Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List

Over the objections of top Army leaders Hegseth strikes 2 Black and 2 female officers from one-star promotion list

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Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Great news for Poynter to have @neilbrownpoynter.bsky.social taking on an additional leadership role. Much gratitude to Paul Tash for his 20 years as chairman of the institute's board.

The Washington Post Dies in Daylight Civic vandalism and the mutilation of a great paper.

“If a newspaper’s publisher makes a bunch of decisions that lose money, and then the owner keeps the publisher while firing the staff who puts out the paper—none of this is really about the money, is it?”

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AP journalists were in Minneapolis covering federal immigration enforcement actions and preparing to document the encounter. When the journalists got out of their car, officers pushed one of them, thr... TikTok video by The Associated Press

AP journalists trying to film immigration enforcement in Minneapolis from a public street and sidewalk ordered to stay in vehicle or face arrest. They were not impeding law enforcement, they were documenting action on public streets That's arrestable now, I guess.

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Yes, the unusual thing here is that it didn't happen immediately after the shooting and with the start of an investigation. That it's happening days later is what's not at all normal.

The Poynter Journalism Prizes are now open for entries. The deadline is Feb. 13. Enter today!

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In traffic:

Google maps: typical.
Apple Maps: it will be at least 10 minutes longer than whatever I say.
Waze: if you go through the trailer park, ford this stream, and take this back road strewn with construction debris, you will save eight minutes. Let’s go!

A true legend in Florida journalism has died.

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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.

You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
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Surprisingly large number of grammar takes on social related to Epstein emails. I’m a language nerd but other things are capturing my attention….

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This whole thread is wild.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.

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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney encouraged families to keep newborns at home and away from many visitors, especially sick people, during the baby’s first 6 to 8 weeks of life.

The state, like much of the country, is dealing with a rise in potentially deadly whooping cough cases.

Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91 The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.

I’ve had a fascination with and admiration for Jane Goodall since I was a kid. RIP.

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Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

"Those who accept must report for duty on October 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers ..."
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His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump. One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?

What a story.

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Media consolidation is shaping who folds under political pressure — and who could be next - Poynter ABC sidelining Jimmy Kimmel and Paramount canceling Stephen Colbert underscore how corporate interests weigh on free speech in the Trump era

An important element of the current free speech crisis that can't be overlooked:
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Banning mRNA COVID vaccine is ‘the goal,’ Florida surgeon general says Joseph Ladapo was asked a question about the state’s recent announcement on vaccines.

New:
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Glad to see it get a win! Such a great show!

The Guardian has now completely retracted quotes from an anonymous high school source who had called Tyler Robinson a “leftist.” The source now says they couldn’t accurately recall details of their relationship.

Egregious example of this was when the anti-public health crowd held up Sweden’s lack of restrictions as the example to follow, then Sweden saw much higher COVID hospitalizations and deaths than Scandinavian peers and changed course, but those Americans didn’t go “OK, my idea was tested and failed.”