Chris Gelardi
@chrisgelardi
Exasperated journalist investigating the criminal-legal system for @nysfocus. Also @theintercept, @thenation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
Police gang databases are speculative, barely regulated, and notoriously faulty — a perfect tool for officials seeking to imply criminality without due process. Many — hundreds of thousands of entries — are shared directly with ICE. 🔗⬇️New investigation in @theintercept:
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea…
Billions of dollars for police to do everything from going after migrants to doing security at the World Cup to patrolling Trump’s residences: the police boon coming down the pipeline is enormous theintercept.com/2025/07/01/big…
I’ve just finished watching the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack.” Everything it shows aligns with what I lived through. During the three days of my abduction in November 2023, I was denied all medical treatment—even after Israeli soldiers beat me in the face and stomach…
🚨🚨🚨17 million projected to lose health insurance, @yabutaleb7 reports
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Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.
Every line of this piece prompts just a bit more shock that we're actually about to do this to ourselves. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites over the past month." haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
not that they would ever prop up a candidate who is more moderate but less capable of generating voter enthusiasm theintercept.com/2025/06/25/zoh…
Brutal Night for the Pro-Israel lobby (Solidarity PAC) — 43 point loss to Shahana Hanif — 44 point loss to Alexa Avilés — 53 point loss to Jumaane Williams — Andrew Cuomo historic choke job Yikes.
1 yr ago, I assumed most homeless families in upstate NY were placed in shelters, where they could get beds, food and help finding housing. I was wrong. ~1/2 of them land in hotels and mostly fend for themselves. Investigation w/ @nysfocus + @propublica: propublica.org/article/new-yo…
NEW— Monday's limited strike in Qatar puts us in a familiar place: relying on Iranian restraint. But between Trump's volatility, the risk of Netanyahu escalating again & a hardening of sentiments in Iran, we're still far off from POTUS delivering "PEACE." huffpost.com/entry/trump-st…
There's an old saying in Schelling—I know it's in Hegel, probably in Schelling—that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as... as... tragedy... the second time as... as... it's funny if it happens again
UPDATE: At least *60* members of Congress have now signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance admin's war on Iran. 59 Democrats. 1 Republican. After the attack, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced support for the War Powers Act and is urging all senators to vote for it.
Under trump 1, shaheen sponsored war powers legislation aimed at barring the administration from assisting in the saudi assault on and blockade of yemen without congressional authorization. Now that trump 2 has fully bombed iran, she's asking for a "brief" to congress.
Read ⬇️ @SenatorShaheen's statement following U.S. strikes on Iran.
Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” President Drags U.S. Into Another War Heeding request of Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump bombed Iran Former Pentagon official predicts the U.S. may be entering into a new round of the Forever Wars theintercept.com/2025/06/21/ira…
Iranians in Iran are putting out emergency advisories right now on how to protect from potential radiation after the US bombed Iran’s lawful civilian nuclear facilities. What was an apocalyptic nightmare is now a potential reality for millions of Iranians, funded by our taxes.