@peltzmadeline
Writer, researcher covering gender, Gen Z and the right-wing media // Book coming Spring 2027 (Sourcebooks) // prev: @mmfa.bsky.social // madeline dot peltz at gmail, signal: madeline.70 // numbertwopencil.substack.com https://linktr.ee/peltzmadeline
In January, we went inside the Dilley detention center. Children shared letters describing the anguish of being ripped from their lives: propub.li/4cUHm8L
After publishing that story, we learned about Edison, a 13-year-old from Chicago detained for 2+ months. Listen to Edison in his own words 👇
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holy fuck
operation epic fury is the kind of thing the peloton instructor says when she gets too excited about stationary biking
I wonder who will get blamed for this
Nick Shirley has a partnership with Polymarket.
They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
Richmond County’s own Nicole Malliotakis giving off the same energy as one of the white people protesting southern school integration in photos from the 50s
Part of the reason we actually need sexual education in modern society is that it really is okay to be normally attracted to the cute, talented famous person without trying to twist that attraction into some kind of detraction on the person who's making you feel that way
From "malignant horniness" to "Mein Cringe". Good read
New: MAGA is getting very, very creepy about gold medal figure skater Alysa Liu.
I joined @peltzmadeline.bsky.social’s substack for this one:
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NEW: One year ago, we caught a peek of MAGA authoritarianism when men roughly dragged a woman named Teresa out of an Idaho town hall.
This is the story behind that viral video and the radicalization of the community where it happened.
My investigation:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Haley Stevens out here literally doing the "more women prison guards" meme
PLEASE
Can you guys please stop using looksmaxxing vocabulary it’s a one note bit, you’ve done it. Please Ok you sound so stupid it’s the same joke every time please talk like adults
Woman in ICE Custody for Nearly a Year Suffers Seizure After Falling Leqaa Kordia, 33, of New Jersey, was hospitalized after hitting her head at a Texas detention center, her lawyer said. She was initially arrested during a 2024 protest at Columbia University.
Just a quick note that if you did the ol' seal clap when the police roughed up student protesters on campuses across the US, you don't get to now be horrified by the entirely predictable downstream outcome. archive.ph/MZJVG
I joined the Non-Toxic podcast to talk about "looksmaxxing" and a 20-year-old influencer who calls himself "Clavicular" and tells young men how to "mog" and pick up women.
If you are sane and have no idea what I'm talking about, take a listen to the show: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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TPUSA is claiming victory with their fake halftime show, but it didn't break through to the mainstream
New analysis from Magnitude Media that shows out of 4,000 posts by neutral pages since 6 PM yesterday, only *50* even mentioned Kid Rock or TPUSA whatsresonating.substack.com/p/whats-reso...
Everything in my brain is screaming turn it off turn it off
they had to clearly label the performers because no one knows who they are
Screenshot of a New York Times puff piece about Katie Britt, "The G.O.P. Senator Who Can't Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained"
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
I wrote about how tabloids are covering ICE.
Lots of people are tuned out of political news, and are getting their coverage of Trump through cultural outlets and scrolling social media. Here's what they're seeing:
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The national guard is helping dc residents shovel out their parking spots today
New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Strange People on the Hill by @michaelehayden.bsky.social, publishing on April 7 from Bold Type Books, received a positive review from Publisher’s Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9781645030607
I found a Fox News interview from August 2025 where Border Czar Tom Homan acknowledges that ICE needs a judicial warrant to perform a search of private property -- contrary to an ICE memo that says agents only need an administrative warrant. Curious what he believes now.
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