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Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.

Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.

Tell Congress to protect FOIA offices Use FPF’s new tool to ask your representatives to put a stop to secrecy

Want to read the Epstein files? Or important climate reports? You’ll probably need a FOIA office for that.

Use FPF's new tool to help us tell Congress that Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to all their records.

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

I don’t know if you’re a seasonal beverage girlie but athletic has a serviceable pumpkin beer

This one is soooo good

Sam Bankman-Fried recounts FTX’s collapse and why he feels he was wrongly convicted of fraud Through exclusive prison interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried and others, we put fresh eyes on the dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

This fall, a panel of judges will hear FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal.

From prison, he tells @revealnews.org why he believes he deserves a new trial.

This is egregious.

Pentagon Accused of ‘Intimidation’ With New Restrictions For Journalists The Pentagon released new rules for journalists that prevents them from reporting on unauthorized information.

We told @time.com that journalists shouldn’t trade their independence for access to Pentagon spin.

“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism.”

So much jealous

US appeals court orders deportation of Atlanta journalist detained by Ice Mario Guevara faces imminent removal from US as his attorney files emergency petition

URGENT ⚡️ Mario Guevara, the only journalist behind bars in the United States, faces imminent deportation following charges related to his live streaming of law enforcement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Israeli strike kills journalists in Gaza City, worsening the death toll for the media Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.

Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.

Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants? A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."

I really need y'all to read this excellent story by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and also understand that these are similar, if not the same, tactics used against transgender and abortion healthcare.

Incredibly powerful moment as some of Neri Alvarado's relatives see him walking off the plane in Venezuela after his release from CECOT.

He was targeted because of his tattoos—the largest of which is an autism awareness ribbon featuring his brother's name

Kentucky’s public broadcasting stations are set to lose millions of dollars in potential annual funding after Congress passed a $9 billion rescission package Thursday night.

The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive"

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The shocking rise of one of the tech-right’s favorite posters After he leaked Zohran Mamdani's Columbia application data to the New York Times, critics called Jordan Lasker a "eugenicist." A Mother Jones report shows there's much more to his backstory.

New: After he leaked Zohran Mamdani’s Columbia application data to the New York Times, critics called Jordan Lasker a “eugenicist.” A Mother Jones report shows there’s much more to his backstory.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Press Forward invests $22.7 million in local news infrastructure Press Forward is announcing investments of $22.7 million in 22 projects that will strengthen the infrastructure of the field. Today’s local newsrooms are much smaller than 25 years ago – doing more wi...

Honored to be included in this mission! IRE will be partnering with @archive.org and @poynterinstitute.bsky.social to develop a national program that preserves vital local news content. Proud to help save "the first draft of history." Thank you, #PressForward! www.pressforward.news/infrastructu...

How ICE’s arrest of a high school student activated a Massachusetts town “We’re trying to find ways the community can defend itself.”

“I hadn’t seen that kind of activation in the 22 years I’ve lived here. Nothing like it.”

How ICE's arrest of high school student Marcelo Gomes da Silva mobilized a Massachusetts town

N.J. reporter faces legal battle over police blotter - New Jersey Globe A reporter for Red Bank Green, a local news organization, was issued a summons in June for refusing to remove the name of a man whose name was published

Prosecutors who charge journalists for refusing to unpublish news reports "don’t know the first thing about the constitution they’re sworn to uphold, or don’t care," Seth Stern told @njglobe.bsky.social's @wildstein.bsky.social.

Is AI Pushing Us Closer to Nuclear Disaster? Podcast Episode · Reveal · 07/09/2025 · 31m

You’ve probably heard of the Doomsday Clock from movies, songs, or comic books.

But Daniel Holz of the @thebulletin.org assures us that it’s real—and so are the existential threats that recently moved the hands closer to midnight.

On this week's More To The Story:

How Amazon hid its safety crisis Confidential documents reveal the company leaders’ deception about the consequences of Prime Day, its robots and more.

An investigation from @revealnews.org found that workers' injuries go up around Amazon Prime Day. Something to keep in mind. revealnews.org/article/how-...

Brad Lander’s post-loss victory lap The former New York City mayoral candidate weighs in on Zohran Mamdani's shocking win, the shortcomings of his own campaign, and what comes next.

It’s Brad Lander’s victory, too.

The former New York City mayoral candidate weighs in on Zohran Mamdani's historic victory, the baseless accusations of antisemitism, and what comes next.

Saturday’s press conference primarily involved government officials from all levels, including U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, patting themselves on the back for the work of first responders

AccessFest 2025 call for ideas IRE is planning our fifth annual virtual-by-design conference and we need your help! AccessFest not only provides more accessible training centered on belonging, equity, and inclusion in the newsroom...

Yes, we’re already thinking about our next conference 🤩

Share your ideas for #AccessFest25, IRE’s virtual conference coming up this fall.

The deadline to submit pitches is July 27. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very hype and honored to be serving as IRE’s vice president for the coming year!

A conversation with Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky’s new health cabinet secretary  • Kentucky Lantern Dr. Steven Stack sat down with the Kentucky Lantern to discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the politics of health, the direction the United States is heading and more.

Dr. Steven Stack says Kentucky, which already struggles with poor health, is “on the cusp of having a significant backslide” if the federal government cuts programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

MORE:

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'A direct attack on women': Dems want to save the women's bureau The move follows reporting that the Trump administration wants to eliminate the office that supports working women.

Impact/scoop: Lawmakers are demanding the Labor Secretary save the Women’s Bureau following my recent @motherjones.com reporting that the Trump admin wants to eliminate the 105-year-old, congressionally-mandated office charged w/ supporting women in the workforce:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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@penileyramirez.bsky.social from Futuro Media,
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