Sam Biddle
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Thank you to my colleagues, editors, security and legal teams for all your support. I feel lucky everyday to work at The Wall Street Journal. I am also moved by all the kind messages from readers and colleagues at other outlets. And here's our latest… wsj.com/us-news/jeffre…
SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry cnn.com/2025/07/25/wea…
In just six months, over 50 immigration judges have left or been fired, and all hiring in the pipeline was frozen. And now we’re hearing that the admin was illegally ordering judges to interpret the law in a way the Trump admin wanted.
Immigration judges said they were told **how to rule** by DOJ to aid arrests of immigrants in courthouses.
The lack of professional/institutional solidarity around these deaths among other journalists in the US and elsewhere continues to be really shameful, I think.
I'm not sure that people realize how abnormal it is for journalists to be killed in wars. More have been killed in Gaza (232) than in the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (+Cambodia and Laos), the Yugoslav wars, and the Afghanistan war, combined.
I'm not sure that people realize how abnormal it is for journalists to be killed in wars. More have been killed in Gaza (232) than in the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (+Cambodia and Laos), the Yugoslav wars, and the Afghanistan war, combined.
Breaking: An Israeli airstrike just killed Adam Yahya Abu Harbid, a cameraman for Al-Quds Al-Youm channel, along with all members of his family, after targeting their tent in Al-Yarmouk market in Gaza City.
Rocket motor of a US made AGM-114 series 'Hellfire' missile found after the strike on Cairo School in Gaza City that reportedly killed 5 people. This munition is consistent with reports that an IAF Apache carried out the strike.
Geolocation| Aftermath of a reported Israeli helicopter strike on the Cairo Basic School A & B for Girls, Gaza City, Northern #Gaza 5 people were reportedly killed. 31.519337, 34.451345 x.com/AJA_Egypt/stat…
According to whom, Hamas apologist?
According to whom, Hamas apologist?
New research published by the Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war. thelancet.com/journals/langl…
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
I wrote about venture capitalist Shaun Maguire, his accusations that Zohran Mamdani is a "secret Islamist," and his emergence as a leading right wing voice in the tech industry. businessinsider.com/shaun-maguire-…
It appears someone at USASOC is a Chappell Roan fan
Some say… “Green Berets can’t march”. We say… “They aren’t supposed to”. #WeAreIrregular
SCOOP: For migrants and asylum seekers, a tattoo of a clock or an autism ribbon could land you in CECOT But if you’re a Border Patrol agent, it’s all good! The CBP “grooming standard” rules allow agents to have “obscene or gang-related” tattoos — so long as they cover them up
Of course I am extremely glad about USB-C ubiquity but it will always feel goofy charging my Waterpik with a Lenovo laptop brick