Ian Gordon

amazing how many people walk around with a giant sign around their neck that says "i can't cut it"

I didn’t know that was an option—just turned it on

I’m really sorry I forgot this time—definitely trying to make it part of my process

Trump sicced the National Guard on LA, ramping up immigrant arrests in a city that’s been targeted by ICE for months.

Here’s how @lataco.bsky.social, a local taco site tracking the raids, became an essential reporting powerhouse to their community.

Listen here: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

The cover of the November/December 2025 issue of Mother Jones magazine, with the title "American Gulag" and the subtitle "The brutal rollout of Trump's police state" over a black-and-white photo of two masked agents arresting an immigrant at a federal courthouse.

Latest @motherjones.com hotness coming to newsstands near you soon

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

I was sort of curious to see how ChatGPT would manage this task. So here's my prompt, and the robot's intro email:

The NYT's Michael Grynbaum reported that this is the note that Bari Weiss sent to CBS News staffers this morning (1/2)

It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

California is the fourth-largest economy in the world. @clarajeffery.bsky.social writes that it’s time the Golden State—and other blue states—used their economic clout to fight Trump’s agenda.

Adam Ottavino! Tom Glavine’s brother!

And pitched at Northeastern! Though his fastball was only 90-92 back then…

Trump's deportation machine has diverted some 42,000 crime fighters from other tasks Feeling safer now?

Who is that masked man? Probably not ICE.

just yukking it up, this guy

The joke's on you at the Riyadh Comedy Festival The lesson, one again, is that Americans aren't as offended by autocracy as you might have thought.

did you hear what the free speech guys said to the dictator? nope. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

shit, i guess my time has come

Update: Paul Dama was released from immigration detention on Thursday night! This is him and his sister Cecelia

Good news! Paul Dama, a Nigerian man in ICE detention, has finally been freed!

Earlier this month, we spoke with his sister and the other families torn apart by the Trump administration's mass deportations.

🎧 You can listen to his full story here: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

A spunky Atlantic salmon and a beautiful brown trout landed over the weekend—absolutely fantastic morning caddis bite

Oh man I *really* want to hear the backstory that led to this email

These are the only 4 federal cases Lindsey Halligan—a former Florida insurance defense lawyer—is listed as an attorney on.

3 are cases where she represented Trump. The 4th is prosecuting Comey. Doesn't get more clear than that.

Also, if you do attempt to comply and build a new factory in the US, Trump will arrest your workers, so there's that

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts Ballard Partners is helping companies cash-in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

• Iris-scanning system that would give agents the “capability to quickly and accurately identify individuals encountered during ICE operations”
• Lobbying by Ballard Partners, one of the most Trump-connected K Street firms
• No-bid contract awarded in August

How America’s elite colleges breed high-status careers—and misery “They funneled the shit out of me.”

The “career funnel,” a phrase coined by sociologists Amy Binder and Daniel Davis, describes the mechanism behind the crowding of elite college graduates into finance, tech, or management consulting.

Says one Stanford alum of how he ended up as a consultant: “They funneled the shit out of me.”

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

New from me: I wrote about how increasingly Israel's most important American allies are not Jews but evangelical Christians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Local restaurateur Paul Dama granted asylum after more than 3 months in ICE custody Dama survived abduction by Boko Haram and said he feared returning to his native Nigeria.

And for more on yesterday's hearing, check out WGBH's coverage: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

As aggressive ICE raids rise, we look at the people being targeted and the families they’re leaving behind. As the Trump administration aims to deport millions of people over the next four years, “Reveal” tells the human stories of those caught up in ICE raids.

Cecelia, Paul's sister and the restaurant owner, told me today that she literally screamed for joy at the judge's ruling. Now, she says, "we're just waiting for when he will actually see sunlight."

To hear more from Cecelia, check out our recent Reveal episode: revealnews.org/podcast/ice-...

This summer, I wrote about Paul Dama, a Boko Haram survivor and award-winning restaurant manager who had been detained by ICE.

Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.

Also: four bylines!

When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging” If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.

Love learning new words: "chrononormativity" hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...