Dan Ming

NEW: Two homeschooled teenagers in the Chicago suburbs spend their mornings tracking ICE vehicles and documenting raids. They let me follow them for this story. Watch the full documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM…

The 12-minute doc is now live. Join me on a journey into the gray market peptide boom: youtube.com/watch?v=_QroTF…

Looksmaxxers making six figures a month. Fitness influencers working as affiliate marketers, pushing “research chemicals” labeled NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. Gurus selling programs that teach people how to become peptide entrepreneurs.

THREAD: For my latest doc, I set out to report on the growing popularity of unapproved, gray market peptides. What I stumbled upon instead was a new gold rush.

American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, my friend and former colleague, has been unjustly detained for over 6 weeks in Kuwait. The Kuwaiti government must release him immediately. Journalism is NOT a crime. Sign the petition: cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait-rel… #freeahmed

NEW: Native Americans in Minneapolis—whose ancestors predate the U.S. itself—are being detained in immigration raids. I reported on how Indigenous residents are organizing to protect their immigrant neighbors. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=ZR1UKa…

On January 13th, my colleague Dallin Mello and I filmed a man interacting with federal agents in Minneapolis. It appears the man we filmed was Alex Pretti. Our report here: youtube.com/watch?v=CRWR13…

The Trump administration is removing thousands of service members from the U.S. military — all because they're transgender. I spent time with trans soldiers bracing for the coming purge. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=E0pltZ…

The Pentagon just called off a briefing for Musk about its plans for a potential war with China, per NYT. I recently traveled to Hawaii, Okinawa and Guam to report on these very plans—and the communities who would be on the frontlines of such a war. youtu.be/UnM3YEwT4M8

NEW: The memo sent to government employees this evening offering them buyouts very closely mirrors an email Musk sent to Twitter employees in 2022 — down to the same subject line "A Fork in the Road."

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This is a regular feature of Trump rallies.

@learmonth Congrats @learmonth!

Twitter/X! It's been a while but dropping in here with personal news. I have a new job: Sr. Director of Development at Telemundo Streaming Studios where I’ll be developing a slate of docs and series for general interest audiences across the Americas.

I grew up in this valley, and we had smoky skies every few years—but never anything like this. Heartbreaking to see. Hope everyone stays safe.

Flew around the Kelowna wildfire today. Our plane circled nearby Penticton for an hour before attempting, and aborting, a landing. #kelownafires

It has been almost 3 months since most of our post-petition colleagues—people who were officially let go after VICE declared bankruptcy on May 15—stopped getting paychecks. Many haven't received a single dollar in the severance they are owed. Here are some of their experiences.

This is what happens when you use AI instead of just buying a stock photo for your ad…

Farewell VICE News Tonight. Forever grateful to the people who trusted us to tell their stories, and for the incredibly talented collaborators (and friends!) I worked with along the way.

Tonight is our last broadcast of @VICENews Tonight, a loss to the industry and to all of us who've worked on it. VNT has given more airtime to stories from Africa than any other US nightly news show over the last few years. Our bosses never blinked or questioned the importance..

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Just a reminder that there are ~2 million podcasts in the United States. We're in the peak news podcast era, and Malika has won best host for news at #TheGracies twice. Are you listening to The Take yet? @AJEPodcasts @mmbilal