Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)
Bird nerd. Servant to cat. Bookworm. Liberal. Christian. Grandma. Retired. Good cook, decent baker. Adjunct prof at Naval Academy: Advanced Cussing.
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- This guy has more stones than ... well, a disturbingly high number of powerful people. (He's Congressman Jonathan Jackson. 1st Dist.-IL. And yes, he's Jesse's son.)
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)The Canadian TV news outlets CTV interviewed me about the layoffs gutting the Washington Post yesterday. My primary message: criticism of Jeff Bezos and the newspaper's leadership, emphasizing that this was avoidable and self-inflicted. loom.ly/mVw4-a0
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Private prison $$$ doesn’t just follow ICE’s detention boom — it helps build it. This investigation tracks donations from CoreCivic and GEO Group to sitting United States Congress members and lets you check your reps. @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @ethanscorey.bsky.social report w/ @theappeal.org
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US. Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records. Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. Read our full story: propub.li/4qUNfXH
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Again, not once has the media asked “Can we afford ICE?” the way they obsessed about affordability with Biden’s student loan debt relief or Obama’s health care plan. And the media surely isn’t going to ask “Can we afford this?” about this crazy military spending increase 🤔🤷♂️ bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- We do not need a $1.5 trillion dollar defense budget. 50% increase in one year?!? breakingdefense.com/2026/02/excl...
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge. We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Same thing happening to journalism as at universities following the massive federal budget cuts. You can't break institutions, cast off multiple age cohorts of journalists/scholars, & just flip switches later & expect go back to the ex ante SQ. The downstream systemic effects are huge & lasting.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
- "For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)It is fitting that the only story so far today on the Washpost site about its devastating layoffs comes from the Associated Press. And you have to dig into its search module to find it www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)this is true AND ALSO if any laid-off folks want to talk about how to try to make a go of the independent newsletter route (which i will be extremely clear, is very hard and not a meaningful substitute for a salaried newsroom for most people, including me!) my dms are open
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)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
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Unbelievable
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Kim is a superb reporter whose work I have followed for years. It's horrible to see this happen to her and so many talented, hardworking colleagues. Solidarity to these journalists, editors, and media workers, who deserve so much better than this.
- My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues. I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure. ➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com Website update coming soon @postguild.bsky.social forever
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Here's Baron's full statement.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues. I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure. ➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com Website update coming soon @postguild.bsky.social forever
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)If we knew at the time what we know now, many more people would have seen Trump's 2024 campaign for what it was: A campaign of deception to CONCEAL the Epstein files, that gained support by promising to RELEASE them. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-2024...
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)A 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 Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)So many people doing great work here; many of us were caught in layoffs repeatedly or squeezed out of traditional staff jobs. I value the indie media ecosystem so much but there's also a critical need for newsrooms and their resources: Some stories need a lot of support, especially investigations.
- Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks. #wapo #journalism go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5at://did:plc:l5lyjtzvlwmnyhi2bn4cxiyk/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l7njufjykq2x
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)individual newsletters also don’t have the infrastructure for the more investigative journalism that risks lawsuits so we lose that when we tell people essentially to start a blog instead of having a robust newsroom with resources!!!
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)This cannot be accepted. This is a bullshit move to try and keep the status of the occupation basically unchanged but try and play it off as a compromise
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)My position at The Post was eliminated, along with many other journalists of color hired after the 2020 racial reckoning.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)so uh possibly the most effective labor action in history is, technically, just how many lawyers now refuse to work for the federal government or have quit
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas. Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member. We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
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- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)My lukewarm take is that anyone who was in the Epstein Files should be drummed out of polite society.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)The entire press corps should walk out, not come back, & we simply shouldn’t tolerate this. Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)Experts have described Dilley as “a hellhole” and decried the lack of proper medical care. Court records claim food is filled with worms, and the water is undrinkable. As a result, reports have spread of children are hitting themselves in the face and wetting themselves long after potty-training.
- Reposted by Judi Gunn (Out of cute names RN)A DAY FOR GAZA The Nation, as part of its ongoing commitment to cover Gaza, devotes its entire Feb. 3 website to writers, photographers, thinkers who are in or from Gaza. “Collectively, the pieces embody an enduring affirmation of Gaza’s refusal, in the face of the world’s neglect, to be erased.”
