Amelia Folkes, APR, MPS
@ameliaaggie.bsky.social
#PR & Marcom Pro | currently director of PR for policy nonprofit supporting schools
Aggie '96, GWU Colonial Grad
Latina and Mom of 3, trying this blue sky out!
Aggie '96, GWU Colonial Grad
Latina and Mom of 3, trying this blue sky out!
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#BestOf2025, from @stevanzetti.bsky.social: The Texas Observer revealed that ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden operated "GlomarResponder," a white supremacist account on the social network X.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical…
www.texasobserver.org
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#BestOf2025, from @stevanzetti.bsky.social: The Texas Observer revealed that ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden operated "GlomarResponder," a white supremacist account on the social network X.
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Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.
Read the Indictment Against Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuelan president was accused of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine, among other charges. His wife, Cilia Flores, was also charged.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Read the indictment against Nicolás Maduro here.
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Breaking news: President Trump says the United States will ‘run’ Venezuela during transition after a U.S. raid captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Live updates: Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela during transition after U.S. raid captured Maduro
The United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, and flew him out of the country, President Trump said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Breaking news: President Trump says the United States will ‘run’ Venezuela during transition after a U.S. raid captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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What lengths will a hospital go to in order to become the only game in town — and what does it mean for the patients?
Read Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series debuting Dec. 7 on ProPublica.
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Read Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series debuting Dec. 7 on ProPublica.
➡️ Sign up for our newsletter to get this investigation in your inbox: https://propub.li/44B1eZG
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What lengths will a hospital go to in order to become the only game in town — and what does it mean for the patients?
Read Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series debuting Dec. 7 on ProPublica.
➡️ Sign up for our newsletter to get this investigation in your inbox: https://propub.li/44B1eZG
Read Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series debuting Dec. 7 on ProPublica.
➡️ Sign up for our newsletter to get this investigation in your inbox: https://propub.li/44B1eZG
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The European Commission is is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.
EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp | TechCrunch
The European Commission is is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The European Commission is is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.
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“The ‘Legacy Education Fund’ is about adding new dollars to the system, not just moving the same money.”
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/austinlegacy
#TxEd #TxLege #LegacyEducationFund
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/austinlegacy
#TxEd #TxLege #LegacyEducationFund
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The ‘Legacy Education Fund’ is about adding new dollars to the system, not just moving the same money.”
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/austinlegacy
#TxEd #TxLege #LegacyEducationFund
Read the full article at go.ryht.org/austinlegacy
#TxEd #TxLege #LegacyEducationFund
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In an unusually far-reaching move, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines, about fashion and Black culture, citing DOJ guidance about "unlawful discrimination.” https://chroni.cl/4prl8yw
A University Shuts Down 2 Campus Magazines Because They Might Look Like DEI
The suspensions are the latest in cuts to programs that would seem to support minority students. Experts say the moves violate the First Amendment.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In an unusually far-reaching move, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines, about fashion and Black culture, citing DOJ guidance about "unlawful discrimination.” https://chroni.cl/4prl8yw
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IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU EDIT YOUR REELS 🥳
Hootesuite just put out a study:
Reels edited in CapCut (on average) performed slightly BETTER than Reels edited on Instagram!
• CapCut’s Avg. Reach - 2,712
• Instagram’s Avg. Reach - 1,672
• Avg. Interactions - 119 (equal for both)
Hootesuite just put out a study:
Reels edited in CapCut (on average) performed slightly BETTER than Reels edited on Instagram!
• CapCut’s Avg. Reach - 2,712
• Instagram’s Avg. Reach - 1,672
• Avg. Interactions - 119 (equal for both)
January 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU EDIT YOUR REELS 🥳
Hootesuite just put out a study:
Reels edited in CapCut (on average) performed slightly BETTER than Reels edited on Instagram!
• CapCut’s Avg. Reach - 2,712
• Instagram’s Avg. Reach - 1,672
• Avg. Interactions - 119 (equal for both)
Hootesuite just put out a study:
Reels edited in CapCut (on average) performed slightly BETTER than Reels edited on Instagram!
• CapCut’s Avg. Reach - 2,712
• Instagram’s Avg. Reach - 1,672
• Avg. Interactions - 119 (equal for both)
Listening to a @bsky.app talk with @rose.bsky.team and HooteSuite
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Listening to a @bsky.app talk with @rose.bsky.team and HooteSuite
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Tech billionaires have an unprecedented ability—and incentive—to manipulate the public's perception of reality, Adam Serwer argued in February.
Americans Are Trapped in an Algorithmic Cage
The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Tech billionaires have an unprecedented ability—and incentive—to manipulate the public's perception of reality, Adam Serwer argued in February.
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Ummm
Also cancel your ESPN.
They are in bed with Disney.
Go watch a high school game.
It’s more fun and the kids will appreciate it more.
Also cancel your ESPN.
They are in bed with Disney.
Go watch a high school game.
It’s more fun and the kids will appreciate it more.
September 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ummm
Also cancel your ESPN.
They are in bed with Disney.
Go watch a high school game.
It’s more fun and the kids will appreciate it more.
Also cancel your ESPN.
They are in bed with Disney.
Go watch a high school game.
It’s more fun and the kids will appreciate it more.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Two days before, a veteran official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency told The Post that one of the main concerns for this disaster season was the agency’s ability to quickly deploy specialized search and rescue teams.
Budget limits at DHS delayed FEMA’s Texas deployment, officials say
FEMA officials said search and rescue efforts in the Texas floods were slowed by budget rules imposed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
wapo.st
July 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Two days before, a veteran official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency told The Post that one of the main concerns for this disaster season was the agency’s ability to quickly deploy specialized search and rescue teams.
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Breaking News: The Justice Department subpoenaed confidential patient details from doctors and hospitals providing transgender medical treatment to minors.
Justice Dept. Demands Private Patient Info From Trans Youth Medicine Providers
Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration to stop the treatments.
trib.al
July 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Breaking News: The Justice Department subpoenaed confidential patient details from doctors and hospitals providing transgender medical treatment to minors.
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Among the waste uncovered by ProPublica and @cbsnews.com: Texas reimbursed anti-abortion groups $14 each time they handed out donated goods or materials, regardless of cost.
Thus, handing out one pamphlet reaped the same payment as a pack of diapers.
(Published July 2024)
Thus, handing out one pamphlet reaped the same payment as a pack of diapers.
(Published July 2024)
July 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Among the waste uncovered by ProPublica and @cbsnews.com: Texas reimbursed anti-abortion groups $14 each time they handed out donated goods or materials, regardless of cost.
Thus, handing out one pamphlet reaped the same payment as a pack of diapers.
(Published July 2024)
Thus, handing out one pamphlet reaped the same payment as a pack of diapers.
(Published July 2024)
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Are you a journalist who used to struggle with deadlines? I'd love to hear your story! Tell me about it on this form. I'm putting together some tips for aspiring journalists. forms.gle/Zi69zmAXftCw...
July 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Are you a journalist who used to struggle with deadlines? I'd love to hear your story! Tell me about it on this form. I'm putting together some tips for aspiring journalists. forms.gle/Zi69zmAXftCw...
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Julian McMahon, of 'Charmed', 'Nip/Tuck', 'Fantastic Four' and 'FBI: Most Wanted', has died of cancer at 56
July 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Julian McMahon, of 'Charmed', 'Nip/Tuck', 'Fantastic Four' and 'FBI: Most Wanted', has died of cancer at 56
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Rest in peace to Julian McMahon. Condolences sent to his close family and friends. I knew him from the tv shows Charmed and Nip/Tuck and loved him in each role. ❤️🙏🏻
July 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Rest in peace to Julian McMahon. Condolences sent to his close family and friends. I knew him from the tv shows Charmed and Nip/Tuck and loved him in each role. ❤️🙏🏻
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Teenagers in Tennessee who are found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying could have their drivers’ licenses suspended for a year under a new state law that went into effect on Tuesday.
Teens Guilty of Bullying Could Lose Drivers’ Licenses Under Tennessee Law
Supporters hope the law will deter young people from bullying. Critics questioned whether it would actually make teenagers think twice about their behavior.
trib.al
July 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Teenagers in Tennessee who are found guilty of bullying or cyberbullying could have their drivers’ licenses suspended for a year under a new state law that went into effect on Tuesday.
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"Whether bombing Iran was a good idea or a bad idea—and it could turn out to be either, or both—it is war by any definition of the term, and something Trump vowed he would avoid," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
The United States Bombed Iran. Now What?
President Trump is taking an enormous risk.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Whether bombing Iran was a good idea or a bad idea—and it could turn out to be either, or both—it is war by any definition of the term, and something Trump vowed he would avoid," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
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