Sam Haut

Novice journalist working to improve my skills.

[Liz Landers @ElizLanders]

Just had a brief phone call with @potus this morning and asked him several questions about Iran. He noted when he answered that it was not a good time to chat because he was in the middle of a "very important meeting" about it - but said the following:

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

Just when you thought you’d heard it all in Texas politics…

This Democrat won a Texas House primary race he thought he dropped out of. Now the party wants him off the ballot.

Sound simple? Think again. https://t.co/VBdgqrUlYr

[Brennan Leach @brennanleach]

Sen Cornyn puts his hand in my camera as I ask abt the filibuster, tells me to “go away”

Q: You previously said that nuking the filibuster would be taking a wrecking ball to Senate rules, is that no longer true?

Cornyn: I said I’d be open to reforms. (1/2)

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”

“And then they come over to try to perform some kind of medical aid by ripping his clothes open with scissors, and then maneuvering his body around like a ragdoll, only to discover that it could be because they wanted to count the bullet wounds, to see how many they got. Like he’s a deer.”

[Joe @JoePostingg]

Man...
https://t.co/myg9inuIy0

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

In re: DHS's credibility in situations like this, I often think back to this paragraph on Bovino.

It's from a judge's ruling in November.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

This is a picture of a gun on a car seat. How did it get there? Was it always there?

[Steve Grove @grove]

The stunning images coming from the streets of Minnesota demand attention in this ongoing crisis. The Minnesota @StarTribune photographers & reporters are documenting this moment for the world to see, and we want to be sure their work travels far.

Today we're rolling out some *new ways* people can spread & support our fact-based journalism.

See them all here: https://t.co/xWtpyBERs0

Whether or not you take advantage of any of these, please read and share real journalism in these unprecedented times. The truth matters. 🙏

[photo credit Richard Tsong-Taatarii & Renee Jones Schneider, Minnesota Star Tribune]

[Phil Williams @PhilNvestigates]

“John Abernathy, a photographer from Minneapolis, was flat on the ground. He had the knees of at least one federal officer on his back…. He was surrounded by dozens of officers deploying something ― tear gas, he thinks ― that made it hard to see or breathe. He felt like he could puke or pass out.”

[Laura Jedeed @LauraJedeed]

A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I'm real outspoken about my opinion of the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

My latest for Slate

https://t.co/t7WQ00mjtd

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

Trump told NYT reporters that Ms. Good tried to "run over" an ICE agent. He played a slo-motion video.

"We told him that this angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over.

“Well,” Mr. Trump said. “I — the way I look at it … ”

https://t.co/WNGq8q0gmB

[ProPublica @propublica]

Our most-read story of 2025:

Outraged by the Jan. 6 riot, a vigilante spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
https://t.co/AHALi8f8Zi

[Jeff Mason @jeffmason1]

Trump set to expand immigration crackdown despite backlash - https://t.co/kB8mIQZxlP

[amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17]

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino says that the whistles and honking actually help the feds make apprehensions. I witnessed the complete opposite in New Orleans.

https://t.co/gDR5WeUZDb

[Sara Fischer @sarafischer]

🚨🚨 This is INSANE. I took this screenshot of the @FCC website at 11:52 a.m. ET where it explicitly states the FCC is an independent agency. 25 minutes later, it has been removed following Carr's comments during this hearing! See before and after screenshots below

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens. https://t.co/WyVoQJgrny

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

@miamiherald story!

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Don’t do this, kiddos

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

A Boston University student bragged that he called ICE to raid a local car wash.

Zac Segal, president of the BU College Republicans, said he snitched because “immigrants are taking American jobs.”

Then the lawyer for the workers hit back with the obvious: Segal wasn’t born in America either and he’s the one taking a spot at the university from American students.