Total destruction in Malibu. These were beachfront homes on Pacific Coast Highway. #palisadesfire

10 million under red flag warnings in California due to Hughes fire msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…

Confirmed small aircraft down in Potomac River vicinity Reagan National Airport. Fireboats on scene. #DCsBravest

Just published an essay organizing some thoughts on the internet, American politics, and theories of modernization. Would be very cool if you read it! arachnemag.substack.com/p/leviathan-an…

a moment of clarity for your nightly doomscroll. thoughts from Nathan Witkin 🌀 about our never-ending unprecedented times and the collective internet brainrot that keeps it all churning

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist at Columbia, was arrested last night by ICE agents, who claimed they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, his attorney told the AP. apnews.com/article/columb…

Russia has agreed to a 30-day pause on striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Peter Baker and Michael McFaul join Chris Jansing to break down the call between President Trump and Russian President Putin. msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…

The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice. trib.al/tgvuERI

#NOW: Massive rally at Powder House Square Park in Somerville after Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by DHS Tuesday. The Tufts grad student, we’re told, has been transported to Louisiana. A sea of hundreds of protestors are speaking out steps off Tufts campus. Boston 25 News

This is a hot mess. Due process is literally there to stop the government from this chaos. A Court already calls lawlessness what it is. Not sure why #SCOTUS needs a minute to think MSNBC Reports #KilmarAbregoGarcia youtu.be/97FzNdma0Hg

U.S. District Judge Boasberg said in an order that he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt over their deportation flights to El Salvador. Gabe Gutierrez, Lisa Rubin and Barb McQuade join Chris Jansing to discuss. msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…

A judge ruled the DOJ must provide details of govt. efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Ama Frimpong, who is serving as co-counsel for the case, joins Chris Jansing to share more. msnbc.com/chris-jansing-…

Lawyer of 2 year old U.S.-born child sent to Honduras with her mother speaks out msnbc.com/jose-diaz-bala… via MSNBC

With suspended cricket matches, power outages and air raid sirens, fears are swelling of an all-out war between India and Pakistan amid questions over how much of a mediating role the United States will be able to play. nbcnews.com/world/asia/ind…

NEW: One of Ozturk’s attorneys, Mahsa Khanbabai, said in a statement to NBC News, "Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rümeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction."

NEW: India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday — the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for. nbcnews.com/world/asia/pak…

Our NBC News team spent 6 months investigating a children’s pastor accused of being a serial rapist. His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him. He works for televangelist Jim Bakker & still runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/p…

Our documentary The Children’s Pastor is out today: youtube.com/watch?v=d7RNEa…

24 May 2022. The tragedy at Uvalde lingers in our heart. My thoughts and prayers are for all the families affected.

"Just as the state and the market have ... claimed imperfect monopolies over distinct realms of public life, so the new digital ecosystem created by social media and the smartphone ... has begun to stake its own such claim over the once hallowed realm of the public square."