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Tali Woodward

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Editor in Chief @thetrace.org, a nonprofit newsroom investigating gun violence in America. www.thetrace.org

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11h
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New strong candidate for best sentence of journalism in 2026 just dropped in this wild Kimberly Guilfoyle story from WSJ “‘Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,’ she texted [Eric] Deters, adding a prayer hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from American Express.”
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Pay Her $100,000 Amex Bill
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Over the counter, we have more of an ability to see if this is a sketchy transaction and stop it ... If we skip the counter, that’s not going to happen." Great look into the response to big proposed changes at the ATF from @bychipbrownlee.com + Champe Barton www.thetrace.org/2026/10/atf-...
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The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Loosen Gun Regulations Is Getting Pushback From an Unlikely Source
A Trace analysis of nearly 38,000 public comments found significant opposition to some of the administration’s key proposals.
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
these facts are damning enough but the one that stuck out to me is that the DOJ civil rights division—once one of the most sought-after legal jobs in America—now has a more than 50-percent hire rate.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Jennifer Mascia @jenmascia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's been a year since DOJ's Civil Rights Division began suing cities and states over their gun laws. So far it's filed 10 suits and reached 1 settlement. More on the Second Amendment section's first year:
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The Justice Department Has Treated Gun Owners as an Oppressed Minority for a Year. Here’s What That Looks Like.
The president refocused the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division last fall. It has been suing cities and states to overturn gun laws ever since.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICE officers were once expected to either reunite detained parents with their children before deporting them or ensure that there was an authorized caregiver. Then the administration weakened that rule, allowing deportations to move ahead even when children had no safe place to go. buff.ly/56a9nEV
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 29/09/2026
A Trace analysis found that revenue once generated by fining and penalizing white-collar criminals is drying up — now that the president has pardoned so many of them. Read more: thetr.ac/Wy2SQ
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Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Trump really wants to tear down the Kennedy Center, one expert says, “there’s only so much that lawyers can do.”
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If Trump Demolishes the Kennedy Center, We Have Problems - Washingtonian
Is the US actually barreling toward a constitutional crisis over the lettering on an arts complex's façade?
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Chip Brownlee @bychipbrownlee.com · 17/09/2026
The violence prevention programs designed to work with young people most at risk of being shot or becoming involved in violence are losing federal support. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has amplified enforcement. Memphis has been a ground zero for both funding cuts and force.
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‘No One Is Born a Killer’
As the National Guard prowls city streets and federal funding for violence interruption dries up, a small but mighty team in Memphis works to stop teen gun violence before it happens.
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 17/09/2026
As the National Guard prowls city streets and federal funding for violence interruption dries up, a small but mighty team in Memphis works to stop teen gun violence before it happens. Published in partnership with @theguardian.com
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‘No One Is Born a Killer’
As the National Guard prowls city streets and federal funding for violence interruption dries up, a small but mighty team in Memphis works to stop teen gun violence before it happens.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bettina Trump, Don Jr.'s wife, defends having a Putin ally finance part of their wedding trip, saying he was simply "our dear friend." Such a dear friend that brother Eric's rep told @propublica.org that “Eric has absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There was a ton of press downtown in the days after 9/11, and Trump was a very famous person even in 2001, so could someone pls send photos of this lifting-up thing? Thank you
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 05/09/2026
RFK Jr. repeatedly assured Congress that his 2019 trip to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak “had nothing to do with vaccines.” But new documents — obtained by @theguardian.com and @apnews.com, with free legal help from @rcfp.org attorneys — contradict that. 📺 Gunita Singh explains:
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/09/2026
this sounds less like a plan to help stay-at-home parents and more like a one to punish working ones www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.
"I wish President Trump could hear the mom's wails. The

family wants people to know that this was a suicide and they

want people to know that President Trump, (Stephen) Miller, and Markwayne Mullin's inhumane immigration policies made this happen," Ruby wrote.
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 25/08/2026
It's not just you; nobody can log into anything. And it's gonna get worse! Via @willoremus.com:
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Logging in Was Never Supposed to Be This Complicated
Please not another two-factor authentication code.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A huge own-goal, in no small part because this inflates our trade deficit, since tuition from int'l students is counted as an export.
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 16/08/2026
How has your community worked to counter gun violence? What local organizations, community changemakers, local leaders, or programs have helped? We want to know. Share your story: thetr.ac/oDxp7
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oh, so *this* is how the writers are gonna bring together the A story and B story for the finale! Very cool. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/08/2026
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:
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She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I don't post every time we update the Gun Violence Data Hub — but we've added some significant data recently. Check it out, find your next story: datahub.thetrace.org/data-library...
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 30/07/2026
Aaliyah was only 18 when she was killed at Baltimore’s Brooklyn Day block party in 2023. The mass shooting is the city’s deadliest to date. Since then, the block party has been banned. But Aaliyah’s mother has turned the previous celebration into a memorial event for her daughter.
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This Mother Refused to Accept Violence as Normal
How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
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Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📢 JOB ALERT: @blockclubchi.bsky.social is teaming w/ @thetrace.org to hire a reporter focused on gun violence in Chicago. By combining the Trace's expertise + BC's neighborhood approach, this reporter will be positioned to land stories that drive change. Apply: blockclubchicago.org/the-trace-is...
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The Trace Is Hiring: Staff Writer On Gun Violence In Chicago
The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods. The staff writer in this role, which is funde...
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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“When his grandfather gave him watercolors, he used the brush on his face, coloring it red, as if recreating the last image of his father.” A line from @mikespies.bsky.social's piece and guest editor Malcolm Johnston's top pick: www.thetrace.org/2026/07/gun-...
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her fat...
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 27/07/2026
Stormy Morse’s first husband killed himself in 1991. When she found a new partner, she started to worry about his guns and his growing allegiance to the NRA. Mike Spies reports on how the nation’s foremost gun-rights group profited from a brutal tragedy, with @newyorker.com.
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her…
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 28/07/2026
White men own most of the country’s guns — and make up almost 80 percent of those who die by gun suicide, a pattern that gun-rights groups have spent decades obscuring. Mike Spies on the Maryland woman whose life has been turned upside down three times by her partners’ devotion to guns.
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her…
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Jennifer Mascia @jenmascia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Colin Gray got 15 years for failing to secure the gun his son used in the Apalachee High School shooting. His sentencing comes at a time when other parents of school shooters are being held to account by the criminal justice system
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Georgia Father Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for His Child’s Mass Shooting
Colin Gray's sentencing comes at a time when more parents of school shooters are being held to account for their child's actions.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
terrific reporting and telling of a dark story of the carrion foul that is the NRA
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Tali Woodward @taliwoodward.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Stormy Morse’s first husband died by firearm suicide. After she found a new partner, she started to worry about his growing allegiance to the NRA. Mike Spies reports on how the NRA profited from a brutal tragedy, at @thetrace.org and in this week's @newyorker.com www.thetrace.org/2026/07/gun-...
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her fat...
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mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My new story, about profiting from gun suicide: www.thetrace.org/2026/07/gun-... Published in partnership with @thetrace.org and @newyorker.com
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Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her fat...
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/07/2026
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
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Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex's murder. No one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain?
Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the outreach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you've all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I'm here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don't forget to spend time with those you love...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Gabriel Roth @gabrielroth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
My gastroenterologist's office is admirably accommodating to time travelers from the Middle Ages, many of whom probably do have gastroenterological issues
A dropdown menu from a website allowing visitors to select their preferred language. "ENGL" has been typed in the selection field. Available options include "English," "English, middle (1100-1500)," and "English, old (ca. 450-1100)"
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17/07/2026
“David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.”
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AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You had room, @politico.com, to add the words "Without providing evidence" to the beginning of this headline. Because that's what your story (which far fewer people will read) says. 1/2
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DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states A draft press release viewed by POLITICO said non-citizens were registered in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Chip Brownlee @bychipbrownlee.com · 15/07/2026
GrabAGun says it is “uniquely positioned” to benefit from a Trump administration proposal to allow guns to be shipped directly to buyers. Donald Trump Jr. has 300,000 shares in the company. Two senators have questions about that. www.thetrace.org/newsletter/t...
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Todd Blanche, Donald Trump Jr. Face Questions Over Direct-to-Door Gun Rule
GrabAGun says it is “uniquely positioned” to benefit from a proposal allowing guns to be shipped directly to buyers. Donald Trump Jr. has 300,000 shares in the company.
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The latest 92 Days In Gun Violence — @thetrace.org's quarterly data update — is live. In this edition: Shootings down, gun sales increasing for first time in years www.thetrace.org/2026/07/shoo...
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 16/07/2026
A year after the passage of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” research suggests an overlooked consequence of slashed benefits may be more shootings.
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More than 4 Million Americans Have Lost Access to SNAP Benefits. Experts Predict That a Higher Rate of Shootings Will Follow.
As Dr. Sharven Taghavi sat before Cincinnati’s Public Safety Committee to testify on the connection between gun violence and food insecurity, he knew he had to be clear. It was 2024, two years after…
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 14/07/2026
On July 13, an ICE agent shot and killed a man in Biddeford, Maine. It was at least the 27th time that immigration agents shot at someone since Trump’s operations began last year.
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How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s deployment of immigration agents. Know of an incident? Please be in touch.
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