Dave Mager
@davemagernews.bsky.social
news anchor/reporter @WTIC1080
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Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
June 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
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Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured.
W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org
W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured.
W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org
W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org
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"American foreign policy these days is a collection of the random slights, insults and ideological obsessions of one man," Fareed Zakaria writes. https://wapo.st/3I4OMJy
Opinion | Pivotal countries are moving away from the U.S. and toward China
Nations once friendly to the U.S. now lean toward Beijing after years of hostility.
wapo.st
September 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"American foreign policy these days is a collection of the random slights, insults and ideological obsessions of one man," Fareed Zakaria writes. https://wapo.st/3I4OMJy
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Even in the annals of an erratic presidency, Trump's Alaska meeting stands out as a reversal of historic proportions. Trump abandoned his goal of an immediate cease-fire and bowed to Putin’s approach of seeking a broader deal requiring Ukraine to give up territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Even in the annals of an erratic presidency, Trump's Alaska meeting stands out as a reversal of historic proportions. Trump abandoned his goal of an immediate cease-fire and bowed to Putin’s approach of seeking a broader deal requiring Ukraine to give up territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
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Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.
www.propublica.org
August 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
@chadfinn.bsky.social Did they tell Zolak to ignore the other team? Terrible broadcast!
August 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@chadfinn.bsky.social Did they tell Zolak to ignore the other team? Terrible broadcast!
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The Republican Governor of Missouri just repealed a paid sick leave ballot measure that got almost 60% support and would have benefited 728,000 private-sector workers. Unimaginably undemocratic, craven, and corrupt.
"Right-wing populism" at work.
www.commondreams.org/news/missour...
"Right-wing populism" at work.
www.commondreams.org/news/missour...
'A Slap in the Face': Missouri's GOP Governor Repeals Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave | Common Dreams
"The governor's action today demonstrates the absolute disdain Republicans have for working Missourians."
www.commondreams.org
July 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Republican Governor of Missouri just repealed a paid sick leave ballot measure that got almost 60% support and would have benefited 728,000 private-sector workers. Unimaginably undemocratic, craven, and corrupt.
"Right-wing populism" at work.
www.commondreams.org/news/missour...
"Right-wing populism" at work.
www.commondreams.org/news/missour...
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Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
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Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, US judge rules reut.rs/4jGgg5E
April 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, US judge rules reut.rs/4jGgg5E
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Rep. Sarah McBride: "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues. I wish they would spend even a fraction of the time that they spend thinking about me, thinking about … families."
March 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Rep. Sarah McBride: "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues. I wish they would spend even a fraction of the time that they spend thinking about me, thinking about … families."
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
Elon liked the leaker so much he got a promotion.
Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team when President Donald Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner.
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
wapo.st
February 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Elon liked the leaker so much he got a promotion.
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The U.S. could become at risk of losing its WHO measles elimination status, which has broad implications, if the outbreak isn’t brought under control and the virus gains a more endemic foothold in the U.S, — where we see pockets of continued transmission.
February 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The U.S. could become at risk of losing its WHO measles elimination status, which has broad implications, if the outbreak isn’t brought under control and the virus gains a more endemic foothold in the U.S, — where we see pockets of continued transmission.
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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
February 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://propub.li/4370xr2
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Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
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We’d know to call this a bribe if it happened anywhere else: “Musk had one of his businesses pay Trump $10 million personally this week, apparently as part of their power-sharing agreement.”
Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We’d know to call this a bribe if it happened anywhere else: “Musk had one of his businesses pay Trump $10 million personally this week, apparently as part of their power-sharing agreement.”
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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
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The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned, as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.
Trump’s federal firings imperil government services from cities to farm towns
The cuts were initially poised to affect nuclear defense programs and impact veterans’ mental health care, workers warned.
wapo.st
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned, as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.
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The fallout from President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center’s board and purge of its leadership continued Thursday, as the center’s staff worried about the storied arts institution and shows began to disappear from its lineup.
Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar
Issa Rae became the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the center after President Donald Trump took over its board and leadership.
wapo.st
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center’s board and purge of its leadership continued Thursday, as the center’s staff worried about the storied arts institution and shows began to disappear from its lineup.
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Explain the logic of roiling markets, antagonizing allies and turning the Canadian and Mexican public against the U.S. in exchange for border security commitments that were already on the table?
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Explain the logic of roiling markets, antagonizing allies and turning the Canadian and Mexican public against the U.S. in exchange for border security commitments that were already on the table?
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The USAID systems Elon Musk's DOGE team tried to access included personnel files and security systems — including on classified systems beyond the security level of some of the DOGE employees.
The systems also included security clearance info for agency employees. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
The systems also included security clearance info for agency employees. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems
The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files, three sources familiar with the events told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The USAID systems Elon Musk's DOGE team tried to access included personnel files and security systems — including on classified systems beyond the security level of some of the DOGE employees.
The systems also included security clearance info for agency employees. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
The systems also included security clearance info for agency employees. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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Another Musk/DOGE access fight over the govt’s most sensitive info:
-Musk people tried to access personnel files, were blocked.
-They might have sought classified info, too
-The person who tried to block them was put on leave.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
-Musk people tried to access personnel files, were blocked.
-They might have sought classified info, too
-The person who tried to block them was put on leave.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
February 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Another Musk/DOGE access fight over the govt’s most sensitive info:
-Musk people tried to access personnel files, were blocked.
-They might have sought classified info, too
-The person who tried to block them was put on leave.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
-Musk people tried to access personnel files, were blocked.
-They might have sought classified info, too
-The person who tried to block them was put on leave.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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The Trump administration’s decision to impose a far-reaching freeze on U.S. foreign aid programs has thrust humanitarian and development organizations into crisis, prompting the layoff or furloughing of thousands of workers and mass panic as aid groups warn they may have to shut down.
Funding freeze thrusts foreign aid groups into crisis
Development organizations that program and deliver billions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian aid warn they may have to shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Trump administration’s decision to impose a far-reaching freeze on U.S. foreign aid programs has thrust humanitarian and development organizations into crisis, prompting the layoff or furloughing of thousands of workers and mass panic as aid groups warn they may have to shut down.
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The US Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters reut.rs/4g8Zdqv
US Justice Dept freezes its civil rights litigation
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.
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January 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The US Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters reut.rs/4g8Zdqv