Jacob Soboroff
@jacobsoboroff
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@MSNBC Senior Political and National Correspondent. Author of Firestorm (2026) and Separated (2020). EP of Separated, a film by Errol Morris.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2008
I’m writing a book about the devastating 2025 L.A. fires, which I covered in real time as I watched my childhood neighborhood burn to the ground. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster will be released January 6, 2026. https://t.co/2xDIAY4IUv
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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exactly two months until the release of FIRESTORM. I cannot wait to share this book with you. what I experienced during the fires, and what I learned after -- about myself, our city, our country, our planet, and our fellow human beings. preorder here: https://t.co/mklRY8U9Ho
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voted. now headed to Sacramento for special Election Night coverage on @msnbc. hope you’ll join us.
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“They’re out there looking like Buzz Lightyear… they’re fat… just ridiculous. They’re quirky, they’re dorky, they can’t run, they fumble their guns… they can’t even chase after their own cars.” @el_tragon_de_LA of @LATACO on his lack of surprise about ICE recruitment issues.
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“If you do not measure it you can’t manage it.” We may never know the final cost of the L.A. fires because Trump stopped keeping track. Scientist formerly in charge of the project joined me ahead of the release of my new book “Firestorm.” preorder: https://t.co/FmfOnLFyhX
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We have a president who is building more wealth through his office than any in history. We cannot turn a blind eye to this corruption. On Monday, I will be introducing a resolution to stop the president, his family, and members of Congress from trading in crypto and accepting
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hi from the studio — recording the audiobook for FIRESTORM, out January 6 and available for preorder now. cannot wait for you to read or listen. preorder now: https://t.co/O3lsgLCRsE
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“We’re here peacefully protesting, looking as ridiculous as we can, just so maybe we appeal to the president because he’s a ridiculous leader that is normalizing abuse of power. And we cannot stand and act like nothing is happening.” 🦄
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Covering LA No Kings protest, Jacob Soboroff interviews a unicorn.
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New: The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration.
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The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And...
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