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Cerise Castle

@cerisecastle.bsky.social

she/her. multi-award winning journalist. Wrote history of #LASDgangs, now writing the book. covering inequality Capital & Main, freelancing. IG/TikTok @yourmajestcee. Tip? DM

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Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 3w ago

Same over here. @groundgamela.bsky.social is trying to claim they wrote my deputy gang series, and fighting that bullshit is taking everything I got.

camacho@bencamach0.bsky.social · 3w ago

I would be reporting more but @groundgamela.bsky.social’s retaliatory lawsuit against me and other journalists continues to force me into prioritizing other work so I can pay an attorney to defend their frivolous lawsuit. Don’t believe any of them when/if they ever say they support a free press.

camacho@bencamach0.bsky.social · 3w ago

And that goes for the politicians who also lock arms with GGLA. Some of them spoke out when the LA city attorney sued me but when the call came from inside the house— crickets!

Capital & Main@capitalandmain.bsky.social · last mo.

A May 2026 report by Million Dollar Hoods at UCLA found that the L.A. County sheriff’s and probation departments have cost the county more than $1 billion on litigation expenses, including settlements, judgments and legal fees, over a 12-year period. capitalandmain.com/sheriffs-pro...

Sheriff’s, Probation Litigation Cost L.A. County Taxpayers $1 Billion, Study Finds

As county considers a $50.3 billion budget, a report tallies how much is going to legal payouts advocates say are preventable.

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Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I spoke with Sheriff Robert Luna ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. We discussed the department’s work with federal agencies, enforcing a mask ban on ICE, and why he thinks a nuanced approached to deputy gangs is necessary.

Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mike Bornman retired after 36 years at the LA Sheriff’s Department, and now he is running for Sheriff. He says he has a tattoo, but that does not make him a gangster. He points to his record of investigating other department members as evidence that he does not tolerate misconduct.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 2mo ago

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Yahoo Leading CA Gov candidate billionaire Tom Steyer sides with trans kids: "I’m totally in favor of trans athletes in high school. ...[A]lmost half of them try to commit suicide [and] we’re gonna cut them off from team sport.' It’s like, no we’re not."

California billionaire Tom Steyer defends trans athletes in high school sports as governor's race heats up

Tom Steyer defends transgender athletes in high school sports, citing mental health risks as he runs for California governor in a crowded field.

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Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sgt. Karla Carranza is running for Sheriff to fulfill a lifelong dream. She promises to continue the department’s current approach to deputy gangs and give the public a “stern” approach to crime.

Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

To be clear: I have ZERO affiliation w/ Knock LA & its political endorsements, particularly of LA County Sheriff. Knock LA is a political blog of Ground Game LA. They are illegally displaying my reporting on their website. This falsely boosts their credibility & relevance.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a historic settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital (“Texas Children’s”) that compels the creation of the country’s first-ever Detransition Clinic; requires the hospital to pay $10 million for billing Texas Medicaid for unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions, including by using false diagnosis codes; and compels the termination and revocation of privileges of multiple physicians. After a years-long investigation by the Healthcare Program Enforcement Division, Attorney General Paxton has negotiated a historic settlement that will help protect Texans. Under the terms of this landmark agreement, Texas Children’s will establish the first-ever multidisciplinary clinic designed to provide medical care to patients who were subjected to “gender-transition” procedures. This Detransition Clinic will help patients reverse the damage caused by ideologically-motivated physicians who harmed patients by performing dangerous medical interventions for the purpose of “transitioning” them. For the first five years, all services provided through the Detransition Clinic will be funded by Texas Children’s and be free of charge to patients.
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."

Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Andre White is the youngest candidate in the race for LA County Sheriff. In this interview, he recounts retaliation he faced after reporting a supervisor. He says that current leadership is out of touch, and it is time for the department’s younger generation to lead.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When did we normalize this? When did it become okay for a president to tell a female reporter she’s a ‘dumb person’ for asking a totally legitimate question about his contradictory answers? Was there a specific date and time it become okay? Normal? Normalized?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

TRUMP: We have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that. REPORTER: The price doubled TRUMP: I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. You are not a smart person.

Cerise Castle@cerisecastle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Palmdale Lt. Oscar Martinez is running to be Sheriff of Los Angeles County. He supports the constitutional sheriffs movement and believes there needs to be AI implemented throughout the department. He doesn’t believe deputy gangs are real, and wants to see more cooperation with ICE.

Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every time I’m downtown and walk past the fenced-off LA Times building, situated just perfectly between all these halls of power, where a local story could be chased down by just walking down the block, I get real pissed Private equity and the billionaire class really fucked us

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

update: for whatever this is worth "Retired Army Major General Randy Manner told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday he had secondhand knowledge that military officials were “saying no” to Pentagon leadership." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Ret. Major General Says He’s Been Told the Military Is ‘Already Saying No’ To Pentagon Higher-Ups

Retired Army Major General Randy Manner told MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday he had secondhand knowledge that military officials were “saying no” to Pentagon leadership. Manner joined Deadline: Wh...

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