April Baer
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Radio/podcast lifer. Host of Stateside on Michigan Public. MI/OR/OH. On Anishinaabeg land. also @OPBWonder #DoughDynasty pods Alignment: Lawful Bowie
MI/OR/OH
Joined February 2009
Hey Happy Valentines everybody https://t.co/YACnt8Tr0x
nytimes.com
The local organizing committee says fresh supplies of condoms are being delivered to the athletes' villages.
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Our new science and environment reporter, @seakaterun is so whip smart. Today she’s schooling me that no, February is not in fact a punishment for Michiganders like myself who have sinned. Story link in the comments.
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Helpful page from our digital department with help finding food in Michigan - maps and other tools. Also helpful if you’d like to give right now to keep food resources available.
michiganpublic.org
SNAP benefits will not be distributed starting November 1 due to the federal government shutdown. Here are some resources if you or someone you know needs food assistance.
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In case you’re wondering how NPR is handling the Pentagon’s new restrictions on reporting. We’re in the upside down now.
npr.org
NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is turning in his press pass, but won't stop reporting. Major news organizations are rejecting a restrictive new policy around covering the Department of Defense.
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Insightful work from @Zenaonair on several hundred cases eligible for resentencing and all the unique lives involved https://t.co/xzN09Njono
michiganpublic.org
A series of Michigan Supreme Court rulings are giving people convicted of murder as young adults the chance at resentencing, sparking hope for some and fear for others.
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Hi @MickeyDjuric - coming at you from over the Detroit River. May I get in touch for a possible booking?
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Back in 2015 I met this smooth-talking cowboy in the broadcast booth at KPAI,  a station serving a town of fewer than 500 people in southern Oregon. My station isn’t going anywhere, but ask yourself if yanking funding for public media helps Paisley OR
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The U.S. House voted to rescind funding for foreign aid, PBS, and NPR today. Please consider calling your Senator, especially if you think he or she might be on the fence. https://t.co/GM4BYy2xKP
apnews.com
The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was...
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Watching LA makes me think of everything that was going on in Portland during the first term. People from outside Oregon kept asking me the same question and I felt like a broken record: legal protest. These are legal protests. Talk to someone there if you want to know what’s up.
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Big Court of Claims decision for #abortion protections in #Michigan (and great work by my rock star colleague @KateLouiseWells )
michiganpublic.org
The ruling says Michigan's voter-backed constitutional amendment means the state's abortion protections go even beyond Roe v. Wade.
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too much going on today but...
White Smoke — a new pope! Tune in to NPR for special coverage with @scottdetrow from Vatican City.
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Breaking: jury deadlocks on criminal trial of former #grandrapids police Christopher Schurr, for the killing of Patrick Lyoya https://t.co/GxOVlIgtpR
michiganpublic.org
Christopher Schurr killed Patrick Lyoya during a struggle that began as a traffic stop in April 2022. The jury deliberated for days.
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New this week: Born to Chinese parents living in South Korea, Michelle Yang's life turned upside down when she was 9, and her family moved to the U.S. Her memoir, Phoenix Girl mixes reckoning with #mentalhealth , redefining #bodyimage, and finding community I ♥️ this book
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This is a big entry into the next Senate race in Michigan
We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
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Timothy Snyder is one of my favorite writers on history and global affairs. As this article states, he’s leaving the states for Toronto because of the academic climate under Trump. Who will leave next? https://t.co/wvr6QVVEhc
cnn.com
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley plans to leave the prestigious Ivy League university for Toronto with colleagues Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder as the Trump administration’s battle with...
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Got questions about HHS cuts in Michigan? You’re in really good company https://t.co/RdKFItIeun
michiganpublic.org
According to DOGE's website, the state health department lost more than $390 million in federal HHS grants this week. But state health officials haven't confirmed it, and DOGE has overinflated cuts...
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