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Karen Foshay

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4th generation Angeleno. Journalist and doc producer currently at @latimes studios

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/03/2026
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows
The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/01/2026
Many journalists said they saw the FBI raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting news organizations’ ability to gather information that the government does not want to be made public.
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Journalists confront new reality in reporting after FBI raid
Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I feel like this is going to end up in our kids’ history textbooks, if we are ultimately able to continue teaching what actually happened
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Major report that tied moderate drinking to disease won’t be released, researchers say www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/f... via @statnews.com
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Status @status.news · 04/09/2025
David Ellison vowed not to politicize Paramount—yet his first big move at CBS News is a major bet on Bari Weiss, one of the most polarizing figures in media. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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The Weiss Price
David Ellison vowed not to politicize Paramount—yet his first big move at CBS News is a major bet on Bari Weiss, one of the most polarizing figures in media.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Disneyworld is in Florida. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/07/2025
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea. www.wired.com/story/on-mex...
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On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday morning, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency ..” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Live Updates: More Than 50 Dead in Texas Floods as Search for Missing Grows Dire
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A young female food vendor clung to a tree in a desperate move to escape masked agents. Look at what happened: youtube.com/shorts/pveJW... @latimes.com
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Food vendor clings to tree, trying to avoid immigration agents
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In an interview last month with Seattle Times reporters, Barnes said the department does not and will not ask anyone about their immigration status and would not cooperate with immigration officers. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle police chief expects to be jailed under Trump administration
The comment was given to the Seattle City Council as part of Shon Barnes' confirmation process as police chief, three months into his tenure in the job.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My latest: They are texts of terror. From the westside to the Eastside, Southbay and Valley, these are messages of fear and anxiety as ICE rolls into communities across LA. Cell phones are now digital lifelines: youtube.com/shorts/qve6e...
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ICE in Los Angeles: Texts of terror
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
www.latimes.com/california/s... . Strong reporting from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and @racheluranga.bsky.social
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'A good day': Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot
A U.S. citizen who was tackled and arrested by border agents after filming and yelling at them said his 'blood was boiling' when agents high-fived each other after grabbing dozens at Home Depot on Thu...
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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“My own father, who has been a citizen for decades now, is too afraid to make his weekly trip to Placita Olvera to listen to the Mariachis. Even I, the Mayor of Pasadena, am carrying my passport with me wherever I go in case I am racially profiled by ICE agents.”
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The woman who shot this video told me she was traumatized by witnessing a local fruit vendor physically taken down by agents.. youtube.com/shorts/qzA3a...
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Unidentified agents detain L.A. fruit vendor: 'Like he’d been kidnapped'
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
ICE agent jokes about getting a car wash as they detain workers. The wash is closed now. The workers who escaped are too scared to return . youtube.com/shorts/02MhE...
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ICE hits carwash twice, jokes about getting a wash
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Crazy scene a little bit ago. Two bikers inched up to the main protest intersection, revved their engines to cheers from the crowd … then somehow got to the police skirmish line. One crashed, both drivers seemingly led away by police.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
LAT's ⁦‪@BillPlaschke‬⁩, a champ of sports columnists: I’m fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time www.latimes.com/sports/story...
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Commentary: I'm fighting Parkinson’s one punch at a time
Times columnist Bill Plaschke writes about his experience taking a boxing class to help fight Parkinson's disease symptoms.
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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
“When they spit, we hit.”
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In the short run, loss of America’s appeal to scientists around the world. In the medium term, economic depression. In the long term, the US reverses its development. www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...
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NIH grant terminations under Trump have totaled at least $1.8 billion, analysis finds
Researchers calculated that $1.8 billion in National Institutes of Health grants were terminated in just over one month
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Joe Ferullo @joeferullo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Dear @nytimes.com - Please, for the 100th time, please hire a progressive Catholic columnist. Some kind of counter-weight to Douthat. I have names, others do as well. This is not hard. Thank you. #PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/o...
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Opinion | What the World Needs From Pope Leo
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NPR @npr.org · 08/05/2025
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A highly respected and experienced administrator. The email firing her addresses her as just “Carla”
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Yay! I’ve looked for The Four Seasons and couldn’t find it anywhere. Excited to see it again after all these years.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Sad day for Santa Rosa, CA. www.kqed.org/news/1203846...
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat Sold to Nation’s Largest Private Newspaper Group | KQED
The sale of the Sonoma County papers to the owner of San José Mercury News and East Bay Times was a surprise twist in a plan to initially sell to SF Chronicle-owner Hearst.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I’ve worked at all of the PBS and NPR stations in LA: @kcrw.com @laist.com KLCS and KCET (pbs SoCal+). Often these outlets were the only ones willing to report the stories that corporate media–fearing offending advertisers–wouldn’t touch. This is a tragedy for journalism and the public.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it. @jessicamiller.bsky.social @sltrib.com
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Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
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Joe Ferullo @joeferullo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Via @ncronline.bsky.social - Papal front-runner: Could a poet — and the son of a Portuguese fisherman, become the next pope? #conclave #pope #Catholic #poetry www.ncronline.org/vatican/papa...
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Papal front-runner: Could the son of a Portuguese fisherman, Cardinal Tolentino, be pope?
Will the conclave write papal poetry and pick a 59-year-old theologian and fisherman's son for the seat of St. Peter? Or will Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça have to wait until next time?
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Such weak interviewing here, with no challenging follow-ups, after Rubio lied about the US child. A Trump judge (!) says the US child was expelled without due process and her US father was desperate to keep her here. Rubio conveniently skirts over this and the host lets him.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A 60 Minutes investigation found that crucial information, initially turned over to the FBI shortly after the 9/11 attacks, was not shared with the bureau's own field agents or senior intelligence officials. Cecilia Vega reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2025
WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state? MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
BREAKING: The ACLU says the Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children.
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Isi @isiaaisi.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“The layoffs were so abrupt, staff said, that lab animals were left without staff to care for them and had to be euthanized, and an experimental mine used to test protective gear beneath the agency’s Pittsburgh campus was at risk of flooding and polluting the surrounding environment”
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Thanks to @joeferullo.bsky.social for this thoughtful commentary on the People’s Pope, including the fact that Francis was the first pontiff to land a Rolling Stone cover. Hope you can watch. @ncronline.bsky.social youtu.be/kShH2OLa0LU?...
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Pope Francis: the People’s Pope
YouTube video by Los Angeles Times
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A must read by NYT’s Ross Douthat: An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive.
Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Oh my gosh. 😳
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Paul Thornton @paulthornton.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Three years ago, @kfoshay.bsky.social and I helmed this project for the LA Times. Some of us saw the threat early. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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These readers survived the Holocaust. This is what worries them about America today
We asked Times readers who escaped Europe amid violent antisemitism and authoritarianism what they think about American democracy today.
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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 13/04/2025
President Trump and many of his backers in Congress have introduced a new bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which threatens to make it harder for young people and women to vote.
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This New Trump-Backed Bill Wants to Make It Harder for Young People to Vote
Here’s what we can do.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Hundreds in line for the Bernie Sanders / APC rally in downtown LA can’t get in. Apparently fire dept says event is at capacity.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"Science in the US is entering a phase resembling the Lysenko era in the Soviet Union." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...
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Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.
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Karen Foshay @kfoshay.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The line for the latest Trader Joe’s mini tote bag. Some of the TJ bags are going for as much as $1k. I don’t quite get it but good to see less plastic bags being used! .
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Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Some Montreal schools suspending trips to U.S., others urging caution in face of political turmoil www.montrealgazette.com/news/articl…
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Some Montreal schools suspending trips to U.S., others urging caution in face of political turmoil
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Tin Juss @speakercode.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It's tremendous, people are calling it the Great Leap Backwards, no one's ever seen anything like it
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/04/2025
Breaking news: The European Union hit back at President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs Wednesday, approving levies up to 25 percent on a broad list of U.S. products.
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E.U. imposes up to 25 percent levy on U.S. goods, in first swing at Trump’s tariffs
The European Union has pursued a phased and relatively restrained response to U.S. tariffs, as its leaders weigh the risk of escalation.
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