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J. Dale Shoemaker

@jdale_shoemaker

Journalist/writer. Reporting on developers, labor & the economy in Western NY @IPostNews. Mostly I just yell at the government.

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I was going back through some interview notes this AM and realized the lawyer I had interviewed paid me and Investigative Post one of the nicest compliments: "Your shop is unusual," they said. "You guys actually are allowed to do, like, real investigative journalism."

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POTUS is on the roof of the White House— asked why he’s up there, he shouts back to us through his hands: “just taking a little walk”

POTUS is on the roof of the White House— asked why he’s up there, he shouts back to us through his hands: “just taking a little walk”
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dumb fun fact i just learned: Palestine, Texas is named after Palestine, Illinois. Palestine, Illinois, in turn, is named after the real Palestine.

dumb fun fact i just learned: Palestine, Texas is named after Palestine, Illinois.

Palestine, Illinois, in turn, is named after the real Palestine.
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New: The Trump administration appears to have reinstated a practice, if not policy, of separating migrant families. NYT recently identified 9 such cases. Here, I detail how the ICE detention of a mother & father separated them from their 2 year old: investigativepost.org/2025/08/08/ice…

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This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my

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The Trump admin denies that it has reinstated its family separation policy. And yet ICE & border agents have forcibly separated nearly a dozen families. Two such cases have occurred in the Buffalo region. Adam Smith-Perez & I detail one of them here: investigativepost.org/2025/08/08/ice…