Alex Stuckey 🐘
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Investigative reporter. @PulitzerPrizes & @LivingstonAward winner. Professional eavesdropper. #rapesurvivor . Alexdstuckey @gmail .com
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🧵My favorite thing about working at
@Hou_Landing
was how supportive everyone was. Every Friday, we did
#shoutoutFridays
and it was so inspiring to see everyone supporting each other. I can't take part in this ritual internally anymore, so I'm doing it here.
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No power for 2 days.
No water since yesterday.
Smelled gas inside and outside the house so called 9-1-1 — they never came.
Sat outside for three hours with three dogs until we finally reached center point emergency line.
Technicians come out — major gas leak
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Gotta say, I really miss living in places where the power grids are prepared to deal with weather
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Plumbers aren’t available to fix the problem until the weekend.
Meanwhile trying to work in the dark, in the cold, with the hot spot on my phone.
Everything is terrible. Stay safe out there, Texas.
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If they didn’t have
#COVID19
before, they probably have it now. Scene from a testing site in The Heights
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@jenradcliffe
They shut the gas off so we are no longer going to blow up. I’m currently under about 40 blankets in bed with my dogs, eating French fried onions from a can.
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Journalism is not your whole identity
Journalism is not your whole identity
Journalism is not your whole identity
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I was raped 10 yrs ago in the backseat of a stranger’ SUV.
This is the scariest thing I’ve ever written — about how you never quite feel like you’ve survived it.
About how hard it is to write about rape when you’re still haunted by your own
@HoustonChron
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Today in weird news: Buzz Aldrin butt dialed me last night.
The good news: He is still very much alive.
#CoronavirusOutbreak
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@LRO_NASA
looked for
@ISRO
's uncommunicative
#Chandrayaan2
lander earlier this month. It found nothing. Story coming soon.
@NASA
@HoustonChron
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“Last year, The Houston Chronicle published a three-part series that showed Texas leaders failed to adequately fund or manage the state’s eroding mental health system.”
@NBCNews
@Mike_Hixenbaugh
@HoustonChron
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Anyone who knows anything about me knows I would never sign an NDA. I work in the business of transparency and I was so disappointed and offended in
@peterbhatia
—someone who has worked in journalism for decades —for even suggesting I sign this.
@Hou_Landing
@alexdstuckey
was offered three months of full severance pay if she signed this non-disparagement agreement. She refused.
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Today, as part of what the
@Hou_Landing
CEO called a company “reset,” I was fired . This is not what I wanted. When I asked why, I was given no conclusive answer. I’m proud of the work we’ve done under
@Mizanur_TX
and
@John_Tedesco
in the six months since we launched.
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.
@JimBridenstine
&
@IvankaTrump
are coming to
@NASA_Johnson
Thursday. This is the 3rd time in less than 2 months that important Washington, D.C. people have come to Houston's
@NASA
center. So yea, space is pretty important again. It's an exciting time to be a space reporter.
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.
@HoustonChron
reporters JUST got the OK to say this on the internet. We've been fighting for this for some time.
So when you see an influx of these tweets from us ... that is why.
Black Lives Matter.
This is not up for discussion or debate.
This is a fact.
The end.
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It's officially official. Friday was my last day as
@HoustonChron
's
@NASA
reporter. Today marks my first day on the Chronicle's Investigative Team!
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Reading
@feliciasonmez
' lawsuit and literally crying. Everything that happened to her at
@washingtonpost
is what I feared FOR YEARS would happen to me at paper's if I disclosed my assault.
There are no 2 sides to this issue. Sexual assault is bad and also illegal
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It's absolutely sickening to watch all these news orgs not only reporting on Ted Cruz' daughter's suicide attempt, but naming her -- A MINOR.
It's no one's business. And using the reasoning that he is a public official is an unacceptable excuse.
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Israel is on track to attempt a lunar landing Thursday and, I gotta say, I'm HELLA excited.
If they're successful, they'll become the fourth country to land on the moon.
@HoustonChron
@TeamSpaceIL
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What
@feliciasonmez
is experiencing at
@washingtonpost
is exactly what I was terrified would happen when I was writing about
#sexassault
in Salt Lake. And it’s why I didn’t ask for help when I was falling apart.
What the post is doing to her is absolutely horrifying
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I spent two decades starving myself, trying to make myself as little as possible. I was ruining my life. Two years ago, I found yoga, specifically Pam Urcid at
@BlackSwanYoga
. It changed my life
@HoustonChron
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@KBYip
This place is on my way to the grocery store. I’ve driven past it maybe three times since isolation started and typically they have cars lined up around the block. This is the first time I’ve seen people out of their cars and honestly where are the HC professionals right now?
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@usedgov
@EDcivilrights
If student raped by classmate, steps shld be taken so they don't have class together. Equal access to education. The whole goal of
#TitleIX
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#Journalism
movie idea:
@RachelAMcAdams
spends an entire 3-hour movie fact checking one spreadsheet. There's sighing. There's crying. She's rubbing her eyes and eyeliner is all over her face. Her hair is in such an intense messy bun it has become a dread. Her pants are pajamas
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When
@ShelettaIsFunny
tried to get autism services for her 3 children, she was told it would be a 10-year wait.
That's on the conservative end.
@HoustonChron
investigation found there are 200k ppl waiting for disability services -- some for nearly 20 yrs
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After five years, today is my last day at
@HoustonChron
.
I have a new, soon-to-be-announced job on the horizon, where I will continue to write stories to help Texans in need.
If you need me in the interim, you can reach me at alexdstuckey
@gmail
.com
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My final act at
@Hou_Landing
, though I didn’t know it would be at the time, was to go through 200 obituaries to make this list. People's stories matter. People’s lives matter.
We did good work
@MarieDennise
. I love you.
No one had truly quantified how prevalent this problem was until
@alexdstuckey
created a comprehensive database.
She collected documents from across Texas to discern how many people had a documented mental health concern before they died from unnatural causes in a jail.
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In 2019, I stumbled across a murder case at state mental hospital. That case revealed a system in crisis, where the mentally ill languish for a year in jail; where deaths are rarely investigated by
@CMSGov
; where families receive no answers
@HoustonChron
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I feel physically ill.
I am horrified just thinking about the chilling effect this is going to have to survivors in newsrooms across the U.S.
Solidarity with
@feliciasonmez
.
NEW: A judge has dismissed
@feliciasonmez
’s discrimination lawsuit against The Washington Post
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It may not be “snowfall,” but
@MarieDennise
,
@John_Tedesco
@Mizanur_TX
, our designer and contract developer worked incredibly hard to make this layout for our “deadly detention” series. I’m so proud of the work
@Hou_Landing
did/continues to do
@peterbhatia
@Hou_Landing
CEO Peter Bhatia told me this morning that his staff was in open revolt after he fired
@Mizanur_TX
and
@alexdstuckey
. Inside the week that has shaken one of the country’s best-funded nonprofit newsrooms to its core
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I've been thinking about writing an essay like this for years, but the words just wouldn't come. Until last week when I was up in the middle of the night, trying to suppress a panic attack. Seeing it in print takes my breath away
@HoustonChron
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I am so proud of my former colleagues for standing up for what is right and good. Damn
@Mizanur_TX
you really built an incredible team — one that understands the importance of being ethical and demanding transparency. I know you’re just as proud of them as I am.
@Hou_Landing
BREAKING: Yesterday the nonprofit news site
@Hou_Landing
abruptly fired its editor-in-chief
@Mizanur_TX
and top investigative reporter
@alexdstuckey
. Tonight the site's remaining reporters and photographers sent this letter to the board of directors. Full story TK
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Hey
@nytimes
:
@jenny_deam
has written at least 6 stories about this.
This was an INVESTIGATION not a 1-off story.
If you're going to poach local journalism, attribute appropriately -- and don't try to downplay a journalists hard work so it makes you look better.
@ReedAbelson
“The Houston Chronicle featured one couple who was left with more than $100,000 in unpaid medical bills. Trinity said most members are satisfied with its services.”
via
@NYTimes
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.
@sltrib
laid 34 people off almost yr 2 the day of
@PulitzerPrizes
ceremony, where five of us collect award. That work wldnt have been possible w/out rest of staff picking up our slack/helping us when we were drowning. Hard to imagine how that level of work will be possible again
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Moby is exhausted from binge reading
@keribla
’s book last night. 10/10 recommends the puppy scenes
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Dear media,
#DeshaunWatson
was accused of sexual assault, not sexual misconduct.
These are very different things. Please get it right.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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I wish it was socially and professionally acceptable to send 🙄 any time an agency denies your records request for reasons that are not at all legal
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Honestly, still cannot believe this happened yesterday.
I am so honored and humbled by this recognition and I hope that it will bring more attention to the broken mental health system in the United States.
We can and should treat our mentally ill neighbors better.
Announcing the 2022 Livingston Award winners in the local, national and international reporting categories:
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The thing about reporters is … they always get the receipts
Lordy, there are tapes. The
@Hou_Landing
story gets even worse. Kudos to
@willsommer
and
@washingtonpost
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I got fired without cause or explanation ~2 weeks ago and the hardest part of it all is knowing that
@MarieDennise
and I can’t do more work like this. We had huge plans for 2024.
I’m sorry, Marie, that we didn’t get more time. But damn was it incredible to share that byline.
🔍 A Houston Landing investigation found that nearly 200 people in Texas had been flagged as potentially mentally ill but died in jail instead of getting the care they needed.
Here's a comprehensive look:
And a thread 🧵:
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🧵It's taken me a minute to come to terms with my
@TexasEditors
awards. I'm having a lot of emotions about winning for a place I helped start & no longer work at (against my will).
But damn am I proud of the work my colleagues did under
@Mizanur_TX
&
@John_Tedesco
's leadership.
Houston Landing journalists took home nine awards from the
@TexasEditors
journalism contest at the group’s annual conference this weekend, including first-place awards in feature writing and specialty reporting.
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When your paper’ Sunday sports section front gives you absolute chills.
Proud to work at
@HoustonChron
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Remember when
@GregAbbott_TX
and
@DanPatrick
went repeatedly touted TX's low death rate?
They were wrong -- and undercounting thousands of deaths. And they used the flawed data to justify reopening the state. By me,
@jordan_rubio
,
@byjayroot
,
@zachdespart
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Also y'all shout out to
@kenduque
for this amazing illustration. We are so lucky to have him.
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Elizabeth Waller came to me with her story months ago —she was frustrated. She we heartbroken.
She wanted justice for her son.
The story she shared with me — backed up by hundreds of pages of medical records— left me absolutely speechless
@houstonchron
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We want to speak up on this coverage, in a climate when training on writing about sexual assault is still severely lacking. But if we do, will we end up banned from that coverage in the future?
Will we end up like
@feliciasonmez
?
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Houston! The day has finally come! I’m so excited to finally announce the launch of
@hou_landing
, a new, non-profit newsroom based in the city I’ve come to call home. I’m so excited to be the Landing’s founding investigative reporter!
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I went public with my trauma in 2019. And ever since then I have been terrified that I will be barred from covering sexual assault -- or that I will be blacklisted from jobs in the future because of my trauma.
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Black Lives Matter.
This is not up for discussion or debate.
This is a fact.
The end.
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I’m so proud of the work we’ve done, including the DOJ filing a lawsuit that mirrored the findings on colony ridge of
@cadoyle_18
@MarieDennise
@MonroeTrombly
and
@DanyaPH
’s story
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Happy Valentine’s Day to the man who supported my decision to not sign an overly broad NDA from
@Hou_Landing
despite three months severance tied to it. You’re a gem,
@theRobSlone
, and I’m so lucky to have you
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Yesterday was my 1 yr anniversary at
@sltrib
. It's been amazing to work with this badass group of women on these imp stories. What a year.
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I was sexual harassed as intern & know what it does 2 your psyche, how it cripples you professionally/emotionally, how long it takes 2 move on.
We don't yet know details of Matt Lauer's "inappropriate sexual behavior," but
@scrippsjschool
owes it 2 students 2 make sure they're OK
This news horrifies me, esp because
@scrippsjschool
sends interns to
@TODAYshow
BECAUSE of Matt Lauer.
Terrible men of the world: get it together, take a page out of the books of the respectful men and stop being god damn creeps.
#MeToo
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I am so proud of my friends. It took them just six weeks from the unexplained firings of
@Mizanur_TX
and I to form a union.
Miz is a leader who encourages his people to stand up and fight for what is right. And oh boy have the
@Hou_Landing
journos lived up to his legacy.
Read more about our priorities in our mission statement below:
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Six months ago,
@mmorris011
,
@emfoxhall
and I set out to determine the behind-the-scenes decision making for keeping the rodeo open for so long despite the threat of COVID-19. What we found was alarming
Today on A1 from
@emfoxhall
,
@mmorris011
and
@alexdstuckey
: Part 1 of our Exposed investigation details the institutional failures surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in Houston.
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When you find out your favorite teacher in high school framed the news article about you winning a
@PulitzerPrizes
and hung it on his classroom wall
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.
@rob_slone
and I just got our (sorta) wedding photos back and Y'ALL. How is this even real?!
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With a 200k person waitlist, families are counseled to put their loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities on all 6 Medicaid waiver lists. What they’re not counseled for coming to the top of lists and being denied again and again
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I was lucky enough to interview Poppy Northcutt, the first woman to work in mission control, recently. She’s amazing and her struggle against gender discrimination is an awful one. Read my story here:
@HoustonChron
@NASA
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Just a few months after my project, "In Crisis" was published, Texas lawmakers have allocated nearly $400M to adding inpatient psychiatric beds across the state, as well as rebuilding aging hospitals
@HoustonChron
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Omg
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I wrote a story about
#Apollo11
's
@AstroMCollins
as part of my
#missionmoon
series. Give it a read here:
@HoustonChron
#Apollo50
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I am even MORE concerned about this part of new campus
#sexassault
guidance. (1/2)
#TitleIX
@usedgov
@EDcivilrights
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The beauty of being unemployed is that, the second your friend’s first book is delivered on your doorstep, you can immediately rip open the package and start reading.
@Mike_Hixenbaugh
this book is a triumph. I’m so dang proud of you 💙
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Update: The power is on (who knows how long that will last). Still no heat or water.
We're using a hair dryer to try to heat our bedroom. It is not working well.
It is very cold.
No power for 2 days.
No water since yesterday.
Smelled gas inside and outside the house so called 9-1-1 — they never came.
Sat outside for three hours with three dogs until we finally reached center point emergency line.
Technicians come out — major gas leak
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I owe Miz so, so much. He is the greatest editor I have ever had and honestly one of the greatest humans I have ever met. Even knowing this outcome for us, I would follow Miz to
@Hou_Landing
again in a heartbeat. I got an extra year to learn with him and from him
I was fired yesterday as the founding editor in chief of the
@Hou_Landing
. We launched fully 6 months ago. I was not given a clear reason for this decision other than our CEO saying we needed a more "digital first" direction. This is confusing because we are digital only. 2/5
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After reading horrifying stories about kids in psych hospitals,
@stephanierlamm
and I decided to looked at access to mental health providers in schools. Not a single TX school district had the rec'd number of all four positions ⬇️⬇️
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This news horrifies me, esp because
@scrippsjschool
sends interns to
@TODAYshow
BECAUSE of Matt Lauer.
Terrible men of the world: get it together, take a page out of the books of the respectful men and stop being god damn creeps.
#MeToo
NBC News has fired long-time TODAY Show host Matt Lauer over inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.
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If eliminating rape was an option why did we do it decades ago?
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@Amari_Clare
And
@MarieDennise
and I not only got
@LinaHidalgoTX
to drop $645k into competency restoration at
@HCSOJail
but also a law was passed that will for the first time document how many inmates have been denied mental health care
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.
@Mizanur_TX
ripped the bandaid off so I guess it’s time for me to come out of mourning and do it, too. I find myself in the market for a job. If anyone is looking for an investigative reporter, my DMs and emails (alexdstuckey
@gmail
.com) are open.
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I’m so honored to be named a finalist for the Livingston award this year!! And to be among so many talented journalists including my girl
@m_jfrench
!
Announcing the 2022 Livingston Award finalists in the local, national and international reporting categories. See their names and reporting:
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ANOTHER death at the Harris County Jail--that makes six this year.
I've been analyzing the deaths at the jail for the
@Hou_Landing
, a story I felt needed to be done after 27 people died there in 2022. Read my story here:
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For years, I've been hearing about the long waitlist for IDD services. It was worse than I could have ever imagined.
There are 170,000 people waiting for care through Medicaid waiver programs. Some have been on the list for as long as 18 and 19 years.
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My team and I have been working on this project since March. Starting Sunday, we'd appreciate it if y'all would read it.
@HoustonChron
@srileychronicle
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I’ve been covering
@NASA
for
@HoustonChron
for a year now and I just got my first reader message about aliens.
I’ve made it guys.
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Wow, y'all. Just wow.
I am so overwhelmed by everyone's support yesterday -- and their willingness to share their stories.
I tried to respond to everyone's messages, but y'all crashed my Twitter multiple times yesterday and it was hard to keep up.
Thank you. Just ... thank you
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The # of public psychiatric hospital beds in Texas on a per-capita basis has declined 95% since 1955. With nowhere to go, more and more people ended up on the streets and, ultimately, in jail.
Read part 2 of my "In Crisis" series for
@HoustonChron
here
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I'm sorry, but what journalist doesn't expect this things from all governments?
As an American journalist, you never expect:
1. Your own govt to lie to you, repeatedly
2. Your own govt to hide information the public has a right to know
3. Your own govt to spy on your communications
Trump's unAmerican regime did all of these.
No one should accept this.
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@Amari_Clare
found that so many inmates had their appeals lost in the system, including Syed rabbani, who has reconnected with his family because of Clare
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Good news, people! For reasons
@SpaceCenterHou
can't quantify, their tours of
@NASA_Johnson
still on despite
#GovernmentShutdown
.
@NASA
originally said all public tours of its facilities would be halted. Not the case in Houston
@HoustonChron
I've already heard from one person since Friday night who's lifelong dream of seeing mission control at
@NASA_Johnson
was dashed by the
#GovernmentShutdown
. Are you experiencing something similar? I'd love to hear from you. Email me at alex.stuckey
@chron
.com
@HoustonChron
@NASA
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Because I know everyone is craving this content, look at my dog IN A TUXEDO
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@usedgov
@EDcivilrights
Old guidance said schools shld quickly eliminate hostile environ so victims cld keep learning-the point of
#TitleIX
.
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I am so proud of my
#workwife
. Which is why I’m jumping in here.
I was raped when I was 21. I told one person, who didn’t support me. So I stayed silence.
5 years later, I somehow found myself working on
@sltrib
’s sex assault project. And it absolutely broke me
I have depression & anxiety.
I've been in therapy for 9 years. I spent 8 months in outpatient. I'm only still a journalist b/c one editor knew and worked with me. I'm on meds.
Talking about it on Twitter is good. Newsrooms normalizing mental health check-ins & breaks is better.
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As a
@NASA
reporter, my job is, literally, to talk to some of the greatest minds the world has ever known. But I've come to find that I will never get over the likes of Christopher Kraft, the agency's first mission control flight director, leaving me a message
#goosebumps
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