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Investigative reporter at The Marshall Project

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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey y’all! It’s hard to know how to feel somedays about the music industry, but one thing I know is that there are a lot of amazing folks working tirelessly to get music they care about out to you-
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We now know who signed off on Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to Club Fed. @jkbjournalist.bsky.social ​@asharangappa.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social ​@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social ​@​lincolnproject.us​ @muellershewrote.com
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We now know the person who transferred #GhislaineMaxwell to the Club Fed prison in Texas - Rick Stover, special assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, William Marshall III @jasonleopold.bsky.social
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We now know the person who transferred #GhislaineMaxwell to the Club Fed prison in Texas - Rick Stover, special assistant to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, William Marshall III @jasonleopold.bsky.social
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest on an obscure change in prison policy that give AG Todd Blanche power to reward allies and punish enemies www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/18/b...
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New Prison Policy Gives Trump Administration More Power to Punish Enemies
The Bureau of Prisons quietly revised its rules to allow Attorney General Todd Blanche to unilaterally decide where federal prisoners serve time.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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How a GOP super PAC tricked a grieving father into appearing in a political ad
In an interview with Popular Information, Ronald Hayes described how he was deceived, manipulated, and exploited.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@brittanyhailer.bsky.social continues to uncover the mess that is a psychiatric treatment center for children in Ohio www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/01/t...
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Teen Treatment Center CEO Accused of Unlawful Sexual Contact With Minor in Police Sting
Police say the head of Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
another proposal:
lake 404 media, using mapquests' renaming tool
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Google done did it
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For those who don't know much about @roycoopernc.bsky.social this is a good piece by @jimmorrill.bsky.social www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
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What the Duke Lacrosse Case Says About Roy Cooper
The Senate candidate won praise for declaring three players innocent as AG in 2007. Critics wish he’d done more for other defendants.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And about the specific toll it can take on babies and toddlers here: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/09/b...
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25 Babies and Toddlers Are in ICE Custody on an Average Day
On an average day under Trump, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody. In total, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been detained.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered an independent monitor to oversee detention of children at the family facility in Dilley, TX storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order – #1828 in Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese (C.D. Cal., 2:85-cv-04544) – CourtListener.com
ORDER RE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER AND INDEPENDENT MONITOR by Judge Dolly M. Gee: The Court hereby APPOINTS Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Esq. as the Special Master ("SM"), and Dr. Paul H. Wise as the In...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 18/08/2026
UPDATE: After this story published, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee made public her order appointing an independent monitor to oversee conditions for children in immigration detention, noting numerous violations by ICE and CBP under the Trump administration. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/18/p...
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Parents are Giving Up Green Card Fights to Get Their Kids Out of Immigrant Jail
As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So cool to be in the company of fearless @keribla.bsky.social www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo...
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Reporting On: America’s prison systems - Editor and Publisher
Behind prison walls are stories that are rarely seen and often difficult to tell. In this powerful examination, E&P’s Alyssa Choiniere explores the challenges of covering America’s correctional system...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ayyy it's me and @josephneff.bsky.social sharing our little ~pearls of (questionable) wisdom~ about covering prisons: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo...
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Reporting On: America’s prison systems - Editor and Publisher
Behind prison walls are stories that are rarely seen and often difficult to tell. In this powerful examination, E&P’s Alyssa Choiniere explores the challenges of covering America’s correctional system...
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Powerful and disturbing story from my pal @shannonheffernan.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/p...
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A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
great piece by someone close to me www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Black lands, Mexican bands: how a southern rural family built a Latino cultural hub
As the Latino population of North Carolina booms, opportunities abound – and Donal Gooch is capitalizing on changing nature of his home region
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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How Some Federal Prison Guards Use Fear and Abuse to Stifle Complaints
Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, including physical abuse.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Trump Has Put 500 Babies and Toddlers In Immigration Jails
Young children in detention stopped eating, began hitting themselves and became ill, according to parents.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Anatomy of a police coverup www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwm8...
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Man Shot by Highway Patrol Trooper in North Carolina
YouTube video by The Marshall Project
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A hat trick of Kavanaugh stops www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In this clip, Kash Patel says the grand jury heard evidence that Comey deleted the '8647' post and apologized. Neither fact appears in the indictment. Hmm. Did the FBI director just disclose evidence presented before a grand jury?
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"What is especially galling, some victims said, is that their compensation for years of fighting for justice will boil down to a day’s pay for a Purdue attorney like Huebner, who charges $2,935 an hour." www.propublica.org/article/purd...
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“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
To be clear eyed about this: It's not just that this is the most anti-science crew ever to head the federal government. It's that they view both the people who produce science & those who think it ought to guide & constrain policy as their *enemies*, so destroying US science is a blow against them
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
When a white state trooper killed a black man in a traffic stop, law enforcement reacted: comfort and aid the shooter, harass and investigate the shooting victim. The only people detained? The parents entering the ER to see their dying son www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/22/n...
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How the Truth About a North Carolina Police Shooting Stayed Hidden
In 2019, a state trooper killed Brandon Webster, claiming self-defense. Evidence contradicted that account but wasn’t made public — until now.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In 2020 Alysia Santo & I wrote how private prison company Management & Training Corp. was ripping off Mississippi taxpayers by billing for ghost workers, making more profits MTC and making prisons more dangerous for staff and prisoners. Now the state auditor is demanding MTC pay back $7.4 million.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Especially considering that ProPublica is a non-profit that was founded to create a professional home for investigative journalists.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I took a lunch break with my @marshallprojectguild.org colleagues in support of @propublicaguild.org's strike. No comrades in Durham, so I took my lunch at the house where Pauli Murray grew up. She would support the guild's action! @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social
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Beth Schwartzapfel @journo-beth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
$20 at CVS. Pay in cash and make calls (to a reporter, say) that are totally untraceable. You can also take photos of documents or emails and text them. Just make sure to buy your minutes in cash too.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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A Women’s Prison Conceals a Sinister Secret: Staff Sexual Misconduct, Accusers Say
Some employees at a Texas federal prison that holds high-profile women including Ghislaine Maxwell said they faced retaliation for reporting abuse.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In case you think losing 95k scientists in a year is normal, it's decidedly not.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I cannot adequately explain how fucked up the World Cup situation is wihen the president of a host nation *threatens the safety* of one of the participants (Iran). The USA should be removed as a host nation and if it's not, the games shoud be boycotted and ANYONE WITH A MORAL CENTER should see that.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Those of us in NC who've been represented by Thom Tillis for years wish we'd seen this version earlier. Perfect example of how not running for re-election freed him. Also a perfect example of how cowed he was for all the years before.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:
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“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
nysfocus.com/2026/02/17/h... Gov. Hochul wants to eliminate all state funding for the Correctional Association of New York - $3 million is six one-hundreths of one person of the prison budget
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Hochul Moves to Pull the Plug on Prison Oversight Funding
Last year, after prison guards were caught beating an incarcerated man to death, Governor Hochul allocated millions to a prison oversight body. This year,…
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This could be a big step in Mississippi following great work by @calebbedillion.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/04/m...
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Mississippi Lawmakers Push Prison Reform After Dozens of Deaths Exposed
A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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How Lack of Health Care Led to Preventable Deaths in New York Prisons
More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the past decade.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 02/12/2025
👋 This #GivingTuesday, your donation of just $10 pays for one subscriber's annual News Inside subscription — delivering powerful stories and helpful resources they can't get anywhere else in prison or jail: www.themarshallproject.org/donate?via=7...
Text reads "Your $10 donation pays for the cost of one incarcerated reader's annual subscription. This Giving Tuesday, our goal is to fund 150 News Inside Subscriptions." The image features three issues of The Marshall Project's News Inside print edition.
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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Local reporting at its best www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/l...
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How One Parking Ticket Cost Hundreds of Drivers Their Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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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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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The @washingtonpost.com has changed its slogan again, from “Democracy Dies In Darkness” to “Know Your Place.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, and education instead of lining the pockets of the military industrial complex?
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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence. Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.
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