@PostScottWilson

Former @washingtonpost, still reader, traveler, ocean aficionado. I might’ve been born yesterday, but I’ve been up all night.

 Santa Barbara, CA
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Joined January 2010
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JR was swept away & is still in the hospital. His friend Becca in Michigan started a Go Fund Me for him. Please share Ventura, California Wave Victim Needs Help gofund.me/f0f917b8

Donate to URGENT Ventura, California Wave Victim Needs Help, organized by Rebecca Moccardine

My name is Becca, and I reside in Michigan....however, I have spe… Rebecca Moccardine needs your support for URGENT Ventura, California Wave Victim Needs Help

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Scott Wilson@PostScottWilson28 Dec 2023
My pal who lives near the beach in Ventura just sent me this. Profanity warning but seems justifiable.
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@washingtonpost is a great and resilient news organization. But we are losing the equivalent of a great newspaper with the people who are taking buyouts. The amount of talent departing is staggering. Thank you to all of you for what you’ve given to The Post. We will miss you.
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One officer convicted, one acquitted in the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who was walking back home from a convenience store in 2019 when officers tackled him, put him in a chokehold and injected him with ketamine: washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

One officer convicted, one acquitted in Elijah McClain’s death

A Colorado jury found Aurora police officer Randy Roedema, 41, guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the death of Elijah McClain.

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Here is a must read story from @bylenasun and myself for @washingtonpost about a lethal disease carried by ticks in Baja California, Mexico. It is surging on the peninsula and crossing into Arizona. #baja #photojournalism #rmsf washingtonpost.com/health/in…

A deadly tick-borne epidemic is raging. Dogs are key to ending it.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is on the rise in parts of Mexico and the United States. Climate change and dogs could be crucial to the fight against the tick-borne scourge.

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Today we publish the biggest investigation The Chronicle has ever done. It started with a 2020 tip: Drug dealers in San Francisco are human trafficking victims from Honduras. Our 18-month probe found something more nuanced. We begin in the Siria Valley. sfchronicle.com/projects/202…

This is the hometown of San Francisco’s drug dealers

One area in Honduras is the hometown of a stunningly high number of people who, fleeing poverty and violence, migrate to San Francisco, where they ultimately sell drugs.

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Joanna Slater@jslaternyc7 Jul 2023
The phone call came on a Wednesday morning, startling him awake. That was how Keith Bradt learned that in a few hours, he would no longer have a place to live. What it looks like when a pandemic-era safety net for the homeless comes to an end: washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Last days at the Cortina: Homeless left adrift as covid-era housing ends

Perhaps no state went further to make hotels the cornerstone of a bid to aid the homeless.

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Paul Kane@pkcapitol27 Jun 2023
At his darkest hour @JohnFetterman didn’t contemplate actual suicide, instead something different: “Indifferent if I live.” @ColbyItkowitz takes us through that journey & his return to anti-establishment roots. washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Sen. John Fetterman is ‘grateful’ to be alive and back in the fight

The Pennsylvania Democrat is showing flashes of the populist firebrand who excited voters and flipped a Republican seat in last year's midterms.

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The @washingtonpost paywall is down this week, which means you can read as many articles as you want! Just enter your email address when prompted.
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Greg Jaffe@GregJaffe20 Jun 2023
This story reveals something essential — and too often missed — in the evangelism that’s animating the right. It’s not about personal salvation, but transforming all of society. Meet the woman who bought a mountain via @mccrummens theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Marc Fisher@mffisher13 Jun 2023
One of the greatest American writers of the past century, Cormac McCarthy -- author of "The Road," "No Country for Old Men" and "Blood Meridian" --is dead at 89 washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
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To some, being a gay Republican sounds like being a meat-eating vegetarian or violent pacifist. But the head of @LogCabinGOP sees no contradiction. He sees a political middle ground, even if you have to squint through the haze of the blazing culture wars latimes.com/politics/story/2…

Column: Think 'gay Republican' is a contradiction? Think again

Leader of the LGBTQ+ Log Cabin Republicans sees a middle ground in fight over rights, even if you have to squint to see it through haze of the culture wars.

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Nikki Haley spent years dismissing efforts to remove the Confederate flag from State House grounds -- until a racist massacre forced her hand. via @PostKranish washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Joanna Slater@jslaternyc9 May 2023
Jury in civil trial finds that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, awards $5 million in damages washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Dan Eggen@DanEggenDC25 Mar 2023
Harris heads to Africa amid Biden’s urgent courtship of the continent By @CleveWootson @khoureld washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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BREAKING: In a shocking decision Thursday, an Alameda County Superior Court judge rejected a 15-year plea deal in a triple murder case — telling a packed courtroom that he wants a jury to decide. @PPriceCares ignored repeated requests for comment. berkeleyscanner.com/2023/03/…

Judge rejects 15-year plea deal in case alleging 3 murders

"I can't accept a plea to voluntary manslaughter for 15 years for an offense that involves the loss of three lives," Judge Mark McCannon said.

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Scott Clement@sfcpoll28 Feb 2023
Scholars raise questions about the Rasmussen poll that Scott Adams cited in the racist rant that led to "Dilbert’s" cancellation. New story w/ @marisa_iati washingtonpost.com/media/202…

A poll asked if it’s ‘OK to be white.’ Here’s why the phrase is loaded.

Scholars raise questions about the Rasmussen poll that Scott Adams cited in the racist rant that led to "Dilbert’s" cancellation.

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Craig Whitlock@CraigMWhitlock27 Dec 2022
Wacky story of the day: "Moorish Americans" invade rural Welcome, Maryland, set up an illegal shooting range and claim they are subject only to Moroccan law. Via @PeteJamison washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Moorish Americans take over a rural gun range, sparking a strange showdown

Moorish Americans, part of the extremist “sovereign citizen” movement, claim the Southern Maryland gun range belongs to them, defying efforts by local officials to shut it down.

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Very sad news. We have lost a wonderful editor and person, Doug Wong. Like many people at the Post, his talents went far beyond his day job. Here is an article he wrote last year about photographing bald eagles, accompanied by his own beautiful pictures: bit.ly/3uuHB31

Bald eagles return to Conowingo Dam as wintry weather settles in

At the Maryland dam on the Susquehanna River, the population of bald eagles can grow exponentially in the late fall as the birds fly hundreds of miles south in search of open water for fishing.

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In August, @MikeMillerDC and I drove over 6000 km across #Australia via the Outback Way. Here are some photos from the first leg and a link to the story. Big thanks to @olivierclaurent for another first class edit. #photojournalism washingtonpost.com/world/int…
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In my four years in Italy I’ve become obsessed with its medieval hill towns. Who wouldn’t want to live in a magical place like that? But also: How many of us actually could? My dispatch from Abruzzo — wapo.st/3eEDHAt

Italy has 334 Most Beautiful villages. Can their beauty survive?

A correspondent obsessed with Italian hill towns looks at what it takes to rescue them from depopulation and disrepair.

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