Rick Jervis
@MrRJervis
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Austin-based reporter for USA TODAY. Covering border, good stories. Miami native. Author: 'THE DEVIL BEHIND THE BADGE.' https://t.co/En1rD0JRZk
Texas, USA
Joined June 2009
Big Day: Received early copies of my first book, THE DEVIL BEHIND THE BADGE. Four years of hard work & persistence packaged in a 296-page hardcover book. Out Aug. 6. Link in bio. #firstbookvibes
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Remarkable expose of military dark ops & their dark secrets by @sethharpesq. An important & deeply reported book. Also, a page turner headed to HBO. Highly recommend.
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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real
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The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.
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Environmental enforcement drops to a new low in Trump administration, data shows https://t.co/3i2vSPWxnx via @usatoday
usatoday.com
Trump EPA started 14 lawsuits against companies for environmental violations, the fewest in any six-month period this century and below Biden numbers
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Michigan church shooting updates. Investigators probe for motive in deadly attack https://t.co/sjL4PC9QWi via @usatoday
usatoday.com
Here are the latest updates on the deadly attack on a Mormon church in central Michigan, which left four dead.
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Wife of victim in Dallas ICE field office shooting found him shackled to hospital bed https://t.co/np5FPcIlNd via @USATODAY
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Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, was shot at the Dallas ICE field office, when a gunman opened fire killing one detainee and injuring one other.
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'Black hole of information': Victims shot by sniper at Dallas ICE facility identified https://t.co/vgUuM87jJc via @USATODAY
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USA TODAY learned the victims' names from a DHS source. ICE hasn't publicly released their identities.
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We still know little about the victims in this week's Dallas ICE facility shooting but we do know more about is the shooter. I joined The Excerpt to discuss:
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First Amendment advocates worry after ABC pulled Kimmel's show
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Free speech advocates worry about an environment increasingly seen as not healthly for the First Amendment.
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Reporting by myself & @chris_kenning: ‘Mass chaos': How the shooting of Charlie Kirk and the race to catch his assassin unfolded https://t.co/HYfcQtRydS via @USATODAY
usatoday.com
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk came to Utah Valley University to engage students in debate. Within minutes, a gunman fatally shot Kirk.
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Sobering, excellent story and video by @USATODAY colleagues @willcarless, @jaspercolt on pitfalls of manosphere. Give it a read/watch.
usatoday.com
Influencers in what is known as the “Manosphere” spread fitness and lifestyle advice alongside misogyny and anti-feminist rhetoric.
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“There's this scar, this thing that never quite heals on your soul..” Do yourself a favor and listen to the remarkable Ben Jaffe of @PresHall talk on how he & his city — and New Orleans musicians — endured thru Katrina.
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Podcast Episode · The Excerpt · 08/31/2025 · 15m
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Twenty years after Katrina decimated New Orleans we can see so clearly the grit, resilience and community spirit that thrives in its wake. This is the story of Preservation Hall.
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Did Katrina recovery paste over New Orleans’s culture? This is what I learned: https://t.co/YhzVE9ezMC
usatoday.com
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, many wondered whether the city's unique culture - particularly food and music - would survive.
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In Katrina's wake, one New Orleans community thrives as another still fights for survival https://t.co/sxxRiYvcmN via @USATODAY
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Two New Orleans neighborhoods tell competing stories of recovering from Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago.
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If you haven’t yet, please check out the podcast I did with my longtime friend & bestselling author Jeff Pearlman. Took us 3-1/2 years to unravel the story behind the life & sudden death of our friend Reggie Payne (aka Sexy Sweat). https://t.co/0FiV5dQkQg
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Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · In February of 2020, a 48-year-old Black man named Reggie Payne slipped into a coma and later died after police restrained him face down on his parent’s living...
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So awesome.
Clayton Kershaw being mic'd up in the All-Star Game is the best thing you'll watch all month Needed more of it
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Camp Mystic girls had a safe haven by the river for 100 years. Then, the flood came. Good story by @lauraftrujillo. https://t.co/VEpZnoLVo9 via @USATODAY
usatoday.com
In the week since the flood, generations of Mystic Girls are turning to each other. They are seeking the familiar that takes them back to camp.
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🇺🇸 'I Can See The Hurt And The Pain' ▫A flood killed his entire family in 2015. Now he has joined the search in Texas ▫@MrRJervis ▫ https://t.co/dUSV49UBQi
#frontpagestoday #USA @USATODAY 🇺🇸
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Grim reality looms as search for missing Texas flood victims presses on. Our story w/@Chris__Cann: https://t.co/p3ydgUtUAz via @USATODAY
usatoday.com
A week after deadly flash floods, as rescue turns to recovery, more than 160 people remain missing in Kerr County, Texas.
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Signs of lost campers litter riverbanks amid search for the missing in Texas https://t.co/AbQfMlhm2k via @USATODAY
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Hundreds of volunteers in flood-wrecked Kerr County, Texas, entered their fifth day of search and rescue.
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