Lia Russell
@liaoffleash.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom reporter @sacbee.com. “Shockingly good at ferreting out detailed personal info. they/them🏳️⚧️
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i'm not convinced by your lived experience actually. i just don't think it would have went down like that
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
i'm not convinced by your lived experience actually. i just don't think it would have went down like that
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FWIW- this is not just one of those meta convos reporters have among ourselves. Non-journo friends who have watched these videos lately have started asking me wtf is going on with my industry. We are public servants. The public holds us accountable. And courage builds public trust in journalism.
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
FWIW- this is not just one of those meta convos reporters have among ourselves. Non-journo friends who have watched these videos lately have started asking me wtf is going on with my industry. We are public servants. The public holds us accountable. And courage builds public trust in journalism.
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Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
Need like 1100 more words expanding on this www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Need like 1100 more words expanding on this www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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I wish you could be legally married to multiple people…..so I could be married to the love of my life and The Grind 😤🫵💥
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish you could be legally married to multiple people…..so I could be married to the love of my life and The Grind 😤🫵💥
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New: At least six people died of overdoses or apparent overdoses at drug-free city and county of Sacramento shelters in the last two years, since Jan. 1., 2024.
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
How drugs have claimed the lives of homeless while in Sacramento-run shelters
Six have died from drug overdoses in Sacramento city and county shelters in the last two years. Would changes in policy help prevent them?
www.sacbee.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New: At least six people died of overdoses or apparent overdoses at drug-free city and county of Sacramento shelters in the last two years, since Jan. 1., 2024.
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
In the 2 weeks since ex-Newsom aide Dana Williamson was federally indicted for public corruption, Sac politicos have mostly been on edge after receiving letters that the FBI had tapped their phones. This week, they started raising money on Williamson's behalf: www.spotfund.com/story/3b971c...
Click here to show your support to Steven Maviglio's story *LegalDefenseFundForDana
From the moment news broke about our friend Dana, she’s received an outpouring of support from friends, family and colleagues across the nation. Your kind messa
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the 2 weeks since ex-Newsom aide Dana Williamson was federally indicted for public corruption, Sac politicos have mostly been on edge after receiving letters that the FBI had tapped their phones. This week, they started raising money on Williamson's behalf: www.spotfund.com/story/3b971c...
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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I have been following every development in this story breathlessly like I just found out this carpet broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate
The cost was referenced in a notice of unprofessional conduct sent to the teacher who organized the carpet removal with her students’ help.
How did a Sacramento classroom carpet replacement cost $22,000? What receipts show
The cost was referenced in a notice of unprofessional conduct sent to the teacher who organized the carpet removal with her students’ help.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I have been following every development in this story breathlessly like I just found out this carpet broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate
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mohonk firetower, new paltz, new york, 1976
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
mohonk firetower, new paltz, new york, 1976
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so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
so painfully sf (spotted in noe valley)
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Feels like Christmas has really come early for the haters this year but I think they can still give us even more
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Feels like Christmas has really come early for the haters this year but I think they can still give us even more
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I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
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a conspiracy theorist was elected to Congress and became blackpilled by actually seeing how washington works
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
a conspiracy theorist was elected to Congress and became blackpilled by actually seeing how washington works
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this insistence that she is some preternatural journalistic talent is going to drive me insane
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
this insistence that she is some preternatural journalistic talent is going to drive me insane
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A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a young athlete: Some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year
A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a student athlete: These are some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide in the past year | CNN
On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco. They lit slender candles and spoke into the surrounding dar...
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a young athlete: Some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year
Georgy Porgy by Toto or Butterfly by Crazy Town
In honor of me listening to "Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd several times, what's a song you love that isn't very good by a band/group/artist that isn't very good either
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Georgy Porgy by Toto or Butterfly by Crazy Town
Exclusive: Gavin Newsom’s first remarks since the FBI arrested his former chief of staff last week in a corruption probe
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Exclusive: Gov. Gavin Newsom reacts to ex-aide’s arrest, ‘real surprise and shock’
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wasn’t “privvy” to the federal investigation that has ensnared his former chief of staff.
www.sacbee.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Exclusive: Gavin Newsom’s first remarks since the FBI arrested his former chief of staff last week in a corruption probe
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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Here's Lia's article about the notices: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
FBI sent letters to CA lobbyists as part of corruption probe involving ex-Newsom chief of staff
In letters last week, the FBI informed recipients that their communications had been intercepted.
www.sacbee.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Here's Lia's article about the notices: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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Following @liaoffleash.bsky.social's reporting that the FBI told several lobbyists it intercepted their communications as part of its investigation into Newsom's former chief of staff, Newsom's office confirms some members of his admin were also notified: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
FBI intercepted communications within Gavin Newsom’s office in probe of former aide
The FBI has notified some current and former members of the Newsom administration that agents intercepted their communications as part of its investigation of the governor’s former chief of staff.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Following @liaoffleash.bsky.social's reporting that the FBI told several lobbyists it intercepted their communications as part of its investigation into Newsom's former chief of staff, Newsom's office confirms some members of his admin were also notified: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
The FBI has sent letters to Sacramento and DC politicos informing them their conversations have been surveilled as part of an ongoing corruption probe that ensnared Gavin Newsom’s ex-chief of staff www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
FBI sent letters to CA lobbyists as part of corruption probe involving ex-Newsom chief of staff
In letters last week, the FBI informed recipients that their communications had been intercepted.
www.sacbee.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The FBI has sent letters to Sacramento and DC politicos informing them their conversations have been surveilled as part of an ongoing corruption probe that ensnared Gavin Newsom’s ex-chief of staff www.sacbee.com/news/politic...