mollie bryant
@molliebryant.bsky.social
I cover housing & criminal justice for nonprofit news site StreetlightNews.org in OKC. Previously: Oklahoma Watch, JXN Clarion Ledger & Amarillo Globe News. [email protected] and molliebryant.70 on signal
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@molliebryant.bsky.social
· May 28
A Streetlight investigation found EPA data excluded how many Black residents live within one mile of sites under the agency's oversight. After questions from @molliebryant.bsky.social, the EPA restored the missing numbers, calling the error a coding "bug"
streetlightnews.org/epa-echo-data/
streetlightnews.org/epa-echo-data/
EPA excluded, then restored, data on Black people who live closest to toxic sites - Streetlight
The EPA said a bug caused the error, which only affected data on Black residents
streetlightnews.org
I got obsessed with data in college and have always relied on it for my work. I'd never seen a government agency exclude data about an entire racial group until last week.
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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Jacob put lights up all over our house and I made late night coffee with raspberry cocoa and tbh it’s cozy af
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Jacob put lights up all over our house and I made late night coffee with raspberry cocoa and tbh it’s cozy af
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I drove through this town at least ten times a year, and my mom had us all convinced you were supposed to roll down your windows and shout WAHOOOOOO at someone. "they like it when you do it!" I did this for 20 years, including during college, before I discovered, oh my mom just made that shit up
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I drove through this town at least ten times a year, and my mom had us all convinced you were supposed to roll down your windows and shout WAHOOOOOO at someone. "they like it when you do it!" I did this for 20 years, including during college, before I discovered, oh my mom just made that shit up
A day after the Post's story, the Coast Guard reversed this policy "only after the White House and Department of Homeland Security had falsely claimed The Post’s reporting was inaccurate, with DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin calling the story 'fake crap.'" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A day after the Post's story, the Coast Guard reversed this policy "only after the White House and Department of Homeland Security had falsely claimed The Post’s reporting was inaccurate, with DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin calling the story 'fake crap.'" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I should add: criticism of capitalism *in general* is also hardly unusual among American Christians and Jews, as well as American Muslims.
Malcolm X once speculated that capitalism would ultimately fall, comparing the system to a blood-sucking vulture.
Malcolm X once speculated that capitalism would ultimately fall, comparing the system to a blood-sucking vulture.
Rep. Salazar, apparently referring to socialism, says Dems have been “infiltrated by an ideology that is completely foreign to the American values — the Judeo-Christian values.”
Religion note: Myriad debates around it aside, there's a long history of U.S. Christian and Jewish support for socialism.
Religion note: Myriad debates around it aside, there's a long history of U.S. Christian and Jewish support for socialism.
Rep. Maria Salazar: "The GOP is also a morally sound party"
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I should add: criticism of capitalism *in general* is also hardly unusual among American Christians and Jews, as well as American Muslims.
Malcolm X once speculated that capitalism would ultimately fall, comparing the system to a blood-sucking vulture.
Malcolm X once speculated that capitalism would ultimately fall, comparing the system to a blood-sucking vulture.
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Update: Two of the Florida academics featured in our piece, Karen Leader and Rebel Cole, have been reinstated:
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Update: Two of the Florida academics featured in our piece, Karen Leader and Rebel Cole, have been reinstated:
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
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The fact that this news outlet literally has the person who developed Poynter's AI ethics policy on their board and still allowed multiple documented cases of fabricated quotes from the top editor go unchecked and undisclosed is alarming
we weren't there at the same time, but Emily previously was an investigative reporter at the clarion ledger and I've admired her work for a long time. her investigations were part of why I wanted to work at the clarion ledger tbh. this is stunning. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The fact that this news outlet literally has the person who developed Poynter's AI ethics policy on their board and still allowed multiple documented cases of fabricated quotes from the top editor go unchecked and undisclosed is alarming
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INBOX: In a detailed LinkedIn post, investigative reporter @mackoxenden.bsky.social accuses Suncoast Searchlight, a nonprofit news outlet based in SW Florida, of firing her in retaliation for raising concerns about her executive editor's use of AI, leading to the insertion of hallucinated quotes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
INBOX: In a detailed LinkedIn post, investigative reporter @mackoxenden.bsky.social accuses Suncoast Searchlight, a nonprofit news outlet based in SW Florida, of firing her in retaliation for raising concerns about her executive editor's use of AI, leading to the insertion of hallucinated quotes.
we weren't there at the same time, but Emily previously was an investigative reporter at the clarion ledger and I've admired her work for a long time. her investigations were part of why I wanted to work at the clarion ledger tbh. this is stunning. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
we weren't there at the same time, but Emily previously was an investigative reporter at the clarion ledger and I've admired her work for a long time. her investigations were part of why I wanted to work at the clarion ledger tbh. this is stunning. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
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Chicago local newsrooms out with a powerful investigation today: Feds Used Chemical Weapons On Chicagoans At Least 49 Times — Even After Judge Said To Stop. Most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/f...
Feds Used Chemical Weapons On Chicagoans At Least 49 Times — Even After Judge Said To Stop
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders.
blockclubchicago.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Chicago local newsrooms out with a powerful investigation today: Feds Used Chemical Weapons On Chicagoans At Least 49 Times — Even After Judge Said To Stop. Most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/f...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/f...
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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ICYMI: The letter 10 secretaries of state sent yesterday to DOJ & DHS asking if they really ran states' voter rolls through SAVE (the newly expanded system that checks citizenship). The election officials have legal and privacy concerns and want to know why they were misled.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ICYMI: The letter 10 secretaries of state sent yesterday to DOJ & DHS asking if they really ran states' voter rolls through SAVE (the newly expanded system that checks citizenship). The election officials have legal and privacy concerns and want to know why they were misled.
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This is an excellent story. We got similar pitches from the same writer at Defector and if they had not been entirely generated by someone plugging prompts into The Fabulism Device they really would've been cool.
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 4:23 PM
This is an excellent story. We got similar pitches from the same writer at Defector and if they had not been entirely generated by someone plugging prompts into The Fabulism Device they really would've been cool.
“Asked for comment, Walsh emailed back: ‘fuck off.’” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Asked for comment, Walsh emailed back: ‘fuck off.’” www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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🚨LAWMAKER PAY RAISE- #Oklahoma legislators get a 56% pay increase- from $35,021 in 2019 to $54,900 in 2026, with leadership getting even more.
*The 31,000+ state employees haven't seen a raise since 2019. Oklahoma Public Employees Association gave me this comment ⬇️
*The 31,000+ state employees haven't seen a raise since 2019. Oklahoma Public Employees Association gave me this comment ⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨LAWMAKER PAY RAISE- #Oklahoma legislators get a 56% pay increase- from $35,021 in 2019 to $54,900 in 2026, with leadership getting even more.
*The 31,000+ state employees haven't seen a raise since 2019. Oklahoma Public Employees Association gave me this comment ⬇️
*The 31,000+ state employees haven't seen a raise since 2019. Oklahoma Public Employees Association gave me this comment ⬇️
I’ve deleted threads about this like three times this year and just did again but I’ll say: ICE agents should be required to learn basic gun safety that covers how to hold and store firearms. a million videos this year have proven their gun handling tactics to be unsafe and, frankly, dumb af
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I’ve deleted threads about this like three times this year and just did again but I’ll say: ICE agents should be required to learn basic gun safety that covers how to hold and store firearms. a million videos this year have proven their gun handling tactics to be unsafe and, frankly, dumb af
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A report finds Native American and Black youths are the least likely to be offered a path out of the justice system, while white children are most likely to be offered a break. The racial disparities get wider when a youth has a prior offense.
www.investigatewest.org/native-ameri...
www.investigatewest.org/native-ameri...
Native kids in WA less likely to be offered jail alternative
Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes
www.investigatewest.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A report finds Native American and Black youths are the least likely to be offered a path out of the justice system, while white children are most likely to be offered a break. The racial disparities get wider when a youth has a prior offense.
www.investigatewest.org/native-ameri...
www.investigatewest.org/native-ameri...
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The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
so I'm the worst but this reminded me that when I was reporting in my 20s, if older dudes called me a cute name (sweetheart, honey, etc. etc.), I'd repeat it back to them (ex: "thanks, sweetie" ; "no problem, sweetie"), and tbh nothing got them to completely stop doing that faster.
i think 'quiet piggy' is an impeachable offense
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
so I'm the worst but this reminded me that when I was reporting in my 20s, if older dudes called me a cute name (sweetheart, honey, etc. etc.), I'd repeat it back to them (ex: "thanks, sweetie" ; "no problem, sweetie"), and tbh nothing got them to completely stop doing that faster.