Steve Rhodes
photojournalist in San Francisco. tigerbeat on twitter & instagram (because I’ve been part of PaperTiger TV & couldn’t get my name in 2007 & 2010). Cover photo of choreographer Jo Kreiter after a Flyaway Productions performance of If I Give You My Sorrow
- Reposted by Steve RhodesI'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
- Reposted by Steve Rhodes"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
- Reposted by Steve RhodesI wasn't laid off today and I don't know why. So many better people and better reporters were and there's no way to make it make sense.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesI've been through some shitty times in my 20 years as a journalist but today just might take the shit cake
- Reposted by Steve Rhodesagain we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNot that it'll stop me! -- you can keep following my internet culture coverage here on my new Substack. Please feel free to share. bytatumhunter.substack.com
- Reposted by Steve RhodesLost my job at the Washington Post today, along with many of the best in the business. I want to keep covering tech and the internet. If you have leads on jobs for me or my colleagues, please reach out. I’m so proud of our work.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesJeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
- Reposted by Steve Rhodescan vouch for heather’s editing, writing, and personality. getting to work with her was one of the best things about working at the post and soon it will be one of the best things about working wherever heather lands next.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNot enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop. ICE must be abolished.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesHere's who the Washington Post just laid off.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNitasha is the best, a complete genius and one of the funniest people I've ever worked with, scoop her up immediately
- My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- Reposted by Steve RhodesA Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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- Reposted by Steve RhodesA retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
- Reposted by Steve RhodesThis is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesTrump claimed he’s skipping the Super Bowl because it’s “too far away.” Privately, Trump’s advisers warned he would likely get booed if he went to Sunday’s big game, sources tell Zeteo. Read the latest from @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-supe...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesI hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesThis article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNew Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesHere's my full review if you're interested in that sort of thing: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/triumph...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesHaving watched Melania, I can also say that the camera work was awful. There's these Super 8 bits (apparently shot by Ratner himself) that are introduced like 3/4 of the way through with no clear purpose.
- New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
- Reposted by Steve Rhodes"The order specifies the preschooler and his father be released 'as soon as practicable' and no later than Tuesday as their immigration case proceeds through the court system"
- Reposted by Steve Rhodes“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
- Reposted by Steve RhodesMinneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNew:Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesMy new story, a deep dive on what it can mean to protest in America today. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesThe Washington Post is expected to announce significant layoffs and narrow its coverage of international, sports and local topics.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesAmazon paid Melania Trump’s production company $40 million for the “Melania” film and $35 million to promote it, a sum that critics said was an effort to curry favor with the Trump administration.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesThe New York Post, once strictly a regional paper, has found an audience around the country. Now, there’s a new effort from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to export the tabloid’s brand of screaming headlines to the West Coast, with a newspaper run by an Australian.
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- Reposted by Steve RhodesA federal appeals court in California has ruled that Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, exceeded her authority when she sought to end TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians, saying people have lost jobs, homes, and their ability to provide for their families. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesBreaking News: President Trump is said to be weighing new military options for Iran, including raids inside the country.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overhauled a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research and social services, installing several members who have said that vaccines can cause autism despite decades of research that has failed to establish such a link.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesWhat makes Gavin Newsom such a skilled politician is that he stands up to Trump’s bullying with piping hot memes AND is able to agree with Trump about policy www.sacbee.com
- Reposted by Steve RhodesPresident Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesProud of my employer. @eff.org will close on Friday 1/30 in solidarity with the nation-wide shutdowns. They also included our statement on CBP/ICE violence, our surveillance self-defense guide for attending protests, and legal justification for the right to film ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
- Reposted by Steve Rhodes"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesOur leader this week. "Recently, only 5% of those detained have been people convicted of violent crimes. Instead ICE’s brutal means indicate ends that are darker than immigration-control...ICE and its leaders are trampling the constitution." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
- Reposted by Steve Rhodescover of The Economist this week
- Reposted by Steve RhodesIt appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building. A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesNew from me: Last month I asked HHS about South Carolina's measles outbreak. They brushed me off, saying they weren't "concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak." A month later, it's the biggest since measles was declared eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesSorry I cannot alt-text this one. Here's the link. Pretty remarkable. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesThe Pew poll, conducted Jan. 20-26, found majorities of all religious groups except white evangelicals disapprove of Trump. White evangelicals give him a net 69% approval, which is about the same as in 2019.
- Reposted by Steve RhodesPew has Trump's approval at 37%. And: "Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans." www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Steve RhodesFull story here www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/a...
- Reposted by Steve RhodesA legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
- Reposted by Steve Rhodesthis is why it’s important that the media doesn’t make it seem like ICE are just in minneapolis. it’s all over minnesota brainerd is two hours north of the twin cities, not a huge city at all. and they showed up for a vigil to support these workers
