War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse Climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and war only adds to the strain.

NEW: War is pushing Iran deeper into a water crisis, compounding the effects of climate change and decades of mismanagement

My latest on the intersection of war and climate with @eroston.bsky.social via @bloomberglp.bsky.social

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I replayed him saying "blue-skee" like 10 times and laughed every time

Really appreciated the opportunity to talk to @brookegladstone.bsky.social @onthemedia.bsky.social about the Anthropic-OpenAI-Pentagon mess. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

This week on @onthemedia.bsky.social you can hear me discuss horrible things being horrible. Have a great weekend!

As the Ellison empire expands and corporate media consolidation accelerates, what’s going to be the next Minot?

Donald Trump’s FCC has been coming after the broadcast networks for their so-called political biases. @brookegladstone.bsky.social spoke with the conservative lawyer behind it all.

The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV | On the Media | WNYC Studios Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the MA...

Take a listen to this one: it’s one you WON’T want to miss! 🔥🔥🔥 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The Man With a Plan to Reshape Broadcast TV | On the Media | WNYC Studios Late night host Stephen Colbert has accused CBS of spiking an interview for fear of backlash from the Federal Communications Commission. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the MA...

I had nothing to do with the latest episode of @onthemedia.bsky.social so I can honestly say the team crushed it this week. Listen to Brooke heroically take on the right-wing lawyer helping the FCC target ABC, CBS, et al. His vision for the future of American media is quite frightening. Listen:

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

NEW: SSA has been told to tell ICE the "date and time" when certain people have appointments, likely subjecting those people to ICE enforcement actions when they come in. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, & @leahfeiger.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/social...

Utah Continues To Ban More Books, Even As It Racks Up More Lawsuits

Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it…

How the Justice Department Failed Epstein’s Victims | On the Media | WNYC Studios In the latest batch of Epstein files, hundreds of pages are redacted, shielding the names of prosecutors and possible co-conspirators. On this week’s On the Media, what the files say ...

Catch Brooke's interview with @jkbjournalist.bsky.social on why there's still so much to learn about the criminal justice system's failure to stop Epstein for so long, and what motivates her to keep working on this story: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Reiter 2019 FBI Interview

Trump said Ghislaine Maxwell was Epstein's operative and "she is evil and to focus on her." He also said he was around Epstein once when teenagers were present and "got the hell out of there."

Link to the FBI interview: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

Trump says he didn't know about Epstein’s crimes, but docs in the Epstein files show that in 2006 Trump told then-Palm Beach police chief: “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this.”

From @jkbjournalist.bsky.social:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:

- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown

This is unprecedented.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why Bad Bunny performed part of the Super Bowl halftime show from a power-line-themed set, drawing attention to the problem of widespread blackouts in Puerto Rico

In the past year, Trump administration appointees at the Department of Energy have canceled $815 million of a $1-billion fund meant to bolster the island’s grid against storms and outages.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...

Laying off the tech reporter who was our smartest chronicler of internet culture and is brilliant on TikTok herself is one of the many, many decisions taken by Washington Post leadership this week that I will never understand.

Follow Tatum on both TikTok and now Substack, she is the best!

This feels important www.ms.now/news/ohio-ic...

Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.

Journalists should "disable biometrics when they expect to be in a situation where they expect a possible search," @freedom.press' Martin Shelton told @theintercept.com.

A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...

Just put on Best in Show.

OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.

*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"

Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch

Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service.

BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

When I think about measles I think about the number 1,000. Thats the number that epidemiologists use to explain harm from measles in children. With 1,000 cases, about 200 children will require hospitalization, 50 will develop pneumonia, and one to three will die.

South Carolina is at 789.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Trump's Plan to Tank America | On the Media | WNYC Studios Children as young as five have been detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. On this week’s On the Media, how I.C.E. uses technology to surveil the public and recruit more members...

📻the show is up📻 @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social about the state of…everything. And @micahloewinger.bsky.social dives into ICE surveillance and recruitment with @josephcox.bsky.social and @drewharwell.com ITS A GOOD ONE 👉 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Column | I found the most complete protein. It’s not meat. The most “complete” protein is probably one you’re already eating.

“You’d have to work hard to not get enough protein.”

Opinion | The Rent-Control Slums of New York Mayor Mamdani tries to stop a bankruptcy his new housing czar caused.

The premise of this WSJ article is incorrect. We can debate the effects of the 2019 laws on the rental market, but Pinnacle was a bad actor long before them. Their model for decades was to buy up RS properties and let them fall into disrepair to push tenants out. www.wsj.com/opinion/new-...

Trump’s Venezuela raid revives MAGA ‘Stop the Steal’ fantasies For right-wing conspiracists — and maybe Trump, too — the president’s surprise military strike wasn’t about oil, but the ‘stolen’ 2020 election.

Stop the Steal is back, baby! The most faithful MAGA conspiracists believe Trump's surprise strike in Venezuela wasn’t about oil, but finally proving the 2020 election was stolen.

Also Trump seems to ... maybe ... be among them? He's certainly posting like it. www.ms.now/news/trump-v...