Ed Pilkington

Chief reporter of the @GuardianUS. [email protected] Public key:

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

@SethGaul The lyrics were used in the sentencing phase - in order to persuade the jury to give him a death sentence. They formed a large part of the prosecution case in this sentencing stage, suggesting that if the lyrics had not been used he would likely not have got death

[Dr. Maya Kornberg @KornbergMaya]

Join me and @guardian's @Edpilkington tomorrow at @92ndStreetY !

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

I learned a long time ago that there’s nothing that will bore people in Washington more than pointing out hypocrisy, but I still think it’s important to point out.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

President Trump claimed he inherited a "stagnant economy" and it's now "roaring like never before." Growth in 2025, 2.2%, was lower than in every single year of the Biden administration.

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

@buitengebieden Ok. Sublime. Just sublime

[Tunku Varadarajan @tunkuv]

.... @JeffBezos
... come on, man. Is this true? At least get your dead and wounded back, for Christ's sake.

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

You could not make this sh*te up...

[Lizzie Johnson @lizziejohnsonnn]

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

[Andrew Roth @Andrew__Roth]

How does gutting this incredible MENA team translate to refocusing on core Post topics like national security?

[Robert McCartney @McCartneyWP]

Apparently The Post has laid off every reporter and editor covering the Middle East. Jerusalem bureau closed. Also Ukraine bureau closed.

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

Among the staffers laid off: The Post's Amazon beat reporter, Caroline O'Donovan.

https://t.co/Mh6sVCrLCd

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

"Empathy, professionalism, and respect"

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This is the email Washington Post staffers who are NOT laid off are receiving:

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

What if Democracy dies in indifference?

Deep cuts at behest of Bezos.
Exec Editor Matt Murray announces:
Sports desk killed.
Metro desk down to about a dozen (previously 40+)
Hope to keep presence in 12 foreign bureaus (currently 70+ staffers)

My story:
https://t.co/e8FaqZwPZs

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.

Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
https://t.co/ERYl3HqZ58

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

@robdelaney Hey Rob.Thanks for your excellent book. My wife died of GBM 5 years ago so it was very poignant. I'm a Guardian reporter in NYC. I've reported on the terrible challenges facing families with DIPG here as a result of Trump's cuts. Thought it might interest https://t.co/PLRAGf7woD

[Jonathan Freedland @Freedland]

Earlier than usual, the latest episode of Politics Weekly America is on Mamdani’s big win in New York - and a clutch of other Democratic victories across the US. With my excellent colleague @Edpilkington https://t.co/BvZJDt5AhX

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Must read: The Guardian spoke to nine children whose parents were members of the Black Panther Party — and explored how their lives were forever changed

What happens when the United States declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know https://t.co/rf0Le2tXRf

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

Out --> "Democracy Dies in Darkness"
In --> "Hell yes"

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

Rod Nordland is a celebrated war reporter, for @Newsweek and now @nytimes. For the past 5 years he has been battling GBM, the brain tumor that took my wife Jessica. The illness is brutal, and he can no longer afford enough food. This is a GoFundMe for him. https://t.co/RXbsEOHr85

[Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington]

And so it begins… from the WSJ: The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago next week, the first move in Trump’s promised mass deportation campaign https://t.co/fC8oNTvuRP