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News Director at HuffPost. WVU, AU grad. #PoynterWomenLeaders alum. (she/her)

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This story makes me especially angry as a mom. If I knew my kid didn't feel well -- even a sniffle -- and I couldn't get to him to comfort him, I'd be blind with rage.

29.01.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The World Needs To See It’: The Moment A Photographer Saved A Camera From ICE John Abernathy was tackled by federal agents in Minneapolis and threw his Leica to safety.

This weekend I spoke to a couple of photographers who snapped some pretty incredible images as one of them was being tackled by officers in Minneapolis.

20.01.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's New Ambassador Pick Loves Hooters, Casual Misogyny And 'Foursomes With The Boys' Self-described "alpha man" Nick Adams will be the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia if confirmed.

A while back I read a ton of Nick Adams tweets because I could not be sure he wasn't just doing an elaborate bit. Now he's Trump's pick to be Ambassador to Malaysia. Let me tell you about him: www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...

10.07.2025 21:14 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Marco Rubio has now confirmed my scoop. Read HuffPost to get the news before the Trump administration wants you to.

09.07.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Guilty Of 2 Counts, Acquitted Of Most Serious Charges In Sex Trafficking Trial A Manhattan jury convicted Combs onΒ two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in relation to his ex-partners Casandra "Cassie" Ventura and "Jane," who both testified during the trial.

@huffpost.com's Njera Perkins has a story on the Diddy verdict: www.huffpost.com/entry/diddy-...

02.07.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

these are so good

01.07.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Would guess there are a lot of West Virginians who disagree with this (via @delaneyrules.bsky.social)

01.07.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate GOP Passes Trump's Bill To Give Tax Cuts To The Rich The president’s signature domestic policy plan, which kicks millions of people off of their health coverage to pay for tax cuts for the rich, now heads to the House.

Senate Republicans voted to gut the safety net for millions to fund tax cuts for the rich. The bill now heads to the House

01.07.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 37
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Gavin Newsom Hits Fox News With $787 Million Defamation Lawsuit California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is suing Fox News after the network falsely claimed Newsom lied about a call he had with President Donald Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is suing Fox News after the network falsely claimed Newsom lied about a call he had with President Donald Trump.

27.06.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Supreme Court Ends Porn As We Know It In Historic First The ruling marks a major change to longstanding First Amendment protections for online pornography.

The Supreme Court ruled that states can require porn sites to verify visitors’ ages in order to prevent access by minors

27.06.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 49
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Trump Keeps Insisting U.S. Strikes 'Obliterated' Iran Nuclear Facilities: Live Updates The president and members of his administration have pushed back against reports that the strikes merely set Iran's nuclear program back by a few months.

@huffpost.com is all over all the Supreme Court news today. It's all here in our liveblog: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

27.06.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Rules With Trump On Birthright Citizenship β€” And Chaos May Be Coming The court’s ruling could now mean that once a child born to noncitizen parents leaves certain states, they won’t be considered a U.S. citizen.

DEVELOPING: www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

27.06.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11
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10 Years After Marriage Equality, Queer Couples Are Worried On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled to give LGBTQ couples nationwide the right to marry. But 10 years on, the wave of optimism that followed the decision has changed.

I spoke with 4 queer couples about what the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell ruling means to them.

After Dobbs, legal experts are worried about conservative efforts to push religious freedoms challenges to undermine marriage equality and LGBTQ rights overall.
www.huffpost.com/entry/10-yea...

26.06.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Supreme Court Gives Trump A Win With Ruling Against Planned Parenthood The decision is a win for the Trump administration, which has made it a priority to actualize the GOP’s long-held goal of defunding Planned Parenthood.

Breaking: Supreme Court Gives Trump A Win With Ruling Against Planned Parenthood

The 6-3 ruling was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, with Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.

26.06.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€˜Democratic Party’s Own Donald Trump’ Is Getting Another Chance As Andrew Cuomo emerges as the front-runner in New York City's mayoral race, several women who accused him of sexual harassment just three years ago say they feel betrayed and forgotten.

Tomorrow is the Dem primary for NYC mayor. It's now a tight race between Andrew Cuomo & Zohran Mamdani.

It'll be interesting to see if New Yorkers take into account Cuomo's multiple scandals, including several allegations of sexual harassment substantiated by state & federal investigations.

23.06.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 11

I'm putting some of this in the blog Jen

14.06.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My latest story is leading @huffpost.com’s front page!

Sen. Alex Padilla was manhandled and handcuffed as he was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Read more here: www.huffpost.com/entry/sen-al...

12.06.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Real War Is Against America What Trump is doing in Los Angeles is a warning for the rest of the nation.

The essence of Trumpism is the declaration of domestic war on his political opponents and disfavored racial, cultural and ethnic groups and the creation of a police state. The means is mass deportation. The end: the destruction of the liberal order. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

11.06.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 342 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
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JD Vance Tells Theo Von Musk Made A 'Huge Mistake' Going After Trump "The f**king shit-missile is in the cannon," Von said beforeΒ reading a controversial post from Musk aloud to Vance.

JD Vance learned about Musk's Epstein tweet in real time while taping a podcast with Theo Von. He said Musk made a "huge mistake" going after Trump www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...

07.06.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Andrew Cuomo is mounting a stunning political comeback despite 12 women accusing him of sexual harassment just 3 years ago.

I spoke with several of the women whose claims were substantiated by three investigations. They feel betrayed & forgotten. www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew...

22.05.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 1874 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 110
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Slow news day huh

22.05.2025 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's HuffPost's 20th birthday!!

09.05.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Willy Wonka's Grand Entrance (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory)
Willy Wonka's Grand Entrance (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) YouTube video by Bunt

Just saying I would immediately convert if new pope came out like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrI-...

08.05.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Folks, we got a pope www.huffpost.com/entry/new-po...

08.05.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernie Sanders To Democrats: Resisting Trump Is β€˜Not Good Enough’ With the Democratic brand tarnished, the stage is set for the 83-year-old Vermont senator to shape the party’s direction in an unprecedented way.

@igorbobic.bsky.social sat down with @sanders.senate.gov to talk about how Dems should deal with Trump www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...

06.05.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜60 Minutes’ Top Producer Resigns, Says He's Lost Journalistic Independence Top producer Bill Owens told staff in a memo that β€œover the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it."

Top producer Bill Owens told staff in a memo that β€œover the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it."

22.04.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
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This Supreme Court Decision Could Reshape Public Education For Decades To Come The high court will decide whether public schools requiring students to read books with LGBTQ+ themes is a violation of their religious freedom.

Do read this from Nathalie Baptiste:

The Supreme Court Is Getting Involved In The War On Books

The high court will decide whether public schools requiring students to read books with LGBTQ+ themes is a violation of their religious freedom.

www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus...

22.04.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ted Nugent is refusing to abide by Texas rules on curbing chronic wasting disease in deer because he doesn't believe it's real.

"I don't know if there are free Texans anymore, but I am. I am the fuckin' Alamo."

Wild story from my friend Roque:

www.publicdomain.media/p/ted-nugent...

17.04.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Trump Administration’s War On Health Care: Latest Updates Read the latest on Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to health care in the U.S.

@jilliangloria.bsky.social is providing the latest updates on the Trump administration's war on health care. Follow along here: www.huffpost.com/entry/us-hea...

15.04.2025 12:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court In the case of the wrongfully removed immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is defying β€” and lying about β€” a Supreme Court order.

Yes, Donald Trump is defying the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

14.04.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1