Chris Hannas
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Journalist, runner, NBA free agent
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Seamus Hughes
25 days ago
Let’s pay it forward. I’ll do a free pacer online training to the first 25 journalists who email me — Seamus at CourtWatch dot news
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Emily Guskin
26 days ago
Jahi Chikwendiu just won a Pulitzer for his photos that told this incredible story. The Post laid off all its staff photographers in February 2026 (Chikwendiu left in 2025).
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He’s dying. She’s pregnant.
Tanner and Shay found themselves facing an unbearable duality: Preparing for their daughter’s arrival and bracing for her father’s death.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2025/tanner-shay-martin-baby-colon-cancer-end-of-life-planning/?itid=ap_arianaeunjungcha_1
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lauren
about 1 month ago
second play today where "being 6'7" paid off tremendously
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Matt Pearce
about 1 month ago
And it works!
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Spencer Nusbaum
about 1 month ago
Some MLB teams are full of first-round picks who signed monster bonuses. Washington’s clubhouse is full of 14th-rounders. From digging trenches to hanging drywall to … shooting coyotes? Here’s how they made ends meet in the minor leagues:
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Digging trenches, hanging drywall and shooting coyotes: How MLB’s most anonymous team made ends meet (Gift Article)
The Washington Nationals are stocked with the dreamers and grinders that had to put in extra work to keep their baseball dreams alive.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7236476/2026/04/29/nationals-players-jobs-mlb-late-draft-picks/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.elA.NhxA.o9ZDPVy26LRS
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Reuters
about 1 month ago
Ethiopia's Assefa breaks own world record at London Marathon
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Ethiopia's Assefa breaks own world record at London Marathon
Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia broke her own women's only world record in winning the London Marathon on Sunday.
https://reut.rs/494r76f
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Reuters
about 1 month ago
Marathon-Kenya's Sawe becomes first man to run marathon under two hours to win in London
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Marathon-Kenya's Sawe becomes first man to run marathon under two hours to win in London
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours when he won the London Marathon with a time of one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.
https://reut.rs/3Qw5buI
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Mini golf course. In between handing out putters and sweeping leaves I have a little desk in the corner to write.
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Stumbled across this a few week ago and yes absolutely 5 stars
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Sarah Langs
about 1 month ago
James Wood! 110.5 mph Most 110+ mph home runs, Nationals under Statcast (2015): Juan Soto: 21 Bryce Harper: 20 James Wood: 18
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Scott Nover
about 2 months ago
Big news in local news! The Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher is buying the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, keeping the paper running.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher buys the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The 240-year-old newspaper was set to close next month after a long battle between its parent company and its union.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/14/pittsburgh-post-gazette-rescued-nonprofit/
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert
about 2 months ago
"After splashdown, brutal obstacle course awaits the Artemis II crew" by Elisha Sauers for Mashable
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NASA to run Artemis II astronauts through obstacle course after splashdown
The experiment will shape how soon future astronauts perform a moonwalk.
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-artemis-ii-astronauts-obstacle-course
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Finally my Opening Day
about 2 months ago
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jen ramos-eisen
2 months ago
ah so the roster is Shrinking
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Save VOA
2 months ago
Judge Lamberth has ordered that all actions taken by Kari Lake to reduce USAGM to the ‘statutory minimum’ be vacated, including placing employees on admin leave, suspending broadcasting & terminating staff. Here is a statement from the named plaintiffs in Widakuswara v. Lake.
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Save VOA
2 months ago
Breaking news!
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Judge reinstates 1,000 Voice of America employees, deems wind-down illegal
A federal judge ruled that the administration’s dismantling of Voice of America was unlawful and ordered more than 1,000 employees back to work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/17/voice-of-america-firings-illegal-judge-finds/
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Chris Geidner
2 months ago
BREAKING: Judge Royce Lamberth rules that the Trump admin impermissibly halted Voice of America and related broadcasting and impermissibly placed associated employees on administrative leave, orders return to work by March 23. Order:
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Steve Herman
2 months ago
🚨🚨Judge Lamberth orders USAGM, by March 23, to bring back all 1,042 VOA employees, who have been on paid admin leave for a year and resume full broadcasting. The court also rules all the actions Kari Lake took to reduce US international broadcasting to a supposed "statutory minimum" are vacated.
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Norm Eisen
2 months ago
BREAKING: huge summary judgment win in our Voice of America case EVERYONE put on admin leave is ordered rehired & all other decisions made by the Trump admin to gut agency down to "statutory minimum" r "vacated and set aside" Kudos to r amazing partners & clients in labor, democracy & journalism
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Scott Nover
2 months ago
Breaking: Judge Lamberth rules that Kari Lake's attempt to bring Voice of America and USAGM to a statutory minimum was unlawful and ordered 1,042 employees on administrative leave back to work.
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jen ramos-eisen
3 months ago
Vinnie Pasquantino asked me if I'm gonna hit a home run. he also said the espresso tastes like a home run.
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Save VOA
3 months ago
“The named plaintiffs, Patsy Widakuswara, Kate Neeper and Jessica Jerreat, said the decision "brings renewed hope and momentum" as they push to roll back cuts in VOA's operations around the world.”
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US judge voids 2025 actions taken by Kari Lake as Voice of America CEO, including job cuts
A federal judge ruled on Saturday that Kari Lake's leadership of the U.S. Agency for Global Media for much of last year violated federal law, invalidating a sweeping series of actions she took to cut staff and end many operations at its Voice of America unit.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-judge-voids-2025-actions-taken-by-kari-lake-voice-america-ceo-including-job-2026-03-08/
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Save VOA
3 months ago
Statement from named plaintiffs of Widakuswara v. Lake, Patsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper following Judge Lamberth's March 3 ruling Kari Lake's actions as illegal.
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Jon Bois
3 months ago
i'm teaming up with kalshi to pick up a car battery, angle it so that one of its corners is pointed at the ground, and drop it directly on my toenail
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CJ Fogler
3 months ago
she's too funny
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What a goal 🏅
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3 months ago
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William Gallo
3 months ago
Front page news here in Taipei:
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Michael Baumann
4 months ago
wrote about some CBA minutiae
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Diana Moskovitz
4 months ago
I'm biased because she's my friend but, if Ilia Malinin's backflip got you remembering Surya Bonaly, my friend Tracie Hunte worked on a wonderful episode of RadioLab about it!
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On the Edge
This week, we lace up our skates and tell a story about loving a sport that doesn’t love you back, and being judged in front of the world according to rules you don’t understand.
https://radiolab.org/podcast/edge
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Sammy Roth
4 months ago
This chart. Wow.
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Save VOA
4 months ago
We will not stop.
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I fully accept the ticket rep calling me three times a week
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Save VOA
5 months ago
On March 15, 2025, Voice of America employees were placed on administrative leave. We were told not to return to the newsroom and barred from doing our jobs. Almost a year later, we are still unable to report, at a moment when the world needs trusted journalism more than ever.
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jen ramos-eisen
5 months ago
thread of responses from MLB clubs w/r/t Venezuelan players/staff
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Boarded a Metro train. Tore a meniscus moving to the center of the car.
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5 months ago
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lit agent tasneem motala
5 months ago
born to read books, forced to read emails
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My first car had basically the interior on the left, with matching burgundy paint. When I bought it, the dealer didn't bother to clear out the two packs of cigarettes jammed in the glove box. No notes.
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Had a lot of time to read this year. Mostly good!
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One for the books
This has been, to say the absolute least, an interesting year for me. The downside has been a lot of unexpected free time, the upside of which has obviously been the ability to read a lot more than us...
https://chrishannas.com/one-for-the-books
5 months ago
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Save VOA
5 months ago
Things we don’t want for Christmas 🎄
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Anna Clark
5 months ago
" The total number of student news programs in the country that distribute work to local outlets is now roughly two hundred and fifty. "... the addition of a student-run paper is a lifeline for community news." via
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How students are trying to save local news.
Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.
https://www.cjr.org/news/how-students-are-trying-to-save-local-news.php?mc_cid=eb69ae33a1&mc_eid=99f7cb141f
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Save VOA
5 months ago
"427 million: Number of people reached every week by broadcasters funded by the USAGM before Trump hollowed them out. Those organizations, including VOA, were responsible for providing reliable information and news to audiences living in repressive regimes that lack a free press."
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The numbers that defined the Trump administration’s attacks against the press in 2025 - Poynter
Nine hours into his term, Trump took his first action against the media. The attacks only escalated from there.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/united-states-press-freedom-donald-trump/
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Save VOA
5 months ago
“These funding cuts also affected federal agencies and nonprofit networks that report overseas, namely the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees funding for Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, among other networks.”
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https://www.freedomforum.org/first-amendment-stories-2025/
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Save VOA
6 months ago
“We defend VOA because everyone has the right to reliable information.” — Clayton Weimers, RSF USA. Gutting VOA threatens global press freedom.
#SaveVOA
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Protecting Global Press Freedom
Protecting Global Press Freedom “We're defending VOA because of the rights of every citizen of the world to be able to access reliable information.” Clayton Weimers, executive director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF USA), a co-plaintiff in our lawsuit, reiterates that gutting Voice of America poses a serious problem for anyone who cares about press freedom and access to reliable information. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom #short
https://youtube.com/shorts/hrMQB9VPEbI?si=76hhqXmFUS3YaWOW
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Save VOA
6 months ago
Good news for our VOA family. Our colleague Sithu Aung Myint has been freed from prison in Myanmar as part of an amnesty. The freelance journalist was serving a combined 12 year-sentence after his arrest in August 2021.
#SaveVOA
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Save VOA
6 months ago
Help us raise emergency funds for medical care, legal support, and other urgent needs. These journalists risked everything to uphold press freedom. Let’s show them we won’t turn our backs. 📢 Please donate and share.
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Save VOA
6 months ago
VOA journalist Sithu Aung Myint has been released from Insein Prison in Myanmar after more than 4 years. Here’s a statement from VOA Director Michael Abramowitz.
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I just shared this good news with my VOA colleagues: December 02, 2025 Celebrating the release of Sithu Aung Myint Dear VOA Colleagues, It is a joyous day for Voice...
I just shared this good news with my VOA colleagues: December 02, 2025 Celebrating the release of Sithu Aung Myint Dear VOA Colleagues, It is a joyous day for Voice of America. All of us welcome the news that veteran journalist and VOA Burmese Service contributor Sithu Aung Myint was released on December 1, 2025, from Insein Prison in Myanmar after more than four years of unjust detention. Sithu Aung Myint was arrested on August 15, 2021, on charges of incitement and defaming the armed forces and state. Afterwards, the military increased his imprisonment multiple times. On October 6, 2022, he was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor. Then, in December 2022, a special court in Yangon’s Insein Prison sentenced Myint to seven years in prison. This brought his total sentence to 12 years in prison. Sithu Aung Myint, who began working for VOA in 2014, is...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-abramowitz-2419813_i-just-shared-this-good-news-with-my-voa-activity-7401684385596481536-QCMe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAABHeTCABhLy3OuZu0Dai_UwwbjtXfbbAQ8I
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Committee to Protect Journalists
6 months ago
The demand for journalist assistance has never been greater, and every dollar helps us respond faster. Will you help us reach our goal before midnight? Every gift, no matter the amount, will be matched 1:1 and will go twice as far. Donate now:
cpj.org/donate
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Scott Nover
6 months ago
Last night, Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction order USAGM to dole out FY25 funds totaling $19M to the Open Technology Fund.
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Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #62 in OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND v. LAKE (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00840) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.62.0.pdf
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William Gallo
6 months ago
South Korea intends to abolish provisions obligating soldiers and civil servants to follow superiors’ commands even when they may be improper or unlawful.
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S. Korea pushes for soldiers, civil servants to have right to refuse unlawful orders
The South Korean government is moving to remove long-standing obedience requirements for civil servants and soldiers, on the heels of former President Yoon Suk
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10623300
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