Jack Gillum
@jackgillum.bsky.social
Relentless ferret for The Wall Street Journal. Signal: @jgillum.01. More contact info at https://gillum.org
I was looking up something else and saw that today is the 50th anniversary of the car bombing that killed the Arizona investigative journalist Don Bolles. Hard to believe. RIP to a newsroom hero www.azcentral.com/picture-gall...
Don Bolles case: Republic reporter murdered
Don Bolles was an Arizona Republic reporter who was killed by a car bomb that went off under his car on June 2, 1976.
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The Wall Street Journal has received subpoenas for records of reporters, as Trump’s attack on the free press continues www.wsj.com/politics/nat... (gift link)
Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations
The Wall Street Journal has received subpoenas for records of reporters.
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APNewsAlert: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — #Iran includes 'acceptance of enrichment' in Farsi version of its ceasefire plan, something missing from English versions.
The tale of the FBI director's trips to "Boondoggle Ranch," Vegas and more in this collab with my great @wsj.com colleagues: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
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Trump came back to power after knitting together a multiracial, working-class coalition. Now, it's fraying. For @wsj.com, @jackgillum.bsky.social, Peter Champelli, and I took a look at exactly where—merging precinct-level election results and tract-level demographics. 🎁 www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Here’s Where Trump’s Multiracial, Working-Class Coalition Is Fraying
A visual look at how Republicans lost support in two closely watched races for governor.
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Here you go, Internet. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: We analyzed thousands of podcasts and found how MAGA is fracturing with President Trump over Epstein: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How the Epstein Scandal Fractured Trump’s Relationship With MAGA
A Wall Street Journal analysis of thousands of podcast transcripts shows the conservative conversation on Epstein has swelled in recent weeks.
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A pastor at a Tucson church has been indicted for failing to report child sexual abuse, following reporting on the church and its sect by @emilyhamer.bsky.social and me. This is the second set of criminal charges following our project, called Twisted Message. tucson.com/news/local/a...
Indictment: Tucson church pastor failed to report child sex-abuse claims
A Star investigation found that Isaac Noriega, pastor of Tucson's Golden Dawn Tabernacle, covered-up alleged child-sex abuse for decades. He now faces criminal charges.
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Reporters: if you're covering a protest and suspect you may be ketteled/arrested, write important phone numbers on your arm (or use one of @rcfp.org's temporary tattoos with our hotline #!)
The growing American industry of imprisoning immigrants made $13 billion in public money over the last decade www.wsj.com/us-news/trum... @jackgillum.bsky.social
The Billion-Dollar Business Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
From January to May, the government awarded 50% more funding to companies involved in immigration removals than last year.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing 1st Amendment.
In light of last night’s news from @columjournreview.bsky.social reporting that the Center for Public Integrity will soon dissolve, here’s my column from a year ago analyzing its collapse. Still important lessons here, especially for boards and funders. dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-went-...
What Went Wrong at the Center for Public Integrity?
Reflections after talking with former leaders
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Cool, our story (me and @jeremybmerrill.com) on how Elon Musk's X made Democrats disappear was on @thedailyshow.com. (Also: @jackgillum.bsky.social @alexacorse.bsky.social @blunderchief.blather.ing!) Gift link here: drewharwell.com/stories/xs-d...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Washington’s municipal police force is not “Metro” anything. It’s the Metropolitain Police Department, MPD or DC police. That’s in contrast to the Metro transit police, which patrols WMATA.
New: A 2nd DOGE staffer has amplified extremists online, including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...
Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online
One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
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The night before Hegseth's confirmation vote, Tillis told Thune he was a no and that there were enough to sink the nomination. The next day Tillis voted yes, providing the deciding vote. How he flipped over 24 hours. Lindsay Wise @jackgillum.bsky.social Meridith McGraw www.wsj.com/politics/pet...
The 24-Hour Blitz That Flipped One Senator’s Vote From No to Yes on Hegseth
Sen. Thom Tillis told colleagues he was a “no” the night before the defense secretary’s confirmation, setting off party pressure. His turnaround left witnesses who had come forward as collateral damag...
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Work that was halted, according to employees and contractors, included the U.S.’s efforts to stop the spread of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Tanzania, and a multicountry outbreak of Mpox. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How Trump Gutted America’s $40 Billion Aid Agency in Two Weeks
The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development appears to be a test case for the new administration.
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Interestingly by Lamberth, a Reagan appointee
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from implementing anti-trans Trump orders that would stop trans-related medical care in federal prisons and lead to trans inmates’ transfers. This followed a hearing in DC earlier today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Therefore, upon consideration of the plaintiffs' Motion [ECF No. 13] for a Temporary Restraining Order, the defendant's Opposition [ECF No. 11] thereto, and the entire record herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that the plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED;
and it is further
ORDERED that the defendants are temporarily enjoined and restrained from implementing Sections 4(a) and 4(C) of Executive Order 14168, pending further Order of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, pending further Order of this Court, defendants shall maintain and continue the plaintiffs' housing status and medical care as they existed immediately prior to January 20, 2025.
Date: February
니, 2025
1:00 p. м.
Royce C. Lamberth
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JUST IN via @WSJ.com's Lindsay Wise & @jackgillum.bsky.social: "#Hegseth Routinely Passed Out from Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says #Trump's Pentagon pick has denied allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign’" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Hegseth Routinely Passed Out from Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says
Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied the allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign.’
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Hey @wmata.com At least two Shady Grove-bound trains significantly overran the Takoma platform in the last 20 minutes. Y’all sure ATC is up to snuff and safe? @wmatagm.bsky.social @metrorailinfo.bsky.social
As someone who spent years reporting on Zuckerberg, I've struggled to find something coherent to say about today. Then @cwarzel.bsky.social reminded me of my old reporting. This is what a FB employee said to me in 2020 after Zuckerberg addressed workers following FB-enabled violence in Kenosha, WI.
Something fun and different via @anthonydb.bsky.social — about standardized time, the 1800s and American railroads: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
November 17, 2024
Tonight is a break from the craziness of the news.
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If you haven't seen it yet, this by @mattdpearce.bsky.social is worthwhile and makes some complementary points mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
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Amid all the typical election post-mortems, one I don’t see is what Marcy raises: the role of unchecked misinformation and a longtime assault on the press. www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/13/t... @emptywheel.bsky.social
The Orbanization of US Politics Began Years Ago - emptywheel
The assault on civil society that we expect from a second Trump Administration already accelerated two years ago, and already had an impact on the election.
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