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Kate Howard

@journokateh.bsky.social
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Editorial director at @revealnews.org and @motherjones.com. Board member at @ire.org and @lpm.org. Resident of Louisville, KY. Email: journokateh@proton.me

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
He tried really, really hard in 2020. With his souring presidency on the line, he’s intensifying his efforts again. You know what we’re talking about: Trump’s election meddling.
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"Cheat like hell": can Trump actually rig the 2026 midterms?
Trump is 0-25 in court on voter rolls. But the real danger may still be ahead. Ari Berman joins the debut episode of "Stress Test" to explain why.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let’s hear it for STRESS TEST, a new video podcast from @motherjones.com in which @davidcorn.bsky.social and @garrisonhayes.bsky.social will talk twice a week with our reporters about the midterms and where you should be paying attention:
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Introducing "Stress Test": The midterms will test democracy. We'll help you through it.
David Corn and Garrison Hayes on what to watch, what to tune out, and what's at stake. New episodes twice a week.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Immigration law is infamous for its impossible hours and laughable salaries, but since early 2025 lawyers have been tested by the federal government’s efforts to target them—and their budgets. The ensuing chaos nearly broke them. Don't miss the latest from @kpaoletta.bsky.social:
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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration's attacks—barely.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Nearly a decade after the runaway success of "Pachinko," @minjinlee.bsky.social's latest tackles sweeping themes such as education, ambition, and familial sacrifice. But tucked inside the pages of "American Hagwon" is a central question: What constitutes a good life?
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The education of Min Jin Lee
In her latest book, the novelist tackles dislocation and familial sacrifice to ask: Is elite schooling always a passport to a good life?
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“OpenAI has said it has notified dozens of entities of instances in which its models bypassed security controls or negatively affected websites” OK, see also: my reporting above, in which OpenAI’s model helped a school shooter ‘bypass security controls’—literally its own www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
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OpenAI Agents Used Aggressive Techniques to Access U.N. Website
Autonomous bots hit the public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dream job number 1: atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
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Senior Editor
The Atlantic is hiring a senior editor to join the newsroom’s Science and Health team. This editor will oversee staff writers and work closely with the team’s other editors to produce stories that lea...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 19/09/2026
After reporter @julialurie.bsky.social had her IUD removed, she felt calmer and happier than she’d felt in years. She started to wonder: What do we know about how hormonal birth control affects mood? This week on Reveal. revealnews.org/podcast/repr...
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https://revealnews.org/podcast/reproductive-health-hormonal-birth-control-side-effects-menopause-women/
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 19/09/2026
Papaya seeds. Neem oil. Wild carrot seeds. According to TikTok, these can all prevent pregnancy. (They don’t.) We investigate the digital world of birth control misinformation on this week’s Reveal: revealnews.org/podcast/repr...
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https://revealnews.org/podcast/reproductive-health-hormonal-birth-control-side-effects-menopause-women/
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” he told me. “And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 11/09/2026
“Every single week, we get two or three emails, funeral arrangements for this guy, funeral arrangements for this guy.” It’s been 25 years since 9/11, but some first responders and survivors are still navigating the medical consequences. The program meant to help them has been unstable for decades.
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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11 - Reveal
A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
Come ask @kieraevebutler.bsky.social anything about her reporting on the mainstreaming of far-right extremism on Reddit this morning!
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From the politics community on Reddit: AMA: I’m a reporter at Mother Jones covering the mainstreaming of far-right extremism. Ask me anything.
Explore this post and more from the politics community
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: Despite what Trump says, Putin has been running operations to subvert US elections (and help Trump) since 2016. Will he try to intervene in the midterms? See this piece based on my new book: "HOW RUSSIA WON." Check at the book at HowRussiaWon.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Will Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?
Trump's Russia denialism has left America vulnerable.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2026
Take a video tour of the president’s pet construction projects in Washington, DC
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Take a video tour of the president’s pet construction projects in Washington, DC
The Supreme Court said Donald Trump can build his ballroom. But many other efforts are stalled.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 31/08/2026
Trump's attacks on female reporters are eroding trust in media, FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @axios.com. "You have to have a willingness to engage with reporters who disagree with you ... in particular with outlets that may be skeptical of your policies."
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Trump keeps turning his fire on female reporters
Press freedom advocates say Trump's attacks on female reporters undermine media trust.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that’s looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves
“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So proud of my amazing @revealnews.org colleagues for winning *3* Edward R. Murrow Awards, and especially @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social for their deep-diving work on "The Landlord Gutting American Hospitals" revealnews.org/podcast/medi...
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The real estate company gutting America’s hospitals—and making bank
A real estate company buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone bankrupt.
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 12/08/2026
Are you a freelance journalist? It's time to apply for IRE's Freelance Fellowship. Applications are due Tuesday, Sept. 1 by 11:59 p.m. ET. Apply now: bit.ly/4wTdfWF
A graphic of a person typing on a keyboard in the background. In the foreground, it says "IRE" and "Freelance Fellowship"
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Kate Howard @journokateh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You can’t take it with ya, folks
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/08/2026
We’re rolling out a special campaign to protect the future of independent journalism. Join readers like Jane from Boulder to create a legacy of truth by naming Mother Jones in your will or trust and have an immediate impact on our newsroom. Your support helps unlock up to $10,000. bit.ly/4bMzTaz
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/08/2026
Fore! Trump's DC golf course is already in the rough
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Fore! Trump's DC golf course is already in the rough
If you thought the Reflecting Pool was a disaster, wait until they try to build this.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/08/2026
Pete Hegseth’s spiritual advisor wants an America dominated by “biblical masculinity.” @kieraevebutler.bsky.social went over to his house for brunch.
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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW: Regarding the claims that Rep. Max Miller withheld his toddler's "blue bunny," I have some new screenshots suggesting there was a pattern of Miller not giving the bunny back. There were pleas from multiple people on multiple dates. (Thread: 1/8)
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Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“If my brother hadn’t been deported, he might still be alive.” @hurwitz.bsky.social has a beautiful & important piece on Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz & Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz—the St. Louis couple murdered in Guatemala last month after being deported www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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She followed ICE’s advice to self-deport. Five weeks later, she was dead.
A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/07/2026
NEW: In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused. with @kentucky.com
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Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed.
In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did th...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/07/2026
A county official warned that the hospital in her city was understaffed and cutting corners. A year later, a woman froze to death on the roof. This is the untold story of the for-profit healthcare company behind this hospital, and many more:
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I wrote about the inevitable conspiracy theories being spun up around Fauci's diary. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Covid truthers are claiming Fauci’s diary was “scrubbed”
Because of course they are.
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/07/2026
Missed payments. Slashed staffing. Broken security. A patient who froze to death on the roof of a hospital. Inside American Healthcare System, the for-profit healthcare company driving hospitals around the country to financial chaos.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NEW: I dug into the court documents in the case of Andrea Shaw, the Idaho mother charged with killing her toddlers. Shaw insists they died following a set of vaccinations. I looked at how the anti-vaccine movement insinuated itself into this case and her life. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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She's charged with killing her twins. The anti-vaccine movement made her a martyr.
Andrea Shaw is charged with suffocating her toddlers. Children's Health Defense says it was the vaccines.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What to know about the DOJ withdrawing the NYT subpoenas - w/ @lawofruby.bsky.social for @ms.now:
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Justice Department withdraws subpoenas for New York Times reporters
While defending the subpoenas in court, a lawyer for the DOJ also admitted that some were issued in error as “a consequence of trying to move quickly.”
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You know the ICE officer who killed someone in Maine and was then accused by two ex-wives of abuse? Turns out he was likely eligible to skip a significant portion of training after ICE hired him, due to a policy change under this administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette
The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/07/2026
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told Mother Jones the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation:
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Josh Hinkle @hinklej.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🔎 @ire.org members, this is your chance to shape our future! Sign up to volunteer for a committee by Friday and help us support journalists worldwide: bit.ly/4ydUL3V ✍️ #IREforAll
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/07/2026
“Enjoy the ride brother, I wouldn’t have to do this if you could keep your lying daughter under control.” Amid Rep. Max Miller's bitter custody battle, @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social uncovered a long paper trail that raises new questions about the Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/07/2026
On this week’s “More To The Story,” tech journalist @karenhao.bsky.social sounds the alarm about the rising risks to the planet from the supercharged growth of the artificial intelligence industry. The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/544kzmx9
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/07/2026
Ten years ago today, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump. Read the piece:
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Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)
To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.
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The Rev. Col. Kirsten @ennuigo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today marks a year since I got laid off. I am still looking for work and it’s nothing short of a huge bummer. I am an experienced creative professional with a top-flight resume working for some of the world’s best brands. Any leads are good leads— let me know if you hear of anything!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/06/2026
“A magazine for the rest of us.” That was the defiant tagline that started this magazine 50 years ago, when a crew of journalists saw that the way to engage with a world in upheaval was to start a magazine unlike any other.
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Exploding cars, office monkeys, Watergate: The origins of Mother Jones
Fifty years of journalism by and for “the rest of us.”
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Kate Howard @journokateh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I’m really in my feelings, missing #IRE26 conference for the first time in a long time. A few pleas for @ire.org members. - Find your ballots in your email and vote in our elections! - Check out audio and press freedom tracks! - Have a drink with friends and toast the late, great Diana Fuentes.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 16/06/2026
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 We're looking for a Producer to join our award-winning public radio show and podcast. If you've got at least 5 years of experience creating high-impact audio projects and a passion for investigative journalism, apply today! Salary: $85,000.00 to $110,000.00
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Recruitment
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.
Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/06/2026
Traveling to the World Cup? Expect "violent and unconstitutional immigration enforcement, including racial profiling," more than 120 civil society groups say.
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ICE at the World Cup is a threat to us all
Civil society groups have warned anyone attending: expect human rights violations.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/06/2026
The obscure word that helped novelist Jesmyn Ward process her grief
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The obscure word that helped novelist Jesmyn Ward process her grief
“Maybe using that word was the first step out.”
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 03/06/2026
A man best known for going after Trump’s political enemies is now the acting DNI — as Congress debates renewing a law already exploited to spy on Americans. That's bad news for press freedom, and for your privacy rights. @trevortimm.bsky.social explains:
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 02/06/2026
Fifty years after Don Bolles’ death, we remember a journalist whose courage still resonates. In the latest IRE Journal article, Jeremy Duda, an Axios Phoenix reporter, reflects on why his investigative work still matters today: bit.ly/4ua91aI
A person wearing glasses and a suit smiles in a black and white photograph. Beside the image, text reads: "Fifty years after Don Bolles’ murder, we owe it to him to continue his courage," by Jeremy Duda, Axios Phoenix. The IRE Journal logo is at the top.Cover of the book "Murder in the Fourth Estate: The Assassination of Investigative Journalist Don Bolles" by Jeremy Duda. It features an old typewriter at the bottom and is published by Bloomsbury.
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Kate Howard @journokateh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I'm so grateful to be a part of IRE's board and I hope you will take a minute to fill out your ballot! Read more about me, and all the excellent candidates, here: www.ire.org/about-ire/bo...
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2026 Board of Directors Election
2026 Board of Directors Election Starting April 7, IRE will begin accepting applications for candidates for the IRE Board of Directors. This year, seven of the board’s thirteen seats are up for electi...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/05/2026
“I vote with Republicans 91 percent of the time. And the 9 percent I don’t, they’re taking up for pedophiles, starting another war, or bankrupting our country.” @smencimer.bsky.social reports on Rep. Thomas Massie and one of the most expensive, high-stakes primaries in the country.
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Thomas Massie has always been a pain in the ass
Can the Kentucky Republican—inventor, farmer, gadfly, genius—survive standing up to Trump?
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thomas Massie has always been Thomas Massie. Sometimes that's disappointing and sometimes it's almost reassuring. Great glimpse from @smencimer.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Thomas Massie has always been a pain in the ass
Can the Kentucky Republican—inventor, farmer, gadfly, genius—survive standing up to Trump?
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