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Gabriel Kahn

@gabekahn.bsky.social
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journalism prof. @USCAnnenberg, founder Crosstown: data-driven local news (xtownmedia.com), ex-@WSJ. Lacking sense of humor.

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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I thought that was hilarious.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Please sum up the entire decade in one headline.
wsj.com
Chinese Makers of Fentanyl Ingredients Now Sell Bootleg Peptides to Americans
Black-market manufacturers are selling substances that promise to tan skin, repair tissue and help with weight loss.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a brain trust.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ADUs have prevented LA's housing crisis from getting much, much worse. All it took was removing some red tape.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Terrifying to think that GOP senators actually confirmed this man.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
U.S. military sends top-secret F-35 parts by UPS from Australia. China intercepts package in Hong Kong, won't give it back.
bloomberg.com
China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed ...
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seriously, this is the kind of headlines we're writing now:
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The White House Correspondents’ Association should’ve boycotted Trump when he revoked Jim Acosta’s press credentials They should’ve boycotted when he sued the NY Times They should’ve boycotted when he insulted all the female reporters Instead, they honored him by letting him speak at their dinner
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The LAPD has failed for a year and a half to make this data public. It was public for 16 years before it was taken offline I. March of 2025.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow. Mitch McConnell has a great taxidermist.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "Then there's the ex-staffer posting swastikas and Klan regalia. And the neo-Nazi with a million followers who produces neo-Nazi propaganda at Collins's house ... a man who won't take responsibility for what happens under his own roof can't be trusted with our national affairs."
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ESPN had Ted Cruz on 'College GameDay' in a conversation with Rece Davis for nearly 10 minutes. Cruz was heavily booed by the crowd -- and heard "Ted, you suck!" chants -- in Austin.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Literally
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Trump pays tribute to Medal of Honor recipients: "The thing I really want is I want is, myself, a congressional Medal of Honor. And I've studied it. I'd give it to myself, I'd have no problem, but I'm not allowed to."
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hope this means something in a few weeks.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/08/2026
“Women who average more than 8.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, or 1.3 assists per game clearly have an unfair biological advantage over women who don’t, and we need to maintain a level playing field.” — Sophie Cunningham
theonion.com
Sophie Cunningham Claims Any Woman Who Averages More Than 8 Points Per Game Should Not Be Allowed To Play In WNBA
INDIANAPOLIS—Contending that the proposed restrictions were “common sense” and necessary to preserve the integrity of the sport, Indiana Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham claimed Friday that any ...
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is this Stalin-like purges or theater of the absurd?
nytimes.com
Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Only good happen
wsj.com
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Surprise Trip to Moscow
The agency declined to comment on Ratcliffe’s first publicly known trip to the Russian capital, where he spent about four hours before leaving.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still my favorite @newyorker.com cartoon of 2026.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sounds like the opening line to a limerick.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You cannot outrun the bond market. You’d think he’d know this.
wsj.com
The Wild Week When Scott Bessent Was Schooled by the Bond Market
The Treasury Department’s announcement of a bond buyback stemmed a selloff—but not for long.
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What's the average parking fine in your L.A. neighborhood? Is it $197? Or just $63. We list them all in this story. xtown.la/2026/08/20/p...
xtown.la
Parking ticket? Where you live in L.A. can determine how much you pay
Average fines in some neighborhoods are almost $200; in others it’s as low as $61…
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oh my God!
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Great read.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Looks like it’s the same guy making them, even.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The internet keeps the receipts.
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In the @crosstownla.bsky.social newsletter today, we reported that Los Angeles's population is once again shrinking. We also gave the latest population numbers for every LA neighborhood. Make sure you subscribe. newsletter.xtown.la
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Open Source Investigative Journalists, put this on your calendar: Oct. 9-10 in Los Angeles. USC's second Open Source Journalism Conference. @henkvaness.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social
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Annual Open Source Journalism Conference – Join us in Los Angeles for the second annual Open Source Journalism Conference on October 9 and 10, 2026!
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
How much net new housing has Los Angeles County actually added? @lareported.bsky.social shows the depressing truth: an annual growth rate of 0.4%. lareported.org/room-to-grow/
lareported.org
Room to grow
By Jarrett Carpenter L.A. County has been adding bedrooms at a glacial pace of 0.4% per year. Will a spate of new pro-housing laws finally change that? At a packed meeting of the Sherman Oaks Homeow...
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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/08/2026
Olivia Miles is electric. Courtney Williams is a vibe. Cheryl Reeves is the 🐐. Lynx are a fun team to root for right now.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is how you write a headline, people.
wsj.com
His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart
Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ But his Situational Awareness hedge fund took on too much leverage, leading to a crash he never saw coming.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As @lopatto.bsky.social wrote: “Lawsuits are Elon’s preferred alternative to therapy.”
theguardian.com
Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology
First-in-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real people
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yes. But he has the looks for television.
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
One reason the Los Angeles #homeless crisis is so intractable: the city has been permitting many fewer apartments than it once did. xtown.la/2026/07/27/h...
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Taxidermist just came back from vacation.
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
L.A.'s #homelessness crisis is complicated with no easy fix. We put it into charts.
xtown.la
Four charts on the Los Angeles homelessness crisis
Declines in the number of new apartments and high rents contribute to a worsening situation on the streets…
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
xtown.la
Four charts on the Los Angeles homelessness crisis
Declines in the number of new apartments and high rents contribute to a worsening situation on the streets…
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
God forbid a field like sociology should study things like race, gender and class.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great piece! Looking forward to the real thing!
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Cofeve
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So newsletter is a verb now?
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So many storylines in this single headline.
bloomberg.com
‘Wild West’ of Untested Peptides Has Americans Paying in Crypto to Get Their Fix
Some suppliers will only take cryptocurrency for payment.
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Gabriel Kahn @gabekahn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’m so sorry for your loss.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Once Asking $125 Million, Bill Koch’s Aspen Home Fetches $33.515 Million
The sale of the 52-acre estate known as Elk Mountain Lounge caps more than a decade on and off the market.
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CrosstownLA @crosstownla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Why have Los Angeles streets become so dangerous for animals? xtown.la/2026/07/20/l...
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Sir Charles Anthony @sircharlesanthony.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Just gonna leave this here for all the people who seem to think we should be showing any modicum of care or empathy for Mitch Mconnell
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tuberville voted in Florida after tax records say he moved back to Alabama www.al.com/news/2026/06...
al.com
Tuberville voted in Florida after tax records say he moved to Alabama
Tuberville claimed Alabama residency in August 2018. He and his wife voted in Florida three months later.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You had room, @politico.com, to add the words "Without providing evidence" to the beginning of this headline. Because that's what your story (which far fewer people will read) says. 1/2
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POLITICO

DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states A draft press release viewed by POLITICO said non-citizens were registered in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/07/2026
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, who previously ran a company that provides aircraft for fighting wildfires, has proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. One of the company’s aircraft failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing. (Published June)
propublica.org
A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
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ecnarret.bsky.social @ecnarret.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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