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Michael Squires
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ProPublica’s Southwest editor. Investigative journalism in #Arizona, #Colorado, #Nevada, #NewMexico and #Utah.
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Amazing kicker on @robwdavis.bsky.social’s story about Fox News’ misleading coverage of Portland before Trump sent in troops.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
On Sept. 28, the day Trump’s order was implemented, a Fox News broadcast played a clip of Kotek saying that Guard troops were not needed in Portland, then immediately cut to a clip of a hectic scene of protesters clashing with police. “Wish she could see some of those images,” the anchor said. Sarcastically, as a co-anchor chuckled, she added: “Look at that. Just a peaceful protest.” A small box on the screen showed the footage wasn’t from Oregon. It was from Illinois.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Devo album cover from 1978 features an illustration of a man wearing a hat. He looks like former NFL quarterback Tom Brady. Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady wears a hoodie. He looks a lot like a man in an illustration on a Devo album cover.
January 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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After 2013’s Yarnell Hill Fire in AZ killed 19 hotshots, our investigation focused on the inevitability of firefighters dying because we keep building into wildlands that burn. By allowing building there without adequate fireproofing we put them in harm’s way. 2/
The last known photo of the Granite Mountain Hotshots shows them on a ridge overlooking the Yarnell Hill Fire.
January 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Adding this menace to the timeline for no reason.
A gray and white cat with penetrating blue eyes tolerates you staring at her.
November 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Garrett Archer Incoming!
Flagging the best follow on Arizona and Maricopa County elections. @garrettarcher.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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Moving federal agency HQs will be a feature of the second Trump administration and its effort to shrink bureaucracy/regulation. See our recent reporting on how Trump’s moving the Bureau of Land Management out of DC worked (or didn’t) in his first term. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
A PoliticoPro Greenwire headline and deck stating: “Relocating EPA headquarters blasted as ‘decapitation.’ President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly discussing the move, an effort described by a former agency employee as a ‘demolition plan.’”
November 13, 2024 at 8:10 AM