Steve Cooper (Coop)
@socaljourno.com
Journalist & creative generalist.
COO at GymCastic
Co-Author of Best-Selling books "The Balance" with Aimee Boorman
& "Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance" with Miss Val.
Beats: 📸🤸🏽🫶🏼🧑🦱📱💼
www.gymcastic.com | https://a.co/d/6Q7yfJp | www.socaljourno.com
COO at GymCastic
Co-Author of Best-Selling books "The Balance" with Aimee Boorman
& "Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance" with Miss Val.
Beats: 📸🤸🏽🫶🏼🧑🦱📱💼
www.gymcastic.com | https://a.co/d/6Q7yfJp | www.socaljourno.com
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· Apr 8
The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles - out April 22
I am so excited to share this book with everyone!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-balanc...
@saltocoach.bsky.social #gymnastics #booksky
I am so excited to share this book with everyone!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-balanc...
@saltocoach.bsky.social #gymnastics #booksky
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BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: The FBI infiltrated the private Signal chat of a volunteer group monitoring ICE activity at immigration courts.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
Spying on New Yorkers for their constitutionally-protected activism is a dangerous return to the discredited—and often lawless—overreach tactics of the McCarthy & Hoover eras.
"Action expresses priorities." ~ Gandhi
Nursing, architects, educators, social workers... no longer classified as professionals, which means they don't qualify for higher loans.
What stayed on the list? Theology.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Nursing, architects, educators, social workers... no longer classified as professionals, which means they don't qualify for higher loans.
What stayed on the list? Theology.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Action expresses priorities." ~ Gandhi
Nursing, architects, educators, social workers... no longer classified as professionals, which means they don't qualify for higher loans.
What stayed on the list? Theology.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
Nursing, architects, educators, social workers... no longer classified as professionals, which means they don't qualify for higher loans.
What stayed on the list? Theology.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Imagine if we had regulation that didn't let social media companies weaponize their platforms then take zero responsibility.
www.politifact.com/article/2023...
www.politifact.com/article/2023...
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Imagine if we had regulation that didn't let social media companies weaponize their platforms then take zero responsibility.
www.politifact.com/article/2023...
www.politifact.com/article/2023...
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The feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username.
X begins rolling out the 'About this account' feature to users' profiles | TechCrunch
The feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username.
techcrunch.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username.
ICE is operating without fear... they need to be sued and prosecuted for their excessive force, unlawful detainment, warrantless searches, trespassing... anything and everything.
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ICE is operating without fear... they need to be sued and prosecuted for their excessive force, unlawful detainment, warrantless searches, trespassing... anything and everything.
If Congress truly believed they were an equal branch of government with an important role to check the executive branch, they'd start impeaching those who lie and perjure themselves during their confirmation.
If they don't, what's the point of the hearings?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
If they don't, what's the point of the hearings?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
RFK Jr updates CDC website to link vaccines to autism
The website now states that “studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.”
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If Congress truly believed they were an equal branch of government with an important role to check the executive branch, they'd start impeaching those who lie and perjure themselves during their confirmation.
If they don't, what's the point of the hearings?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
If they don't, what's the point of the hearings?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Suciu explains that the national teams were dissolved to prevent further harm. Until at least year’s end, gymnasts will train only with their home clubs. He says the FRG will fully respect whatever sanctions the Commission issues. golazo.ro/frg-loturi-n...
„Nu se poate șterge cu buretele” / FRG, măsură extremă după scandalurile de la lotul național: „Șocul e imens”
Federația Română de Gimnastică a anunțat primele măsuri luate după ce Denisa Golgotă (23 de ani) a depus o plângere pentru hărțuire fizică și psihică la revenirea de la Campionatele Mondiale din Jakar...
golazo.ro
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Suciu explains that the national teams were dissolved to prevent further harm. Until at least year’s end, gymnasts will train only with their home clubs. He says the FRG will fully respect whatever sanctions the Commission issues. golazo.ro/frg-loturi-n...
All true.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
All true.
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Breaking News: A federal judge found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., was unlawful.
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., was unlawful.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital.
One of the things that made "The Greatest Generation" the greatest was that they all agreed Nazis were bad.
Make no mistake, all political parties are not the same. Those who continue to express that apathy need to be told their absence and silence is enabling.
Make no mistake, all political parties are not the same. Those who continue to express that apathy need to be told their absence and silence is enabling.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One of the things that made "The Greatest Generation" the greatest was that they all agreed Nazis were bad.
Make no mistake, all political parties are not the same. Those who continue to express that apathy need to be told their absence and silence is enabling.
Make no mistake, all political parties are not the same. Those who continue to express that apathy need to be told their absence and silence is enabling.
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The CDC amended its website to suggest that vaccines may cause autism. It now declares that experts “ignored” a potential link between infant vaccination and autism, and asserts that its earlier rejection of such a link was not “evidence-based.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The CDC amended its website to suggest that vaccines may cause autism. It now declares that experts “ignored” a potential link between infant vaccination and autism, and asserts that its earlier rejection of such a link was not “evidence-based.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h...
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
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CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
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Texas received a grade of "D" in the annual report card on maternal and infant health outcomes from the national nonprofit March of Dimes.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Texas received a grade of "D" in the annual report card on maternal and infant health outcomes from the national nonprofit March of Dimes.
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Federal agents in Chicago used tear gas more times in one day last month than Chicago police did all year.
Great reporting:
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
Great reporting:
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Federal agents in Chicago used tear gas more times in one day last month than Chicago police did all year.
Great reporting:
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
Great reporting:
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
Has she not seen A Few Good Men?
Fox News's Martha MacCallum makes a case for following illegal orders: "If you are in the US military, you sign up, you carry out the mission that is assigned to you. The other option is to not join the military or to leave if you feel you can't carry out an order. But the command is integral."
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Has she not seen A Few Good Men?
Wow! The DOJ turned in an indictment from the grand jury that the grand jury never saw or voted on!
At this point, every judge should assume the DOJ is operating in bad faith and respond accordingly.
At this point, every judge should assume the DOJ is operating in bad faith and respond accordingly.
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Wow! The DOJ turned in an indictment from the grand jury that the grand jury never saw or voted on!
At this point, every judge should assume the DOJ is operating in bad faith and respond accordingly.
At this point, every judge should assume the DOJ is operating in bad faith and respond accordingly.
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New Episode 🔥
* The history of Doping in women’s gymnastics staring East Germany
* Pt 2 of Patrick Kiens and Daymon Jones’ interview
* USA Gymnastics’ new CEO hire
* The return of the American Cup
* 2027 college signings
* LA 2028 comeback wish list mini-commission
gymcastic.com/doping-in-wo...
* The history of Doping in women’s gymnastics staring East Germany
* Pt 2 of Patrick Kiens and Daymon Jones’ interview
* USA Gymnastics’ new CEO hire
* The return of the American Cup
* 2027 college signings
* LA 2028 comeback wish list mini-commission
gymcastic.com/doping-in-wo...
Doping In Women's Gymnastics, Plus Patrick & Daymon part two
Deep dive into GDR gymnastics doping, new Romanian abuse revelations, and Patrick & Daymon’s Jakarta judging insights, plus our LA28 comeback wishlist.”
gymcastic.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
New Episode 🔥
* The history of Doping in women’s gymnastics staring East Germany
* Pt 2 of Patrick Kiens and Daymon Jones’ interview
* USA Gymnastics’ new CEO hire
* The return of the American Cup
* 2027 college signings
* LA 2028 comeback wish list mini-commission
gymcastic.com/doping-in-wo...
* The history of Doping in women’s gymnastics staring East Germany
* Pt 2 of Patrick Kiens and Daymon Jones’ interview
* USA Gymnastics’ new CEO hire
* The return of the American Cup
* 2027 college signings
* LA 2028 comeback wish list mini-commission
gymcastic.com/doping-in-wo...
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BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
I'm shocked 🙄 to learn that the Trump White House intervened to protect an accused sex trafficker.
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm shocked 🙄 to learn that the Trump White House intervened to protect an accused sex trafficker.
Since he's so interested in exposing the bad guys, I'd like to recommend people to watch Surviving Ohio State.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSP3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSP3...
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Since he's so interested in exposing the bad guys, I'd like to recommend people to watch Surviving Ohio State.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSP3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSP3...