Kristi E. Swartz
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Kristi E. Swartz
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Award-winning journalist writing about America’s energy transformation

Past: @eenewsupdates @ajc @pbpost

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristi-swartz-1799823

Marathoner; ATLien; Marylander🦀; Terp 🐢
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
for sure ...
The CEO of a company that makes small modular reactors says the plethora of startups pursuing the technology will likely start consolidating.

In Semafor: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
🟡 Semafor Energy: The AI boom will make a mountain of hazardous waste | Semafor
Why the world’s largest waste management company made a $3 billion bet on the US.
www.semafor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
an after-market 8K from Southern. (holds breath while clicking on link) ...
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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BREAKING @npr.org: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who rose to prominence as one of President Trump's biggest defenders and recently became one of his biggest critics, is leaving Congress effective 1/5/26.
After break with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:

the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC

the scandal was created by right wing media

the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law

PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.

Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, the Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, the Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Exclusive: Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are preparing bids for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Exclusive | Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches
Warner Bros. Discovery is holding an auction process in the hopes of having it completed by the end of the year.
on.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM