Eloise Goldsmith

One of These Progressives Could Be New York’s Next Mayor On Saturday, seven mayoral candidates made their case to the Working Families Party and The Nation magazine in advance of the June primary.

fun fact about this nyc mayoral forum, which i covered for the Nation- the New York Post reporter who showed up to cover it went home without a story because Zohran didn't say anything "crazy"
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

i thought The Children's Bach was just ok but it was impressively short considering how much terrain it covers

You should go to Biddeford!

I saw Jamelle Bouie speak in person over the weekend and he actually was so charming and articulate

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

HuffPost homepage gets me every time

Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump’s plan for mass deportations

Also one of them, Jose Olivares, has been publishing some absolute bangers in recent months, including this investigation for the Guardian from earlier this week: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Where Are the Victims of 2024’s Q1 Media Bloodbath? Study Hall talks to media workers six months after their layoffs at Pitchfork, Business Insider, The Intercept and the LA Times to find out how they dealt and what they’re up to.–Since

in light of the latest round of horrible layoffs at Vox Media, I'm re-upping this profile i did of five journalists who were about 6ish months out from a layoff. each of them had a lot of wisdom to share
studyhall.xyz/free-newslet...

Victim Pitted Against Victim in Funding Battle A fund supporting terrorism victims has claimed Justice Department settlement money. If successful, an already-depleted fund that assists domestic violence and rape survivors could lose out.

Fascinating story by @eloisegoldsmith.bsky.social.
The Crime Victim's Fund supports programs for victims of rape, domestic violence, & child abuse. It's funded by penalties from DOJ criminal prosecutions. But a big chunk of it is being claimed by *another* crime victim's fund.

Victim Pitted Against Victim in Funding Battle A fund supporting terrorism victims has claimed Justice Department settlement money. If successful, an already-depleted fund that assists domestic violence and rape survivors could lose out.

What do Hamas, Binance, British American Tobacco, two DOJ funds you’ve never heard of, and the National Network to End Domestic Violence have to do with one another? They are all connected to a high stakes funding fight playing out in court, which I wrote about for @theprospect.bsky.social