"The Department of Government Efficiency uploaded an enormous Social Security database to an unsecured cloud in June, risking the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans..."

Statement from NJ PBS:

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 48 Media School faculty sign open letter to students idsnews.com/article/2025/1…

In NJ, Republicans sought to merge two coalitions that had brought them close in recent statewide elections. But they got neither. My NJ post-mortem for NBC News: (Link in next tweet)

I’m told that to criticize a proposed deal that initially hewed closely to Russia’s preferred outcome is to misunderstand or misstate “some critical reality on the ground.” So let’s talk about reality on the ground (1/4):

Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?

I published a thing! This chapter, on the reasons behind the relatively slow transition to music streaming in Japan, is included in a book on streaming around the world, edited by David Hesmondhalgh and team. luminosoa.org/chapters/e/10.…

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According to this reporting, the US broke the international system in the service of one faction of the Maduro regime. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. The government controls the story and the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.

This blogpost transcribes protest singing and chants, from protests since Renee Good's killing by ICE. At the end, it presents three new songs written about ICE by Dropkick Murphys, Jesse Welles, and Mr. Newberger. medium.com/p/ice-out-for-…

NEW: @potus letter to Jonas Gahr Støre links The Nobel Prize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador:   President Trump has asked that the

Former Governor Phil Murphy started showing New Jersey a lot of contempt after we refused to make his wife Tammy our U.S. Senator. This was one more kick on his way out the door.

Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come.  This is one of them.

SCOOP: Nursing home firms donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept. Their executives got a lunch in Aug. at Trump's golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect. His administration revoked the rule nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/…

This excellent article by Alex Lauer considers ICE protest songs, many by Minneapolis musicians whom he interviews, and the role of music in protests. I was honored to offer comments. insidehook.com/music/ice-pr...

I participated in NPR's AirTalk with Larry Mantle, where callers chimed in on what they thought about Bruce Springsteen's new anthem on ICE and Minneapolis. Some very interesting comments. omny.fm/shows/airtalk/…

I was interviewed by Axios on recent protest music about ICE. axios.com/2026/02/02/pro…