Russ Walker

Front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026:

Front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026:

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Yeah this doesn’t look good at all

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.

@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...

Residents on both sides of ICE enforcement issue give Elizabethtown officials an earful Echoing the broader national debate on immigration policy, Elizabethtown residents offered opposing views on the prospect of borough police cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

ICE cooperation debate in deep red Lancaster County, Pa.:
lancasteronline.com/news/local/r...

The front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026:

The front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026:

Governor hopeful Stacy Garrity says she’d work with Trump administration on PA’s elections Republican gubernatorial hopeful Stacy Garrity said Friday afternoon that she would cooperate with President Donald Trump’s administration in running Pennsylvania’s elections.

Garrity’s comments come after President Trump called for Republicans to “nationalize” elections.

TrumpRx claims to offer the lowest prices. But many drugs have cheaper generics STAT analysis: Many of the prescription drugs on TrumpRx are available elsewhere as cheaper generics.

STAT analysis: Many of the prescription drugs on TrumpRx are available elsewhere as cheaper generics. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...

Photo shows a young girl with her cat

This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.

She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.

Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/

an apt name. wonder if he's a descendant of Dixiecrat James F. Byrnes of South Carolina...

How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

Peggy Noonan on the mutilation of The Washington Post.
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...

Toddlers want all the attention, and will burn the house down to get it.

Front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026:

Front page of LNP | LancasterOnline for Friday, Feb. 6, 2026:

Who owns Pa.’s digitized history? We’re a step closer to an answer. https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/02/ancestry-digital-records-commonwealth-courrt-capitol/

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So glad he’s having a good time.

Days are numbered for Lancaster County library passport services Lancaster County libraries will no longer be able to process passport applications after next week.

Lancaster County libraries will no longer be able to process passport applications after next week.
lanc.news/4tj027R

Beshear super PAC gets $450K from Pennsylvania donor • Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's super PAC upped its fundraising in the second half of 2025 amid expectations the Democrat will run for president.

Interesting...
(h/t PA Post / Spotlight PA)
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/03/b...?

Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs “I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user.

SCOOP from me in this week’s @wired.com Inner Loop newsletter: A look inside a forum where users claiming to be ICE/CBP vent their frustrations and concerns about their jobs.

“This is going to be a train wreck that we may not survive.”

www.wired.com/story/inside...

Fred Hiatt loved a war of choice...

The Dramatic Rise of Farm Labor Contractors Has Led to Rampant Abuses. Here’s Why Regulators Have Failed to Stop Them. Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules. Nor is there broad political support to invest...

NEW: Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules.

Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.

Protecting Voter Privacy and Pennsylvania Elections from Political Interference
www.palegis.us/house/co-spo...

Exciting announcement from Jeff Bezos's reimagined Washington Post!

President Trump’s push to 'nationalize' elections - WHYY After reviving his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen, President Trump is now urging Republicans to, in his words, “take over voting” and "nationalize elections.”

I had a fantastic time today with @cherrigregg.bsky.social @avi-wa.bsky.social on WHYY Studio 2 talking about Trump's threats to nationalize elections, alongside Phila City Commissioner Seth Bluestein and FSU Law's Michael Morley.

Watch or listen via here.

What?

ICYMI: Here's what local lawmakers think about Gov. Shapiro's budget address yesterday. Republicans aren't happy about Shapiro's plan to use state reserves again

Sadly, this story was taken off LNP's Facebook page bc producers could not block some beyond-the-pale comments. Apparently, this has been an issue with Facebook recently.

Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.

Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...