Matt Shuham
@mattshuham.bsky.social
Reporter, most recently with @huffpost.com and @talkingpointsmemo.com.
Reach me: mattshuham.01 on Signal (don’t use a work device or network) ❁ 646-397-4678 ❁ [email protected]. Read past work at mattshuham.com/clips.
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Reach me: mattshuham.01 on Signal (don’t use a work device or network) ❁ 646-397-4678 ❁ [email protected]. Read past work at mattshuham.com/clips.
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A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs.
Today is my last day at HuffPost. Like many others, I was hit by mass layoffs at BuzzFeed.
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
>> “There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” [Mohamed] told me. “And when we ask [guards] why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.”
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
www.motherjones.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:27 PM
>> “There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” [Mohamed] told me. “And when we ask [guards] why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.”
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In response to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story, the Florida Democratic Party issues statement calling on Florida GOP leaders — Ron DeSantis, Byron Donalds, and Ashley Moody — to take a stand against Marshall Rawson.
"We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
"We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
September 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
In response to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story, the Florida Democratic Party issues statement calling on Florida GOP leaders — Ron DeSantis, Byron Donalds, and Ashley Moody — to take a stand against Marshall Rawson.
"We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
"We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
>> In internal documents provided to the Guardian [following a FOIA lawsuit], [ICE] said it did not have miscarriage data [after Oct. 3, 2025] because of a change in its medical accounting system.
NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents.
w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoa
w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoa
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
>> In internal documents provided to the Guardian [following a FOIA lawsuit], [ICE] said it did not have miscarriage data [after Oct. 3, 2025] because of a change in its medical accounting system.
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I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now.
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect
‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.
prospect.org
September 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now.
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
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I wrote last year about @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social’s coverage of an Oklahoma death-row convict who was spared by a GOP governor, just moments before the scheduled execution.
Someone who can handle a story like this ought to be hired pronto by a first-rate news org.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Someone who can handle a story like this ought to be hired pronto by a first-rate news org.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
August 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I wrote last year about @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social’s coverage of an Oklahoma death-row convict who was spared by a GOP governor, just moments before the scheduled execution.
Someone who can handle a story like this ought to be hired pronto by a first-rate news org.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Someone who can handle a story like this ought to be hired pronto by a first-rate news org.
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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Today is my last day at HuffPost. After 11 years, I was laid off as part of the 33% cuts at BuzzFeed. My team, the National desk, was cut from 7 reporters to 3, after being cut from 14 to 7 just over a year ago
A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs.
August 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Today is my last day at HuffPost. After 11 years, I was laid off as part of the 33% cuts at BuzzFeed. My team, the National desk, was cut from 7 reporters to 3, after being cut from 14 to 7 just over a year ago
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Today is officially my last day at HuffPost. So thankful for my union, this would be so much scarier without them 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs.
August 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Today is officially my last day at HuffPost. So thankful for my union, this would be so much scarier without them 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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After 3 years, it's my last day at HuffPost. I was laid off as part of the larger cuts at BuzzFeed. I'm not sure what comes next but I'm proud of our union for holding it down. If you’re an editor or lit agent looking for someone to write about trans rights and politics, hmu at [email protected]
August 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
After 3 years, it's my last day at HuffPost. I was laid off as part of the larger cuts at BuzzFeed. I'm not sure what comes next but I'm proud of our union for holding it down. If you’re an editor or lit agent looking for someone to write about trans rights and politics, hmu at [email protected]
Today is my last day at HuffPost. Like many others, I was hit by mass layoffs at BuzzFeed.
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs.
August 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Today is my last day at HuffPost. Like many others, I was hit by mass layoffs at BuzzFeed.
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips!
Contact: [email protected], 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
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Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.
August 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.
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It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch!
Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism.
They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work.
Buy the book:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism.
They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work.
Buy the book:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
August 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch!
Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism.
They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work.
Buy the book:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism.
They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work.
Buy the book:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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one undercover agent attended a lefty boxing practice and had an oopsie
August 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
one undercover agent attended a lefty boxing practice and had an oopsie
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Leading rights groups determined that Israel committed war crimes when it killed journalist Amal Khalil and injured another journalist in Lebanon in April.
A Post investigation found that Israel denied rescuers access to Khalil when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/3TKKgWi
A Post investigation found that Israel denied rescuers access to Khalil when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/3TKKgWi
August 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Leading rights groups determined that Israel committed war crimes when it killed journalist Amal Khalil and injured another journalist in Lebanon in April.
A Post investigation found that Israel denied rescuers access to Khalil when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/3TKKgWi
A Post investigation found that Israel denied rescuers access to Khalil when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/3TKKgWi
Private prison company CoreCivic has sold four of its ICE jails to the U.S. government in recent weeks for a total of $2.2 billion – an average of $307,000 per bed.
The government was already paying CoreCivic to operate the facilities, and that will continue.
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
The government was already paying CoreCivic to operate the facilities, and that will continue.
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
CoreCivic Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results | CoreCivic, Inc.
The Investor Relations website contains information about CoreCivic, Inc.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
ir.corecivic.com
August 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Private prison company CoreCivic has sold four of its ICE jails to the U.S. government in recent weeks for a total of $2.2 billion – an average of $307,000 per bed.
The government was already paying CoreCivic to operate the facilities, and that will continue.
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
The government was already paying CoreCivic to operate the facilities, and that will continue.
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
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Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
A Man Died After Being Detained By ICE — And They Didn't Report It, Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.
www.huffpost.com
August 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
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Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
A Man Died After Being Detained By ICE — And They Didn't Report It, Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.
www.huffpost.com
August 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged.
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
A man named Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo died Saturday at Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, reports indicate – the second death at the facility since December.
Radio Jornalera NJ interviewed his family this morning:
www.facebook.com/RadioJornale...
More:
www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
Radio Jornalera NJ interviewed his family this morning:
www.facebook.com/RadioJornale...
More:
www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
Another detainee has died at Delaney Hall, officials say
On Monday afternoon, U.S. Rep Rob Menendez said he was conducting "unplanned oversight" at the facility.
www.nj.com
August 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
A man named Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo died Saturday at Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, reports indicate – the second death at the facility since December.
Radio Jornalera NJ interviewed his family this morning:
www.facebook.com/RadioJornale...
More:
www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
Radio Jornalera NJ interviewed his family this morning:
www.facebook.com/RadioJornale...
More:
www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
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Here's DOJ: Everything we told you previously about what happened at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was of course a conscious lie. But Trump made us do it. abcnews.visitlink.me/NnAlje
DOJ moves to dismiss Reflecting Pool case against Olympian, citing 'flawed' work by contractor
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn.
abcnews.visitlink.me
July 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Here's DOJ: Everything we told you previously about what happened at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was of course a conscious lie. But Trump made us do it. abcnews.visitlink.me/NnAlje
The Trump administration has gone months without paying attorneys who represent unaccompanied immigrant children as part of a years-old, congressionally-funded effort. The latest in a series of temporary bridge contracts ends tomorrow, with no replacement in sight:
www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...
www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...
These Lawyers Make Sure Children Don’t Face Deportation Hearings Alone. Trump Hasn't Paid Them In Months.
“We know what happens when children go to court without an attorney,” a lawyer said. “One word: deportation.”
www.huffpost.com
July 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The Trump administration has gone months without paying attorneys who represent unaccompanied immigrant children as part of a years-old, congressionally-funded effort. The latest in a series of temporary bridge contracts ends tomorrow, with no replacement in sight:
www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...
www.huffpost.com/entry/unacco...
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Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault.
Full story here:
Full story here:
Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
www.thehandbasket.co
July 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault.
Full story here:
Full story here:
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I spoke with some legal experts about Pirro’s reflecting pool case against the canoeist. It’s a really, really tough road for prosecutors.
They need to prove not only malicious intent, but the value of a peeling pool slab.
“I think a DC jury is going to be mad.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...
They need to prove not only malicious intent, but the value of a peeling pool slab.
“I think a DC jury is going to be mad.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...
Trump Is Prosecuting A Former Olympian For His Reflecting Pool Disaster. Legal Experts Predict What A Jury Will Say.
Prosecutors have to show not only that a former Olympian acted with malice, but that he destroyed property worth more than $1,000. Experts say it’s a tall order.
www.huffpost.com
July 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I spoke with some legal experts about Pirro’s reflecting pool case against the canoeist. It’s a really, really tough road for prosecutors.
They need to prove not only malicious intent, but the value of a peeling pool slab.
“I think a DC jury is going to be mad.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...
They need to prove not only malicious intent, but the value of a peeling pool slab.
“I think a DC jury is going to be mad.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...
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“I’ve been here when people have been released, and then, two days later, they’re back in line, visiting their friend.”
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
Their Chances Of Bringing Down Delaney Hall Are Slim. They're Fighting Like Hell Anyway.
Detainees at the East Coast’s largest ICE jail took a huge risk when they launched a strike. But allies on the outside were ready to join their fight.
www.huffpost.com
July 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
“I’ve been here when people have been released, and then, two days later, they’re back in line, visiting their friend.”
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
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ICE considers Arturo Gonzalez an “agitator,” and his tactics make even some allies uncomfortable — but many followers call him a hero.
A 23-Year-Old 'ICE Chaser' Is Notorious Among Federal Agents. He Has No Plans To Stop.
ICE considers Arturo Gonzalez an “agitator,” and his tactics make even some allies uncomfortable — but many followers call him a hero.
www.huffpost.com
July 18, 2026 at 12:05 PM
ICE considers Arturo Gonzalez an “agitator,” and his tactics make even some allies uncomfortable — but many followers call him a hero.
“I’ve been here when people have been released, and then, two days later, they’re back in line, visiting their friend.”
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
Their Chances Of Bringing Down Delaney Hall Are Slim. They're Fighting Like Hell Anyway.
Detainees at the East Coast’s largest ICE jail took a huge risk when they launched a strike. But allies on the outside were ready to join their fight.
www.huffpost.com
July 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
“I’ve been here when people have been released, and then, two days later, they’re back in line, visiting their friend.”
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
I wrote about Delaney Hall, and the mutual aid effort dedicated to families ripped apart by immigration enforcement:
www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...