Matthew Orr

Have you heard of 60 Minutes? The unutilized news brand?

omg CBS fired 60 Min correspondent Cecilia Vega today. Just this year she won the DuPont and the Polk for her stories on 60. Her full statement is worth a read.

@JulianAndreone Celtics need him tonight

Bernie’s invincible

Not cool, or should I say, notcool

The Pentagon fired an ombudsman whose role is to preserve a military newspaper's editorial independence because she spoke out about efforts to undermine that independence. These people behave as if someone else pays their legal fees when they get sued. Oh, right...

Secret memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a controversial new way of doing business. nyti.ms/4csrD0l

Very proud of my husband for forgoing his severance package to speak out about the desecration he witnessed of the “Trump” Kennedy Center. @theatlantic theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

"...the Archdiocese of Miami’s Catholic Charities’ services for unaccompanied minors has been stripped of funding and will be forced to shut down within three months.” #storylink=cpy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

The Constitution doesn't say anything about separation of Tarantino and state

Good thing the Trump administration killed the tax credit for middle class Americans to buy electric vehicles, tore up renewable energy projects, and canceled the very programs that would have allowed Americans to weather this better.

What's so good about @ShawnMcCreesh story is it would have been easy just to make fun of Bryon Noem. Instead, he writes a compassionate (and well-reported) story about the humiliation he's going through. Should teach this one in journalism school. nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/…

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This is the work that can’t be replicated by AI or pursued by a reporter with a Substack. It requires time - during which a reporter isn’t producing a lot of copy. Building trust with sources so you can tell sensitive stories, that’s a process that doesn’t scale.

Was struck by this father’s plea I stumbled across online. Sign up to be a donor and potentially save a life. He says his son is on borrowed time, and out of 42 million donors has not found a match. If you’re 18-35 maybe it’s you? swabformax.com

A superb tournament. An incredibly rich history of Venezuelan baseball gets to sit on top of the world.

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time!”

65-year-old British woman in the US on the "trip of a lifetime", with a valid tourist visa, was arrested by ICE, shackled, transported & held for weeks on end. Do NOT travel to the US under any circumstances. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

The @PostGuild says last week's layoffs heavily impacted members of color: 50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members,​ 45% of Black members, and​ 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members. niemanlab.org/2026/02/washin…

NEW: Working as a federal prosecutor used to be one of the most apolitical positions in govt. Now, when you apply for one of the many vacant positions for those posts at DoJ, you're required to weigh in on Trump’s policies. “How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role?” read one of the queries on an application for a job in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota. “Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired,” reads another. nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/…

“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” nytimes.com/2026/02/07/tec…