Kelcie Moseley-Morris
@kelciemmorris.bsky.social
National reproductive rights reporter at States Newsroom, based in Idaho.
Email me at kmoseley@statesnewsroom.com
Email me at kmoseley@statesnewsroom.com
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Making a new year's resolution to stop engaging with media criticism. If you see me doing it, I owe you $5
It’s always 40%. We’re permanently stuck at 40%.
Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It’s always 40%. We’re permanently stuck at 40%.
Making a new year's resolution to stop engaging with media criticism. If you see me doing it, I owe you $5
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Making a new year's resolution to stop engaging with media criticism. If you see me doing it, I owe you $5
I wonder what it would be like to have a government that was interested in internet safety.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is also looking into complaints about nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual exploitation materials AI-generated by Grok and shared on X. thesizzle.com.au/p/elon-musk-... <--- by Cam Wilson @thesizzle.com.au
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok reported to eSafety for making deepfake sexual images
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is assessing "several" recent image-based abuse complaints involving Grok. If they meet the standard, there are some powers that could be used against Musk's company.
thesizzle.com.au
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I wonder what it would be like to have a government that was interested in internet safety.
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Trump seems to view energy geopolitics “almost like the world is a Settlers of Catan board—you kidnap the president of Venezuela and, ipso facto, you now control all the oil.”
That's not reality.
via @mollytaft.com @wired.com @climatedesk.org
That's not reality.
via @mollytaft.com @wired.com @climatedesk.org
Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. Getting it won't be so simple.
It's unclear how US firms would access the country's vast reserves—or whether they even want to.
www.motherjones.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Trump seems to view energy geopolitics “almost like the world is a Settlers of Catan board—you kidnap the president of Venezuela and, ipso facto, you now control all the oil.”
That's not reality.
via @mollytaft.com @wired.com @climatedesk.org
That's not reality.
via @mollytaft.com @wired.com @climatedesk.org
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Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
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fwiw, this is an independently owned and operated hotel (Hilton franchisee) and Hilton corporate has disavowed its action here
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
fwiw, this is an independently owned and operated hotel (Hilton franchisee) and Hilton corporate has disavowed its action here
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Going back to my high school self to tell her someone finally described us as "very popular"
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January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Going back to my high school self to tell her someone finally described us as "very popular"
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I’m usually at a moderate level of annoyance with the NYT but this is fucking outrageous. The US president doesn’t get to fucking pick another country’s leader, & headlines shouldn’t present it as just a normal decision, like picking a nominee for a mid-level federal agency. It’s not our colony!
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I’m usually at a moderate level of annoyance with the NYT but this is fucking outrageous. The US president doesn’t get to fucking pick another country’s leader, & headlines shouldn’t present it as just a normal decision, like picking a nominee for a mid-level federal agency. It’s not our colony!
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Unfortunately very consistent with these types of events, to my memory. But that's another element that would be worth knowing from a story -- is this civilian death toll higher than usual?
Unless I’ve missed something—and pls update if so—major news orgs seem profoundly uninterested in the death toll from the Venezuela raid. Nowhere to be found on MSM home pages.
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
Local sources say 80 dead. Isn’t that worth pursuing, even if it’s just examining the credibility of the sourcing?
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Unfortunately very consistent with these types of events, to my memory. But that's another element that would be worth knowing from a story -- is this civilian death toll higher than usual?
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"I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder,” Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly wrote. From my colleague @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Pentagon will try to penalize Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly for illegal orders video • Tennessee Lookout
The Defense Department will attempt to downgrade Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay.
tennesseelookout.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder,” Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly wrote. From my colleague @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
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Commentary: Trump’s attacks on Canadians are hurting Maine’s border economies mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/05/t...
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Commentary: Trump’s attacks on Canadians are hurting Maine’s border economies mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/05/t...
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@apnews.com:
Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda
Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
@apnews.com:
Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda
Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
The thing about NYT is that you're only getting a snapshot of 10% of the national picture. That's why I love the shoutout here for States Newsroom's Evening Wrap newsletter, which includes a rundown of highlights from our 38 state outlets. Subscribe here: www.newsfromthestates.com/newsletter/e...
A new year without The New York Times
There are other ways to get all the news that doesn't fit in America's supposed paper of record.
cjjanovy.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The thing about NYT is that you're only getting a snapshot of 10% of the national picture. That's why I love the shoutout here for States Newsroom's Evening Wrap newsletter, which includes a rundown of highlights from our 38 state outlets. Subscribe here: www.newsfromthestates.com/newsletter/e...
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Kelly said the action tells every veteran “that if they say something Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.”
Mark Kelly told troops not to follow illegal orders. Now Trump's Pentagon is targeting his rank and retirement pay. | Arizona Mirror
Defense Department seeks to downgrade Sen. Mark Kelly's retirement rank and pay over video about refusing illegal orders
azmirror.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Kelly said the action tells every veteran “that if they say something Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that.”
ICYMI since it was December 23rd, the VA said it would immediately comply with a new directive from DOJ — written by an outspoken anti-abortion advocate who now works for the Justice Department — that threw out a 2022 policy allowing abortion care for members of the military and their families.
Trump administration officially ends veteran abortion access
The U.S. Department of Justice has instructed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to stop providing any abortion care or abortion counseling, even in cases of rape or incest, reversing a 2022 poli...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
ICYMI since it was December 23rd, the VA said it would immediately comply with a new directive from DOJ — written by an outspoken anti-abortion advocate who now works for the Justice Department — that threw out a 2022 policy allowing abortion care for members of the military and their families.
I put in a public records request with HHS on November 25, and just got a response saying they have a backlog of more than 10,000 records requests. So I will not be getting that information anytime soon.
After promising transparency, RFK guts public records teams at HHS
Despite promises for "radical transparency," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid off many staff on teams that fulfill public records requests at health agencies.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I put in a public records request with HHS on November 25, and just got a response saying they have a backlog of more than 10,000 records requests. So I will not be getting that information anytime soon.
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Drugmakers raise prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration p...
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Drugmakers raise prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
January coming in hot like always.
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
January coming in hot like always.
It seems pointless to speculate about whether this is over oil or not because they literally just said it is during that press conference
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It seems pointless to speculate about whether this is over oil or not because they literally just said it is during that press conference
I'm not saying they did or didn't make the right call here, but their first breaking news alert came in at about 12:30 a.m. ET. If they learned about it that night, I don’t think publishing it hours in advance would have done anything BUT endanger troops.
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I'm not saying they did or didn't make the right call here, but their first breaking news alert came in at about 12:30 a.m. ET. If they learned about it that night, I don’t think publishing it hours in advance would have done anything BUT endanger troops.
I can't waiiiit
[Me, prior to watching screeners of the new season of The Pitt] Pitt. Pitt. Pitt. Pitt.
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
[Me, after watching the season premiere] PITT! PITT! PITT! PITT!
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I can't waiiiit