@thomasbirm

Y23 | Someone once said I’m naturally anti-dogmatic. Housing is a human right. Research Fellow @InTheseTimesMag. Investigations in @thenation, @theappeal, etc.

 New Haven, CT
Joined August 2017
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BREAKING: In solidarity with Columbia, hundreds of Yale students have just constructed an encampment of tents outside a Board of Trustees meeting. Organizers say they won’t leave until Yale divests from all military weapons manufacturing. FREE PALESTINE!
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Adam Johnson@adamjohnsonCHIOct 15
When Trump raided John Bolton last year it was met w/ immediate outrage in the opinion pages of NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Atlantic & New Yorker. Since Rep Omar was raided Mon––and subsquently threatened w/ deportation––these same outlets have been silent. I wrote about this double standard
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@theinterceptOct 15
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post. theintercept.com/2026/10/15/…

Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?

Unlike the raid on John Bolton, which was roundly condemned by corporate media, NYT, Washington Post, and WSJ are silent on Trump’s overstep with Omar.

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Dylan Williams@dylanotesOct 16
Last month, 51 senators—nearly all Republicans—voted against requiring a report on U.S. citizens killed by Israeli forces and settlers. Today, Israeli settlers backed by Israeli troops viciously attacked Palestinians and a 64 year old American journalist. washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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@infinite_jazOct 16
To be clear, the only reason I was able to reach Heidi was because young Palestinians provided cover with rocks against machine-gun- and tear-gas-wielding settlers and soldiers. It’s those kids, not the settler terrorists, who the IDF was hunting after the attack.
Andrey X
@the_andrey_xOct 16
This is @infinite_jaz rushing to help Heidi under fire from Israeli settlers slings
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jasper nathaniel
@infinite_jazOct 16
American @washingtonpost journalist Heidi Levine was just severely beaten by settlers in Abu Falah. Videos coming in a minute.
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Calling all young journalists disillusioned with for-profit, billionaire-owned media! It's the last day to apply to @inthesetimesmag's Winter/Spring editorial internship. Apply by midnight to get a crash course in fact-checking and anti-fascist reporting. inthesetimes.com/internships

Internships

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornsteinOct 13
Investigative reporting is often about showing who knew about and had a chance to fix a problem and didn’t. This is a case in point. Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t. propublica.org/article/food-…

Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress...

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Jack Mirkinson@jackmirkinsonOct 6
rather than read whatever war crimes apologia brett mcgurk has spewed out, read @AkbarSAhmed's book detailing exactly the kind of unrepentant genocide enthusiast mcgurk is thenation.com/article/politi…

How Joe Biden Helped Cause a Genocide in Gaza

An interview with reporter Akbar Shahid Ahmed about his new book, “Crossing the Red Line.”

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Harrison Mann@Harrison_J_MannOct 6
Surprisingly damning review in the NYT of Brett McGurk's Gaza memoir:
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Charles Ornstein@charlesornsteinOct 6
The federal government is lying to you. And we have the receipts. projects.propublica.org/amer…
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Charles Ornstein@charlesornsteinOct 6
Simply extraordinary work: Federal Agents Have Detained More Than 500 American Citizens in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown projects.propublica.org/amer…

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in...

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administr...

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Achmat Akkad@BlackIntifadaOct 1
Jewish supremacists stormed a book event in Morningside Heights featuring Mahmoud Khalil and assaulted staff!
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Columbia Daily Spectator@ColumbiaSpecOct 2
The ACLU and Amnesty International released a report last week that alleged that Columbia, alongside many other U.S. universities, systematically suppressed pro-Palestinian speech since 2023. columbiaspectator.com/news/2…

Columbia, other universities, systematically suppressed pro-Palestinian speech, ACLU and Amnesty...

Columbia, alongside other U.S. universities, systematically suppressed pro-Palestinian speech, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA claims in a Sept. 23 report.

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Ben Rhodes
@brhodesOct 1
"nearly" is the only word that matters here.
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@peterbakernytOct 1
The day that Biden grew so angry at Netanyahu that he nearly cut him off: "He was just completely fed up with everything and I think at that moment he was ready to just say, 'I’m done,'" @brett_mcgurk recalls as he releases "Brink," his memoir of Gaza war. nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/po…

‘Ready to Blow His Stack’: How Biden Nearly Cut Off Netanyahu Over Gaza

Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.

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hasanabi
@hasanthehunOct 1
the people who did this walk among us. we are rehabilitating those in the biden admin who facilitated this already. the trump admin is continuing it. the triggermen get to roam our streets and those who demand accountability for this heinous crime are treated like criminals.
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@HatsOffffSep 29
New aerial footage shows the scale of devastation in Gaza
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Prem Thakker@prem_thakkerSep 30
The Los Angeles Times is running a full webpage advertisement promoting tourism to Israel. The ad is backed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The ad also includes a map of Israel that erases Palestine.
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jeremy scahill
@jeremyscahillSep 30
For more than two months, I have been working on a truly horrific story about one of the gravest war crimes committed by the United States since Vietnam: The bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran. It was one of the first targets struck in the opening hours of the war on February 28, 2026. At least 156 people were killed in the U.S. cruise missile strikes—120 of them were children and 26 were teachers. We spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, doctors, teachers, psychologists, and other witnesses. Some of them had never before shared their experiences of that day. It would be impossible to do justice to what happened in Minab that day with words alone. In more than 25 years in journalism and reporting on war, I do not believe I have reported on a more heinous single crime. Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave dropsitenews.com/p/minab-sch… Please share this story with as many people as you can.

Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave

The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.

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Lisa Halverstadt@LisaHalverstadtSep 29
So excited to share this guide I've been working on with a group of excellent homelessness beat reporters across the country. Learn more about our new toolkit and our 2025 guide on ethics and working with homeless sources. 👇👇
Homelessness Beat Reporters Collective@HomelessBeatRCSep 29
Hey media folks.👋Have questions about covering homelessness? We’ve got a new guide to help you navigate the avalanche of information, competing perspectives and political narratives surrounding the topic. Check it out: shorturl.at/JDQet
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Prem Thakker@prem_thakkerSep 29
NEW: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — days before his birthday & during national exams. He's been held for 3 months with no charge. Netanyahu just came to the US for the 8th time in Trump's second term.zeteo.com/p/israel-has-kidna…

First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager

Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.

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Adam Johnson@adamjohnsonCHISep 28
idk Nic why don’t you ask your colleagues at the NYT who spent years spreading lies about “Hamas command and control centers” under hospitals, laundering fake Israeli “intelligence”, institutionally removing Israeli responsibility from headlines, baselessly smearing UNRWA, etc
Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristofSep 27
A fair question: How did humanity allow Gaza to happen? And the answer is not just about Israel, but also about the role of the US in particular in providing the 2,000-pound bombs and diplomatic support that resulted in this. Democrats and Republicans alike bear responsibility.
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molly taft@mollytaftSep 28
just love it when the piece you reported out for months gets read word for word by someone looking into their front facing camera who then gets ad revenue from it
Kyle Chayka@chaykakSep 28
people have said it before but the whole shortform video / youtube / podcast content industry is so extractive of actual newsroom labor, and as far as I can tell very few of those studios have hard news operations, reporters / checkers / researchers...
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Samantha Schuyler@sdschuylerSep 25
We're now accepting applications for the winter/spring 2027 session of @thenation internship! 🔴 $20/hr, 35 hrs/week 🔴 6 months long, starting January 4 🔴 application deadline November 20 thenationfund.org/internship…

Internship Application – The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism

Application Procedure Applicants must submit the following through the Submittable application: The internship is full-time, five days a week. (Interns work 35 hours per week.) Interns are paid $20...

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