Caitlin Gibson
Feature writer at The Washington Post, focused on families and children | caitlin.gibson@washpost.com |
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- The team behind Post Reports is utterly brilliant, truly just magnificent. I've absolutely loved working with them, and I am so stunned and heartbroken to see this important, illuminating work go dark. Please listen to their farewell. Please hire them. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson. @nickijhabvala.bsky.social: "Will Lewis was too busy to join the call to tell his staff he’s destroying the @washingtonpost.com sports department yesterday … but he did have time to walk the red carpet at NFL Honors here in San Francisco today. Amazing."
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI left The Washington Post last year, but wrote my love letter in the middle of my time there, in 2015. Everything changed, over my 1st decade there. Then everything changed again, in the decade after this was written. But there were 2 constants: the work & the people. www.mrdanzak.com/blog/10years
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonThe show Heated Rivalry only exists because of an article by Rachel Kurzius inspired Jacob Tierney to reach out to Rachel Reid. Today @washingtonpost.com laid Rachel off. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/0...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonMe on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...
- This whole thread. Please read it.
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonJoin us Thursday for a rally to #SaveThePost!! The rally will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at 1301 K St. NW!! Bring friends! Bring gloves! Bring a love of journalism!
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI want to do the best writing I’ve ever done and I’d be honored to have you as my reader First proper electronic missive goes out Monday, February 9 Subscribe here: thefutureisourstomake.substack.com THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonGraceless pivot to survival: I’m launching THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI’ve been laid off by The Washington Post Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonA lot of the people had never been tear gassed before. I talked to someone in the center of the cloud who had never been gassed and had only been to big protests like No Kings. She said the march had felt like the exact same vibe, right up until she was gassed for the first time in her life.
- Just in case anyone needs one more reminder of why accountability journalism is more essential right now than ever, here is a gift link to this today's jaw-dropping story about a secretive legal weapon that DHS is is using to attack free speech, by @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social: wapo.st/4rtfCw8
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonIt takes all of us to make The Washington Post. Every section works together to create this authoritative, entertaining, worldwide news report. So, Jeff Bezos, #SaveThePost.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonLiam Ramos’ classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the ICE agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson“.. In a blistering opinion, Judge Fred Biery .. condemned ‘the perfidious lust for unbridled power’ and ‘the imposition of cruelty.’” @nytimes.com #Ramos www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonDOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
- New Epstein docs www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonCatherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
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- Reposted by Caitlin Gibsonthe arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonGeorgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonThis isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
- This is an absolutely exquisite piece of writing by Julie Weil about the power of stories to reach us, even in moments of immense grief, and I so hope you'll read it. It is worth your time. Sharing with a gift link. wapo.st/3OafdAa
- One week later, he's still at Dilley detention center: “It’s a horrible place. The drinking water is putrid and often undrinkable, and the meals have contained insects, dirt, and debris... not a place where you would want to leave your child for even 15 minutes.” english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-...
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson#SaveThePost, Jeff Bezos.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonTa-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonMy @washingtonpost.com colleagues worked round the clock this weekend to expose the truth of what's happening in Minneapolis and bring urgent weather news to millions facing dangerous cold and snow. If you value this work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
- It has never been more important to understand what is happening in our world, and @washingtonpost.com's foreign reporters regularly sacrifice their own wellbeing and safety to bring us those vital stories. I'm so proud to share a newsroom with them. We need them more than ever. #SavethePost
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonProud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonThis is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
- "'He had one problem,' Trump said. 'At a certain age, about 86, 87, he started getting, what do they call it?' He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him. 'Alzheimer’s,' Leavitt said." Must read from Ben Terris. The kicker! nymag.com/intelligence...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonA teacher literally shaking as she describes the threat from her own government to the children she teaches www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Now is just really not the moment to show me my (abysmal) weekly screentime report, phone
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ... "Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Caitlin Gibson“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonImagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonFilming ICE is an act of journalism. Cell phone footage is vital source material for reporters who can’t be everywhere at once. Shooting, killing and other targeting of those documenting news is an attack on press freedom and all else that's good in the world.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonA video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonYou have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
- JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
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- Local journalism is so important. Please, if you can, subscribe and support the work of journalists doing this essential work. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-...
- The man shot to death by ICE today.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonA nice day to subscribe to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, even if you don't live there, or donate to one of the public radio stations in the area.
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonMS Now showing an older guy yelling at ICE and crying out of frustration and b/c being gassed. Reporter asks if he's ok and he says "I'm fine. [gasps] I'm 70 years old and I'm fucking angry."
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonAnother horrific ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Man wrestled to the ground by federal agents, then shot multiple times. www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli... @startribune.com is there: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonMS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters. file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
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- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonMan shot by federal agents has died, police chief says www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonI am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
- I cannot stop thinking about this child, and I am so grateful that the inimitable @philipkennicott.bsky.social wrote about the power of the viral photograph of little Liam Conejo Ramos. Sharing with a gift link: wapo.st/45VMjKe
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.
- Reposted by Caitlin GibsonA 5-year-old preschool student was taken with his father by federal immigration agents shortly after arriving home from school, Columbia Heights school leaders said Jan. 21.
