Whitney Curry Wimbish
Staff writer @prospect.org. Send tips to wwimbish at prospect dot org and on Signal at wwimbish.07.
Co-writing the daily newsletter for @majorityreport.bsky.social.
Proud member of The NewsGuild.
- Philidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
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- 🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"
- Marimar Martinez is a schoolteacher and U.S. citizen. She had no weapon or criminal record, and a CBP officer still shot her five times. That same officer then bragged about his horrific actions in a group chat. It's disgusting, and it's shameful. He must be held accountable.
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- they're trying to be coy about salivating over the prospect of raping women, they'll contest that but if pushed to explain, that's exactly what they would describe. forced pregnancy of any kind, by a man or by the state, is gender-based violence
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- We are so proud of our @propublicaguild.org members -- 80% of the unit has signed onto a pledge to do whatever it takes -- including going on strike - to win a fair contract. @propublica.org it's time to do the right thing and agree to a fair contract NOW!
- 1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
- I love this organization and hope management can come to the table with a real willingness to reach a deal. Like all of us at ProPublica, I would much rather be focused on doing the journalism than negotiating our first contract.
- 1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
- If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can: drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
- I cowrote a cover story!
- Trump wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past. For the latest issue of our magazine, @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social explain how the president is weaponizing history to wage his never-ending cultural and legal battles. Read it here: tinyurl.com/32n7948b
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- After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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[This post could not be retrieved]- Grown-ass 45-year-old adult man arrested on assault charges after picking fight with students who had been protesting ICE. “‘After further thorough investigation, it was determined that Watts was the primary aggressor,’ police said.” people.com/texas-man-ar...
- "This is a big one, we are going to fix the outdoor dining program and make it year-round," City Council Speaker Julie Menin said during a Wednesday morning speech at the Association for a Better New York. buff.ly/E4gTdwj
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- My position at The Post was eliminated, along with many other journalists of color hired after the 2020 racial reckoning.
- I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
- It was an honor to meet with Olga Spiegel last week on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Holocaust survivors are not solely historical figures - they are incredible artists like Olga, tenants who worry about rent hikes, senior citizens who need help affording groceries and a dignified life.
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- Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor's appointment when she was violently detained by ICE. She’s a U.S. citizen with a disability. Listen to her powerful testimony.
- one of the best editors I've ever worked with. was heartbroken when he left Slate for WaPo but I knew he'd do incredible things for the paper's culture desk—and he did, as anyone who read its reporting amid the beautiful layout spreads would know. Fischer, and everyone else, deserved better
- Maybe the million and oneth study will be the one that convinces people
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- Some years ago, I was chatting with a Retropolis reader, a young history student, and I mentioned there were several dozen people enslaved in New Jersey up until the day the 13th Amendment kicked in in December 1865. Y’all. He identified every one of them. njs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/nj...
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- Naah, I want them on trial.
- Knitted botanic art by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky #WomensArt
- I was out at a restaurant with friends and a young man stopped by my table tonight to tell me my essay collection changed his whole life. And I thanked him and wished him well, and then thought about how it can be a really nice life, to be writer.
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- Today, staffers from the US House and Senate hosted a candlelight vigil in honor of Alex Pretti, Renee Nicole Good, and others killed by DHS agents:
- Too many of our Haitian neighbors are stuck in legal limbo. As the fight over Temporary Protected Status continues, we encourage anyone with TPS to use the city’s free immigration legal support and explore every legal pathway available. Call 800-354-0365 to learn more.
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- If this is all they demand, then they're not serious, it's theater. When we see prosecution for the murderers on the table, they're being serious.
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- Wondering if people who don't live in DC get how utterly, hilariously delusional this is.
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- Biden elevated this deranged, disinfo-spreading bigot to the role of Special Envoy on Combatting Antisemitism. We did it Joe!
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- i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
