Abe Kenmore
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Fact checker, producer and scribbler. Usually over-caffeinated and listening to banjos.
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ICYMI - @indyweek.bsky.social published an investigation last week by writer Abraham Kenmore. Digging through hundreds of courts records, Abe found that judicial officials in Durham have put people on ICE's radar when they weren't required to by state law. indyweek.com/news/durham-...
Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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Durham NC holds itself up as a pro-immigrant jurisdiction. But its magistrates and judges repeatedly refer people facing low-level criminal charges to ICE when they're not required to—even for offenses as minor as a single trespassing charge. @twitterlessabe.bsky.social @indyweek.bsky.social #ncpol
Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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My latest — spent about 2.5 months combing court records and making calls to figure out why some magistrates in Durham County are going beyond the requirements of a new state law
INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 3w agoAn INDY investigation finds judges and magistrates in Durham have repeatedly flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody.
BREAKING: US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states ncnewsline.com/2026/09/14/r...
BREAKING: US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states • NC Newsline
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.
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if it took you 5 seconds of contemplation to think of an alternative you should take at least another 5-10 to at least consider the possibility that it at least crossed the minds of 1 or 2 of the people who dedicate their lives and research careers to dealing with the problems we post about on here
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to limit birthright citizenship. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Very serious situation in Venezuela tonight. Back to back 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes in under a minute. Buildings are collapsing in Caracas & other affected areas.
Venezuela earthquake: powerful back-to-back quakes collapse buildings in capital Caracas
Homes and buildings collapse after double quake, with tremors felt in neighbouring Colombia
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The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
Hurricanes use stifling defense to blank Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 and win the Stanley Cup
The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night after defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
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Wonderful speaking with the good people at @wunc.org "Due South" about my recent reporting for @indyweek.bsky.social on who was impacted by federal job cuts in the Triangle and where those folks ended up www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...
Federal job losses in the Triangle. CHCCS faces elementary school closure. NC's Black Bear Festival
WUNC's Liz Schlemmer shares the latest ahead of a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board vote Thursday. The state of federal job losses in the Triangle. And, Plymouth hosts the 12th annual Black Bear...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband's health, in 4th Cabinet departure.
My latest: for @indyweek.bsky.social I took a look at how many workers in the Triangle lost jobs due to federal cuts over the past year — and why it's so hard to know where they've ended up indyweek.com/news/triangl...
A Year After Federal Job Cuts, Workers in the Triangle Are Still Picking Up the Pieces
Hundreds of federal workers in the Triangle lost jobs in Trump’s early cuts. A year later, the future still seems uncertain.
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My nephew got us watching the DC show Naomi and look, I'm just a civilian reporter but the dad in the show going from captain in the first scene to major later the same episode in a dress uniform with a CIB, Air Assault & Parachutist award but literally no ribbons is throwing me off
Still incredibly proud to be listed as a contributor on this story
ProPublica@propublica.org · 5mo ago“People think that there’s no slavery anymore,” the judge told Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr., moments before sentencing him to 30 years in prison. “There is, and you were doing it right here in our state.” (Published Sept. 2025)
I talked to folks around Fort Bragg about the impact of increased deployments due to the conflict in Iran. The reaction was basically a shrug — over the course of GWOT, even unexpected deployments have become part of life www.cityviewnc.com/stories/as-f...
As Fort Bragg Soldiers Deploy, Fayetteville’s Support Network Takes Action
Several Fayetteville organizations help support military families as Fort Bragg soldiers deploy for Operation Epic Fury.
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Georgia Democratic Rep. David Scott, 80, has died
Georgia Democratic Rep. David Scott, 80, has died
The longtime lawmaker was the first Black chair of the House Agriculture Committee.
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Reese Gorman scoop: Chavez-DeRemer out at the Dpt of Labor www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Sources: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned
A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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AP: A judge says an Army veteran accused of leaking classified information about an elite commando unit will be released while awaiting a possible trial. www.wunc.org/term/news/20...
Ex-Army contractor, accused of leaking classified information, to be released to home detention
A judge says an Army veteran accused of leaking classified information about an elite commando unit will be released while awaiting a possible trial. Courtney Williams is charged with four counts of d...
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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.
BREAKING: In a 4-3 ruling, North Carolina's Supreme Court has overturned its 2022 ruling in the Leandro lawsuit, a long-standing school funding case that began in 1994. #ncpol
I think this is an interesting result and caution for social science folks, but digging beyond the headline it's also clear that the results aren't necessarily wrong — seems like transparent data sharing and clear methodologies are a bigger issue than errors www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project
Results from massive, ‘eagerly awaited’ initiative reinforce concerns about the credibility of science — but raise hope for solutions.
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Spoke with Anand Gopal earlier this month about his new book, “Days of Love and Rage” substack.com/@abekenmore/...
Days of Love and Rage
A conversation between Anand Gopal and Abraham Kenmore
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The last few weeks I feel like podcasts have been cramming more advertisements than usual in, finally checked and one of my morning podcasts had a 4.5 minute mid-episode ad break in a 25 minute podcast. What are we doing here?
My latest for The Grade: The "Southern Surge" attracted a lot of attention, but for two Massachusetts reporters it raised questions about how New England is doing in contrast. I wrote about why open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
The 'Northern nosedive' in the news
Two Bay State education reporters produce model coverage of ‘Southern surge’ successes.
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