L.A.Spates
@laspates.bsky.social
Freelance journo: written & radio. IRE-awarded book and NPR-syndicated podcast via CaliforniaHumanities, SRJC, UMD. Newshound, bookworm, knitter, mama, spaniel-lover, former Terps/Ravens cheerleader. North Bay life; Long Island energy.
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I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
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One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
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The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’
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Do journalism, not stenography:
☑️Do not take DHS at it's word. The agency lies about everything.
☑️Do not minimize the massive force still in place IF a draw down occurs.
Alt headline: "2300 federal agents to remain in besieged Minneapolis after unverified claims that 700 will be reassigned."
☑️Do not take DHS at it's word. The agency lies about everything.
☑️Do not minimize the massive force still in place IF a draw down occurs.
Alt headline: "2300 federal agents to remain in besieged Minneapolis after unverified claims that 700 will be reassigned."
February 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Do journalism, not stenography:
☑️Do not take DHS at it's word. The agency lies about everything.
☑️Do not minimize the massive force still in place IF a draw down occurs.
Alt headline: "2300 federal agents to remain in besieged Minneapolis after unverified claims that 700 will be reassigned."
☑️Do not take DHS at it's word. The agency lies about everything.
☑️Do not minimize the massive force still in place IF a draw down occurs.
Alt headline: "2300 federal agents to remain in besieged Minneapolis after unverified claims that 700 will be reassigned."
MacKenzie Scott could do the funniest thing right now….
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
MacKenzie Scott could do the funniest thing right now….
“Democracy Dies is Darkness.” And Bezos turned off the lights.
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“Democracy Dies is Darkness.” And Bezos turned off the lights.
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the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
I second. It’s not like any valuable reporting comes out of these things anyway. It’s all just antagonism and lies. (Should have happened after they revoked the AP’s credential.)
The entire press corps should walk out, not come back, & we simply shouldn’t tolerate this.
Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.
Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM
I second. It’s not like any valuable reporting comes out of these things anyway. It’s all just antagonism and lies. (Should have happened after they revoked the AP’s credential.)
100%. And when Trump blows off the second ask, a third reporter should pick it up. Don’t relent. These reporters have failed the public.
(I’m still of the mindset that the whole corps should have walked out after he pulled the AP’s credential. Access Journalism for the loss.)
(I’m still of the mindset that the whole corps should have walked out after he pulled the AP’s credential. Access Journalism for the loss.)
The next question should’ve been: Why don’t you answer her question? It’s outrageous that White House reporters let Trump get away with this and act as if it’s normal.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
100%. And when Trump blows off the second ask, a third reporter should pick it up. Don’t relent. These reporters have failed the public.
(I’m still of the mindset that the whole corps should have walked out after he pulled the AP’s credential. Access Journalism for the loss.)
(I’m still of the mindset that the whole corps should have walked out after he pulled the AP’s credential. Access Journalism for the loss.)
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@rcfp.org's statement on the arrest of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who were charged with violating federal law while covering a protest inside a Minnesota church.
🔗 Read more: www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-a...
🔗 Read more: www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-a...
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
@rcfp.org's statement on the arrest of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who were charged with violating federal law while covering a protest inside a Minnesota church.
🔗 Read more: www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-a...
🔗 Read more: www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-a...
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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it turns out it's hard to write when you're in a state of emotional paralysis
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
it turns out it's hard to write when you're in a state of emotional paralysis
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
Twisted how they push corn tortillas while demonizing the Latino population. 🙄
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Twisted how they push corn tortillas while demonizing the Latino population. 🙄
It’s giving “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.”
“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.
January 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM
It’s giving “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.”
Family friends were taking their tree down when they found A SNAKE wrapped around a branch. It’d been hanging out there for a MONTH!! After getting her outside they named her Sally. We all obviously still talk about her today.
Gotta inspect the tree CLOSELY before she comes inside.
Gotta inspect the tree CLOSELY before she comes inside.
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE
December 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Family friends were taking their tree down when they found A SNAKE wrapped around a branch. It’d been hanging out there for a MONTH!! After getting her outside they named her Sally. We all obviously still talk about her today.
Gotta inspect the tree CLOSELY before she comes inside.
Gotta inspect the tree CLOSELY before she comes inside.
And what Trump said to Kennedy.
Still wondering what David Pecker at the Enquirer had in his safe.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And what Trump said to Kennedy.
*twists the knife*
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
*twists the knife*
100% his old NY brain confused Magnificent Mile for Long Island’s Miracle Mile, a luxury shopping district since the ‘50s. 🙄
(Its location, Manhasset: Inspiration for East Egg, used for scenes in Wolf of Wall Street, Boiler Room, and in Miracle on 34th St., Mr. Gailey wants to buy a house there.)
(Its location, Manhasset: Inspiration for East Egg, used for scenes in Wolf of Wall Street, Boiler Room, and in Miracle on 34th St., Mr. Gailey wants to buy a house there.)
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
100% his old NY brain confused Magnificent Mile for Long Island’s Miracle Mile, a luxury shopping district since the ‘50s. 🙄
(Its location, Manhasset: Inspiration for East Egg, used for scenes in Wolf of Wall Street, Boiler Room, and in Miracle on 34th St., Mr. Gailey wants to buy a house there.)
(Its location, Manhasset: Inspiration for East Egg, used for scenes in Wolf of Wall Street, Boiler Room, and in Miracle on 34th St., Mr. Gailey wants to buy a house there.)
Sad for the Jays and really sad for the woman knitting the totally rad Jays sweater. What a bummer.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sad for the Jays and really sad for the woman knitting the totally rad Jays sweater. What a bummer.
Has any British prince or princess ever lost that particular title? Not talking about HRH etc., but specifically prince/ss.
Help your curious and common American cousins, @lucyworsley.bsky.social!
Help your curious and common American cousins, @lucyworsley.bsky.social!
BREAKING: Prince Andrew is to lose his "prince" title and leave his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge
Buckingham Palace says the King "has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Buckingham Palace says the King "has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Andrew stripped of Prince title and will move out of Royal Lodge
He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Has any British prince or princess ever lost that particular title? Not talking about HRH etc., but specifically prince/ss.
Help your curious and common American cousins, @lucyworsley.bsky.social!
Help your curious and common American cousins, @lucyworsley.bsky.social!
Because threatening a reporter to get them off your case definitely always absolutely works and never results in further scrutiny. Genius move, dude.
cool cool cool cool cool
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Because threatening a reporter to get them off your case definitely always absolutely works and never results in further scrutiny. Genius move, dude.
As a native Long Islander I’m 💀.
“…DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.”
“(In DeBlasio's view, "low class
Italians use a little d.")
Perfect. No notes.
“…DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.”
“(In DeBlasio's view, "low class
Italians use a little d.")
Perfect. No notes.
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
As a native Long Islander I’m 💀.
“…DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.”
“(In DeBlasio's view, "low class
Italians use a little d.")
Perfect. No notes.
“…DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.”
“(In DeBlasio's view, "low class
Italians use a little d.")
Perfect. No notes.
Tech nightmare. Working on an investigative series last night, computer crashed and then this happened, after first showing a file folder with a question mark.
WHAT. THE. HELL.
WHAT. THE. HELL.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tech nightmare. Working on an investigative series last night, computer crashed and then this happened, after first showing a file folder with a question mark.
WHAT. THE. HELL.
WHAT. THE. HELL.