Jonathan Baran

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...

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are... TikTok video by Drew Harwell

Drew Harwell nails it. This is what we are losing. It’s not just my job…that’s upsetting to me selfishly sure but the extraordinary news and information our country is losing is going to have lasting impacts for decades.

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

The Washington Post Is No Longer Useful to Jeff Bezos In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.

There is zero reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet in a kleptocracy. And so billionaires are gutting the media companies they own, reorienting them to better align with the regime, and spending money on bribes rather than journalists

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very cool stuff! I love origin stories like this!

Videos of fatal ICE shooting in Chicago raise questions about DHS account DHS said an officer was “seriously injured” by an undocumented immigrant who hit and dragged him with his car. Video indicates the officer suffered minor injuries he dismissed as “nothing major.”

I also wrote about him and most certainly have not forgotten. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show A Washington Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.

Videos show an agent tugging on a weapon in Pretti’s waistband, removing it and ducking from the tussle as another agent draws and fires on the unarmed man. Latest from @samueloakford.bsky.social @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social & Sarah Blaskey

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A U.S. Border Patrol officer fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, federal officials said.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara described the man as a 37-year-old White male, who was a resident of the city and believed to be an American citizen. https://wapo.st/3M62eyV

DHS version

White House version

The White House posted an edited photo of the activist involved in the Minneapolis church protest, made to look like she was crying.

The ICE agent’s cellphone video: Five key moments Cellphone footage shows what happened in the moments before and after an ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

our latest on the new footage showing ICE fatal shooting of Renee Good, by @jonathanbaran.bsky.social + @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social + me:

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

I don't say this lightly: *Incredibly* diligent and insightful analysis on the January DCA Black Hawk crash.

In deadly D.C. plane crash, city lights may have played a role. See how. The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January accident, which killed 67 people.

For our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C.
Watch here wapo.st/4atdTBI

Jamal Khashoggi was unavailable for comment.

you should check out The Resistance in Concord, Calif.

Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!

More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in the US Civil War, WW I and II, the Korean War & the Vietnam War combined. In this special report, we detail the growing death toll among (mainly) Palestinian journalists and ask, has our silence enabled their slaughter? www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shi...

P.S.: we ask for your name at submission for contacting you, to verify the ownership and authenticity of the photos or video you upload in addition to any other information you can provide reporters. Uploads are not public. Thank you, D.C.

Reporters at @washingtonpost.com want your videos of law enforcement interactions in D.C. after President Trump ordered federal agents to patrol the city. Upload footage you filmed by scanning the QR code.

ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target. D.C. police’s efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers’ immediate release. That has changed.

NEW: As immigrant delivery drivers started using mopeds, D.C. police pushed greater enforcement of their vehicles.

Now, amid Trump’s federal takeover, ICE is joining their patrols — and detained at least 11 of those drivers.

Hi, I'm a visual forensics reporter for The Washington Post. We are interested in using this video in an upcoming story. Is this your video and if so could we have permission to use it?

WaPo's Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News coverage of the Trump shooting merged traditional + forensic reporting from @samueloakford.bsky.social Aaron, Shawn, Jabin, @jonathanbaran.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social @iarnsdorf.bsky.social @carolleonnig.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social, me, + more

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.

How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza: Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence contradict the official Israeli narrative in key regards. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

> Video posted to Instagram shows an expansive garage filled with an array of luxury cars on the compound of Assad’s presidential palace. “Save me a Lamborghini,” one man calls out while driving through.

hey look, a starter pack of Visual Forensics reporters at @washingtonpost.com

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This is why every one should be concerned about the rise of drone warfare.

Human Safari: Ukrainian civilians used as target practice by Russian drone operators in Kherson.
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In Syria’s former ‘slaughterhouse,’ a desperate hunt for the disappeared Families searching Sednaya prison feared that they would not learn the fate of their missing loved ones — and that so much of what happened there may never be known.

Incredible story and photos from @lovedaymorris @lorenzotugnoli @suzanhaidamous on families' desperate search for clues in Sednaya prison, Syria’s former ‘slaughterhouse': www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

People are sprinting away from X at full speed and the users that stick around seem to be super into Republican politics. From our analysis: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Don’t let that cute face fool you.