Aaron Mendelson

thetrace.orgThe Quiet Crisis: What’s Driving Gun Suicides Among Older Americans?More and more older Americans are dying by firearm suicide, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. Older white men and those in rural areas experience alarmingly high rates.

18 Sept 2025

Older Americans have the highest rates of gun suicide of any age group. Not by a little — by a lot. Why? I spent months exploring this question through data, field reporting, and interviews with experts. Our story is up today on @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

theguardian.com‘Big business’: little-known court system in Louisiana churns out thousands of evictions – and millions in fees for judgesGuardian investigation: Louisiana’s justice of the peace courts may violate tenants’ constitutional rights as eviction fees boost judges’ incomes

I have never been more certain of anything: The 2026-27 Philadelphia 76ers will NOT win the NBA championship

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Will Craft

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Did you know that likely highest paid judge in the US oversees court two days a week processing more than a hundred evictions a day? My colleague @oliverlaughland.bsky.social and I investigated a little known court system in Louisiana www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Jessica Huseman

@jessicahuseman.bsky.social

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This is TONIGHT. Hope to see you there, should be a great event and discussion

Los Angeles Press Club@lapressclub.bsky.social

The Los Angeles Reporting Collective and the Association of Gun Violence Reporters have partnered with us to bring you an evening program about the intersection of journalism and safety. In collaboration with PEN America, Freedom of the Press Foundation, IWMF & CPJ. @lapressclub.bsky.social

Across the U.S., 9,790 people were killed and 18,199 were injured in shootings through three quarters — numbers that represent huge declines from recent years. This + more in our latest @thetrace.org review of gun violence data www.thetrace.org/2026/10/by-t...

Geese at Hollywood Forever, even less bad as an experience

Aaron Mendelson@amendelson.bsky.social

Not a bad experience

Not a bad experience

Just finished this one. Believe the hype. Thanks @vromansbookstore.bsky.social

datahub.thetrace.orgFederal Firearms Licensees (FFLs)Aggregate and license-level data from the ATF on those granted licenses to engage in the dealing, manufacturing, or importing of firearms, or manufacturing or importing of ammunition.

Another updated dataset on the Gun Violence Data Hub: Federal Firearms Licensees. Includes data and geocodes for over 77,000 FFLs in the U.S. Just updated this morning! datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/fede...

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I've just updated the ATF Gun Traces page on the Gun Violence Data Hub with newly-released 2025 numbers. Lots of interesting stuff in there, give it a whirl datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/atf-...

datahub.thetrace.orgATF Gun Traces (U.S.)Data about the gun tracing the ATF does on behalf of law enforcement.

Like Neil Young, Cameron Winter does not understand the concept of good album art

datahub.thetrace.orgATF Gun Traces (U.S.)Data about the gun tracing the ATF does on behalf of law enforcement.

I've just updated the ATF Gun Traces page on the Gun Violence Data Hub with newly-released 2025 numbers. Lots of interesting stuff in there, give it a whirl datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/atf-...

boltsmag.orgTrump's Attempts to Control the Census: Your Questions Answered - BoltsThe Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract politica...

Thanks to @boltsmag.org for answering my Q about the American Community Survey!

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

NEW: Trump wants to transform the 2030 census in ways that'd dramatically skew representation. So we asked you to send us your questions. And we invited an expert on the census, who just published a new book interviewing 100s of census workers, to answer you. I learned a ton reading her replies:

thetrace.orgThe Trump Administration’s Campaign to Loosen Gun Regulations Is Getting Pushback From an Unlikely SourceA Trace analysis of nearly 38,000 public comments found significant opposition to some of the administration’s key proposals.

"Over the counter, we have more of an ability to see if this is a sketchy transaction and stop it ... If we skip the counter, that’s not going to happen." Great look into the response to big proposed changes at the ATF from @bychipbrownlee.com + Champe Barton www.thetrace.org/2026/10/atf-...

If you have the option, always use a drop box rather than USPS to mail in your ballot

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

datahub.thetrace.orgThe Gun Violence Data Hub — An initiative of The TraceThe Gun Violence Data Hub, an initiative of The Trace, provides support, resources, and reliable data to newsrooms, researchers, and the public.

ARCO WATCH: We have crossed the rubicon ($6/gallon gas)

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ARCO WATCH: we are edging back towards $6 a gallon

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The Trace

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The Gun Violence Data Hub, an initiative of The Trace, provides support, resources, and reliable data to newsrooms, researchers, and the public.

"There Is No Place For Us" is one of the best works of nonfiction I've read in a long time — if you're considering reading it, this interview by @jcollins.bsky.social with author @briangoldstone.bsky.social is a good starting point

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social

It was a huge honor to talk with @briangoldstone.bsky.social, author of the amazing and heartbreaking "There is No Place for Us." I have a little review tacked onto the top of our conversation, but it's a stunning work that exposes the suffering we tolerate among our fellow citizens. (1)

A small thing, but it warmed my heart to see this investigation from my old Center for Public Integrity colleagues Amy DiPierro and Corey Mitchell cited in the book publicintegrity.org/education/un...

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Drew Harwell

@drewharwell.com

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

22 Sept

At the @thetrace.org live event in DC this morning

16 Sept

Was unaware of this bit of Los Angeles journalism / Cold War history www.latimes.com/california/s...

rollingstone.comBob Dylan Announces Massive 39-Disc Box Set Chronicling 1976 Rolling Thunder RevueBob Dylan's 1976 leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue will be chronicled in the new box set 'The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings.'

15 Sept

"The shows on this new set would have entered the public domain on January 1, 2027, if it hadn’t been created" www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

15 Sept

Still bringing the heat on disc 39 tho tbh

15 Sept

ARCO WATCH: we are edging back towards $6 a gallon

Aaron Mendelson@amendelson.bsky.social

ARCO WATCH: The ARCO at York and Eagle Rock remains below $6/gallon … for now

12 Sept

Excellent record. Their third in a row!

Aaron Mendelson@amendelson.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 Tubs season is upon us 🚨🚨🚨 @mergerecords.bsky.social

12 Sept

Crazy to think Florida had a Democratic Senator as recently as 2019

11 Sept

This Bill Plaschke prediction from four days ago in the @latimes.com is aging terribly. Go Niners!!

11 Sept

@sanfrancisco49ers.bsky.social #1 team on any continent

propublica.orgHow the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False PromisesTeams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.

Helluva story by @ggarciaroberts.bsky.social about the system exploiting young Dominican baseball players. An MLB hall of famer comes off looking terribly in this one www.propublica.org/article/how-...

🚨🚨🚨 Tubs season is upon us 🚨🚨🚨 @mergerecords.bsky.social

Did NOT expect this album to include a cover of a Prince-adjacent Minneapolis Sound classic

open.spotify.comIf You See Me (feat. Prince)94 East · Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound · Song · 2013

Still sounds incredible open.spotify.com/track/3UM5Tf...

Impressive: The Angels' run differential is 112 runs BETTER than the West Sacramento A's, and yet they have a worse record

Also weirdly impressive for the entire division to have run differentials this lousy

2 Sept

Never good when the execs are writing things like "Always knew it was super shady" and "I cannot begin to tell you all the red flags with these deals. Just doing what I’m told"

Aaron Mendelson@amendelson.bsky.social

They brought down the hammer. David Stern would be proud

2 Sept

They brought down the hammer. David Stern would be proud

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social

BREAKING: The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian

lamaterial.comHow L.A. Politicians Deliver Millions to Pet CausesThe little-known fundraising tool that lets elected officials like Mayor Karen Bass solicit donations from corporations, unions and wealthy backers.

1 Sept

Good rundown from @matt-hamilton87.bsky.social on the 'behested payments' Karen Bass has been facilitating — including $2 million from Lineage that she failed to report in time lamaterial.com/p/la-karen-b...

nytimes.comDo D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”

31 Aug

Didn't know that the governor who legalized bike lanes in California was ... Ronald Reagan www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

31 Aug

Can't help but think that the LA Superior Court could have figured out better wording for this pop-up

29 Aug

It’s gonna be a Dinosaur Jr fall

29 Aug

Things could get SPOOKY @dinosaurjr.com

nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Proposal Would Give Part of Yosemite to a Developer

28 Aug

“This is so ridiculous, it makes you sick,” said Don Neubacher, a former supervisor at Yosemite who is now on the executive council of the nonprofit Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...

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Jason Koebler

@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

27 Aug

extremely good FOIA denial i just got

kvpr.orgAug. 27: One Bakersfield Business Tops List Of ‘Crime Guns’ Sold In CaliforniaGuns that are used in crimes are no longer anonymous. New state data is tracking where they were sold and recovered. Central Valley cities top the list. A new reporting investigation focuses on one co...

27 Aug

Thanks to @kvprnews.bsky.social for having me on to discuss our reporting on crime guns in California www.kvpr.org/podcast/cent...

calmatters.orgEn las ciudades más grandes de California, Turner's Outdoorsman es de las principales fuentes de armas usadas en delitosLas tiendas Turner’s Outdoorsmen se encuentran entre los principales distribuidores de armas de fuego relacionadas con delitos en Los Ángeles, Fresno, Anaheim y Long Beach, según datos estatales.

25 Aug

This reporting is now available in Spanish, gracias a las @calmatters.org calmatters.org/calmatters-e...

Aaron Mendelson@amendelson.bsky.social

One Chain. 8,500 Crime Guns. Our latest sheds local light on the gun dealers linked to crime guns in their own communities — a list that includes Turner's Outdoorsman outlets across California. www.thetrace.org/2026/08/cali...