Michelle Z.

Huge thanks to Nicole Foy for joining us and sharing how local reporting plays a critical role in her broader investigative reporting.

Check out our latest episode of @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast 🎙️ with @nicolefoy.bsky.social on her reporting for @propublica.org

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers

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In the last days, there has been an unprecedented attack targeting investigative journalists trying to seize their Signal accounts. This has gone largely unreported. I have been repeatedly targeted by phishing, and I learned that also colleagues from other outlets were targeted, with the attackers unfortunately managing to compromise at least one colleague’s account. What’s worrying: this doesn’t seem like an isolated case. A broader wave is apparently hitting journalists (and some civil society actors) via Signal. How it works: Attackers message you on Signal pretending to be “Signal Support,” warning about “suspicious activity,” and urging you to “re-verify” your account. Once you accept the chat, you receive a real Signal SMS verification code, because the attacker is actively trying to register your number on a new device. If you share that code, you’re handing them the keys. Signal’s extra protection is the Signal PIN. If an attacker also tricks you into giving up your PIN (or you don’t have strong protections enabled), they can see your contacts and networks, potentially join chats going forward, and lock you out by changing settings. Quick protections worth doing today: - Signal will never contact you via a two-way in-app support chat. Treat those messages as hostile. - Never share SMS codes, Signal PIN, or anything called “registration lock.” - Turn on Registration Lock (Settings → Account → Registration Lock). - If you see a “safety number changed” alert: verify the person via a different channel (call/video), not just Signal text. - Report + block suspicious requests, and review linked devices. If you work with sensitive sources: this isn’t just about losing an account, it’s about exposing networks. Please share this with colleagues who rely on Signal day-to-day.

WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic ...

The Atlantic reported that Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon. No confirmation from DHS or the White House, yet.

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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.

Nicole Foy and the Power of Local Journalism Podcast Episode · The Latino Newsletter · 01/23/2026 · 34m

I got to feature THE @nicolefoy.bsky.social on the @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast to discuss her groundbreaking coverage of US citizens who have been detained by ICE. ✍️: @propublica.org
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Minneapolis doesn’t get enough credit for being the tipping point of resistance movements. We saw it with George Floyd and we’re seeing it now. They have a unified working class and know how to mobilize the masses. A lot of the people you see at the frontlines are regular folks, not activists.

Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum. This goes for ANYBODY, but especially the Democrats in congress too cowardly to demand an end to state-sanctioned murder, abduction and trafficking.

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

The news about people losing their eyes to less lethal rounds is a good time to remind people to buy goggles if you are going to a protest. Look for ones with an impact-resistant rating of ANSI Z87+ High-velocity impact rating or ANSI Z87.1+ High-velocity impact rating. Ideally, rubber not foam seal

I don’t need to see the ICE body cam footage to know Renee’s death was not justified. Just as I never had look at footage of police shootings to know that Black and brown people should not be executed by cops. No matter what angle you present: this violence will never be normalized to me. #reneegood

Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...

Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:

The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

My impulse is always to tell people to "stay safe," but the reality is, I want us to get angrier. This administration begets all of our outrage and ire. Shooting civilians in broad daylight is just the beginning; they are setting the standard for violence against anyone who speaks out.

ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen.

Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo.

Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.

It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead

Fernando Mendoza becomes the third Latino ever to win the Heisman Trophy Mendoza has made history as the first Cuban-American winner and only the third Latino to earn the Heisman Trophy. His achievement also marks a major milestone for collegiate athletics, as he becomes t...

Fernando Mendoza: And for my grandparents…Por el amor y el sacrificio de mis padres y abuelos, los quiero mucho. Desde todo mi corazón les doy las gracias. (For the love and sacrifice of my parents and grandparents, I love you a lot. From all my heart, I thank you.)

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'Ponte Your Moños,' How two Latinas turned traditional ribbon braiding into a call to action In June, amid the deployment of federal troops to Southern California, Dulce Flores and Angie Portillo turned concern for their community into action by launching “Ponte Your Moños.” Blending culture,...

In a political moment when acts like braiding may be dismissed as insignificant, Flores and Portillo demonstrate how two people can still spark meaningful change.

#PonteYourMoños #CommunityCare #CulturalResistance #BraidingIsPolitical

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Youths incarcerated at LA juvenile hall speak out about abuse Thirty officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall face criminal charges for encouraging and incentivizing “gladiator-style fights” between boys

‘It was for their entertainment’: Formerly incarcerated youths speak out about abuse at LA County juvenile hall, @zacariasm.bsky.social reports. Thirty officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall face criminal charges for encouraging & incentivizing “gladiator-style fights” between boys.

In Southern California, Small Groups of Activists Quietly Undermine ICE Operations Organizers confront ICE wherever they can be found, from the hotels where agents sleep to the streets they patrol.

"If [ICE] wants to come back after a day of kidnapping landscapers and want to kick back and have a beer at the Residence Inn, I say no."

"Why should they have an easy night when everybody else is scared?"
#California #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

Footage from today’s protest in #DTLA where I was pushed, kettled and tear gassed by LAPD while reporting for @calonews.bsky.social

I spoke to Angela Ross for her award-winning podcast SoCalVoices about my coverage of the #Eatonwildfire and its impact on Altadena residents. url:https://www.socalvoices.com/la-fires-aftermath/

Don't cut NPR and PBS funding! Millions of Americans rely on public media  for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency ...

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Disabled and elderly residents were abandoned during LA fires The majority of those who died were disabled and elderly residents, laying bare the intersections of ableism and climate injustice

The toll of climate disasters is a direct consequence of decades of disinvestment in the communities most vulnerable to crises. @zacariasm.bsky.social reports on how many disabled & elderly residents were abandoned during California wildfires.
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Thank you for amplifying my coverage of this important issue 🙏

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