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Dan Moritz-Rabson

@dmoritzrabson.bsky.social
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I report on the criminal legal system and fact check things. Published in ProPublica, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, and other places. Former researcher/fact checker at Freakonomics Radio Network. Email me at dmoritzrabson@gmail.com. Clips at dmoritzrabson.com

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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Free power broker on 30th street
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the current lead story on the new york post — a publication hellbent on demanding more patriotism, lambasting people for not loving cops enough, and spreading racist stereotypes — is about lady gaga’s baby
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Update: The 11th Circuit denied Lee's request for a stay of execution, saying that "Lee has not shown a substantial likelihood that the district court abused its discretion in applying the estoppel doctrines" and that Alabama is not currently prepared to carry out firing squad executions.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
apolitical court things
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
jesus christ.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Totally inappropriate framing considering the seriousness of the allegations. Just disgusting sensationalism for clicks
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is the warrant
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lee's lawyers had asked a court to prevent him from being executed by lethal injection. Last week, District Judge Emily C. Marks denied that request, saying those legal arguments belonged in state court.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lee elected for a nitrogen execution in 2018, the same year the state authorized the method but had not outlined its protocol. Because he had agreed for a nitrogen execution, he dropped a lawsuit challenging the state's lethal injection protocol. (screenshot from an order from last week)
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Oh good a bunch of talented reporters are debasing themselves again
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mind you, this comes shortly after Kavanaugh is writing about needing to apply constitutional principles to modern conditions. But I guess historically accurate framing is not necessary for that application
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In which Brett Kavanaugh says we should reconsider if the 14th amendment grants citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants born here by invoking American Indians, many of whom, notably, were not uniformly seeking citizenship but sovereignty as the U.S. government eroded their rights
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
babe wake up the highest court of the land of the richest and most militarily advanced country in the history of the world is waxing poetic about children playing sports
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We’re gonna find out this wasn’t true in two weeks and also this really isn’t push alert worthy either way
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
walked outside my office at just the right time and found a Jalen Brunson cybertruck
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Insane fundraising tactic go make some policies you bozos
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
love a friday afternoon foil extension (6 years and counting)
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
That’s uh quite the angle to run with for an outlet that spent a lot of time defending the shooting of Renee Good
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I dont see a single way this could turn out badly
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Incredible sentence that links to The New York Post article that actually doesn't cite any research.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ok but why did your carrots have glass in them
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thinking about this quote from @alexvitale.bsky.social (again) as Dems have begun to walk back the simplest demands to rein in ICE. As I noted in July, the anti-mask accountability bills proposed didn't have any teeth. After live-streamed extrajudicial killings, we're functionally in the same place.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Vieques hospital was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017. The locals had incredibly little access to healthcare for years. The facility was *just* completed in Dec. Meanwhile, tourists have flocked to the island+tech guys have bought up land on the island while locals still lack basic services
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Lots of both sides let's see how much of a logic pretzel we can create energy emanating from Big Media begs important questions like do reporters have eyes? Is there even a truth in the Beltway Brain, or just somewhere in between what two opposing people say?
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Oooo an investigation? And then what will they make some recommendations in 6 months to implement in three years??
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"we do not tolerate attacks on places of worship" says the administration that rolled back longstanding policy and is ARRESTING UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE AT CHURCH
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
90 day fianyc
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I don’t think the protests have killed all those civilians actually
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Here’s how the NY post chose to report the story yesterday.
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
things are still going great! Healthfirst ensures over 2 million people in NY state, and I'm sure they're well staffed to answer calls about a widespread portal issue. (I have been on hold for 20 minutes and have been calling since Friday with no solution)
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Hold on
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Obviously not the point but why is your unit named after Richard Ramirez
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Can someone explain this to me
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
shoutout the very transparent NYC government for issuing its 24th extension of a records request for correspondence i filed in May 2020
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
glad to see the op-ed pages are still unwavering in their commitment to addressing the hard topics
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
oh
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
oh no that's a face i recognize
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I am not an Epstein specialist but so far I am only seeing incredibly cursed photos, like this one
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
oh so the federal government does know how to release files as a pdf?? weird, my foia experience would make me think otherwise
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I have unfortunately just learned about the term “drone as a service“
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
From PPI's useful analysis: state and local entities that seek to block immigration authorities' access to jails have lower rates of ICE arrests
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Ok so at what point does “testing the ceasefire” become breaking it
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
exclusive
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Apparently Tina Brown hopes Olivia Nuzzi can come back
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Al Jazeera fellowship application asks for an upload of your passport submitted via Google Form, are y'all OK?
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
oh my god come on man you know that's not what that means
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Dan Moritz-Rabson @dmoritzrabson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
it's not a war! there's no "fog"!
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