Janet Reitman

On These South African Farms, Black and White Neighbors Fight Crime Together

Important story about the lie that is now shaping US immigration policy. On These South African Farms, Black and White Neighbors Fight Crime Together www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/w...

Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.

"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...

that article was such a massive embarrassment - i mean, subject matter wise, and also as a piece of writing - was it writing? awful headline, non-story, editor hoping to be "buzzy" .. or something. ... as a former GQ writer, it offends me on a few levels.

Orleans County senator resigns following leaked racist group chat - VTDigger Sen. Sam Douglass apologized for the offense his comments caused and described hateful comments he’d received since news first broke. He released a long statement late Friday afternoon.

Vermont still has robust local and state news coverage which makes a real difference when scandals like this break: vtdigger.org/2025/10/17/o...

Americans believe that Trump is using the pretext of criminal justice to silence and disappear his political enemies, in he classic style of authoritarian dictatorship

Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire. On September 11, 2025, Mr. O’Hara saw Sgt. Beck, along with several other Guard members, walking in uniform in the Logan Circle neighborhood, near the intersection of 14th and R Streets NW. Mr. O’Hara calmly walked behind the Guard members, began playing The Imperial March aloud on his phone, and started recording. In less than two minutes, Sgt. Beck turned around and threatened to call D.C. police officers to “handle” Mr. O’Hara if he persisted. Mr. O’Hara continued recording and playing the music. Sgt. Beck contacted the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Defendant MPD Officers Brown, Campbell, Reyes-Benigno, and Lopez Martinez came to the scene and, in essence, did what Sgt. Beck had threatened, putting Mr. O’Hara in handcuffs and preventing him from continuing his peaceful protest.

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

This is nearly a weekly occurrence

Correctly Assessing Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States A recent report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), “Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States,” risks feeding false narratives about politica...

@mikeajensen.bsky.social and I were perturbed at how a recent report on left wing terrorism and political violence is predictably being weaponized. So we dug into the analysis for @justsecurity.org

www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...

First we wish any legitimate journalist well on their journey to cover the news. But “your” government announcement of a next gen press corps is shall we say beyond odd. The Pentagon press corps still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be. “Self deport”? Naw. Too busy working!

Barbara Starr, who covered the Pentagon for decades, says the announcement is "beyond odd" and that the preexisting press corps "still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be"

Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.

Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.

Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Jamie Raskin tells me he'll formally demand any and all communications between the White House and DOJ about these $230 million claims. He's set to push it at the next Judiciary Committee meeting, challenging Republicans.

Read these Raskin quotes, they're striking:

newrepublic.com/article/2021...

It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics

It's been a week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics, David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

It is a measure of the fascism of the moment that I’m reposting a Cato Institute dude. Solidarity, friend, against armed men who’d call other human beings animals.

Srsly pls reach out - can’t dm you here…

Hey - janet.reitman@nytimes.com … reach out so we can talk !

Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.

1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I see Luigi as at best non- ideological or post- ideological but not “left wing” by any means. (Even hardcore neo nazis agree that the healthcare system needs an overhaul…)

@johnhorgan.bsky.social just saying hi here and also I’m so glad you wrote this - I was shocked by that story - catch up soon?

“Don’t be scared of anything,” he said, when the total number of reported measles cases rose above 1,000, almost all among people who were unvaccinated, as the virus continued to spread in Colorado, Pennsylvania and finally into the remote corners of North Dakota…

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

This story gave me chills

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

Incredible piece

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

My question exactly

Back in 2016 or 2017, in an interview, Richard Spencer outlined his support of this idea to me. In case you're wondering what kind of people have been pushing Trumpland for it for a long time.

Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

Pope Francis to JD Vance: No Good Friday agreement for you, heretic!

The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

“There was this sense that you get to do this.”
I loved that feeling.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

“Once you accept the arrest of a person for no reason other than their speech, we are all in danger.”