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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 13h

Major news outlets including the NYT, WaPo, the WSJ & CNN won’t agree to a new Defense Department policy restricting journalists’ communication with military sources.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth famously shared details of a military operation in real time in a group chat with a journalist.

Major Media Outlets Rebuff New Pentagon Press Policy

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNN are among the outlets that have said they won’t sign a new Defense Department media policy.

www.wsj.com

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 14h

Glizzy has so many friends who need homes, too! animalcaresociety.org/adopt/adopta...

Adoptable Dogs - Animal Care Society

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 15h

I’ve been crying all afternoon because I’m going to miss that goof so much, but I’m also so happy he’s landed in a truly perfect situation. His new mom has my number and promises to send me updates!

Welcome home, sweet boy!

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 15h

Glizzy had been in two homes before mine. In one, he was constantly attacked by a Yorkie. The other returned him after just five days.

With me, he got to decompress and put on much-needed weight, and we learned so much about his personality, which helped his new mom decide he was the perfect fit.

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 15h

Today I went to pick up my foster dog, Glizzy, after a weekend back at the shelter while I was away, and I walked in at the very moment a sweet retired nurse was filling out the paperwork to take him to his NEW HOME!!!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The high-profile success of Olivia Nuzzi & Bari Weiss sends such an awful, awful signal to, and about, female journalists. So many sharp, careful, dedicated journalists out there and *this* is what the establishment rewards? This is the incentive structure? It's so gross.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 21h

A surprising sight in St. Clair County, Michigan: A man waving Fixodent denture cream before the county commissioners at an August meeting.

“I am an unfluoridated child,” he declared, “with a set of uppers and lowers.”

Man with wire-frame glasses, blue overalls, and a gray zip-up hoodie waves a tube of denture cream before the dais of the county commissioners at an August meeting in St. Clair County, Michigan.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19h

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

Give this headline a Pulitzer.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4d

Cool system.

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

From the inbox:

"Barr Calls for Trump to Receive Nobel Peace Prize

Barr will also introduce legislation directing the State Department to establish the 'Trump Peace Prize,' an honor given to peacemakers. The bill would designate President Trump as the first awardee."

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d

JUST IN: New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted in federal court as President Donald Trump's Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. https://cnn.it/48oH9Zl

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

Don't forget that heds are headlines and grafs are paragraphs.

We take spelling and grammar very seriously as an industry.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

lede = introductory section in journalism

bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information

Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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JRiley @jriley.bsky.social · 4d

From a source: Brett Hankison turned himself in to serve his prison sentence this morning.

https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/federal-judge-denies-brett-hankisons-bid-to-delay-reporting-to-prison-in-breonna-taylor-case/article_cad723db-4691-4970-8da4-2812940ad272.html

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

Also: If we want to talk about sexism, how many male journalists are told to be more "pleasant" and "positive" by politicians while doing their jobs?

Katie Porter, famous for grilling opponents, is criticized for demanding a reporter be more ‘pleasant’ | CNN Politics

Katie Porter became a national figure among Democrats for her sharp questioning of Trump administration figures, often holding a whiteboard, in House Oversight Committee hearings. That made her recent...

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

Journalists are not obligated to conduct interviews in a way that politicians find "pleasant" and "positive."

Accountability reporting is an inherently adversarial process; that doesn't mean it still can't be respectful, too.

Katie Porter, famous for grilling opponents, is criticized for demanding a reporter be more ‘pleasant’ | CNN Politics

Katie Porter became a national figure among Democrats for her sharp questioning of Trump administration figures, often holding a whiteboard, in House Oversight Committee hearings. That made her recent...

www.cnn.com

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 4d

I've been pretty shocked at how many people are defending videos of her behavior with "it's a smear campaign by an opponent!" or "men do this all the time!"

Those things can both be true, AND this behavior can still be bad!

Politico @politico.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Porter tears into a staffer in a newly released video, telling them: "Get out of my f--king shot."

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

Porter in the July 2021 video call exclusively obtained by POLITICO also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 4d

*public media reporters stare in disbelief*

News/Media Alliance @newsmediaalliance.bsky.social · 5d

Last night, we gathered for the Support Journalism Awards Dinner at the Washington Marriott Capitol Hill. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) were honored for their willingness to stand up as champions of journalism and local news. #SupportJournalism

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 5d

The Oldham County School Board on Wednesday unanimously voted against providing off-campus Bible classes to students during the school day.

It is at least the second Kentucky county school board to reject offerings from LifeWise.

Another Kentucky county school board votes against off-campus Bible classes

The Oldham County School Board voted 5-0 to not allow off-campus Bible classes for students during the school day.

www.kentucky.com

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 5d

Gift link: www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...

KY sheriff charged with 3rd DUI in 2 years. ‘Not that drunk,’ he told deputy

The sheriff had a blood alcohol content level of 0.226 when he was arrested. His previous DUI was for driving a tractor while drunk.

www.kentucky.com

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Tessa Duvall @tessaduvall.bsky.social · 5d

Never clicked on a headline so fast in my life

KY sheriff charged with 3rd DUI in 2 years. ‘Not that drunk,’ he told deputy

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking:

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress.

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