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Just did a really phenomenal mis-click, deleting my pinned tweet that had hundreds of very kind replies from you all and which introduced a thread of Oklahoma clips I'm proud of from my several years at KWGS and contributions to NPR. Here they are again!
The governor was withholding White House COVID data intended for local governments, and those local governments were not very happy about it.
publicradiotulsa.org/local-r…
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1. More reporters should consider covering rural areas and more newsrooms should see the value in rural beats. Would benefit journalism + the public.
2. Feels weird that “reporters” can refer to both people who cover small city council meetings and people who have talent agents.
“Experts on extremism are concerned that pardons will essentially endorse the violence of that day, which injured approximately 140 police officers and interrupted the country’s peaceful transfer of power.”
npr.org/2024/11/07/nx-s1-518…
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HAPPENING NOW: @AGWilliamTong announcing a new CT Abortion Legal Hotline staffed by major law firms like @KoskoffBieder
The line will offer free legal advice for providers and patients
Tong: CT has to “be at the ready for what is ahead” with a new Trump administration
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Still seeing "Harris couldn't turn out millions of Biden voters," and the count in swing states says that's not true.
In Wisconsin, Harris got 37k more votes than Biden. The most votes of any Dem candidate since Obama in 2008.
She lost bc Trump added 77k more votes since 2020.
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Rioters who stormed Capitol after Trump's 2020 defeat toast his White House return (from @AP) apnews.com/article/889129b96…
“‘We may be harassed. We may be sued. We may be threatened with violence. We may be ignored. Are we just sunshine journalists, or are we ready?’”
In which I make the case that another round of high-level handwringing about whether or not the media should be "the resistance" (Capital R optional) is not what we need right now, on semantic grounds but also economic ones:
cjr.org/the_media_today/medi…
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‘He betrayed us’: Officers who protected the Capitol grapple with Trump’s return — ow.ly/TRfo50U1OUM
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“I waited patiently for this day … All my dudes from the Gulag are coming home from prison … We were innocent on January 6 and we’re still innocent!”
Jan. 6 riot defendants celebrate Trump’s election, angle for pardons washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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“We will engage in a peaceful transfer of power," Vice President Harris says in Washington. “While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fuels this campaign.”
Four years later, former President (and now) Pres.-elect Trump has yet to concede his 2020 defeat.
Harris in her concession speech vows a "peaceful transfer of power," a reminder we didn't have one last time.
News Analysis: After Donald Trump’s win, the U.S. is on the edge of an authoritarian style of governance never before seen in its 248-year history. nyti.ms/3NWjgwU
If you were wondering, Connecticut Public has roasted sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, various salads, crispy Brussels sprouts, cookies, and, yes, pizza.
.@acluct is urging @CTSotS to ensure all early voting ballots cast in the town of North Stonington are counted, following voters being given faulty information by poll workers there.
“…more than 200 votes [not being counted] is unacceptable.”
ctpublic.org/news/2024-11-05…
