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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home! Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.

Shown is a blank sample administrative warrant. The only place for signatures is for an immigration officer. No judge has to sign off on it.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

New Mayor, same monthly FOIL extension auto-response (going on three years) @mayor.nyc.gov

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Michael Zelenko @mvzelenko.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"Too much money fucked us, basically." FANTASTIC feature from @issielapowsky.bsky.social on how Tiger Global flooded the startup market with capital, and the wreckage it left behind. Great data viz from @hazelgandhi.bsky.social & stunning art from Nicolas Ortega restofworld.org/2025/tiger-g...

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Rina Chandran @rinachandran.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. Tiger Global helped usher in that era of fast money. Will the AI boom be a repeat? Read @issielapowsky.bsky.social feature in @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/tiger-g...

restofworld.org

Big bets and broken unicorns: Tiger Global’s rise and reckoning

The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. Will the AI boom be a repeat?

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Danny Groner @dannygroner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"And it puts more competitors at risk of disruption, partly due to venture-backed startups’ ability to dramatically undercut pricing. All this often comes before the startups can even prove that their business fundamentals actually work."

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The fast-money pandemic era created a glut of unicorns around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. For @restofworld.org, I wrote about the role that Tiger Global played in fueling this hype cycle and what it can teach us about the current AI boom. restofworld.org/2025/tiger-g...

restofworld.org

Big bets and broken unicorns: Tiger Global’s rise and reckoning

The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. Will the AI boom be a repeat?

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Uh whoa? "Meta won an arbitration ruling against Wynn-Williams that bars her from promoting her tell-all memoir or saying anything 'disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental' about Meta, **including in private remarks to her husband or children**..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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She blew the whistle at Meta. Then her career fell apart.

After exposing the harms of Big Tech, many whistleblowers say they faced poor job prospects and isolation in Silicon Valley. They have no regrets.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A totally fascinating deep dive by my pal @davey.bsky.social and her talented Bloomberg colleagues on the rising economy of MAGA-coded brands advertising on right-wing YouTube channels www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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YouTube’s Right-Wing Stars Fuel Boom in Politically Charged Ads

YouTube’s MAGA stars aren’t just talking politics—they’re selling it

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Liz Hamel @lizhamel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Our brand new survey of immigrants in partnership with @nytimes.com explores immigrants views and experiences under the second Trump administration. It finds increased fear, health and economic challenges amid immigration enforcement, but a remarkable resilience as well www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...

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KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants | KFF

KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants The 2025 Survey of Immigrants, a partnership between KFF and The New York Times, takes an in-depth look at the experiences of immigrants during the first y...

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Oh dear just discovered that the White House's LinkedIn pic is now a photo of Trump, so for anyone who's ever listed the White House as their place of work, it shows up like this.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

(somehow missed this when 1st out!) Behind the scenes look at the problem I've named "Pollingism" in practice - data & testing are very useful, but you must know you can't wield a thermometer to change a tire. www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

weekendreading.net

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Philly never fails to Philly www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

According to Priorities USA post-election polling, "Between 2020 and 2024, people who consumed at least three hours of YouTube a day had moved 10 points toward Trump — a bigger swing than Black voters, Black men, young voters and a slew of other categories that were dominating headlines."

politico.com

The Super PAC Trying to Free Democrats From the Cult of the Quants

Danielle Butterfield thinks her party’s data obsession paralyzed it in 2024. Now she’s betting that a little chaos — and a lot of risk — might be what saves it.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

NEW: One complaint I heard the most in 2024 was that Democrats were ceding too much control to "the quants," letting ad testing and cost-per-vote analyses guide strategy. Here's my deep dive into what that meant in practice — and how one Super PAC is pushing back. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

politico.com

The Super PAC Trying to Free Democrats From the Cult of the Quants

Danielle Butterfield thinks her party’s data obsession paralyzed it in 2024. Now she’s betting that a little chaos — and a lot of risk — might be what saves it.

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Amy Farley @afarles.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"Even as Democrats rally around ActBlue in the face of attacks from the right, they are sharply divided over whether the organization is equipped to handle these blows." @issielapowsky.bsky.social reports on Democratic fundraising giant, which is under siege. www.fastcompany.com/91428737/ins...

fastcompany.com

Inside the storm surrounding ActBlue

Under attack by Republicans and shaken by internal rifts, the Democrats’ fundraising engine faces its toughest test yet.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

NEW: Trump gave the DOJ 180 days to report on supposed fraud at ActBlue. The deadline passed. No report. I spoke with sources about the tumultuous last year inside ActBlue—turnover under its CEO, GOP attacks, and the group's growing ambitions despite it all. www.fastcompany.com/91428737/ins...

fastcompany.com

Inside the storm surrounding ActBlue

Under attack by Republicans and shaken by internal rifts, the Democrats’ fundraising engine faces its toughest test yet.

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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I spoke with @issielapowsky.bsky.social at the @nytimes.com about an important experiment in post-disaster housing happening Maui. Ka La‘i Ola will provide transitional housing for hundreds of wildfire survivors, then convert to permanent housing and infrastructure. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/h...

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Hawaii’s Tiny Homes Offer a New Model of Disaster Recovery

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/07/2025

Wired rules. Just an incredible group of journalists who are completely meeting the moment. And you can subscribe for $2 a month, which is insane www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

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A New Era for WIRED—That Starts With You

As of today, there are even more ways to enjoy WIRED’s journalism, including premium newsletters and livestream Q&As. Join us.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

But they also have an important message: The whole Girl Boss era made women feel like anything less than climbing the corporate ladder was a failure—a point for the patriarchy. These women are rejecting that premise and redefining ambition on their own terms. /end www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

nytimes.com

From Girl Boss to No Boss

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It's a tricky story to tell. Tradwives have made motherhood a meme. Too many women stop working because childcare’s too costly. And too many politicians are telling women to have more babies, while slashing their safety net. The women I spoke to know it was a privilege to make this choice. 5/x

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It’s a story about the growing number of women — women of the Lean In era — who have reached the heights of career success and decided, for now, to pursue other goals, be it motherhood, starting a business, or something else entirely. Author Neha Ruch calls this “the power pause.” 4/x

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I didn’t end up leaving my job. But in '22, my newsroom shut down. Since then, I’ve been a full-time freelancer (by choice!). I work as much as ever, but it’s on my own terms. Anyway, I word vomited this to a wonderful editor at the Times, who thought there was a story in it and there was! 3/x

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

So many women were being forced out of the workforce at that time due to layoffs and lack of childcare. I knew that if I stepped back from work, I'd be counted in that group. But that didn’t feel like it would accurately describe my situation. I wondered ever how many other women felt that way. 2/x

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I have a story out today in the NYTimes that's been bouncing around my brain for years. Backstory: I was a new mom when COVID started. I was working from home, switching off and on w/my husband, who was also home, every few hours. It was hard, yes, but I also really loved the time with my kid...1/x

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I take it back. This part is reeeeeally clear.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Every single part of this entire interview is nonsensical. As in the words, strung together as sentences, in the form of questions and answers make no sense. Two men who think they sound smarter if they never admit they don’t know wtf the other one just said or meant. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Elon keeps stiffing people. She keeps suing him. Really fun interview with Shannon Liss-Riordan, the renowned labor lawyer, on how she's carving out a subspecialty in "billionaire justice." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...

vanityfair.com

Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him

Shannon Liss-Riordan is one of the country’s most renowned labor lawyers. Lately, she’s also developed a specialty in “billionaire justice.”

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

NEW: In 2018, California became the first state to let DAs revisit old prison sentences that seemed unjust. Another 5 states have since passed similar policies. But of the 1,000+ people resentenced, almost none are women. I wrote about an effort to change that. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/h...

nytimes.com

Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Wisdom of the crowd: My kid got a basketball net for his birthday. He plays no earlier than 10am and no later than 7pm. We found an anonymous note on our fence asking us to "respect the neighborhood" because the ball bouncing is too loud, including "during dinnertime." What is the right response?

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

that was a terrible (!) decision on their part. i'm so sorry to hear it, adam. i loved the work you were doing there — and all the work you do!

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings. “We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals. www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It says something about the tenor of the reader emails I've been getting lately that I immediately assumed this subject line was a troll.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Had a fascinating chat with @patrickmcgee.bsky.social about his book, Apple in China. It flips what we know about Apple and China on its head. It's not just that China built Apple. He argues that through massive investments in the country, Apple built China, too. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/a...

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The Dark History of How China Captured Apple

In his new book, Apple in China, Patrick McGee examines how Tim Cook unwittingly led Apple right into the heart of Trump’s trade war.

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Great article by @issielapowsky.bsky.social about the impact AI content is already having. Even if the "dead internet theory" isn't 100% true, if platforms don't properly disencentivize AI content, it can still hurt online publishing and content creators. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.com

Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All

The assertion that bots are choking off human life online has never seemed more true.

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Fil Menczer @fil.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Quoted in this great article about AI slop by @issielapowsky.bsky.social: what mix of real and AI-generated content will our information environment reach in the limit? Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All

The assertion that bots are choking off human life online has never seemed more true.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation" Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company

On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I've been wanting to pitch this *exact* story, but so glad it exists anyway. The Jennifer Hudson Show TikToks are the ultimate antidote to the doomscroll and the only way to calm my addled brain at the end of a long day. I love them so very much. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/a...

nytimes.com

How ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ Took Over TikTok

Usher and Gwen Stefani are among the stars who have shimmied down a “spirit tunnel” on their way to Hudson’s couch. Clips with customized hype songs are a sensation online.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2025

New in PN: RFK Jr. is wrong about autism "The Trump administration's attack on difference, the idea that people who are different are a tragedy and a burden and that they have nothing to contribute — that is fascism. And it is a danger to almost everyone."

publicnotice.co

RFK Jr. is wrong about autism

His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

In 2013, a junior senator named Marco Rubio delivered a stern warning against protectionist foreign policy and asked, “If America stops leading, who will fill the vacuum we leave behind?” What ever happened to that guy? www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

vanityfair.com

Marco Rubio Has Lost Himself

The Secretary of State once asked, “If America stops leading, who will fill the vacuum we leave behind?” Anyone know if he's got an answer?

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Had to watch this several times to wonder if he was just...talking about his own accomplishments.

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issielapowsky.bsky.social @issielapowsky.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

also Gmail: I *never* want to mark by entire inbox of 152,698 emails as unread.

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Sam Litzinger @samlitzinger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Important column by @vermontgmg.bsky.social… “Has America Reached the End of the Road? Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-americ...

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Has America Reached the End of the Road?

Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Not sure who needs to hear this, but @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, as the first director of CISA and an outspoken truth teller in the years since then, has done incredibly important work for the cybersecurity community and the country. Pretty much the definition of a “good faith actor.”

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The State Department is outraged that people are being rounded up and threatened with deportation based on their political speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

nytimes.com

American Is Arrested in Thailand on Charges of Criticizing Royalty

The U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.

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