Mike Smith
@mikejsmith504
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Environmental reporter/editor for @NOLAnews. Ex Jerusalem, Lagos, etc for @AFP. Author of Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War. Runner
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Joined December 2008
Safest year on the subway since 2009, when Bloomberg was mayor. free link:
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state would spend another $77 million on police patrols in the subway, acknowledging that felony assaults remain stubbornly high.
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Romney: "Typically, Democrats insist on higher taxes, and Republicans insist on lower spending. But given the magnitude of our national debt as well as the proximity of the cliff, both are necessary. DOGE took a slash-and-burn approach to budget cutting and failed spectacularly"
We’ve reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more.
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Same vibes.
New: A Kennedy Center official tells me the center's new full name will be The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. @CBSNews
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Ex-Pelicans coach Willie Green and family are still pouring into New Orleans community providing free food for 300 families in the city even after his firing in November that he is still processing. Green talks about the firing for first time in @andscape.
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Combined with Goodr, Green and his wife are providing free groceries for 300 families in the city, even after his firing in November.
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This is apparently real.
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Important to note that the state also increased its sales tax. Louisiana has the highest sales tax in the nation
Over the past 23 months, the Legislature and Governor have cut personal and corporate income taxes, ended the corporate franchise tax, and returned to true conservative budgeting. (cont'd 1/4)
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Just unusual behavior from someone who only last week was awarded the FIFA Peace Prize
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The president’s TruthSocial post about the Reiners’ horrific deaths is quite a contrast from how Rob Reiner reacted to the murder of Charlie Kirk.
Rob Reiner responded with grace and compassion to Charlie's assassination. This video makes it all the more painful to hear of he and his wife's tragic end. May God be close to the broken hearted in this terrible story.
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court will close in New Orleans because temps will be in the 30s. We’re a can do kind of city
Municipal and traffic court in New Orleans to close over cold weather, 'insufficient heating'
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Wow, a must-read. Forgotten, relatively recent, river parishes history. Hook to Xmas bonfires a-plus. Rich C keeps bringing great new content
In today's Times-Picayune (and Baton Rouge Advocate), the industrial origins of Lutcher, Gramercy, Garyville and other communities-- and why there were so few true towns along the River Road in antebellum times: @TulaneArch
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Could these Louisiana wetlands lose protection under new federal rule? Here are the risks.
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A new EPA proposal could leave nearly 4 million acres of Louisiana wetlands without federal protection. Here’s what the rule would change — and where the impacts could fall.
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New free link. https://t.co/ZRSTOaGij1
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Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read.
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a full marathon in New Orleans in mid-November? With an out and back course that repeats itself? Whoo boy. Count me out.
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The New Orleans Marathon is on Saturday November 14, 2026. It includes the following events: Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K, and Marathon Relay.
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Louisiana’s coastal restoration strategy sees major shift in new plan https://t.co/VbGlbAcAQB via @mikejsmith504 #lalege
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.@jaketapper Anchor of @TheLeadCNN on Trump's comments about CNN and its future 12.10.25 630 pm ET
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DHS still won't release official figures, but it appears that they've made a few dozen arrests so far during Border Patrol's Catahoula Crunch in the New Orleans region. Why so many fewer than in Charlotte and Chicago? More details here: https://t.co/dTjDBovFt1
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Please join us in DC on December 11 as we continue to demand justice and accountability for the deadly double-tap Israeli attack against our clearly marked group of journalists in southern Lebanon
More than two years on, there is still no accountability following the targeted Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah and injured six journalists in southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. The attack was the first instance CPJ documented of Israeli forces deliberately targeting
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bro this is so lit
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looks to me like a potential jazzfest appearance could be on the cards
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"Don't think twice. It's all right."
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I suspect Rand Paul would say that this video illustrates our ability to interdict drugs lawfully without any need to kill anyone and shows that mistake prone extrajudicial killings are not just illegal and immoral but also unnecessary to the mission
Just some fishermen in the Caribbean 🚨 What do you think @RandPaul is gonna say when he sees this.. he's tagged... there's only one way to find out...so you know what to do
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