Jeff Raymond

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this one is 100% true in as much as there is a shortwave station broadcasting in Farsi. I've lurked on a shortwave mailing list for a long time and this was discovered not long after the war started.

Wouldn't be shocked if this were an intel smokescreen from US/Israel though.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTok—the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

i actually think "books should be difficult and somewhat painful to read and you are Bettering Yourself through Struggle" is a worse attitude for mass literacy than "I have specific preferences and like reading a lot of fun stories" tbh

I saw Pete Townshend quote where he said he'd trade 150 Def Leppards for one R.E.M... I appreciate the sentiment but imagine going to a stadium concert of 150 simultaneous Def Leppards

I know it's not how the law works and it's not 1:1, but it does make @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social's conviction that much more anger-inducing.

The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.

The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.

Why is #Massachusetts giving another $3.5 million to already lavishly funded local police departments so that they can buy body cameras—a technology that has almost entirely failed to deliver on its promise of greater accountability?

so, this is kind of actually a major issue of discussion in political science, because there's just a ton of research that suggests that campaigns have very limited ability to motivate voters, which puts a *lot* of strain on our theories about democracy. 1

1) I maintain that Solo is the best of the Star Wars movies.

2) I like most Alien movies, but I like Prometheus the most.

Honestly nothing illustrates Newsom's unfitness for higher office than his willingness to talk to the absolute worst podcasters.

Would love if @massago.bsky.social would put some resources toward this problem.

Chotiner: You've made the claim that no one has ever fed you in your life.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: Yet there's food in your dish right now.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: Let's change the subject to the ripped-open bag of sandwich bread on the floor.
My Cat: Maow.
Chotiner: I have read different things.

Disappointing but not exactly surprising. I like having Proton and I don't know what else they were supposed to do in this situation, but still feels not great!

i'm kind of impressed that a guy can make a full-throated defense of Platner then post an anti-semitic dogwhistle two hours later and no one is like "hmmm....."

the lanterns will be like care bears

green one classic
orange one makes juices
purple one wine
yellow one can make lights turn on with his mind
brown one incontinent

Can confirm. I had one academic who had a single copy of her dissertation buried in the college library. I reached out and asked if she had a digital copy, and a) she did not because she was out of the country but b) had a printed copy with her and shipped it to me, was so glad it was getting read.

I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has given up enforcing the state public records law. #FOIA @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...

Why does small-talk advice on the internet want you to turn every conversation into the worst first date you've ever had
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Highlight so far is this MPD officer stopping his patrol of the USIP building to grab a cooke and saying to himself, "When in Rome, man."

I often wonder how certain things ever get to release stage with no one successfully saying "wait, is this really a good idea?"

I know that Grammarly went to the Bad Place with AI much faster than a lot of tools, but this just feels like it's beyond the pale.

Tweet from Ryan Grim: "Understand what Neera is arguing for here: she thinks that no Democratic candidate should appear on any podcast where a host has flirted with conspiracy theories around Charlie Kirk and Israel. I don't think she understands how many podcasts that includes. And if you make the opposite argument, and say no, actually, tens of millions of people love those shows, Democrats should be on them, she says I'm "defending anti-semitic conspiracy podcasters." The good news is that this stuff doesn't work anymore. Save your breath, nobody cares."

I really don't think "There are so many antisemitic podcasts out there that you just can't help but appear on them" is the defense they think it is.

~45, Central Massachusetts.

I have a feeling I am going to ruin your data

mainstream media probably (and correctly) has rules about citing claims to state media. If PressTV is telling you the grass is green, you're not taking their word for it.

Or at least you shouldn't be.

IMO it's malpractice to run with any claims by state media w/o verification.

I guess this needs to be explained: there is a longstanding, anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that Israel conducted 911 and/or warned Jews to leave the Twin Towers before the planes hit.

Hasan is directly and knowingly playing into that conspiracy theory by suggesting that Israel would again strike/

it's because the one time they actually have a chance to fight a Nazi, they'll opt out because they agree with him on other things.

Like, what on earth is Bernie Sanders doing: thehill.com/homenews/cam...