture/2025...
economist.com
Hollywood is in trouble. Politicians should not try to save it
Tariffs will not help, and taxpayers have no good reason to
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Wrote two very different, but very California, stories this week. First, on the effects of last year’s Grants Pass SCOTUS decision and the dozens of cities trying to end homelessness by force economist.com/united-state...
economist.com
American cities are criminalising homelessness. Will that help?
How a Supreme Court decision paved the way for more punitive policies
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Looking to talk to current or former federal workers at NOAA for a story for The Economist. Please share far and wide! I’m on signal at abraun.99
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
From 4/29: First migrants charged for entering military zone on US border -28 charged so far -Trump admin is using the zone to have troops arrest migrants without invoking the Insurrection Act -about 11,900 troops currently deployed to the SW border www.reuters.com/world/us/fir...
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First migrants charged for entering military zone on US border
The U.S. Department of Justice has begun the first prosecutions of migrants for illegally entering a military zone created along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, according to court filings.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/05/2025
Breaking News: Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said he wanted to partner with President Trump to craft a $7.5 billion federal film tax credit for Hollywood.
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Newsom Asks Trump to Work With Him on $7.5 Billion Tax Credit for Hollywood
The proposal for a federal program came after the president called for tariffs on movies filmed overseas, causing confusion and concern across the industry.
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Alex Heard @aheard.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Alums of Outside magazine are donating a complete collection of back issues to the Outdoor Recreation Archive at Utah State in Logan, UT. We need to get them from Santa Fe to Logan. If you or anybody you know is planning a trip from NM to UT, please contact me. And please RT.
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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 23/04/2025
Economist/YouGov Poll % of U.S. adult citizens saying that in general, immigration makes the U.S. better off | worse off, in... Oct 19-22, 2024: 35% | 36% Apr 19-22, 2025: 40% | 29% today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The big news: “my proposed budget unfortunately includes layoffs”, but she’s still hoping the state will help plug the gaping budget hole
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Listening to Mayor Bass’s state of the city address, and she says she wants to “stop the bureaucratic madness” that prevents police hiring. Should be a slogan for the whole city…county…state
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Official crowd size was 36,000, slightly larger than the population of my hometown
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Definitely a lot of people talking to me about the deportations as well!
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Been asking folks what brought them out to the rally, and I’m hearing about anxiety over social security more than anything else, from young and old
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The scene from Bernie Sanders’ and AOC’s “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in front of LA city hall this afternoon
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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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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Important piece of Justice Sotomayor's Alien Enemies Act dissent www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/04/2025
The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the U.S. logging industry.
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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New SF zoning map just dropped 🚨
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The battle between Trump's DOJ and the courts has reached a worrisome level. New @economist.com analysis of last weekend's lawless deportations from @arynbraun.bsky.social and me, with insights from @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.economist.com/united-state...
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Did Donald Trump wilfully defy a court order?
The administration’s rushed deportation of alleged gang members seems to have crossed a line
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1/ Quite the admission in a government Declaration submitted late last night in the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) case: "It is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid US deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more information as a legal battle plays out. @kristinacooke.bsky.social and Sarah Kinosian www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador
Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid U.S. deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more information as a legal battle plays out.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
If you want to ramp up deportations or shrink the court backlog, ousting immigration judges isn't the way to do it... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave
The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum claims and have the power to order someone removed from the country.
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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Shoot I’m so sorry Elliott
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
SCOOP: Michael Bennet is “very, very seriously” considering a run for Colorado governor in 2026, senior aides say coloradosun.com/2025/02/28/m... #copolitics
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Michael Bennet is “very, very seriously” considering a run for Colorado governor in 2026, senior aides say
The Democrat has been in the U.S. Senate since 2009
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