Abbey White
@amwtweets
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mostly tired freelance journalist | asme finalist, glaad media award nominee, NAEJ, SoCal, NLGJA winner | tips: [email protected]
Joined October 2017
Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.
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Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. https://t.co/p4TRgoWwTe
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Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
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ProPublica asked Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice what percentage of kids she’d like to see in public schools. “I hope to get to zero,” she said. Some at the Education Department agree and are dismantling the agency from within. https://t.co/Ro4xwIkU2h
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
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“Imagine the chaos”
Thousands of people have been arrested during ICE operations in Minnesota over the past two weeks. Multiple attorneys allege that for some of those detained, including at least one U.S. citizen, DHS is denying their constitutional right to see an attorney.
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. https://t.co/RpF2Pm6C4o
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Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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New: A new directive to USDA workers asks them to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.
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The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being...
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Under DHS’ use-of-force policy, moves that cut off a person's breathing “must not be used as a means to control non-compliant subjects or persons resisting arrest.” But videos we reviewed showed agents using these restraints to do just that. https://t.co/1By1iUAgpr
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Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government...
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WSJ identified 13 instances of agents firing at or into civilian vehicles since July, leaving 8 people shot with two confirmed dead. Only one civilian was armed—with a concealed weapon that was never drawn—and at least 5 of those shot were U.S. citizens.
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A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children. Read more: https://t.co/2KNpcbT9ZB
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The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims. If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
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Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma. For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns. https://t.co/HmOTYUUGG9
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In the face of intense public opposition, the city’s Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Musk’s xAI facility: sending out a mailer, for the first time in recent memory, that...
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New: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
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Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at...
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Since 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has found more than 300 EMTALA violations by psychiatric hospitals, which include turning away actively suicidal patients and screening out uninsured patients, among other issues. https://t.co/amrqP4Y3Ov
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Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
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Seventeen years had passed by the time Boston police knocked on Louise’s door to say they had a DNA match for her alleged rapist. But under Massachusetts’ 15-year deadline for prosecuting rape, that evidence didn’t matter. https://t.co/OndszGEAOz
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Seventeen years after Louise was raped, Boston police told her they had a DNA match for her alleged rapist. But under Massachusetts state law, the case would be almost impossible to prosecute.
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In response to our investigation that raised questions about the effectiveness of Boring’s pitch to build tunnels to ease Houston flooding, Musk said tunnels can be added if more floodwater needs to be moved. Engineers said it is not that simple. https://t.co/oWHXdRb4Dq
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Musk said his proposal to build tunnels to address Houston’s chronic flooding woes would work, after an investigation raised questions about the plan’s effectiveness. But experts say his plan has key...
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“Make no mistake, losing these funds will directly impact our ability to serve some of our most vulnerable kids,” Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly said about the Trump administration’s “devastating” decision.
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Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one...
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We just published an inside account of DOGE's efforts inside of Social Security. It's what we've seen all over: DOGE showed up at a place that *needed* tech support. But instead of doing that, DOGE spent its time looking for PR stuff to tweet about. https://t.co/kGt3wCEb7c
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Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed. When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no. https://t.co/LdtGKvEQ6H
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When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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I was just rewatching #PraisePetey and it made me re-read this. Happy anniversary to one of my favorite interviews about one of my favorite shows that I would probably sell my soul to have a second season of. 😭
It meant so much to get to talk about Petey with @amwtweets, they're such a fun and great interviewer! Slowly building a chosen family of writers who have seen and loved the iconic Christina Millian hotel renovation romcom "Falling Inn Love" 💕🏨
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