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justice reporter at The Washington Sun

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Love love love this
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SCOOP: Last week the National Design Studio announced a new AI website, America.gov. Turns out some NDS workers are on loan to the government and are actually employed by a newly formed nonprofit, founded by the general counsel of SpaceXAI who is himself a DOGE alum. www.wired.com/story/myster...
wired.com
A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI’s Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.
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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here is one of the DOJ’s recent hires: A second-year lawyer who actually picked up the phone and talked to me last week, confirming that he was hired within the last month. He’s defending the DOJ against the DNC’s lawsuit over ballot seizures. www.american-doom.com/p/exclu-meet...
american-doom.com
EXCLU: Meet the second-year lawyer defending Trump’s plans to seize ballots
Devin Iorio was hired a few weeks ago. Now he’s brushing off allegations from Democrats that Trump plans to seize ballots.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Archdiocese of St. Louis sued the Trump administration on Monday to get its priests inside a Missouri jail that holds ICE detainees. The jail had proposed having a guard hand detainees a packaged host. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called it “sacrilegious.”
thelettersfromleo.com
Following Pope Leo XIV, St. Louis Archbishop Sues Trump’s ICE Over Sacraments for Detainees
A Missouri jail proposed that priests hand the Eucharist to a guard in a package. Archbishop Rozanski sued on Monday — two days after Cardinal Cupich demanded access to ICE detainees.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/10/2026
A former FBI supervisor has come forward to allege that President Donald Trump pushed the bureau to investigate anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles after agents found no evidence they had committed a crime.
washingtonsun.com
Whistleblower Alleges the FBI Carried Out an Illegal Probe of ICE Protesters
The disclosure also alleges that personnel were diverted from investigations involving violent crime, drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When Swin told me this story a few years ago I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the day. The first time I earned $15, I skated over to a nearby Walgreens and bought Rage Against the Machine's The Battle of Los Angeles. It was my first CD.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And this wasn't a one-time thing. Trump has been obsessed with his final chapter.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tucker Carlson told NPR Trump has adopted a nihilist attitude toward nukes. "In the end, we all die anyway." From my notes: Bedminster, 2024. Trump asks Secret Service to fetch the iPad. He maxes the volume & plays My Way & Heartbreak Hotel. "This is the best music in the world," he tells friends.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All kneel before the alter of efficiency.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You said it, Henry David Thoreau.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Then I'm in good company. Thanks for the hat tip, @gillianbrockell.com. You're a stellar reporter.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito will be on Fox News this Sunday. The Trump DOJ, just this week, filed a complaint that said: "Public confidence in judicial impartiality cannot survive if judges, in disregard of their ethical obligations, pander to the press." www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
Our series with @calmatters.org and @evidentmedia.org monitoring the actions of US border patrol agents won the Topical Reporting: Immigration Medium newsroom award. Read one of our articles in that series here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across US
Bellingcat and our partners analysed over 85 hours of footage, analysing the actions of Border Patrol agents across the United States.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😵‍💫
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
U.S. District Judge April Perry: "My sole focus at this point is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me."
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry, autowarcom is already taken
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis.
washingtonsun.com
Renee Good's Family Sues Immigration Officials Over Her Killing in Minneapolis
One lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
TIME: Would you rule out declaring a state of emergency in the lead up to the midterms? TRUMP: I don't rule anything out or in. We'll see. You mean the Insurrection Act? TIME: Yeah. TRUMP: No, I've never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it sometimes.
Do you plan to dispatch ICE agents to polling places in the midterms? 

Haven't thought of it.

Would you rule out declaring a state of emergency in the lead up to the midterms unless there's widespread violence in the streets?

I don't rule anything out or in. We'll see. You mean the Insurrection Act?

Yeah.

 

No, I've never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it sometimes. We have the best—look, we have the lowest crime in the history of our country. We have the lowest murder rate since 1900, 125 years. We have the lowest murder rate. That's despite the fact that they allowed 25 million people.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brian Cole's lawyers describe a harrowing interrogation session with FBI. He's autistic. He told agents he couldn't process what was happening. He said he had "trouble even maintaining a conversation like this.” Transcript shows agents said: “No, look at me." www.washingtonsun.com/courts/pipe-...
washingtonsun.com
D.C. Pipe Bomber Suspect Challenges His Statements to the FBI
Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. say his autism played into a confession.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 30th October 1st
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a disgraceful episode.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
Bank of America to pay $39 million to settle customer claims over low interest rates on cash reut.rs/4AH2UiN
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Bank of America to pay $39 million to settle customer claims over low interest rates on cash
Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit will pay $39 million to settle a class ​action claiming it paid brokerage customers near-zero interest ‌rates instead of market rates on idle cash in their retirement accounts.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Only a Hispanic could survive that fall." I was taught to drive stick shift at 16 by a very kind Cuban man who suffered a catastrophic fall from a helicopter while he was serving this country as a U.S. Marine. I immediately think of him when I hear this racist comment from the American president.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And this is almost an aside in the story, but also absolutely bonkers. Meta claimed Zuck as a "researcher" to get a $355 million tax break on his $4.1 billion stock-based compensation.
Screenshot from New York Times article: "Meta is already in one sizable dispute with the I.R.S. over this tax break, for using it to subsidize its chief executive’s multibillion-dollar pay package. In 2013, Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense because he helped invent new software, such as Facebook’s News Feed. The I.R.S. is trying to claw back the company’s resulting $355 million in tax savings, court filings show."
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Andor: Karis Nemik's Urgent Words
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A year ago, @washingtonsun.bsky.social first reported that Lindsey Halligan was being flanked by U.S. Marshals everywhere she went — even in the office where she supervised career prosecutors. Now we know how much it cost. Reporting with @d-hawk.bsky.social: www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/l...
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DOJ Spent $1.1 Million on Lindsey Halligan’s Security Detail
The former personal defense attorney for President Donald Trump got extra protection in her 120-day stint as interim U.S. attorney.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lol politics is high school, forever
washingtonsun.com
Jasmine Crockett Snubs Talarico in New List of Endorsements
Crockett had committed to focusing on “down-ballot” candidates in Texas instead of joining Talarico on the campaign trail.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm sorry, what
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💯
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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026
Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas. Here is that body cam footage. @mjgault.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/watch-body-c...
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exhibit ♾️ www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on ​Wednesday after Israel's military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead of the annual ‌olive harvest, normally a sour...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The @rcfp.org, White House Correspondents Assn, & 49 news orgs file amicus arguing that Trump's ouster of @cnn.com , @msnownews.bsky.social & @politico.com from WH "violates decades of SCOTUS jurisprudence." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae – #18, Att. #1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, White House Correspondents Association, and 49 Media Organizations by REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM O...
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23/09/2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized Trump for “bullying” the Iranian people following Trump’s threat to “annihilate” Iran at the U.N. on Tuesday. www.washingtonsun.com/foreign-polic…
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Iranian President Hits Back Against Trump’s ‘Bullying’ in Defiant U.N. Speech
Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran during his own U.N. address Tuesday.
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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The president can exclude reporters, even for viewpoint discriminatory reasons EvEn fOr vIeWpoiNt DisCriMinAtoRy rEaSoNs EVEN FOR VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATORY REASONS storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
House is a privilege—not a right. The President has set out his factual findings and provided
Plaintiffs an opportunity to contest this decision by 5:00 PM Friday, September 25, 2026.
Plaintiffs ask this Court to enjoin the President to provide them with immediate, continued
access to the White House complex, contrary to his personal judgment, on three purported grounds.
All fail. First, the President’s actions are lawful under the First Amendment. While the D.C. Circuit
has held that some areas of the White House grounds constitute a nonpublic forum, Sherrill v.
Knight, 569 F.2d 124 (D.C. Cir. 1977), that decision is wrong and should be overruled. But even
under Sherrill, the President’s actions must be sustained because the President has “compelling
interest[s]” in enforcing minimum standards for bona fide journalists and safeguarding national
security information. At the very least, the Government may control reporters’ access to restricted
presidential areas, such as the Oval Office, even for viewpoint-discriminatory reasons. Associated
Press v. Budowich, No. 25-5109, 2025 WL 1649265 (D.C. Cir. June 6, 2025) (“AP”). Second, the
President’s actions were not retaliatory because the Government would have taken the same action
anyway, notwithstanding Plaintiffs’ speech criticizing the President—indeed, the President has not
revoked access to other outlets that have equally criticized the President. Third, Plaintiffs are
unlikely to prevail on their due process claims because, even if they have a constitutional right to
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Ben Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: AG Todd Blanche’s attempt to show DOJ attorneys he has their backs got off to a bumpy start in closed-door Atlanta meeting. Prosecutors confronted him with tough questions on staff firings & low morale. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Blanche Gets Pushback From DOJ Staffers He’s Trying to Win Over
Several career Justice Department prosecutors recently confronted Attorney General Todd Blanche about politically motivated firings and low morale during a closed-door meet-and-greet in Atlanta, highl...
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"No suspicion is required before the government searches a traveler’s cellphone at the border." ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OP...
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh okay
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jail roster shows he was arrested yesterday.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot a man in Minneapolis, left the state, was given refuge in Texas by Gov Abbott, and eventually got criminally charged by the feds... is now at a Hennepin County jail over state charges.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/09/2026
Seems like a good evening to watch security camera footage from an imaginary city that is rendered all in ASCII characters. asciicity.live
asciicity.live
ASCII CITY LIVE
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh really? The data is simply... no longer available?
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What's most incredible here is how weak ICE looks for sounding a fire alarm over... the kind of email any writer gets from an angry reader.
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