Matt Shuham

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ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.

ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.

- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide

-There's worms & mold in food

-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows

www.propublica.org/article/life...

She Was Honored With A Human Rights Award. Then She Says ICE Tricked And Arrested Her. A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.

A must-read if you haven't already:

@kalish.bsky.social interviewed a dozen people, and sorted through 1,000+ pages of court documents and other records, to present a ton of new reporting re: ICE's cruel treatment of trans detainees.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.

The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.

Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.

Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Following the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, "Commander at Large" Gregory Bovino was reassigned away from his leadership role in the operation.

Journalist Amanda Moore notes the violent culture and widespread fear he helped create won't be so easily removed.

(He initially just said, "And that’s the way we kept down the Hispanic vote" – full stop – before Kari Lake jumped in and corrected him: "Not the legal vote, the illegal vote." "Of course!” Giuliani said.)

Rudy Giuliani Brags About Racist Scheme He Used To Get Himself Elected “Republicans don’t do dirty tricks,” Steve Bannon protested before Giuliani replied, “Well, how about this one?”

The threat of immigration agents at polling places is classic voter suppression. Rudy Giuliani bragged to Steve Bannon about this "dirty trick" in 2023, saying his '93 mayoral campaign spread rumors of agents at polling places to suppress the "Hispanic illegal vote."
www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-g...

@joshkovensky.bsky.social joined @thebradblog.bsky.social to talk about the Trump DOJ pursuing terrorism charges against people associated with left-wing causes: It "raises unbelievably grave concerns about freedom of speech and freedom of association."

bradblog.com?p=15628

Solidarity with reporters at WaPo facing layoffs. It is brutal and demoralizing.

always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post

Hundreds of Hearst union members rallying in NYC

Hearst Union members with fair contract and related slogan signs in front of the Ann Arbor, MI office

Hearst Union members with fair contract and related signs in front of the Birmingham, AL office

Hearst Union members with fair contract and related slogan signs in front of the Los Angeles, CA office

Hundreds of our @hearstunion.bsky.social members stood together today by walking out in support of a fair contact. NYC, LA, Birmingham, Ann Arbor and Easton all have one demand: FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

Thank you to @jumaane.bsky.social @nyclabor.bsky.social and @afm-union.bsky.social for joining us!

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'Pull Up Your Pants!' ICE Raided A Plant And Detained Dozens — With No Arrest Warrant. One agent called the raid a "s**tshow." A federal judge had a different term for what came next.

If ANYONE has access to security camera footage of the federal raids on ZIPPS SPORTS GRILL locations on 1/26, I would appreciate seeing it. I'm on Signal at 646-397-4678 or mattshuham.01.

Something stinks with the mass questioning of employees. Reminds me of this: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ra...

3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it.

A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.

Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Inside The Secretive Operation To Stop Fascism In Its Tracks Donald Trump’s fascism builds on generations of racial supremacy. A new book goes inside the secretive antifa groups fighting for freedom.

“I do not think that objectivity exists or that there is a ‘view from nowhere’ to report on masked secret police abducting my neighbors.”

Talked to @mattshuham.bsky.social abt my book, and antifascism’s relationship to journalism www.huffpost.com/entry/to-cat...

Chilling report from @jbendery.bsky.social:

>> “In 28 years, I’ve lost kids to cancer. I’ve lost kids to violence. I’ve lost parents,” one principal said. “I am losing two children to a detention center and I don’t know if we’ll ever see them again.”

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

TY! Today's the day: bsky.app/profile/huff...

The Trump Adm is arresting Don Lemon and overcharging disruptive protesters at Cities Church to posture as if it’s protecting Christians. It’s not. DHS is staging disruptive ops at other churches, at least one of which has had to go online. ...
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President Biden twice said he had "no confidence" in the numbers from Palestinians about deaths in Gaza — a position that helped justify his policy of enabling Israeli attacks there.

Today, the IDF said it accepts the Gaza ministry's numbers. I've asked Biden's spox if he has regrets. Stay tuned.

Inside The Secretive Operation To Stop Fascism In Its Tracks Donald Trump’s fascism builds on generations of racial supremacy. A new book goes inside the secretive antifa groups fighting for freedom.

I interviewed @letsgomathias.bsky.social about his excellent new book, “To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right,” which comes out next week.

Inside The Antifa Spy Network: www.huffpost.com/entry/to-cat...

It's time!

HuffPost Union bargaining committee members pose for a photo on the first day of in-person bargaining.

Hot off the presses 📰

Bargaining committee was on 🔥 yesterday & we’re back at the table today! We won’t back down as we fight for just compensation, equitable severance and AI protections that let us create the fearless, top-notch journalism the world needs now. ✊ #faircontractnow

#SaveThePost