Mark Alesia
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Senior News Editor, WFIU/WTIU Indiana Public Media
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I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.
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Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?
September 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?
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Media loyalty oaths have no place in fact- based journalism so there's only one legitimate choice here for journalists: turn in your pentagon press pass and start covering the Defense
Dept from outside the building.
Dept from outside the building.
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Media loyalty oaths have no place in fact- based journalism so there's only one legitimate choice here for journalists: turn in your pentagon press pass and start covering the Defense
Dept from outside the building.
Dept from outside the building.
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Jonas Salk died in 1995.
Thirty years later:
Thirty years later:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida will work to eliminate all child vaccine mandates in the state, officials say.
September 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Jonas Salk died in 1995.
Thirty years later:
Thirty years later:
So we’re planning an MMA fight card at the White House on the 250th anniversary of our nation? That means a spectacle at a place sacred to our culture where hitting a man/woman when they’re down is not only against the code and rules of the sport, it’s *encouraged*. Sounds about right for our times.
August 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So we’re planning an MMA fight card at the White House on the 250th anniversary of our nation? That means a spectacle at a place sacred to our culture where hitting a man/woman when they’re down is not only against the code and rules of the sport, it’s *encouraged*. Sounds about right for our times.
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Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
BREAKING: Trump says he has told his team to fire the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
August 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
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TBT 1956, when recruiting athletes to college was deemed unsavory.
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July 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
TBT 1956, when recruiting athletes to college was deemed unsavory.
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again Swan, because he is not trained in the US interview school of obeisance to power, was able to ask follow-up questions and confront the president with facts.
Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
again Swan, because he is not trained in the US interview school of obeisance to power, was able to ask follow-up questions and confront the president with facts.
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1. He’s a stone cold liar, as always
2. That said, he is not without talent in the writing a picture department and certainly better than Dubya, John Wayne Gacy and, of course, a failed painter who went into politics in post WW1 Germany.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
2. That said, he is not without talent in the writing a picture department and certainly better than Dubya, John Wayne Gacy and, of course, a failed painter who went into politics in post WW1 Germany.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four.
Trump claims he’s never made drawings. He’s done many. Here are four examples.
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July 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
1. He’s a stone cold liar, as always
2. That said, he is not without talent in the writing a picture department and certainly better than Dubya, John Wayne Gacy and, of course, a failed painter who went into politics in post WW1 Germany.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
2. That said, he is not without talent in the writing a picture department and certainly better than Dubya, John Wayne Gacy and, of course, a failed painter who went into politics in post WW1 Germany.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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We’re at the Nuremberg trials, and he starts playing the kazoo believing we’ll look away.
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We’re at the Nuremberg trials, and he starts playing the kazoo believing we’ll look away.
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"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob... to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob... to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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happy summer solstice 🗽 🌅
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
happy summer solstice 🗽 🌅
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This is simply outlandish. A parallel would be the NFL calling pro owners, pro agents, and college ADs together to “fix” CFB. I almost admire the audacity, if it weren’t for the obvious— who is not at the table?
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U.S. Soccer committee to evaluate college system
U.S. Soccer announced on Tuesday a committee that will evaluate and potentially overhaul the college soccer system.
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June 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is simply outlandish. A parallel would be the NFL calling pro owners, pro agents, and college ADs together to “fix” CFB. I almost admire the audacity, if it weren’t for the obvious— who is not at the table?
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“Seeley was hired by the four power conference commissioners…” Translation: Hired by P2. That is all you really need to know.
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MLB exec to lead new college enforcement arm
Major League Baseball executive Bryan Seeley will become the CEO of the new College Sports Commission, a vital enforcement arm that will have final say in doling out punishments and deciding when rule...
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June 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Seeley was hired by the four power conference commissioners…” Translation: Hired by P2. That is all you really need to know.
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"[This] marks a huge step forward for college sports. [Directly paying players] is a tremendously positive change and one that was long overdue." - NCAA President Charlie Baker.
Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this.
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Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this.
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A Letter from NCAA President Charlie Baker - NCAA.org
Many looked to April's hearing about the House settlement as a culmination of sorts, but the court's final approval of the settlement in fact marks a new beginning
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June 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"[This] marks a huge step forward for college sports. [Directly paying players] is a tremendously positive change and one that was long overdue." - NCAA President Charlie Baker.
Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this.
www.ncaa.org/news/2025/6/...
Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this.
www.ncaa.org/news/2025/6/...
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A few words on the importance of public tv and radio in rural areas, for kids and for all of us (and as you can hear, the birds agreed).
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A few words on the importance of public tv and radio in rural areas, for kids and for all of us (and as you can hear, the birds agreed).
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Federal authorities charge entrepreneur at heart of New Hampshire Public Radio investigation with orchestrating vandalism at its journalists' homes - via @nhpr
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Former treatment center CEO charged with orchestrating vandalism at NHPR journalists' homes
Prosecutors say Eric Spofford paid a close friend $20,000 to vandalize the homes after NHPR published an investigation into his alleged sexual abuse and harassment.
www.nhpr.org
May 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Federal authorities charge entrepreneur at heart of New Hampshire Public Radio investigation with orchestrating vandalism at its journalists' homes - via @nhpr
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The Hall of Fame asks voters to decide based on record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and team contributions. If a player can be rejected on character, another can be enshrined for it. And his impact is indisputable.
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Column | If the Hall of Fame is open to Pete Rose, it should find a spot for Curt Flood
Pete Rose would bring controversy and disrepute to the Hall of Fame. Curt Flood would help it tell the full story of baseball.
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May 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Hall of Fame asks voters to decide based on record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and team contributions. If a player can be rejected on character, another can be enshrined for it. And his impact is indisputable.
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Federal immigration officials arrested four undocumented immigrants in Bloomington last week and sent all but one to a detention facility in Kentucky. Now, one of the men’s families wants answers.
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Mother, sister of Bloomington man detained by ICE speak out
Rosales, who’s from Nicaragua, is one of at least four undocumented men detained by federal agents last week in Bloomington. Three of them, including Rosales, were transported to the Kentucky jail on ...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Federal immigration officials arrested four undocumented immigrants in Bloomington last week and sent all but one to a detention facility in Kentucky. Now, one of the men’s families wants answers.
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And Thom Tillis, up for reelection in 2026, was the key vote to confirm Hegseth along with Joni Ernst. Despite the fact that they knew he was unfit, they were afraid of Trump and put their political futures ahead of the country. Now they own every bit of this debacle.
April 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And Thom Tillis, up for reelection in 2026, was the key vote to confirm Hegseth along with Joni Ernst. Despite the fact that they knew he was unfit, they were afraid of Trump and put their political futures ahead of the country. Now they own every bit of this debacle.
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"Subject has no criminal history" would seem to contradict the "not a very innocent guy" line?
But I guess when you've been found guilty of 34 felonies by one judge and jury and adjudicated a rapist by another judge and jury, it's hard to assess the innocence of others.
But I guess when you've been found guilty of 34 felonies by one judge and jury and adjudicated a rapist by another judge and jury, it's hard to assess the innocence of others.
April 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Subject has no criminal history" would seem to contradict the "not a very innocent guy" line?
But I guess when you've been found guilty of 34 felonies by one judge and jury and adjudicated a rapist by another judge and jury, it's hard to assess the innocence of others.
But I guess when you've been found guilty of 34 felonies by one judge and jury and adjudicated a rapist by another judge and jury, it's hard to assess the innocence of others.
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When I finally get to see the commissioned economic impact "study"
April 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When I finally get to see the commissioned economic impact "study"