Sebastian Murdock

Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up. From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...

The answer doesn't dispute the claim, which is true.

Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.

His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist

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: mattshuham@protonmail.com, 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)

you can really see that he is ok taking a picture with me

Exquisite writeup from @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social in @huffpost.com's afternoon email on this story. 🤗

wife showed me her co-star what are we doing here folks

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...

set up a nesting box with cam nine days ago and this morning got a prospective tenant - fingers crossed that his mate will approve

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

New from @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social: >>Infowars, the far-right conspiracy theory network that profited from lies, died Friday after losing its battle against the truth. It was 27. www.huffpost.com/entry/the-en...

Now leading HuffPost:

Infowars, the far-right conspiracy theory network that profited from lies, died Friday after losing its battle against the truth. It was 27.

increasingly convinced Michael Tracey is doing this just to get someone to come hang out with him, maybe grab a bite

Alex Jones knows the lies he's spread about the Sandy Hook families have led to unimaginable harassment. He simply doesn't care. www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-j...

A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.

How do you catch a fascist? Well, anti-fascists like @montrealantifa.bsky.social keep telling us. We just need to listen. @letsgomathias.bsky.social wrote a book exploring these tactics and the way Antifa has continued to keep fascism at bay for generations. I spoke to him on today’s episode:

In case you're unfamiliar with this batshit situation, here's my interview with Aliya shortly after she was handcuffed and dragged from the State of the Union, officers ditching her cane and telling her to walk without it. “I just stood up." www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

This is what ICE has done to journalist Estefany Rodriguez.

NYC half marathon going strong @huffpost.com

On Sunday @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I won a Writers Guild Award for our year-long investigation into the troubled-teen industry. We also got to meet the amazing Laëtitia Hollard. Thanks to the survivors for letting us tell their stories. Read it here: www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...

On Sunday, @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social and I won a Writers Guild Award in the Digital News category! I’m eternally grateful for all the people who trusted us with this story through our yearlong reporting journey, including our amazing @huffpost.com editors, visuals team & our brave sources.

being a journalist in 2026

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...

@chrisdangelo.bsky.social and I first reported in 2020 that Trump hired him to a top role at the Interior Department. I can confirm he was not very bright. www.huffpost.com/entry/interi...

NEW: Luigi Mangione wasn't happy with a judge's decision to set his state trial for June 8, months before his federal trial. “It’s the same trial twice. One plus one equals two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition,” he said as he was leaving the courtroom, dressed in a brown jail uniform.

I asked Ron Wyden what his cryptic letter to the CIA was all about. He wouldn't say. "I wrote it for a specific reason. That’s all I can say.” He did a similar thing before, in 2011, and illicit spy activities were later revealed by Edward Snowden www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-wy...

One of the best interviews I've had about my book, with @mattshuham.bsky.social, just published at @huffpost.com, my old stomping grounds (where the @huffpostunion.bsky.social deserves a fair contract!) www.huffpost.com/entry/to-cat...

We could not have pulled off this incredible deal without each and every member of the unit standing together. We are so proud and grateful to work alongside such brave and compassionate people. #SolidarityForever

“I’ve been working to the edge of sanity this year and so, once my kids head home after Christmas, I really want to hit the party scene in St Barts or elsewhere and let loose. The invitation is much appreciated, but a peaceful island experience is the opposite of what I’m looking for.”

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Jen is on the scene in Minneapolis, braving the tear gas and blistering cold. www.huffpost.com/entry/video-...

I'm on site where a federal agent shot a Minneapolis man this morning. It's bad. Dozens of federal agents are facing off with hundreds of outraged residents. People being tear gassed, helicopters above, I keep hearing pops, and lots of loud BANGS. This smoke is from tear gas:

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

this man drinks michelob ultra and you can't convince me otherwise

Update: Betar, the racist, ultra-Zionist group that encouraged the Trump administration to target pro-Palestine demonstrators, is winding down operations following an investigation by the NY Attorney General. OAG found that Betar's harassment violated state civil rights law ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

I’ll be in Minneapolis briefly, until Tuesday morning. I’m available at 646-397-4678 by cell or Signal, if anyone has tips or other things they think HuffPost readers ought to know. Ty!

One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun

an eyewitness to the Minneapolis ICE shooting told me the victim appeared "obviously scared" and "was going to leave" before an ICE agent fired multiple shots "right into, it seemed like, her face" www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...