Feminist. Freelance reporter based in San Antonio. She/her.
San Antonio, TX
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And now that we're watching it in another country, what does it look like to us?
Bolsonarista terrorists broke down the police barrier and invaded the Congress ramp and threatened to occupy the chamber and the Senate. The Minister of Justice @FlavioDino announced that he is allowing the use of all federal forces against them.
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Big news:
We are back at work.
Over 24 days, the Fort Worth Newsguild protested @mcclatchy’s unwillingness to negotiate fair conditions and made history as the first Texas newsroom in modern history to go on strike. 🧵
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Journalists suspended from Twitter so far tonight:
• @atrupar (WaPo)
• @drewharwell (WaPo)
• @rmac18 (NYT)
• @donie (CNN)
• @mattbinder (Mashable)
• @micahflee (The Intercept)
• @webster (freelance)
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"He ran away. He’s the publisher of a news organization and he wouldn’t take questions from his staff. Democracy dies in darkness, huh?”
🔥 from our extraordinary Guild co-chair @kemettler
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UTSA needs this. San Antonio needs this.
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Perceptive, nuanced piece by @claireab320 sketches the racial divide exposed by the Robb Elementary School massacre. She and @SamOwensphoto have produced some of the most memorable on-the-ground journalism from Uvalde.
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BREAKING: Migrants flown to Massachusetts file class action lawsuit against DeSantis and other Florida officials in federal court
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At #JeffersonHighSchool where there are reports of a student bringing a gun to campus. Police say no gun has been found but parents say little information shared. One person broke a window cutting his arm in the process. They’ve waited for over an hour, families say.
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From @jinitzail. Video: As San Antonio abortion clinic closes, its director worries about who is left behind texastribune.org/2022/09/05/… via @TexasTribune
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The KiwiFarms playbook—using our data to terrorize political enemies—is where the culture war is headed in 2022 and 2024.
Trans people are their current targets, but they are broadening their enemies list.
As Brennan told me, this could "easily become an FBI agent database."
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BREAKING: A jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to Sandy Hook parents. It still must decide punitive damages. apnews.com/article/alex-jone…
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Feds charge four Louisville police officers with civil rights violations in Breonna Taylor shooting usatoday.com/story/news/nati…
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The gift to @TAMUSanAntonio from the Hector and Gloria López Foundation aims to help reduce financial barriers and other obstacles for Latino students. Story by @broocrum. sanantonioreport.org/2m-gran…
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A group of Texas educators proposed to the State Board of Education that slavery should be replaced with “involuntary relocation” in the second grade social studies curriculum.
The board sent the working draft back for revision.
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The mother of a Uvalde survivor says her daughter rarely speaks or sleeps. When she does sleep, she shakes and cries. Now the mom had to return to work, making therapy and counseling even more crucial sanantonioreport.org/uvalde-… via @broocrum
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“There was no reason for this child to be taken away from us. We have to make change, and we have to make change now,” said Vincent Salazar, whose granddaughter, Layla, was killed. “I want my granddaughter back." Story by @broocrum. sanantonioreport.org/texas-e…