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Did you know that ICE pepper sprayed a sitting US Senator yesterday?

Not if you get your news from the New York Times, you don't.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/andy-kim-ice-immigration-pepper-spray-delaney-hall-b2983455.html

US Senator pepper-sprayed by ICE outside immigration detention center: ‘It’s just burning’

Families of detainees at the facility have complained that their loved ones have been served spoiled or rotten food at the facility, according to a report

The Independent

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Jeri Dansky May 26

@mastodonmigration
USA Today had more coverage than the NYT (looking at the NYT article cited by @vivo):
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/25/andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-after-visiting-new-jersey-ice-detention-center/90255993007/

Senator says he was pepper-sprayed amid 'chaos' at ICE facility in NJ

Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, said he was pepper sprayed during a visit to Delaney Hall in Newark on Memorial Day.

USA TODAY

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vivo May 26

@jeridansky
1. The OP claimed: “Not if you get your news from the New York Times, you don't.” So the link just showed that the claim is wrong.
2. At least looking at the word count the NYT piece is longer. Though it spends fewer words on senator Kim.

I am not a US citizen. I really do not get the hate the NYT regularly gets. I sometimes find articles stupid or even outright wrong, but in general it is the best window into American life and politics I have found.

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@vivo @jeridansky

> I really do not get the hate the NYT regularly gets.

The NYT is hated by the right for not kneeling to Trump to orally service him.

The NYT is hated by what passes for the left in the USA for kneeling to Trump to orally service him.

That perspective shift is interesting to me.