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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 28/08/2026

California farmers use a dizzying array of plastic materials to produce the crops that feed the nation. But as scientists document microplastics accumulating in soil and waterways, they’re urging legislators to find sustainable alternatives.

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Can California Farmers Break Free From Plastic? - Inside Climate News

Microplastics in waterways and soil are fueling calls to reduce the pervasiveness of plastic in agriculture.

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Yvette Cabrera @ycabreraoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thrilled to share I've been named a @novaforhealth.bsky.social media fellow! I'll be tackling issues I studied at @ksjatmit.bsky.social which helped me develop a new vision for this work. Grateful to my KSJ family for getting me here & for the warm embrace of everyone at Nova. shorturl.at/HbYDm

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Announcing the 2026-27 Nova Media Fellows

We are thrilled to welcome our 2026-27 Nova Media Fellows: Yvette Cabrera, Tara Pixley, and the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale.

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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Superb—and *very* unsettling—roundup from @weatherwest.bsky.social. The imminent SW heat wave (likely the most intense for March on record) will involve similar dynamics to the June 2021 scorcher in the PacNW. This landscape-parching heat may set the stage for serious fire/drought trouble by summer.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

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ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say

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Yvette Cabrera @ycabreraoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

“It serves to set a moral baseline at a time when some researchers say there are more armed conflicts than ever before and Earth is at its closest to destruction.”

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 31/01/2026

🔴 Three things you should know about the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort (hint: this never ends well for the government). 1. They were just doing their job. 2. The government keeps losing these cases. 3. We must call out attacks on journalists of color. Watch @adamrose.bsky.social explain:

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3 things you need to know about the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This post is blowing up, so for all the big name journos sharing it, some context: This was a rally in Chicago explicitly calling for ICE to be abolished, and for a mass general strike to counter the Trump admin's continous attacks on our communities and civil liberties.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 31/01/2026

"Minnesota is like a mini-America. We have a massively diverse group of people. We love the differences that we all bring. And we will not stop fighting.” Interview: bit.ly/4tb4Ege

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

NEW: It's not just Minnesota, judges across the country are calling out ICE for violating court orders with regularity. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

“As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy,” said CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social. Read more on the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

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Dean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

"For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules. "Not anymore." By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social in @nytimes.com

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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed: "It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

“Pervasive attempts to silence critical voices under Venezuela’s Chavez and Maduro regimes must end as interim President Delcy Rodríguez takes control of the country,” said CPJ Américas Regional Director Jose Zamora. cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

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CPJ calls for immediate release of 3 imprisoned Venezuelan journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Venezuelan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalists Rory Branker, Nakary Mena Ramos, and Gianni González, drop all charges again...

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

CPJ calls on Venezuelan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalists Rory Branker, Nakary Mena Ramos, and Gianni González, drop all charges against them, and ensure that journalists in Venezuela can work freely and without fear of retaliation. cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

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CPJ calls for immediate release of 3 imprisoned Venezuelan journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

MUST READ Incredible conflict reporting from Jason Motlagh -- ‘Every Man We Killed Is a Gangster’: On the Front Lines with Haiti’s Vigilantes www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... via @rollingstone.com

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'Every Man We Killed Is a Gangster': On the Front Lines with Haiti's Vigilantes

Jean Ernest Muscadin's official duties are to prosecute crimes — but he's been accused of summarily killing dozens of purported gang members himself

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

For years, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their own emissions. Now, the intrepid @lisalsong.bsky.social has found emissions at facilities were far higher than their estimates. Terrifying reporting w/ incredible pics from @annie-flanagan.bsky.social that make me feel like I'm choking:

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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated

The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...

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SciComm Excellence @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 26/11/2025

Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories. Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm

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Behind the Headlines: Challenges Reporting on Science

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The bookshelf in our beautiful seminar room @ksjatmit.bsky.social is filled with books by former fellows. Want to be next? Applications to our fellowship are open and on our website. @annaleen.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social @tomzellerjr.com @s-r-m.bsky.social and Melanie Kaplan. Please share.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 16/11/2025

Local independent newsrooms do incredible work. Support our nonpartisan newsroom with a contribution today. No matter the size, your gift goes a long way to grow Mississippi’s most inclusive newsroom. Thanks to Newsmatch your donation is MATCHED: givebutter.com/mfpdonate

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Knight Science Journalism @ MIT @ksjatmit.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

How should journalists cover U.S. science in a time of crisis? Top reporters on that beat came together in Cambridge for an insightful, thought-provoking panel discussion, moderated by KSJ's @usha.bsky.social .

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/10/2025

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

“My friend told me to be careful because they are squarely picking up everyone, simply for having a Hispanic face.” Immigrant workers in DC say they find themselves at the center of two crackdowns: one on crime, another on illegal immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

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Immigration Enforcement Takes Key Role in Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown

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SciComm Excellence @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 14/08/2025

From clean water to air pollution, local journalism connects people to the issues that shape their lives. @ycabreraoc.bsky.social and Fredrick Mugira reflect on the importance of local journalism and covering local issues like pollution and public health. Watch here: youtu.be/Pgol5CuWIeg #scicomm

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Local Journalism: Where Change Begins in Our Communities

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Sam Jones, PhD @samjscience.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

My friend and fellow journalist @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing. If you have any info/sway that could help this situation please send me a message 💛

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Yvette Cabrera @ycabreraoc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

👀 @abrahm.bsky.social warns of the dangers of missing bigger picture: The rapid onset of disruptive climate change — driven by burning of oil, gas & coal — is making disasters like TX floods more common/deadly/costly, even as the fed govt runs away from policies/research that might address it.

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National Press Foundation @nationalpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

And congrats to @carlasamonros.bsky.social & @johannahansel.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org and @heyhelina.bsky.social & @jgasspoore.bsky.social for @nyamnews.bsky.social whose projects focus on lithium mining and extreme heat in NYC, respectively. We look forward to promoting your work!

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National Press Foundation @nationalpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Congratulations to @tristanbaurick.bsky.social & @halleparker.bsky.social of @veritenews.org; @bwd.bsky.social of @star-telegram.com; @maxfilby.dispatch.com of @dispatch.com who will tackle lead poisoning, emissions data and radon, respectively ...

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Yvette Cabrera @ycabreraoc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

So thrilled for the Kozik grant winners! It was an honor to serve as a judge this year & to give back in a small way for a grant that meant so much to me because it allowed me to complete my own investigation in 2021. Congratulations to all! 👏🏼🎉🪅

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SciComm Excellence @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 03/07/2025

🌱 Science belongs everywhere, and one of the best places to bring it to life is in your own neighborhood. Xavier Cortada, Calvin Mackie, @ycabreraoc.bsky.social‬, and Eli Yetter-Bowman discuss how #scicomm engagement starts by listening and meeting communities where they are. youtu.be/8BciEwKZd6E

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🌱 Science belongs everywhere — starting in your own neighborhood

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

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Grist @grist.org · 20/06/2025

What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues. Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played. grist.org/culture/murd... #Killers #Crime #Murder #PNW #SerialKillers #SerialKiller #Climate

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What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.

Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser: “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Such an important project tracking a toxic disaster at a sprawling petroleum refinery. Accidents like this often go unscrutinized but this series showed the importance of digging in. 👏👏👏 @oliverlaughland.bsky.social @sarasneath.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’

Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Flashpoints when police in LA violated press rights during crowd control: 2000 DNC 2007 May Day Melee 2010 Occupy Movement 2020 BLM 2021 Echo Park 2020 Abortion Rights 2024 they stood by and didn't protect press being horrifically assaulted by Israel-Palestine protesters 2025 ICE Protests

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Again, this doesn't explain it all. But it's important. Press rights groups, whose members suffer at the hands of ill-trained officers in these situations, have asked LAPD command staff for more training since at least 2021. As last LAPD chief said, "Culture eats policy for lunch." There's history.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In 2020, Los Angeles City Council commissioned the Chaleff Report about BLM protests. Appendix 13 (pg 97) has a history of crowd control training. LAPD trainers have been calling to add more hours on crowd control for DECADES. Instead, it just gets cut back. drive.google.com/file/d/1EScE...

2003:
When the lesson plan was modified to
five hours, the use of force section and the media section were removed from the lesson
plan. Metropolitan Division instructors voiced concerns about the inadequate time now
allotted for the two vastly different subject matters. However, the training proceeded. It
was also incorporated into the Supervisory Development School in 2003. The lesson plan
did not cover three critical areas: use of force, when the use of the baton is warranted
during crowd control situations, and, policy related to the media at crowd management
incidents.

2004:
Amid rising concern over crime suppression and field deployment needs, much of the "non-
required" training was scaled back at the request of Office of Operations. The chief of police

supported the reduction of "non-required" training to allow for a strong focus on Consent
Decree training compliance and crime suppression. Mobile field force training for in-service
officers was not mandated by the Department or State and, therefore, was not a priority and
was among the many training courses that were scaled back.

2005:
The Office of Operations director halted the Basic Metro Course and scaled back Metropolitan
Division’s regularly scheduled monthly training from two days per month to one due to a
growing concern over crime suppression. The cut back of training allowed for Metropolitan
Division to be deployed in crime suppression details and assist other commands throughout the
City. The Chief of Police approved the recommendation to scale back training with the
understanding that the subject should be revisited periodically. By 2005, the information
regarding the media policy was added back into the lesson plan during the annual update. Few
officers or supervisors attended training conducted with this lesson plan.

2006:
As the Department continued to struggle with more officers retiring than new hires coming into
the Academy, mobile field force training was sidelined altogether. The Metropolitan Division
Basic course remained shut down.

Miscellaneous Training Information MacArthur Park After Action Report 2007

• To date (July 2007) every sworn employee in the Department had received training on the use of force policy
on more than one occasion and had been trained on the techniques and appropriate use of the baton as it
pertains to use of force policy.
• Traditionally, Metropolitan Division platoons were allowed two training days every four weeks - one firearms
and one tactics. Since 2004, Metropolitan Division platoons were generally allowed to conduct one tactics
training day and one firearms training day every four weeks, January through May, and only one training day,
June through December. On several occasions the training day(s) were cancelled as a result of special
assignments and/or pre-planned events. A review of the tactics training day topics generally focused on
dignitary protection duties and other tactics not related to crowd control events.

2013-2014:
Some crowd management training was conducted through e-learning for line personnel.
Incident command system and crowd management training occurred in the command staff
quarterly training each year. Additionally, a program was introduced to address concerns over
succession planning for command staff called Conversations in 21st Century Policing. These were
seminars offered to all command level personnel and lieutenants in which panels discussed
topics such as crowd management/facilitations, building community relationships, etc. This
program appears to have been discontinued in 2015 without any documentation as to why.

2015-2016:

Training Bureau planned a Department-wide rollout of mobile field force/crowd management
training. However, when this plan discussed with executive staff the training was tabled per the
Office of Operations assistant chief and the Chief of Police to address deployment needs and the
rising concern over issues surrounding use of force, de-escalation, and crime trends.

2017-2018:

Training Bureau again raised the issue of conducting Department-wide mobile field force/crowd
control training with executive staff. At that time, a decision was made to take the eight-hour

and 10-hour courses approved by the State and the Department and condense it into a four-
hour block to accommodate other training needs. Over 9,200 personnel were trained.

2019-2020:

Training Bureau again raised the issue of conducting Department-wide mobile field force/crowd
control training with executive staff with no decision to plan for a Department-wide rollout in
2019. In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic had engulfed the deployment needs of the Department
and created restrictions on training. Therefore, most training was tabled.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The are multiple and nuanced reasons why police have been out of control during ICE protests in Los Angeles. Here's a simple one. In California, police are required to have less training than dental assistants, cosmetologists, barbers, acupuncturists. 🧵👇

Minimum Hours of Basic Training or Field Experience
Required For License (Or Equivalent) In California

6000 Private Investigator
4000 Repossession Manager
3300 General Appraiser
3000 Acupuncturist
3000 Marriage Therapist
2960 Court Reporter
2240 Addiction Counselor
1000 Cosmetologist or Barber*
800 Dental Assistant
664 Police Officer (LAPD Academy does 912 hours)

* Until 2022, cosmetologist was 1,600 hrs, barber 1,500 hrs

Data as of 06/10/25 compiled by
Adam Rose for Los Angeles Press Club

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thanks for all responses. I've been in touch with CNN and we'll follow up more tomorrow. As many heard on air, reporter was let go but CNN security guards were arrested. Security is "duly authorized representative" of news media and exempt from arrest, so also addressing with LAPD + Mayor's office.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

28 press rights orgs joined a letter to DHS Secretary Noem, calling out acts against press during this weekend's protests in Los Angeles. I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy. More soon.

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Coalition Condemns Harm to Journalists Covering Protests Against ICE Raids in Los Angeles

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 09/06/2025

"Everything points to an effort to effectively destroy U.S. science — not gradually as part of a long-term plan, but over the next year or two." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/nobody-exp...

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Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition

But it’s here, and will destroy American science

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This is important meta analysis. We’re experiencing a national news story with Constitutional crisis implications, but most of LA wouldn’t know it without press. The population of Los Angeles County is larger than 42 states. This place is ginormous.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

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