A Substack by Laura Jedeed
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
This article appears on Slate The plan was never to become an ICE agent. The plan, when I went to […]
The Trump Administration Is Calling My Viral Story a Lie. Good Thing I Kept the Receipts.
This article appears in full at Slate I’m having a weird week. Three days ago, Slate published an article I […]
The World Needs More Spaceports. Oman Wants to Help
Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
What I Saw in LA Wasn’t an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot.
As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened.
Will Trump and Musk Bring the Whole MAGA Coalition Down With Them?
The rift between the former first buddies goes well beyond both men, intensifying fractures that have long lurked beneath MAGA’s surface.
Why Pete Hegseth Still Has a Job
Hegseth is terrible at every part of his job except the one that matters to Trump—a willingness to break with norms that keep the military in check.
Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump
The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.
The Shadowy Millions Behind San Francisco’s “Moderate” Politics
The city is the epicenter of an anti-progressive movement—financed by the ultrawealthy—that aims to blur political lines and centralize power […]