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probably the cannon tunnel Katılım Nisan 2016
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Olivia George@oliviacgeorge·
Scoop: Overnight, the plaque honoring police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6 was finally installed, following years of delay. I know because I was there, watching at 4 a.m. as two employees working a nightshift bolted it to the granite wall. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
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Bloomberg Government@BGOV·
Top members of the House Appropriations Committee are considering allowing earmarks for the Labor-HHS-Education funding bill for the next fiscal year, lifting a self-restriction on the projects set by conservatives. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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Pablo Manríquez@PabloReports

Can we talk seriously and unemotionally for a sec about the Washington Post layoffs? The Post has, what, a dozen sales people? To fund hundreds of reporters all over the world? NYT has a legit sales army. There's your problem, in a nutshell. To be clear, everybody now knows Will Lewis sucks at building a news business, but Marty did too! So did Fred. They are all mediocre clowns completely outta their depths. Fact is: Pulitzers don't pay the bills for a newsroom. Subscribers do. I subscribe to the Post to support their immigration reporting, even though I beat them all the time. Sidebar: I beat them all the time but do they subscribe to me? Two do, but the rest don't even have the sense to watch the competition eating their lunch. But whatever. I've been listening to Washington Post reporters bitch about their jobs since I was washing their dishes. I have watched management like fuckin Marty fire my over-performing friends for doing the right thing. Now we're at another round of layoffs. I don't know anyone who got the axe. I wish them well but news ain't an industry for softies. You better grind to compete with me, because I'm hungry, talented, and with deeper sources than anyone you got. For those of you still at the Post, I suggest you get to know your sales team. Understand their challenges. Know your newsroom's cash flow. These are instincts. independent press like me have to learn to survive. That's why Migrant Insider doesn't do news awards or panel discussions or any other hippie bullshit that doesn't pay the bills. Press can't say "it's not about me" then fuss over the meaningless fringe benefits of an institutional brand. You got to be a news breaker and a hype machine and a sales force for your own work. You gotta watch the competition and enforce your brand and business. You gotta partner with outlets that are bigger than you and lift up promising colleagues who bang out on their news beat every fuckin day. For those who did get the ax, I'm here to help. To be clear I'm not your therapist. I don't give a shit if you feel you've been wronged. But if you've got a news product to sell, I can tell you how I sold mine. I'm not going to connect you with advertisers or sponsors or partners, I can tell you what it takes to get on their radar, stay on their radar, and add value for the dollars they spend while maintaining your ethics. Do it your own way. Or quit altogether. Up to you. Your time in the esteemed ivory tower of Washington news is over. Now you got to drag yourself up from the gutter, one way or another. Many of you will launch on Substack; most of you will fail. But if you want to chat, stop by my art studio in Blagden for a parlay. Beyond that, best of luck to you.

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Maeve Sheehey
Maeve Sheehey@MaeveSheehey·
Never get so caught up in the competition of journalism that you forget your competitors are people, too. Basic humanity and empathy don't make you a "softie," they make you human. Let's all be kinder to each other
Pablo Manríquez@PabloReports

@OrianaBeLike News ain't an industry for softies and no sugar daddy is a business model, Oriana.

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Jamie Dupree
Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree·
I don't mean to be snide but it's really cute that House members think they can somehow force a change in Senate rules and procedure
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Drop Site
Drop Site@DropSiteNews·
Another angle of federal agents killing a Minnesota legal observer, which appears to come from the direction of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk. Obtained by Drop Site News
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Natasha Korecki
Natasha Korecki@natashakorecki·
Watching woman die "will change my life forever," eyewitness says. "they carried her body out, just like by her limbs, they didn’t even have a stretcher. "She was carried out like a sack of potatoes." great reporting by @SuzGamboa nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l…
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Max Nesterak
Max Nesterak@maxnesterak·
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
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Seung Min Kim@seungminkim·
OMB director ⁦@russvought⁩ doodles during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. @AP photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson #0000019a-e05a-d48d-a7fa-fadb12fa0000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">apnews.com/live/trump-new…
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Jack Fitzpatrick ☘️
Jack Fitzpatrick ☘️@jackfitzdc·
Some exciting news: I'm joining MS NOW's team on Capitol Hill starting Dec. 1. Looking forward to joining the talented group of journalists they've assembled. Cell phone is the same. Find me on Signal here:
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Mackenzie Mays
Mackenzie Mays@MackenzieMays·
Babies are dying in America’s jails as pregnant women give birth alone on toilets and in dirty cells. One woman chewed through her umbilical cord. Another lost her child after an officer stopped at Starbucks on the way to the hospital. W/ @jonschuppe: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pr…
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Katie Notopoulos
Katie Notopoulos@katienotopoulos·
I’m just glad someone is raising awareness about how invasive bamboo (often planted by someone looking for a fast-growing privacy screen) can be extremely difficult to get rid of. Left overgrown, can cause serious damage. Good to spread the word to plant native alternatives.
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LoL Esports
LoL Esports@lolesports·
SIX TIME WORLD CHAMPION.
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LoL Esports
LoL Esports@lolesports·
🏆 @T1LOL ARE THE 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONS! 🏆
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