@mbalter — investigations and commentary

What we talk about when we talk about antisemitism. And good luck to "The Voice of Hind Rajab" this evening. open.substack.com/pub/michaelbal…

'A critical mass of U.S. Jews is now disgusted with Israel' haaretz.com/jewish/2026-03…

All immigrants, both legal and illegal, are less likely to be incarcerated than native-born Americans, the 2010-2024 data show. Check out the new study by @AlexNowrasteh and Michelangelo Landgrove, “Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010–2024: The Demographics of American Imprisonment.” ow.ly/YN1Z50YyQLs

Denying promotions of individual officers based on their race or gender would betray every principle of merit-based service that military officers uphold. It would also violate federal law. I am demanding answers from SecDef Hegseth & the Pentagon. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/…

This will happen to millions of families as these operations continue. There are over 4 million households in the U.S. with at least one undocumented family member and at least one U.S. citizen family member.

A Palestinian-American is targeted in an assassination plot and the NYT gives the people trying to kill her the last word.

Last month Nerdeen Kiwani filed a complaint against Betar, a far right Zionist group tied to Kahanism. She alleged she was subject to a campaign of intimidation and threats

🚨 BREAKING: Potomac TRACON, the key radar facility handling D.C. airspace, has been evacuated to “ATC ZERO” according to FAA alerts. The FAA is now implementing ground stops for flights to Reagan National, Dulles, BWI, Charlottesville and Richmond airports.

In Texas, the Trump DOJ colluded with Ken Paxton to overturn a state law which allowed state universities to charge in-state tuition rates to some undocumented Texans who had grown up in the state. With Minnesota, they had to sue to attempt that. And they failed.

In covering the attempted assassination of a Palestinian organizer, the New York Times spends the entire article insinuating she's a violent anti-semite — the same rhetoric that drove someone to try to end her life. Utterly shameless.

This NYPD investigation uncovered an alleged plot by Alexander Heifler to carry out a violent attack against Nerdeen Kiswani. Our undercover officer identified and tracked the threat — first online and then in person — allowing us to disrupt the planned attack, take Heifler into custody, and ensure that no one was harmed. This is exactly how our intelligence and counterterrorism operation is designed to work — a sophisticated apparatus built to detect danger early and prevent violence before it reaches our streets. Once again, the men and women of the NYPD have done the courageous and dangerous work necessary to keep people safe. apnews.com/article/fbi-ny…

❝Switzerland ordered some Tomahawks years ago. Now the US said they can't deliver them. So Switzerland said then we won't pay. The US have now seized the funds we paid for the F-35s (which we probably won't get as well) instead.❞ "Trust in the USA is suffering" The development has been poorly received in parliament. "It's infuriating when we halt payments and then the money is simply diverted," srf.ch/news/schweiz/z… via @srfnews

A leading elections expert tells a federal judge that the evidence the FBI used to justify a recent seizure of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, “doesn’t make sense.” nbcnews.com/politics/elect…

I’m deeply troubled by reports of vandalism targeting two Catholic churches in Far Rockaway. Everyone in our city deserves to practice their faith freely, without fear or intimidation. We stand in solidarity with these parishes and their communities as they recover.

The person who plotted the attempted assassination attempt on me is affiliated with the JDL 613 brotherhood, as per the associated press. I called out this specific offshoot in January, they deleted the blatant threat but here’s a screenshot.

U.S. senators launch investigation into Alligator Alcatraz torture: “Detainees were punished in a small cage structure known as the box where they’re held in stress positions with hands & feet shackled for hours, in direct sunlight with no food or water.” #storylink=cpy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

The former head of America's Border Patrol interior operations, selected by Stephen Miller, says on camera he wanted 100 million deportations, removal of one third of America.

Seven foreign doctors and aid workers who volunteered in Gaza described a perverse situation in which Israel permits doctors into Gaza but not medical equipment, prompting several to smuggle medical supplies in, even as they treat new casualties of war. wired.com/story/gaza-war…

It’s a hell of a coincidence. On February 24, I announce a lawsuit against Betar, a violent extremist group. Then on March 4, a person with reported ties to a Jewish extremist organization, according to the New York Post, is surveilling my home and plotting to assassinate me by firebombing it before fleeing the country. We’ve seen this before. Alex Odeh, a Palestinian activist, was assassinated in a firebombing carried out by members of the JDL. The perpetrators fled to Israel and were never held accountable. For months, I’ve been exposing the connections between groups like JDL, Betar, and the World Zionist Congress. I’ve been speaking about it publicly and challenging it legally. So the question is simple. Why won’t the media and authorities disclose what organizations the person targeting me was connected to? What is being protected, and who benefits from that silence?

Body cam footage shows 19 year old who was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction, police shoving him to the ground, DHS then lied about him being charged with a felony, and weeks later he dies in Florida ICE detention.

BREAKING via @CBSNews: About a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials. A small number sustained very serious injuries; others were considered seriously injured. @JimLaPorta @ellee_watson and me.