Adam Schweigert
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Just a kid from Akron. Banjo player. Dog person. đPittsburgh, PA
if the brits can do it...
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
"In my few days in Minnesota, Iâve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments Iâve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist
@cengizyar.com
writes. "The wars weâve carried out as a nation abroad have come home." More:
https://propub.li/4acxEeY
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Mary (geographile)
about 1 month ago
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
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Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
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we could be just wrapping up the first year of her second term as president
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about 1 month ago
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Don Moynihan
about 2 months ago
This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
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Madeleine Vasaly
about 2 months ago
Minneapolis.
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Verite News
about 2 months ago
After ICE agent shoots, kills person in Minneapolis, activists in New Orleans take to the streets Hours after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, activists from the New Orleans Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression gallered protestersâŚ
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After ICE agent shoots, kills person in Minneapolis, activists in New Orleans take to the streets
Hours after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, activists from the New Orleans Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression gallered protesters in Lafayette Square to demand ICE and other federal agencies leave the city.
https://veritenews.org/2026/01/07/ice-shooting-renee-good-minneapolis/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Warwick Sabin
5 months ago
Itâs a pleasure to announce
@aschweig.bsky.social
âs elevation to the position of Chief Strategy Officer at
@deepsouthtoday.org
. His leadership and dedication to operational excellence has been invaluable as Deep South Today has grown considerably during 2025.
deepsouthtoday.org/2025/10/08/d...
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Deep South Today Elevates Adam Schweigert to Chief Strategy Officer - Deep South Today
Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News, and The Current, today announced that Adam Schweigert has been elevated to the position of Chie...
https://deepsouthtoday.org/2025/10/08/deep-south-today-elevates-adam-schweigert-to-chief-strategy-officer/
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Anyway, tell me if you find any broken stuff.
mississippitoday.org/2025/10/02/m...
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Mississippi Today launches redesigned website - Mississippi Today
Mississippi Today launched a major update to our website Wednesday night â the first redesign since 2021. In this revamp, we aimed to make the site a fitting
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/10/02/mississippi-today-launches-redesigned-website/
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yes obviously we'll open source the fun vertical video thing, just give me a couple days to sleep
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5 months ago
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made this cute lil' new website for
@mississippitoday.org
:
mississippitoday.org
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Mississippi Today | News, Information, Videos and Podcasts
The stateâs first nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom, covering politics, education, public health, justice, environment, equity, and sports.
https://mississippitoday.org
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The Onion
6 months ago
From âThe Onionâ Editorial Board:
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It Is Journalismâs Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/
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...good?
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6 months ago
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Getting old is weird. First, like everyone else our age, it was getting way into birds. Now, apparently, it's fixing mechanical watches. What's next?
7 months ago
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*and* they are apparently meant to...
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8 months ago
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we really just can't have nice things, huh?
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Stone Cold Jane Austen
9 months ago
Itâs a good thing Congress isnât alive to see this
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Bobby Silverman
9 months ago
Once more with feeling
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The Tennessee Holler
9 months ago
2020 TRUMP: âWe have laws⌠we canât call in the National Guard unless weâre requested by a governor.â (H/T
@realdlhughley.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler
9 months ago
AOC: âThe girls are fighting, arenât they?â
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Finally some good news!
10 months ago
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Verite News
10 months ago
Truth belongs to everyone. At Verite News, itâs always free. Weâre not paywalled. Weâre people-powered. Early giving for
#GiveNOLADay
is open â and your support keeps our journalism accessible to all. Give early, give today!
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GiveNOLA Day!
GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event. For 24 hours, everyone who loves our region can support their favorite local causes by donating toâŚ
https://www.givenola.org/organization/VeriteNews
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drew xolaya costley (they/she)
10 months ago
The Trump DOJ pulled millions in funding for groups throughout Louisiana that support survivors of domestic, sexual + intimate violence. Now groups fear they'll have to lay off staff, cut back services for survivors.
@arierob17.bsky.social
has more
@veritenews.org
.
veritenews.org/2025/05/01/d...
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DOJ cuts grants to survivor-advocacy groups in New Orleans
Two nonprofits in New Orleans are worried about their futures after the U.S. DOJ abruptly canceled a federal grant that would have helped them offer support to survivors of violence.
https://veritenews.org/2025/05/01/doj-cuts-grants-domestic-violence-groups/
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Rita, antifascistđ´
10 months ago
âIf youâre leaking a document, take pictures of it with the camera within Signal, which doesnât save photos to your camera roll, and then send them to the reporter. If the document is on a screen, take pictures of the screen with the Signal app; donât print anything out.â
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Travis Swicegood
11 months ago
You should go work with
@aschweig.bsky.social
if youâre looking for work in newsrooms in a part of the country that desperately needs it.
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Adding some key roles to the team
@deepsouthtoday.org
. All remote, all reporting to me, all a great way to make a real difference by being part of a growing network of newsrooms rebuilding and re-energizing local news throughout the Deep South. Here's a đ§ľ with the individual postings. đ
11 months ago
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Mississippi Today
11 months ago
Column: The humanities are under attack by the Trump administration. To defund them is to erase the roots of American identity, and no state has more to lose, or more reason to fight back, than Mississippi. Here's how we can.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/21/t...
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Trump and Musk are attacking the humanities. Mississippians must fight back. - Mississippi Today
Column: The humanities are under attack by the Trump administration. To defund them is to erase the roots of American identity, and no state has more to lose, or more reason to fight back, than Mississippi....
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/04/21/trump-and-musk-are-attacking-the-humanities-mississippians-must-fight-back/
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Verite News
11 months ago
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nationâs worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.
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15 years after Deepwater Horizon, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete
BP paid billions of dollars in damages over the Deepwater Horizon spill. Yet those who say they've suffered health problems have struggled to receive compensation.
https://veritenews.org/2025/04/21/15-years-bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/
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đłď¸ââ§ď¸ Josie Cornelius, The Eternal Hater
11 months ago
I have my problems with any Pope, by definition But you gotta hand it to Papa Francisco for coining the phrase "theirs is the construction site of hell" in a description of American fascism and then dying almost immediately afterward
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Matt Pearce
11 months ago
Deconstruction.
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Jerry Mitchell
11 months ago
#OnThisDay
in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded âStrange Fruitâ about the lynchings of Black Americans â 6,400+ between 1865 & 1950. The song reminded her of her father, who died when a hospital refused to treat him because of his color. The song sold 1M+.
#History
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On this day in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded 'Strange Fruit'
On this day in 1939, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded âStrange Fruit" about the lynchings of Black Americans.
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/04/20/on-this-day-in-1939-billie-holiday-recorded-strange-fruit/
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Eric Michael Garcia
11 months ago
RFK Jr. paints autism in a apocalyptic colors. As an
#ActuallyAutistic
journalist who has spent the last decade writing about autism, I had to confront him about it.
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RFK Jr calls autism a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have thoughts
ANALYSIS: Health Secretary wilfully misreads data that should be celebrated, not feared, writes Eric Garcia
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-autism-cdc-study-robert-f-kennedy-b2734609.html
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Thrilled to be selected to be a part of the first cohort of
@newmarkjplus.bsky.social
's new nonprofit news business certificate program. Can't wait to meet all these folks in NY next week and learn a whole lot over the next few months!
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11 months ago
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ProPublica
11 months ago
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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Oregon đđ˛
11 months ago
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Deep South Today
11 months ago
We're excited to announce our partnership with
@kffhealthnews.org
! Both
@veritenews.org
and
@mississippitoday.org
will work closely with KFF Health Newsâs Southern Bureau. Learn more:
deepsouthtoday.org/2025/04/07/d...
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Tim Onion
11 months ago
theonion.com/october-22-1...
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how far do the markets have to fall before we get to a literal torches and pitchforks in the street situation?
11 months ago
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Mississippi Today
11 months ago
Madison County Circuit Court Judge Bradley Mills dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryantâs defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today on Friday, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.
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A win for press freedom: Judge dismisses Gov. Phil Bryantâs lawsuit against Mississippi Today - Mississippi Today
A state judge dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryantâs defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom.
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/04/04/a-win-for-press-freedom-judge-dismisses-gov-phil-bryants-lawsuit-against-mississippi-today/
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NY Times Pitchbot
11 months ago
I canât compete with this
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Rodger Sherman
11 months ago
We simply had to intentionally destroy the worldâs strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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irony is (still) dead
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11 months ago
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Someone should just tell him america is great again and give him the hug that his dad never did. "You did it son, we're all so proud of you!" (now stop and let everyone else get back to living their lives)
11 months ago
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so much winning
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11 months ago
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Julian Sanchez
11 months ago
A reminder to reporters: Because Trump tariff numbers are made-up nonsense, using the phrase âreciprocal tariffsâ is lying to your audience. The phrase itself is propaganda. They are not reciprocal.
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What's super clear is he's not running in 2028. Either he's out (unlikely) or he's going to cling to power and never leave. After tanking the economy and screwing everyone who voted for him there's no way he wins, so...y'know.
11 months ago
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Razzball
11 months ago
Huh, weird
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Christopher Bird
11 months ago
Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
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ProPublica
12 months ago
đ Set a reminder: Tomorrow at 2 pm CT,
@veritenews.org
reporter
@richardawebster.bsky.social
will be doing a Reddit AMA about his latest investigation for our Local Reporting Network đ
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