journalist✍🏽for @theintercept //also poet// former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: jonahmv.05 Proton📧: jonah.valdez@theintercept.com
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Please READ/SHARE our story on Mohammed Ibrahim, 16 yr old Palestinian American and the 300+ Palestinian children who Israel has locked in conditions of abuse, torture and medical neglect. Most are held w/ NO CHARGES or haven't had a trial
✍️🏽@theintercept
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BREAKING from downtown LA courtroom: a federal judge has ordered the RELEASE of 20-yr-old Adrian Martinez who was violently arrested by a horde of federal agents on 6/17/25 in a Walmart parking lot in Pico Rivera during an immigration raid @theintercept
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Mahmoud Khalil's wife, who is 8 months pregnant, released a statement through Khalil's attorney:
"I need your help to bring Mahmoud home, so he is here beside me, holding my hand in the delivery room as we welcome our first child into this world."
@theintercept
UPDATE from Mahmoud Khalil's attorney Amy Greer who said he's "healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." Attorneys will visit Khalil in Louisiana tomorrow.
She called the ICE transfer out of NYC "a blatantly improper but familiar tactic."
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Statement from detained student Rümeysa Öztürk dictated to her attorneys while jailed at the South Louisiana ICE facility.
“Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me”
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Federal prosecutors charged Adrian (US citizen) w/ felony conspiracy to impede/injure an officer. Feds initially accused him of punching a fed agent, which CONTRADICTS footage/eyewitnesses. 🤳recorded by a bystander @cameramanoscar likely saved Adrian from a more serious charge.
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UPDATE from Mahmoud Khalil's attorney Amy Greer who said he's "healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament." Attorneys will visit Khalil in Louisiana tomorrow.
She called the ICE transfer out of NYC "a blatantly improper but familiar tactic."
@theintercept
BREAKING ✍️🏽@theintercept : A New York federal court has ordered that Mahmoud Khalil cannot be deported from the U.S. until a further court order.
Khalil, who is held without criminal charges, remains jailed at the LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana
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SCOOP: Another AIPAC Dem has pledged to refuse AIPAC money.
Rep. Deborah Ross of NC confirmed that she won't accept AIPAC donations in the 2026 midterms, following fellow NC Dem, Rep. Valerie Foushee. Ross previously took more than $100,000 from AIPAC.
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NEW: A federal judge has DENIED the government's request to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk's case to Louisiana and will instead be heard in Vermont. Rümeysa was jailed there when her atty filed a petition for her release. ICE secretly shuttled her between FOUR locations.
@theintercept
ALT Excerpt from memo from federal court judge says, "merits of the Petition, the Court must first address the parties’ dispute about its jurisdiction. For the reasons articulated below, the Court denies the government’s motion to dismiss this Petition or its request to transfer this matter to the Western District of Louisiana and, relying upon the “interest of justice” under 28 U.S.C. § 1631, transfers this matter to the District of Vermont, where Ozturk was confined overnight at the time that the Petition was filed. "
ALT Excerpt of "Order of Transfer" document from court in Rumeysa's case from Federal Judge Casper, reading, "In accordance with the Memorandum and Order dated April 4, 2025, D. 42, this case is transferred to the United States District Court, District of Vermont. "
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today at the library, i shamefully returned a book that was >> 3 months overdue, expecting a huge fine, only to find out they dont do late fees anymore!! then when i got home, i flipped on ig and learned the library checks out hiking backpacks?!?? stay winning @LAPublicLibrary
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Read what former Bernie Sanders intl. policy advisor @mattduss told me today about Kamala Harris' "passive voice" around Palestine, post-CNN interview/DNC:
Harris Will Continue to Ignore U.S. Law and Arm Israel, If Elected interc.pt/3Z2KQiz by @jonahmv interc.pt/3Z2KQiz
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BREAKING: Lori Loughlin was released on $1 million bond. Judge permitted her to travel to British Columbia, where she has filiming projects in Vancouver. Loughlin is on contract to film projects until November. She must surrender her U.S. passport in December.
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SCOOP: 14 tons of explosive material bound for Israeli weapons maker is being flown through JFK International Airport in New York on a 2pm flight on Saturday, according to researchers with The Ditch and Palestinian Youth Movement.
@theintercept
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My first for @theintercept, where I'll be doing some work for the next few weeks: I dug into real estate firms that sell homes in Israeli settlements in the West Bank (illegal under international law), and their push to market to Americans citizens:
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Our story on the release of American journalist Jeremy Loffredo.
The IDF arrested him on Tue at a West Bank checkpoint with 3 other journos and a driver. Phones, cameras taken. Blindfolded and zip-tied. All except Loffredo were let go.
✍🏽@theintercept
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🧵: Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil just filed an amended habeas corpus/complaint, and there's A LOT to unpack:
The complaint asks for Mahmoud's release on bond.
But his legal team may also have all pro-Palestinian activists in mind, protecting their rights.
@theintercept
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Happening now: I’m in front of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank where dozens of TV and film writers are picketing, joining thousands of Writer’s Guild members across the nation who are on strike after talks for a new contract failed. @latimes @latimesent
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NEW from me: today i launched into a new chapter of my career :) i'm now an @latimes staff reporter covering entertainment and arts🎬for the fast break desk!! so so excited to be a part of an amazing team led by @jreedwrites. please send me your tips and story ideas. DMs are open
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NEW: I spoke with two U.S. citizens who are trying to get out of Lebanon.
Both feel abandoned by the U.S. government which still refuses to evacuate its citizens on chartered flights, something offered to Americans in past conflicts.
For @theintercept
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BREAKING: The jury has found Tory Lanez (Daystar Peterson) GUILTY on all three counts in the 2020 Hollywood Hills shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The jury also found all three sentencing enhancements to be true.
UPDATE: Jurors have notified the court they have reached a verdict in the case against Tory Lanez. We'll hear it read in a few minutes. Stand by for updates.
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BREAKING ✍️🏽@theintercept : A New York federal court has ordered that Mahmoud Khalil cannot be deported from the U.S. until a further court order.
Khalil, who is held without criminal charges, remains jailed at the LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana
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On my way home, I saw two security guards chase a man holding a 6 pack of beers out of the @RalphsGrocery on Western in Ktown, off of the property, across the street and into an alley where they cornered him and pepper sprayed him until they yanked the beer out of his hands.
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CAREER NEWS📰: After a few months as a temp reporter, last month, I officially accepted a Staff Reporter role at @TheIntercept! Still surreal to be joining such a fearless newsroom I've admired for so long.
Storylines I'm covering:
-Israel and Palestine
-2024 presidential election
-U.S. foreign policy on Israel/the broader Middle East
-Israel's expanding wars in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon
-solidarity movements for Palestine
-campus protests/University crackdowns
-human rights issues
-another topic you think I should be covering
Pls send me your tips/ideas/questions:
email: jonah.valdez@theintercept.com
Signal: jonahmv.05
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UPDATE: LA Times management just locked us out of Slack, where we’ve been voicing our support for each other and our strike since early this morning.
What a disappointing response from them — shutting us out instead of engaging with our dissent.
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Journalists across the U.S., mostly in legacy newsrooms, were punished last year (myself included) for pushing editors to start using terms like "apartheid" when describing Israel's occupation of Palestine. Sorta niche, but it's especially validating to see ICJ name it so plainly
BREAKING:
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) declares that Israel is engaging in racial segregation and apartheid in occupied Palestine.
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Good morning! Today is my first day on the @latimes #BreakingNews desk. You may see me running around LA, chasing fires and cops. But I’ll also be writing stories that slow things down a bit/zoom in closer, on the city, its neighborhoods and people.
Pls send tips & stay tuned✌🏽
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People spill into the street to watch a stealth plane fly low over the #RoseParade route—a mere sliver of black steel sliding across the sky in silence,then when overhead,roaring—a marker of the parade’s start
“It’s the most amazing thing”said Bobby Ross, born&raised in Pasadena
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Breaking: the UN general assembly just voted IN FAVOR of ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank & Gaza:
-It sets a 12-month timeframe
-Calls for removal of Israeli settlers
-Calls on Israel to pay reparations
The U.S. voted NO on the resolution
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my latest: a deep dive into the goose that interrupted the @Padres v @Dodgers playoff game last night.
🦢experts identified it as a greater white-fronted goose, which breeds in alaska and flies to mexico in the fall.
here's why it was at dodger stadium:
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We tracked 1 month of ICE's immigration raids in Los Angeles — violent patterns emerged:
Federal agents repeatedly drew guns, launched tear gas & flash bangs, beat people during immigration operations.
Visuals by @binaricorn
Our report @theintercept :
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the team is made up of the diaspora, mostly filipino americans (many of whom are from socal and norcal), canadians, norwegians, and from the philippines. would love to read a profile on each. this win is worldwide 🌏
LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS 🥹
THE PHILIPPINES MAKES HISTORY AND WINS ITS FIRST-EVER FIFA WORLD CUP GAME! 🇵🇭
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i got to write today’s @latimes essential california newsletter, and so of course i had to write about filipino food!! 🍗🍚🥚i visted a favorite, dollar hits in historic filipinotown, days after it was on @netflix’s street food: usa. here’s what happened
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BREAKING: Immigration Judge Jamee Comans ruled that Mahmoud Khalil is deportable.
Context: the only evidence the govt. presented is a 1.5-page letter from @SecRubio that accuses Khalil of “antisemitism” without further analysis.
Full statement from attorneys:
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The strike is over, management has restored work email and slack to guild members, right-wing trolls are targeting my tweets, i love my co-workers💛life goes on, and now, please consider
1. subscribing
2. signing this petition against layoffs at the LA Times:
Add your name: Demand the L.A. Times Management stop the destruction of local news through mass layoffs newsguild.org/los-angeles-ti…
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Today in LA and what we saw in San Diego last week reminds me of what one immigrant rights advocate told me shortly after Trump was elected — that some activists are prepared to literally put their BODY
down between community members and ICE/DHS agents
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FEDS RUN OVER PROTESTER IN STREETS
Live on ABC 7 - federal agents in a white van ran over a protester, leaving them injured in the streets, and sped away.
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my first byline w/ the @latimes:
a storm (possibly biggest of the season) is rollin in tonight—it may bring mudslides in fire burn areas.
i also got to speak w/ LAHSA and a homeless activist who shared how storms expose challenges of unhoused residents
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“As more forensic evidence is recovered in Lebanon, we shouldn’t be surprised to see U.S. fingerprints all over it,” @stephensemler on possibility of U.S.-made weapons used in Israel's recent bombing of Lebanon—killing at least 50 children
✍️🏾@theintercept
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Update: it's now official! here's what I'll be up to for the next year!
After taking some time off, I'm excited to get back to reporting as a part of the new-look @latimes fellowship program formerly known as Metpro! (a longtime goal of mine😭feeling grateful and energized)
Announcing the Los Angeles Times Fellowship program, a revamp of Metpro. latimes.com/about/pressrelea… Welcome our inaugural class @stellarstuffs, @anumitakaur, @_ashSAID, @j_dingdingding, @jasongsanch, @jonahmv, @kenandraughorne, @melissamh_, @SalmaLoum!
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Uncommitted Democratic delegates are trying to convince the DNC to allow two Palestinian Americans on the convention’s main stage.
The DNC's response so far? Silence.
Our story on the effort for Palestinian American representation at DNC
✍️🏾w/@akela_lacy
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Latest from me on a campaign led by Native Americans to boycott #AvatarTheWayOfWater
“White people being aliens based on actual indigenous people. That's colonialism," @asdza_tlehonaei wrote in an open letter to James Cameron.
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so proud of my newsroom and coworkers 😭 @latimes
ALT The staff of the Los Angeles Times has received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting.
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A story by @haileybranson and I on the Rose Parade’s shaky return amid the Omicron surge and inflation/supply chain issues made today’s front page!!—my first a-1 action at The Times ✨
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New: I unpacked some of the backlash to the Beyoncé, Taylor Swift beat reporter jobs at USA Today/The Tennessean. Criticism is led by local news reporters, many of whom have seen layoffs at Gannett-owned newsrooms, which decimated some Tennessee communities into "news deserts"
The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift jobs at USA Today have sparked backlash from news reporters — here's why latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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In case anyone saw "rumor" posts that a Tory Lanez verdict is in, they are FALSE. Just got an email from the court confirming the jury just got back from lunch and is still deliberating ✅
Someone on our team posted a rumor about the Tory Lanez verdict. The jury is still deliberating. The tweets have been deleted
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Update on whether some LA city funds will go to Magen Am, an armed security group that hires former IDF soldiers:
Short answer, no. Money will come via state security grants.
It's worth noting the intense pushback from activists who were ready to pack council chambers today
It appears the security grant motion, proposed after the Pico-Robertson protest of a real estate event at a synagogue, will be withdrawn.
The motion authors CMs Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield just put out a joint statement with Jewish Federation Los Angeles.
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the most shameful consequence of the DNC running 30+ mins late: cutting a performance by James Taylor
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Protesters at the DNC have faced arrest, police violence causing injuries and hospitalizations, and hours spent in jail without contact with attorneys.
My latest for @theintercept
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But this incident disturbed me more & made me feel less safe than any shoplifting incidents ive seen happen at the store (ive seen a few). How two guards can chase a man off store property, corner him, and inflict pain. This had to be a violation of some sort of policy, i thought
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Does anyone not understand the imbalance of power between white and black realities in America? It isn’t just and equal-exchange situation ... read the history, understand the context. The stories (white vs. black) are NOT on an even plane—it’s not even close.
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Mahmoud Khalil gave this statement today on the lack of "due process rights" at a remote immigration court in Jena, La. where a judge ruled that the govt. can deport him:
"This is exactly why the Trump administration has sent me to this court, 1,000 miles away from my family."
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New from me: today is my last day at @SoCalNewsGroup. After 3 years of covering breaking news for our 11 papers across LA, Orange, SB and Riverside counties, it's time for some change. I'll still be in journalism (and in LA) and will update ya'll on what's next soon!!
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NEW: We obtained letters, emails showing Columbia faculty raise alarm on possible violations of fed & state law in the school's probe of students arrested for pro-Palestine protests.
The next step: hearings where they may face expulsion.
✍️🏾@theintercept
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The new complaint now names both Trump and Sec. of State Rubio as respondents:
And attorneys aren't just demanding relief for Mahmoud—they're asking the court to halt Trump/Rubio policies that target all "noncitizens for removal" for protesting (notice the broader language):
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BREAKING: I spoke with the parents of the two pro-Palestine protesters, including a 15-year-old teenage boy, who were dragged into an Egyptian government building in New York and allegedly beaten by Egyptian officials, and were then arrested by the NYPD:
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Experts in this area, @LaraFriedmanDC and @elgindy_ both told me they have little faith that the U.S. will hold Israel accountable for Aysenur Eygi's death, much like the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot by an IDF sniper in the West Bank:
Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond? interc.pt/3XwqP2W by @jonahmv interc.pt/3XwqP2W
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The complaint also highlights the poor conditions Mahmoud has experienced since his arrest:
--deprived of his medications for an ulcer for 3 days.
--sleeping in "a bunker without a pillow or blanket" (google: "hieleras")
--no legal call with his attorneys for 4 days
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For my latest: please meet Kenny and Irene Majers, the real-life couple behind the real-life laundromat in San Fernando, where the @Daniels shot “Everything Everywhere All At Once”👁And yes, in this life, they did their laundry and taxes together🥹
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While military goods have flown through JFK in the past, this is the largest single shipment of military explosives through the NYC airport, researchers said, and first known shipment of nitrocellulose, a highly-flammable material used to make ammunition — from rifle bullets to rockets.
Final destination: headquarters of defense company IMI Systems, owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons maker.
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Even before today's ICC arrest warrants, the U.S. has blocked attempts to hold Israel accountable for atrocities.
I dug into the American tradition of taking a stand against war crimes, but only when the U.S. or Israel aren't the ones committing them.
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I spoke to residents of LA's Historic Filipinotown about a new gateway arch going up on Beverly Blvd.
We talked about visibility and being Filipino American—and also, what representation means in the face of gentrification & erasure in the neighborhood.
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The complaint also cites @theintercept reporting by @natashalennard and @akela_lacy who wrote about a Columbia University alumni group reporting pro-Palestinian student protesters to the ICE tip line for arrest and deportation:
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delegates using “We♥️Joe” signs to slap other delegates calling for an arms embargo to Israel
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Turns out this “whatever they need to do” thing is pretty true in California.
@CapRadioNews did an investigation on the state’s vague policies following the 2019 death of a man who was detained by security guards in Sacramento.
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I was a college intern at the SD-UT. That newsroom was my j-school. Despite having just underwent massive layoffs that year in 2015, the reps and eds there were kind and excellent. They deserve better than being sold to Alden, which is known for gutting newsrooms for profit.
LA billionaire sells San Diego Union-Tribune to owner of Southern California News Group trib.al/TPnHFxO
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And more details on his ICE arrest—shackled, driven from his apartment to a NYC jail then to a NJ jail then to JFK where he boarded a ✈️ to Louisiana—all with little explanation of where he was going.
Mahmoud compares the process to his friends' forced disappearances in Syria:
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BREAKING: WALK OUT AT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, the first in the newspaper’s history. as seen on the LAT Slack channel:
we withhold our labor for a one-day strike because ours is not being valued 💛
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The complaint also lays out how the case affects Mahmoud's family:
He may now lose his new job which was supposed to help support his family financially AND provide health insurance for his wife who is due to give birth to their first child next month:
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BREAKING from downtown LA courtroom: a federal judge has ordered the RELEASE of 20-yr-old Adrian Martinez on bond, three days after he was violently arrested by a horde of federal agents on 6/17 in a Walmart parking lot in Pico Rivera during an immigration raid. @theintercept
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NEW for @theintercept: I spoke with 9 healthcare workers at UCSF — San Francisco's largest hospital system, an elite med school — who've been punished/censored for speaking up about Palestine and the destruction of healthcare in Gaza.
Here's their story:
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I didn’t see any central lists online for ways to send aid to people affected by #TyphoonRai (#TyphoonOdette) in the Philippines.
✨So I made one! 👩🏻💻🔢
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NEW: Dr. Joelle Abi-Rached exposed a prestigious medical journal (@NEJM ) for its silence during WWII on the Holocaust.
Now, having recently fled Israel's bomb's in Lebanon, she's calling out the journal for its silence on Gaza:
✍️🏽@theintercept
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Last week, I spoke with an Israeli human rights lawyer who is leading an effort to close Sde Teiman, an IDF prison where Palestinians have alleged abuse, torture for months
But the issues, she said, stretch across all of Israel's prisons:
✍️🏾@theintercept
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two questions: do you 1. live or work in LA and 2. rely on biking/cycling as your primary mode of transportation?🚴🏻♀️
✨if both apply, i want to hear from you! DMs are open!✨
(working on some stories about getting around LA without a car 🌎)
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SCOOP: The Trump administration filed NO NEW EVIDENCE in its case to deport Mahmoud Khalil and rests solely on a letter written by Marco Rubio, according to a source who has read the filing.
The letter cites the "adverse foreign policy" statute with no new analysis and repeats the baseless claim that Khalil engaged in "antisemitism," which it says harms U.S. foreign policy.
Immigration court Judge Jamee Comans is expected to rule on whether the government has enough evidence to deport Khalil tomorrow on Friday.
✍️🏽@theintercept
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Loughlin is banned from any communication with witnesses, victims and other defendants in this case. However, the judge made an exception for her daughters (who may be witnesses) and her husband (who is also a defendant as he was charged yesterday).
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I found several anecdotal sources that speak of @kroger’s no-chase, no-touch policy. An employee at a Michigan store got fired for doing less than what i saw this evening
thenewsherald.com/2022/05/10…
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my latest: i spoke to cyclists who live car-free in car-centric LA, a city where progress on safety and infrastructure seems to crawl.
cyclists said:
⚠️safety remains a big concern
🚲build more protected bike lanes that connect to transit
😎biking is fun
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At Dollar Hits in Historic Filipinotown. Yes, it’s usually this poppin on weekends. But there’s some new faces in the crowd. They told me they were drawn here only after seeing it highlighted on the @netflix show Street Food: USA, which was released earlier this week.
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In Santa Ana, one of the few cities that have a curfew in place for Saturday night. About 30 people are in front of Santa Ana College. But dozens more are honking in approval of the protest.
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I roll my eyes and leave.
The man had left the alley, but i gave the supplies to a man living unhoused who saw the whole thing too, but closer.
“He was screaming and grabbing his face saying it hurt,” he said.
I told him about the security guard’s lie.
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So I called the Ralph’s to report the guards’ behavior, or at the very least, express myself. The manager said they are not Kroger employees and are outside hires (“off-duty cops” he called them), and can do “whatever they need to do.”
He claimed the man was a repeat offender.
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I went in to buy some water, soap and a towel for the guy
While leaving, i saw the guards wiping down their arms
“Did you pepper spray that man?” I ask
“What guy?” he says
“The guy in the alley,” i say. “Why’d you pepper spray him?”
“Idk what youre talking about,” he says
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Dozens of people, many belonging to local churches and community organizations, marched through Bassett and La Puente this afternoon for a peace rally, drawing attention to gun violence in these communities which has seen an uptick in shootings throughout the pandemic.
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my freelance debut✍🏽I spoke to Dr. Rouhollah Aghasaleh, the sole Cal Poly Humboldt professor who was arrested after standing w/ students advocating for a free Palestine, occupying Siemens Hall (aka Intifada Hall) for more than a week.
for the @GuardianUS
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Round 2 today: the actress Lori Loughlin (know for her role in Full House) surrendered to the FBI today in the college admissions fraud case. She and one other defendant, a local sales exec, will be in court today. Same as yesterday, they’ll have the opportunity to post bail.
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🦢 a dodger's spokesperson said the goose was "safely released." but they declined to say exactly how and where it was let go.
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Just spoke to George Mgdesyan, Tory Lanez' attorney who talked w/ Tory in a court holding cell: "He was disappointed. He's got faith and is holding strong to his faith, and he believes everything happens for a reason, and we're gonna' fight this and be successful moving forward."
BREAKING: The jury has found Tory Lanez (Daystar Peterson) GUILTY on all three counts in the 2020 Hollywood Hills shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The jury also found all three sentencing enhancements to be true.
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I know there have been a lot of thefts at our Ralphs.(I live a block away)I’ve seen a staff of one guard with a silly uniform and not much else turn into two armed ones with kevlar vests. They also locked the pharmacy section with tall plexiglass barriers and a separate register.
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This is the moment @RosenfeldReport and I were nearly kettled. Those on the other end of this line of officers, including our colleagues from the @latimes and @SpecNews1SoCal were improperly detained, zip tied and later released.
Why is @LAPDHQ detaining members of the media?
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Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias, a media entrepreneur, radio DJ and music promoter who advocated for Filipino American artists, such as Apldeap of Black Eyed Peas, died Sunday evening in her hometown of Walnut. She was 43. obit by me @latimes
latimes.com/obituaries/story…
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Residents inside the mandatory evacuation zone are gathering near Bell Canyon Road which leads to where several West Hills homes are burning for several hours. Each time a fire engine passes, a light applause breaks out among the crowd. #WoolseyFire
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Today in court, Öztürk’s attorneys argued why her case should remain in Massachusetts and not transferred to Louisiana where the Trump admin wants to move it.
Full statement on today’s hearing from @ACLU_Mass @ACLU
aclu.org/press-releases/unco…
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New: We looked at 12 different polls that show majority of Americans—including key swing states—don't want the U.S. to send weapons to Israel. Results are even more overwhelming among Dems. Again this is NOT just a "progressive left" issue
✍️🏾@theintercept
theintercept.com/2024/09/10/…
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#SCNGWALKOUT: So inspired to see my former coworkers at @SCNGguild walk out today❤️🔥They are often the only journalists reporting daily on huge swaths of SoCal. Their work is essential. And yet some haven't seen raises in > a decade! Management needs to stop stalling and bargain!
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New: I reached out to librarians across California about the wild demand for Prince Harry's "Spare."
📚LA Public Library initially reported a wait time of 6 months for a copy. In Orange County, some are waiting AN ENTIRE YEAR (55 months)🤯
latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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SCOOP: ACLU leadership rejected calls from about one-third of its staff to condemn U.S. role in Israel's war in Gaza. Staff had also called for ACLU's divestment from Israel. Leaders further refused to hold a townhall meeting on the issue
✍️🏽@theintercept
theintercept.com/2024/10/22/…
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