Amy L. Kovac-Ashley
@terabithia4.bsky.social
A Californian living in an East Coast world. @tinynewscollective.bsky.social ED. Formerly @lenfestinstitute.org, @ampress.bsky.social, WVU Media College, HoyaJournalism, @washingtonpost.com. Wife. Mom.
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Nearly 200,000 DC residents have served in our Armed Forces since World War I, despite being denied local autonomy and voting representation in Congress.
On #VeteransDay, we honor these brave servicemembers and reinforce our calls for #DCStatehood.
On #VeteransDay, we honor these brave servicemembers and reinforce our calls for #DCStatehood.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Nearly 200,000 DC residents have served in our Armed Forces since World War I, despite being denied local autonomy and voting representation in Congress.
On #VeteransDay, we honor these brave servicemembers and reinforce our calls for #DCStatehood.
On #VeteransDay, we honor these brave servicemembers and reinforce our calls for #DCStatehood.
Anyone else feeling this way this morning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32h...
Dirty Dancing - I did it for nothing
YouTube video by evelyncarnate1
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Anyone else feeling this way this morning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32h...
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We're hiring two Ward 7 Community Connectors — one for in-person events and another for online outreach.
These are part-time, contract roles: $35+/hour, ~5 hours/week. Applicants must live in Ward 7.
More information and how to apply:
These are part-time, contract roles: $35+/hour, ~5 hours/week. Applicants must live in Ward 7.
More information and how to apply:
We're hiring Ward 7 Community Connectors
We're hiring two Community Connectors — one for in-person events and another for online outreach.
51st.news
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're hiring two Ward 7 Community Connectors — one for in-person events and another for online outreach.
These are part-time, contract roles: $35+/hour, ~5 hours/week. Applicants must live in Ward 7.
More information and how to apply:
These are part-time, contract roles: $35+/hour, ~5 hours/week. Applicants must live in Ward 7.
More information and how to apply:
Eastern High School at the @washingtonspirit.com game! #ilovedc
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eastern High School at the @washingtonspirit.com game! #ilovedc
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Let's see how many First Amendment violations we have in this one edict:
Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Let's see how many First Amendment violations we have in this one edict:
Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
Religion ✔️
Speech ✔️
Peaceably assemble ✔️
Petition the government for redress of grievances ✔️
Press ❓(not quite, but they'll figure out a way)
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The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
Logan Hosts Food Bank For TSA Workers Amid Longest U.S. Government Shutdown | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
WBZ NewsRadio is the home of Traffic and Weather Together on the 3s. Breaking news when it happens. Boston's source for local news. Listen on your radio at 1030AM in Boston or take us anywhere with th...
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
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📍INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is NOW accepting applications for our Spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Details and deadlines: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
| Knight First Amendment Institute
knightcolumbia.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📍INTERNSHIP ALERT: @knightcolumbia.org is NOW accepting applications for our Spring 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & @barnardcollege.bsky.social students. Details and deadlines: knightcolumbia.org/page/spring-...
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Doing quality, award-winning (even Pulitzer-winning) journalism valued by a community is not enough when corporate decides they need either more profit or more friends in office.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Doing quality, award-winning (even Pulitzer-winning) journalism valued by a community is not enough when corporate decides they need either more profit or more friends in office.
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I just want to say how viscerally angry this image makes me
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I just want to say how viscerally angry this image makes me
This post is giving me life. I was also wondering about Ocean’s 8.
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This post is giving me life. I was also wondering about Ocean’s 8.
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Little League practice at The Fields at RFK isn't complete without a National Guard patrol. #dc #FreeDC @thehillishome.com @popville.bsky.social @hillragdc.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Little League practice at The Fields at RFK isn't complete without a National Guard patrol. #dc #FreeDC @thehillishome.com @popville.bsky.social @hillragdc.bsky.social
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Today, I got a coffee, went to the farmer’s market & grocery store, then took the bus to a church rummage sale
I wish Americans could see folks in DC just living our daily lives. We do the same mundane, daily crap they do
But because of our zip code, we have no vote in Congress
I wish Americans could see folks in DC just living our daily lives. We do the same mundane, daily crap they do
But because of our zip code, we have no vote in Congress
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today, I got a coffee, went to the farmer’s market & grocery store, then took the bus to a church rummage sale
I wish Americans could see folks in DC just living our daily lives. We do the same mundane, daily crap they do
But because of our zip code, we have no vote in Congress
I wish Americans could see folks in DC just living our daily lives. We do the same mundane, daily crap they do
But because of our zip code, we have no vote in Congress
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Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
#NoKings
#NoKings
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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To be clear, I don't just want journalists to label fascism. I want them to explain it, to examine, investigate, and report on it in the context of history and the world. They can't do that if they are unwilling even to use the word, masking reality, hiding behind euphemisms. That is not journalism.
"Diorama of power dynamics." Beyond euphemism, that is glib glorification of dictatorship. The #BrokenTimes would rather show off its turn of phrase than call fascism what it is.
Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
To be clear, I don't just want journalists to label fascism. I want them to explain it, to examine, investigate, and report on it in the context of history and the world. They can't do that if they are unwilling even to use the word, masking reality, hiding behind euphemisms. That is not journalism.
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The DC Auditor’s analysis shows the city’s sports and convention authority miscalculated the excess cash it’s supposed to transfer back to the District. Events DC disagrees. Full story:
Events DC Owes the District Government $68.7 Million, DC Auditor Says
The DC Auditor says the city’s sports and convention authority miscalculated the excess cash it’s supposed to transfer to the District at the end every year. Events DC disagrees.
buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The DC Auditor’s analysis shows the city’s sports and convention authority miscalculated the excess cash it’s supposed to transfer back to the District. Events DC disagrees. Full story:
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It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
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Disasters in remote Alaska are not like disasters anywhere in the lower 48 states..While East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter..can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote Native villages" theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...
Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Disasters in remote Alaska are not like disasters anywhere in the lower 48 states..While East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter..can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote Native villages" theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...
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The Indiana University Media School fired its Director of Student Media Tuesday, one week after he says he was ordered by administrators to remove news from the Indiana Daily Student print edition. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
IU fires leader of student media, including Indiana Daily Student
Editors at the Indiana Daily Student said Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush refused to tell students to remove news from an upcoming special print edition.
www.ipm.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Indiana University Media School fired its Director of Student Media Tuesday, one week after he says he was ordered by administrators to remove news from the Indiana Daily Student print edition. @weiss-a-woni.bsky.social
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This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
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The judgment against the conservative media commentator is believed to be the largest in American libel history, according to a court filing.
Alex Jones’ $1.4 Billion Defamation Loss Stands As Supreme Court Rejects Case
The judgment against the conservative media commentator is believed to be the largest in American libel history, according to a court filing.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The judgment against the conservative media commentator is believed to be the largest in American libel history, according to a court filing.
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A very simple thing would be to make it illegal to use the image of anyone who hasn't opted in to their image being used in AI.
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A very simple thing would be to make it illegal to use the image of anyone who hasn't opted in to their image being used in AI.
We’ve really got the best flag. #dcproud
On this date in 1938, the design for DC's state flag was selected. It was based on George Washington's coat-of-arms.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We’ve really got the best flag. #dcproud
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On this date in 1938, the design for DC's state flag was selected. It was based on George Washington's coat-of-arms.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this date in 1938, the design for DC's state flag was selected. It was based on George Washington's coat-of-arms.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.
In an informal flag poll, vexillologists love it.
Tattoo artists th ink it's great.