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Steven Chappell
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Grammarian. Two-time Hall of Fame (College Media Association and Associated Collegiate Press) journalism educator. Lover of hot and spicy foods. UAB Blazer who helped lead The Return. Friend of DeSoto. Klingon at heart.

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I just wanted to remind everyone that my old Twitter/X Comminternships feed is now on LinkedIn. I try to post to it multiple times a day as I find jobs and internships that are suitable for college students and recent grads. Please share with anyone you see fit!

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Comminternships | 228 followers on LinkedIn. This exists to help college students and recent graduates find internships and entry-level jobs in media fields. | This page is a collection of jobs and in...
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On Tuesday, three photojournalists were hit by police munitions while covering a federal immigration arrest that drew hundreds of protesters to St. Paul’s East Side.

They believe police targeted them for doing their jobs.
St. Paul Police use of force during ICE protests raises press freedom concerns
Three photojournalists hit by police munitions while covering an ICE protest Tuesday believe they were targeted by police while doing their jobs.
www.mprnews.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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At the Pete you can get general Tso’s chicken tenders and fries
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I remember when we used to hold a president in a position of honor. Not a king but reverence, respect.

This guy is a clown, a joke, and a disgrace
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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i'm just hung up on "the entire media let itself get dogwalked into stabbing Democracy to death by a lady who was just doing it because she was hung up on RFK Jr.'s piss and breeding kinks", it's genuinely unbelievable to me

if she were an actual agent of an enemy polity i think i'd hate it less
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
There is no way Trump’s name is still in there. They scrubbed them.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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“People have a right to report, even if they’re critical” — Investigative reporter @markpuente.bsky.social, who was briefly blocked from an Ohio county courtroom by security while documenting arraignments Oct. 29.
Reporter temporarily blocked from Ohio courtroom proceedings
Investigative reporter Mark Puente was blocked from observing court proceedings and briefly ordered out of a Lorain, Ohio, municipal courtroom …
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New syllabus language just dropped.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Why exactly is Lane Kiffin so sought-after?

Why would even an LSU-caliber program want anything to do with someone with a history of awkward endings?

🔗: http://dlvr.it/TPTj3Y
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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People keep posting about how “maybe Leavitt will learn a lesson now that it’s happening to her sister-in-law” and…you are missing a key point. The woman is Leavitt’s brother’s *ex* & Leavitt’s entire family - including her brother & his new wife - seem pretty eager to deport this woman.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”

“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trump could sacrifice a newborn in the Oval Office and drink its blood, and no one would hold him to account for it.
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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but isn’t every marriage technically a threesome since it also involves The Lord? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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it just means more
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
That’s cruel and unusual punishment to ABC’s audiences.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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it's stunning how we've somehow normalized the President being completely fucking insane
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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This reporter will get vile death threats and may need security just for doing her job. Not acceptable.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM