“Success means converting a part-time editor to full-time, hiring a longtime freelance reporter, and hiring a third reporter, who we hope will be a laid-off Washington Post journalist.”

Not a team captain coming out by kissing his boyfriend on live TV after winning the Stanley Cup?

A quick 🧵: @51st.news wants to keep growing, and we need your help! 51st.news/the-51st-is-... The Post's gutting showed us we can't trust a billionaire to do the right thing. If we want local news to survive, we need to help *build and sustain it*.

Almost 10 years ago, I bought a gun for a Slate reporting project that never panned out. I detested guns. I thought we should ban them all. I couldn't wait to get rid of it. This is the story of how my feelings changed. slate.com/life/2026/02...

once my son woke me up to ask what a three dimensional hexagon was called. yes, please. ask me about the gay instead.

It is really hard to get people on record about this. Because it is scary for parents like us and for our kids to be public right now. NPR has been so scrupulous about putting the human beings affected out in front and representing them fairly, as they represent themselves. Hard, important work.

So grateful for @NPR’s continuing responsible, in depth, contextually-rich reporting on trans kids. Makes me really proud to be partnered with them. www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

This is adorable

I can't stop thinking about the devastation at the Washington Post. As a reader and a D.C. resident and a fellow journalist, it is shattering.

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

We’re working on it! But growing the newsroom our city deserves takes time, and way more resources than we currently have. BUT every member helps get us closer to building a newsroom Bezos can’t destroy: 51st.news/signup

Have a thought for my colleague @joannakakissis.bsky.social and others who are reporting from Ukraine, living by candles and without heat for weeks now www.npr.org/2026/02/04/g...

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"

Join us Thursday for a rally to #SaveThePost!! The rally will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at 1301 K St. NW!! Bring friends! Bring gloves! Bring a love of journalism!

US citizens accounted for 95% of federal welfare fraud losses from 2013 to 2024. Noncitizens commit benefits fraud, but they are not a major part of the problem. Learn more from Cato’s David Bier https://ow.ly/MsKQ50Y6uK1

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Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

"The survey, conducted Jan. 5-8… found that 79% of likely 2026 voters support keeping Florida’s current vaccine requirements for schoolchildren, compared with 17% who oppose them. Support was broad... including 71% of Republicans, 84% of voters with no party affiliation, and 78% of Hispanic voters."

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

twilight zone

Story by me: "For me to be able to see my doctor to tend to my autoimmune disease, I had to marry my best friend — it's like some weird twisted plot of Will and Grace." www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

Not quite! A new filing shows hhs won’t enforce until April at the earliest.

I don’t think you’ve tagged the correct author there…

Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants

Selena Simmons-Duffin at NPR broke the news about the trans kids’ health care ban, and now she’s following up. Note that she actually talks to doctors and trans kids, not just politicians. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

NPR talked to and quoted a transgender teen whose treatment is threatened. Did your news organization? www.npr.org/sections/sho...

If you’re concerned about the new HHS rulings on trans care, my daughter @selenasd.com breaks it down on the PBS Newshour www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Scoop by me: "During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levine's photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name.” www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Pretty crazy to stumble on this @nytimes.com Editorial Board piece from 2015: "Being transgender today remains unreasonably and unnecessarily hard. But it is far from hopeless." www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/o...

GREAT JOB ALERT! ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network. The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change. 💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000 ➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

When science is understandable, we all win. I've started a national petition calling on all institutions of higher education, and their accreditors, to require science communication and public engagement training for all STEM degrees. Share and sign today, it only takes a few seconds: bit.ly/3LbnfHB

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

My colleague says his heart sank as he got a glimpse of the devastation in Gaza. Must listen: www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

After a whooping cough outbreak killed two babies, Louisiana health officials appear to have deviated from the typical playbook for public health, waiting two months to warn the public. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Thank you @selenasd.com ! Your coverage is so important!

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

Exclusive from @npr.org: the Department of Health and Human Services plans to introduce a rule in early November eliminating Medicare & Medicaid funding of any kind for any hospital that offers care for transgender youth. This would make care nearly impossible to access. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump’s proposed national ban on gender-affirming care for trans youths “could open the door for any White House to withhold all federal funding from hospitals over the provision of medical care that it disfavors.” Will abortion, birth control, vaccines, Tylenol be next? www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Reporters (one of whom is my daughter) were ousted from covering immigration court hearings. Trump regime using shutdown to impinge on free press and coverage of their actions. @hcrichardson.bsky.social cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/28/l...

New from me: After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

I’m reporting on the RIFs at HHS Office of Population Affairs. If you have info for me please get in touch on Signal @selena.02

If 982 is the total number at HHS staff who were supposed to be fired, it seems the bulk of those laid off are at @CDCgov. HHS can you provide a breakdown by agency? 3/3

I’m going to post one here that just happened that is so upsetting.

This is a remarkable statistic: 18.7 million out of the 24.3 million Obamacare enrollees are in states won by President Trump in 2024. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...

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Wow

Our senior producer @emilypisacreta.bsky.social spoke with @selenasd.com on @npr.org’s morning edition about the Obamacare rate hikes she’ll face if expanded ACA premium tax credits expire: Https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5552639/shutdown-nears-as-democrats-fight-to-extend-aca-tax-credits