Communications strategist, #disinformation buster, #inclusion & culture pro. Career social change-r. Founder https://xitter.cf/t.co/jssmMYHRyv, 3 Stories Comm.
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Joined January 2009
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The proposed cuts to the Washington Post Metro Section should alarm every DC resident.
Local Post reporters play an indispensable role informing the public, elevating community voices, covering crises, and holding power to account.
The Washington Post should cover Washington.
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SAVE THE DATE! 📅
#TruthinCommon’s (TIC) 2025 Speaker Series finale is Dec 9, 12-1pm ET with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, former #NAMLE + TIC advisor. #IABCDC is series partner.
Register: buff.ly/MjAzWhx
Thanks to all who joined this free series!
#IABC #IABCUSRegion
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The cheapest health insurance on D.C. 's exchange is $700+ per month with a $6500 deductible.
Kicking working families off Medicaid will mean many residents will opt not to have insurance because the exchange is so expensive. It will make DC sicker and make our ERs primary care.
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The Supreme Court ruled on the evening of April 10 that the Trump administration must comply with a lower court's order to "facilitate" the release from custody of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported without a hearing to a mega prison in El Salvador.
The case underscores the issue of due process and what legal protections are afforded to noncitizens.
factcheck.org/2025/04/due-pr…
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Does anyone know where the money "saved" by cuts to our services is actually going? What is the oversight process to monitor DOGE's "reallocation" or buildup of funds?
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Some news: Last week the Trump admin SEEMED to back down from its attempt to shut down @RFERL. It rescinded a letter saying the broadcaster's grant money was terminated. But the admin still hasn't provided the funds appropriated by Congress. So...
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Erasing memory of the dead who are unacceptable people to the current government is a classic authoritarian tactic.
The Arlington National Cemetery website "scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery" to meet Trump/Hegseth orders, via @PJMatt
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In practice, what Kennedy is calling for could mean several thousand children in Chicago, for instance, would not get childhood vaccinations, while their neighbors did.
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NEW: The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
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Join #IABCDC for the webinar “Navigating a Polluted Information Ecosystem: Tips for Communicators” TOMORROW — Tues, Feb 11 — at 12pm ET.
Cost: free for #IABC members with the registration code "IABCMEMBER,” and $10 for non-members.
Register at: buff.ly/4hebNWE
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I asked DeepSeek two questions: "how does China treat the Uyghur Muslims" and "is Taiwan part of China"
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
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“There’s a certain amount of rhetoric that we take as normal now . . . and it’s a really dangerous way to run a country,” Bishop Mariann Budde says. “If we talk to each other like that all the time, we are going down a path of self-destruction as a nation.”nyer.cm/cXy6fuX
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JFK conspiracy theories —
The truth is alot sadder than the myth — a tragedy that didn’t need to happen. Not part of an inevitable grand scheme.
Declassification is using JFK as a political prop, when he’s not here to punch back.
There’s nothing heroic about it.
Jack
Deanna Troust retweeted
I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served as the 78th Secretary of the @USTreasury. It has been one of the greatest honors of my career to work alongside such dedicated public servants who paired intellectual rigor with moral purpose.
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In hardline speech Pres Trump says he will declare national emergency to send troops to southern border, restore “remain in mexico,” and catch and release. Under 1798 Alien and Enemies act will eliminate gangs - law and order to cities (fact check: crime rates are down
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As wildfires continued to rage in Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump took to social media with several false and misleading claims casting blame on California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President Joe Biden.
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Because the hate speech policies and the algorithmic changes that were rolled back this week were developed in response to very real offline violence, including genocide in Myanmar, that were fomented on Facebook. This is a plan to go back to that algorithm and those policies.
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Meta is ending its partnership with U.S. fact-checking organizations, such as ours, but we’d like to reassure our readers: FactCheck.org isn’t going anywhere. Our journalists will continue to provide nonpartisan coverage of false and misleading political claims, helping you to sort fact from fiction, just as we have done for more than 20 years.
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Hoy celebramos 80 años de trabajo por una Guatemala más fuerte, próspera y justa. Nuestra institución sigue siendo el motor de la economía, adaptándose a los retos del siglo XXI con el compromiso de mejorar la competitividad y la transparencia. #80AñosMineco 🇬🇹🏅