Maggie More
@maggiemore.bsky.social
They call me TikTok Maggie. ✍🏻 🎨 📹 over at @nbcwashington.com
Hijinks ensue.
If you recognize me, it might also be from the Flat Hat, the Virginia Gazette, or NBCLA 📰
Tiny lady, east coaster. W&M '20 forever.
Hijinks ensue.
If you recognize me, it might also be from the Flat Hat, the Virginia Gazette, or NBCLA 📰
Tiny lady, east coaster. W&M '20 forever.
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In a NYT op-ed, Sen. Tim Kaine fires back at critics who say he “sold out” by voting to reopen the government:
“I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
“I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In a NYT op-ed, Sen. Tim Kaine fires back at critics who say he “sold out” by voting to reopen the government:
“I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
“I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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A police report about the crime says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back saying: "The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make."
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew
A police report about the crime says Norton has “early stages of dementia.” Her office said: “The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was u...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A police report about the crime says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back saying: "The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make."
Going to undergrad in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg, then working at the local newspaper, from 2016-2021, meant living every day in a microcosm of the contemporary debate around American history, identity and politics.
This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.
This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.
Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?
Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Going to undergrad in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg, then working at the local newspaper, from 2016-2021, meant living every day in a microcosm of the contemporary debate around American history, identity and politics.
This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.
This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.
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NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
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Air traffic controller training, veteran services, CDC communications, federal employee pay: Here's what will continue, and what won't, if the government shuts down tonight.
Here's what to expect if the government shuts down at midnight
The key deadline to fund the federal government is Sept. 30, 2025, and the odds of Republicans and Democrats striking a deal seem slim. Here’s what to expect next.
www.nbcwashington.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Air traffic controller training, veteran services, CDC communications, federal employee pay: Here's what will continue, and what won't, if the government shuts down tonight.
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One of the latest DC Fire and EMS hopefuls wasn't quite up to sssssnuff.
Snake caught after slithering into DC Fire training academy
“Pete the Python,” a multi-foot long snake, was found slithering around the DC Fire Training Academy building on Saturday, the agency said.
www.nbcwashington.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
One of the latest DC Fire and EMS hopefuls wasn't quite up to sssssnuff.
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Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two?
Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness.
The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness.
The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two?
Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness.
The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness.
The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
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Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE, spending aggressively and taking an even more confrontational approach with critics and opponents, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/OH59S1s1
August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE, spending aggressively and taking an even more confrontational approach with critics and opponents, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/OH59S1s1
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Selling Zohran: defector.com/selling-zohran
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU…
defector.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Selling Zohran: defector.com/selling-zohran
My data science minor got me an NBC live blog byline yesterday! Honored to share the space with the spectacular @tednbc4.bsky.social and @garygrumbach.bsky.social.
Analysis of recent crime data for D.C. finds marginal differences before and after federal takeover
An analysis by NBC Washington of Metropolitan Police Department data shows that while crime is down slightly across Washington since last week's federal
www.nbcnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My data science minor got me an NBC live blog byline yesterday! Honored to share the space with the spectacular @tednbc4.bsky.social and @garygrumbach.bsky.social.
"When you talk with people in, or from, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina is often the way by which we demarcate time. When attempting to recall an event, a moment, or an experience, someone will ask "Was it before or after the storm?"
My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.
My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.
"When @clintsmithiii.bsky.social was in high school, Hurricane Katrina hit. “I saw that the walls were covered with mold,” he writes of his home post-storm. “Blue-green spores were everywhere.”
Twenty years later, Smith reflects on life before, and after, the storm:"
Twenty years later, Smith reflects on life before, and after, the storm:"
Life Before Katrina—And After It
The storm destroyed the home where I grew up, and changed New Orleans forever.
bit.ly
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"When you talk with people in, or from, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina is often the way by which we demarcate time. When attempting to recall an event, a moment, or an experience, someone will ask "Was it before or after the storm?"
My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.
My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.
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The president shared no details about what Monday's announcement might entail.
White House announcement on Monday will ‘stop violent crime' in D.C., Trump says
“On Monday, a Press Conference will be held at the White House which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C.,” Trump said on his social media website, Truth Social.
www.nbcwashington.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The president shared no details about what Monday's announcement might entail.
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"He can either give us a license... or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.”
That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"He can either give us a license... or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.”
That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
It's a busy Friday, many of you are heading out for the weekend, and there's other, bigger stories out there to cover. But I wanted to take a moment to highlight this piece I wrote earlier this week, which I'm quite proud of.
May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.
May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.
Fire torched this bookstore owner's dream. Old Town helped her rebuild stronger
For Jamie Fortin, the owner and founder of Friends to Lovers bookstore in Old Town Alexandria, the shop’s celebration of love goes beyond its focus on romance novels. Love also comes in the form of a ...
www.nbcwashington.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's a busy Friday, many of you are heading out for the weekend, and there's other, bigger stories out there to cover. But I wanted to take a moment to highlight this piece I wrote earlier this week, which I'm quite proud of.
May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.
May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.
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"JUST WANT HIM HOME": A Maryland man was detained by ICE while walking his dog and faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know.
Maryland man detained by ICE in Gaithersburg while walking dog, family says
The family of a Maryland man who’s lived in the United States for decades is looking for answers after they say he was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month ...
nbc4dc.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"JUST WANT HIM HOME": A Maryland man was detained by ICE while walking his dog and faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know.
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A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.
Do landlords need to cooperate with ICE? What to know about your right to privacy
A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.
trib.al
July 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.
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The investigations into GMU appear to be part of a pattern from the Trump administration, which has used civil rights laws to fight diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at universities.
George Mason faces another DEI investigation — this time from the Justice Dept.
The U.S. Department of Justice is launching a civil rights investigation into George Mason University over its hiring practices. The DOJ investigation is in addition to one from the Department of Educ...
www.nbcwashington.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The investigations into GMU appear to be part of a pattern from the Trump administration, which has used civil rights laws to fight diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at universities.
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"It was a month I never imagined," the Salvadoran man said in Spanish. "It was a month of so much trauma."
Salvadoran man released in Alexandria after being held by ICE for nearly two months
A Salvadoran father who was arrested by Alexandria police and handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spoke out after spending nearly two months in a detention center. The 27-year-old...
www.nbcwashington.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It was a month I never imagined," the Salvadoran man said in Spanish. "It was a month of so much trauma."
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JUST IN: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.
Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.
www.nbcwashington.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
JUST IN: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.
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The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Trump's comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held a listening session at the Eden Center in Falls Church, where businesses face uncertainty due to tariffs.
Former KenCen president talks about changes to the DC institution: News4 Rundown
The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Donald Trump’s comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held...
www.nbcwashington.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Trump's comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held a listening session at the Eden Center in Falls Church, where businesses face uncertainty due to tariffs.
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Tesla profits drop 71%
April 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Tesla profits drop 71%
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"BRING HIM HOME": Sen. Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and check on the mistakenly deported man's well-being.
Sen. Van Hollen flies to El Salvador as calls intensify for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen headed to El Salvador early Wednesday in an attempt to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in the Centra...
nbc4dc.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"BRING HIM HOME": Sen. Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and check on the mistakenly deported man's well-being.
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The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.
Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also ordered the administration to provide evidence about what steps it's taken — or hasn't taken — to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
www.nbcwashington.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.
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Voting rights groups worry about additional hurdles for women whose birth certificates don’t match their current IDs because they changed their name after getting married.
House passes a requirement to prove citizenship to vote: Here's how it affects voting
Here’s a look at key issues in the debate over a proof of citizenship requirement for voting, which the U.S. House approved legislation for Thursday.
www.nbcwashington.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Voting rights groups worry about additional hurdles for women whose birth certificates don’t match their current IDs because they changed their name after getting married.
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The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require people to prove that they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote. It’s the latest effort to tighten voting laws tied to President Trump’s debunked claims of widespread election fraud. nyti.ms/3XWuNl7
April 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require people to prove that they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote. It’s the latest effort to tighten voting laws tied to President Trump’s debunked claims of widespread election fraud. nyti.ms/3XWuNl7