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City hall reporter @sfchronicle. Boston born, Philly trained, TX forged. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.' Signal: stjbs.82

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined May 2009
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Mike Nellis
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Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
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Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks13h
Typically, Rs don’t need to send the big guns to Lubbock and Weatherford
Brandon Waltens
@bwaltens18h
Just in: @JDVance to hold midterm rally in Weatherford, TX on Thursday, per RNC
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Ok maybe AI does have its place
Victor Garcia
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O vídeo da noite.
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De verdade!!!
Polling USA
@USA_Polling17h
BRAZIL YOU HAVE SHOCKED THE NATION AND THE WORLD
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John Bourscheid 🇺🇸 🚀
@bourscheid17h
🚨 #BREAKING: Lula has won re-election as Brazil's president, in a stunning upset against conservative Flávio Bolsonaro, son of disgraced former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving 27 years in prison for a coup attempt. Liberals stacking wins in the US has bled abroad.
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Sam Koppelman
@SammyKoppelman19h
We gave the Times the chance to do the right thing yesterday. Instead, they’re going with an argument that basically boils down to: *We randomly produced our first ever plume model about the exact same incident that Hunterbrook exposed with a plume model *We randomly took a lead photo of the exact same home on the exact same street *We randomly interviewed the same expert Etc. They wrote a great story. Obviously, we care about the subject deeply. It’s just a huge bummer for our team and the reporters who worked relentlessly on these stories.
Hunterbrook
@hntrbrkmedia20h
Breaking: Several sections of @NYTimes front page story today mirror two earlier Hunterbrook investigations — without attribution.  Images. Methods. Sources. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
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Austin Kocher, PhD@ackocher22h
Immigration Agents Have Detained Hundreds of U.S. Citizens. Meet the ProPublica Team with the Data to Prove It I'm talking with the team on Tuesday, October 27 at 1 pm ET. austinkocher.substack.com/p/… @propublica
Banner. Immigration Agents Have Detained Hundreds of U.S. Citizens. Meet the ProPublica Team with the Data to Prove It. A live conversation on Zoom, Tuesday, October 27 at 1:00 p.m. ET, with Nicole Foy, Ruth Talbot and Cengiz Yar of ProPublica, hosted by Austin Kocher. A woman sits on the grass beside a road with federal agents around her, next to the quote, I am a U.S. citizen, please help me.

ALT Banner. Immigration Agents Have Detained Hundreds of U.S. Citizens. Meet the ProPublica Team with the Data to Prove It. A live conversation on Zoom, Tuesday, October 27 at 1:00 p.m. ET, with Nicole Foy, Ruth Talbot and Cengiz Yar of ProPublica, hosted by Austin Kocher. A woman sits on the grass beside a road with federal agents around her, next to the quote, I am a U.S. citizen, please help me.

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Francesca D’Annunzio@FrancescaDnunzOct 25
Replying to @FrancescaDnunz
So as I headed to Ingram for the first time in March, I wanted to know who the local faces of the national immigration crackdown were. Who was driving the black Dodge Charger? propublica.org/article/depor…

A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of...

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Taniel@TanielOct 25
Startling stat — a police officer in a small Texas town handed arrested and handed over immigrants to ICE at such volume that the total number is the equivalent of 10% of his town's population. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/magaz…

He Helped Deport 200 People. Now He Has Misgivings.

A deputy in small-town Texas became the local face of ICE’s national crackdown.

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Francesca D’Annunzio@FrancescaDnunzOct 25
Replying to @FrancescaDnunz
This is a town of three stoplights, five gas stations, five Mexican restaurants, and five churches. It is — or was — 45% Latino. Yet within a year of the flood, the town’s tiny PD had delivered the equivalent of 10% of Ingram to ICE.
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Anna Núñez@nunez_annaOct 25
They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention. In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by ICE, expanding the reach of Trump’s deportation campaign. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/po…

They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention. (Gift Article)

In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation...

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Your Daily Cents
@YourDailyCentssOct 24
BOOMER DAD: “You never discuss your salary with coworkers.” ME: “I compared pay with someone on my team.” BOOMER DAD: “That’s unprofessional.” ME: “He was making $16,000 more than me. Same title. Same workload.” BOOMER DAD: “That’s between the company and the employee.” ME: “I used that info to renegotiate.” BOOMER DAD: “You just got fortunate.” ME: “No. I got informed.” A month later, I was making $12,000 more a year. Keeping salaries secret doesn’t protect workers. It protects companies from uncomfortable conversations.
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Scott Braddock
@scottbraddockOct 25
Houston: Hundreds of Texans leaving their "I voted" stickers at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by ICE
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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaumOct 24
A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/po…

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)

Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornsteinOct 23
MAJOR SCOOP: Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company. propublica.org/article/ken-p… w/ @TexasTribune

Ken Paxton Says He’s Tough on Crime. His Trust Invested $600,000 in a Convicted Fraudster’s Company.

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Texas Tribune
@TexasTribuneOct 23
New: Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s business With @propublica: bit.ly/4simOwE

Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s business - The Texas Tribune

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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Senator John Cornyn
@JohnCornynOct 22
Russia launched covert influence campaign to undermine US candidates supportive of Ukraine, lawmakers say politi.co/4dRIcD2 via @politico

Russia launched covert influence campaign to undermine US candidates supportive of Ukraine,...

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Amy McGrath
@AmyMcGrathKYOct 22
Whoa. The U.S. added 90% fewer jobs in 2025 than originally reported. That’s not a rounding error. That’s a massive difference between the economy Americans were told we had and the one we actually had.
Steve Rattner
@SteveRattnerOct 22
When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.
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VANITY FAIR
@VanityFairOct 22
Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…

The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers

An exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former...

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Noah Shachtman
@NoahShachtmanOct 22
Jesus Christ. Trump's Pentagon is putting the pain ray on the southern border. This was a weapon yanked from Iraq ... for being too inhumane. laserwars.net/p/military-hea…

Pulse #016: The US Military’s Notorious ‘Heat Ray’ Is Headed for the Border

Personally, I simply would not do this.

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Eric Katz@EricM_KatzOct 22
SCOOP: The State Dept has started asking career diplomats up for promotion if they voted for Trump in 16, 20, 24. Federal law prohibits politically based hiring for career staff. State tells @washingtonsun it's screening for "fidelity" and execution of the president's vision👇
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