Tess Owen
@misstessowen
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Words in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & more. VICE News alum. Reporting on extremism,disinfo, politics, etc. Say hi:[email protected]
Brooklyn, NY
Joined February 2013
I spent the last year talking to J6er David Dempsey, recently sentenced to 20 years, from the DC jail unit known as the "patriot wing." There, in their cult-like incubator, the same grievances and conspiracies that led to J6 have continued to fester https://t.co/8rFL3FqRuN
nymag.com
January 6 rioters are running their jail block like a gang. They’re leaving more radicalized than ever.
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immediately zooms in on the dog "is that a wheaten terrier"?
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I’ve been assuming this particular filler-happy look has been internalized-misogyny-driven facial dysmorphia but no it’s an intentional signal, like getting a gang tattoo on your face.
MAR-A-LAGO FACE: DC plastic surgeons are accustomed to clients who don't want it to be obvious they've had work done. But people who swept into town under Trump 2.0 are asking for "a more done look, like that Mar-a-Lago face," said one plastic surgeon.
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Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties. But now the story is looking shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. @BulwarkOnline
https://t.co/NfAgGW1NmT
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Want to learn more about Mayor Mamdani's newly named chief of staff? Check out @hollypret's cover story:
cityandstateny.com
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
Check out @CityAndStateNY's cover story – a profile of Elle Bisgaard-Church, the 34-year-old DSA member who helped shape Zohran Mamdani's successful primary campaign https://t.co/Djayzpgstd
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The leaks are dropping so fast they aren’t even cropping their iPhone screenshots. We love to see it
Scoop: Here’s an email that the Co-chairs of the Heritage Foundation’s National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism sent to task force members on their new demands to Kevin Roberts in the wake of Heritage’s Tucker Carlson, Fuentes fallout Comes as task force members continue to
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Breaking news: Far-right activist Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Defense Department, according to a person familiar with the matter, joining a new cohort of right-wing media that have agreed to the Pentagon’s new press policy.
washingtonpost.com
The far-right activist has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
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@MichaelLangeNYC If you're just catching up:
michaellange.nyc
Spoiler Alert: Zohran Mamdani is going to win
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turning on alerts for @MichaelLangeNYC for NYC election day and feeling really good about this decision
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Facing criticism for taking an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, then firing an FBI official over it, Kash Patel says his girlfriend is a "country music sensation who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes."
I am proud of the work of this FBI. We’re taking violent criminals off the streets in record numbers, crushing the fentanyl crisis, dismantling cartels, saving children, hunting down terrorists — and so much more. Let me be clear: we will not be distracted by baseless rumors or
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Forgot to post this spooky story I wrote for Slate on Friday amid the Halloween shuffle: The mainstream right makes a little room at the table for Nick Fuentes https://t.co/OYoKvEtcdW
slate.com
It's another reminder of the scary state of American conservatism.
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Not a word from @JGreenblattADL on Tucker hosting Fuentes. Amazing. I just checked his Twitter feed and plenty on Mamdani and even Norway (!) but not a word about a top conservative podcaster hosting an infamous Holocaust denier. Greenblatt is beyond parody at this point.
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isn’t this man supposed to be a christian? im not personally religious but I do know enough to understand that this is antithetical to his faith
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
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HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA — ICE assaults a mother driving daughter to school for not having social security number memorized. "Agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number... then just lunged at her," said daughter. She showed agents work permit, social security
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using his own platform to stoke hatred and division in a country that he has a tenuous link to at best.
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So if ANYONE at all has any resources or connections in the PANS/PANDAS community, or knows anyone with PANS/PANDAS, I would so greatly appreciate hearing from you. We need to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Because it really doesn't feel like it right now.
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