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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 20h

This all came 30 min. After a long, sympathetic statement to the families accepting full responsibility for his actions.

Negated immediately.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 20h

Justin Crenshaw, who brutally killed two people and stabbed them with swords to stage their bodies in 2008, was just re-sentenced to life in prison.

Following the decision, he told the judge, “Wipe your ass with that, your honor.”

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 1d

Always could use advice like this from strangers, so thank you. :)

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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I'm a stranger on the internet and you didn't ask for advice. But I want to flag that secondary/vicarious trauma is a thing that many reporters deal with, and the old Dart Center's resources are now available via the Global Center for Journalism & Trauma. E.g.: gcjt.org/resources/me...

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Journalists

gcjt.org

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 1d

Another day of court and another day of coming back to the newsroom, crying. Truly indescribable what families of murder victims have to deal with. And to come back to court and relive their trauma all over again is something I could never do.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2d

I've seen posts expressing frustration that Department of Education/disability stuff firings isn't in the news. Some places have covered it, but I encourage people to recognize that journalists are humans who can't do everything on the weekend when we need to rest.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

Truly there is something wrong with all of us but we don’t have to go into depth 😂😭

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a month ago on this website I was in a funk, plateauing and feeling like garbage in my work.

I think it’s fair to say that in the last two weeks I’ve completely made up for it. Whew.

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Spokane Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct, Diocese removes him from ministry and requests police probe

More from me: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

A Spokane Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct is fired and reported to police; parishioners criticize allegations

The Catholic Diocese of Spokane removed a priest from ministry and asked police to investigate after he was accused of misappropriation of funds and sexual misconduct involving six women.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

:( that’s really eerie to hear

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Spokane Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct, Diocese removes him from ministry and requests police probe

More from me: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

A Spokane Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct is fired and reported to police; parishioners criticize allegations

The Catholic Diocese of Spokane removed a priest from ministry and asked police to investigate after he was accused of misappropriation of funds and sexual misconduct involving six women.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

Her case was considered a cold case for 22 years until advancements in DNA technology led to the testing of a pillowcase found on her body. Her killer Arbie Williams was already in prison for the rape of an 8 year old

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Strait was raped and murdered in Spokane in 1982 and then dumped in the river. Her killer has a shot at being released.

“I can never make my sister come back, right?” John said. “So he shouldn’t be able to come back.”

More:

www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

A teen girl was murdered in Spokane in 1982. Her family is trying to prevent her killer's release

Sept. 26, 1982: It is a day John Strait has to relive again and again.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 4d

AND i had to check every city individually and it was very hard cause every result is by **county** ….

so yeah anyways pls do not fact check a reporter and then still be wrong because you didn’t read the story 😉

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve gotten so many emails that say: “Spokane is not liberal. The majority voted for Trump.” And then they send me the election results.

Those are COUNTY results. The majority of Spokane CITY (and Boise, too) voted for Harris. Thus the use of “liberal cities”

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: Federal law enforcement is seeking to expand its reach in Spokane, Boise to support “administration’s goal” www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Federal law enforcement seeks to expand in Spokane, Boise and other liberal cities to support 'administration's goal'

Federal law enforcement is looking to further its reach in Spokane, Boise and other cities that lean democratic to further the Trump administration’s goals.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 4d

And yes u may have seen this elsewhere but it was me who wrote this looool

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: Federal law enforcement is seeking to expand its reach in Spokane, Boise to support “administration’s goal” www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Federal law enforcement seeks to expand in Spokane, Boise and other liberal cities to support 'administration's goal'

Federal law enforcement is looking to further its reach in Spokane, Boise and other cities that lean democratic to further the Trump administration’s goals.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 7d

Subscriptions do help pay reporters so stories like this come to light in the public! 🙂

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Scott A. Leadingham @scottleadingham.bsky.social · 8d

Good to see news coverage about homelessness/low income housing issues talk to people affected + involved. Kudos to Spokesman's @alexdugganreports.bsky.social + Nick Gibson for a "nuanced" look on a tough spot in downtown Spokane. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

'They call us Camp Dope': There's more nuance to the block housing the Ridpath than what's seen on the outside

Most warm days, Rhona Gardener sits outside the Ridpath Apartments in her red camp chair with a pack of cigarettes in the cupholder and cellphone in her lap.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 7d

I thought national treasure was nonfiction as a kid and i wanted it to be true so badly that i spent like a year researching the Declaration of Independence and reading all the books and what not like ….. idk i am still convinced

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 7d

My worst traits in order
- crying at the end of National Treasure
- believing National Treasure could be real
- crying at the end of National Treasure 2
- also believing that could be real

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 8d

You may have heard about the break-in at the Washington State Capitol last night.
The suspect, arrested on three charges in connection to the break-in, was a former Gonzaga baseball player. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Former Gonzaga baseball player arrested in connection to break-in at Washington State Capitol

OLYMPIA – A former Gonzaga baseball player is accused of breaking into the Washington State Capitol Sunday night, setting a fire and causing damage to historical artifacts.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 8d

I loveeeee her but i totally agree w/ this we are heading into slop music territory

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 9d

“They call us ‘Camp Dope’”:

So many people continually blame the Ridpath affordable apartment complex for part of Spokane’s homelessness problem, but what’s really going on there?

www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

'They call us Camp Dope': There's more nuance to the block housing the Ridpath than what's seen on the outside

Most warm days, Rhona Gardener sits outside the Ridpath Apartments in her red camp chair with a pack of cigarettes in the cupholder and cellphone in her lap.

www.spokesman.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 11d

His mom was convicted of trying to take a hit out on the judge that was overseeing his case

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