Morgan Stephens
@morganstephens.bsky.social
Reporter at KOB 4, poet TILT (2024), previously White House for Bloomberg & production for CNN, slowly lurching toward my first novel
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On this day in COVID history, July 23, 2021:
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
July 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, July 23, 2021:
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
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NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez on SCOTUS ruling giving ICE green light to sweeps based on race, language.
@morganstephens.bsky.social from KOB
Learn more about what this means for New Mexicans and beyond:
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Learn more about what this means for New Mexicans and beyond:
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September 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez on SCOTUS ruling giving ICE green light to sweeps based on race, language.
@morganstephens.bsky.social from KOB
Learn more about what this means for New Mexicans and beyond:
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@morganstephens.bsky.social from KOB
Learn more about what this means for New Mexicans and beyond:
www.kob.com/politics-new...
It’s hard to believe this was four years ago. I am immensely grateful for the healing my body has done and surrender to the rest it has to go.
On this day in COVID history, July 23, 2021:
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
Opinion: Eight months of long Covid brought me to the brink | CNN
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/opinions/long-covid-symptoms-brought-me-to-the-brink-stephens/index.html
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It’s hard to believe this was four years ago. I am immensely grateful for the healing my body has done and surrender to the rest it has to go.
My LATEST:
"Protesters demanding the abolishment of ICE swarmed an #Albuquerque Walmart...The crowd walked in circles around the entrances of the Walmart by Coors Boulevard and I-40, and chanted with signs that read slogans such as “End ICE Terror,” and “We stand with immigrants.” www.kob.com/news/protest...
Protesters swarm Albuquerque Walmart where man was arrested by ICE
Protesters swarmed an Albuquerque Walmart Sunday morning where a man was arrested by ICE agents earlier this month.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My LATEST:
Some personal news: I’m *so* excited to announce I’ve joined KOB 4 as a reporter covering New Mexico! Grateful for such a warm welcome from the team as well as the state of enchantment.
June 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Some personal news: I’m *so* excited to announce I’ve joined KOB 4 as a reporter covering New Mexico! Grateful for such a warm welcome from the team as well as the state of enchantment.
NEWS: Attorneys General multi-state lawsuit to reinstate thousands of probationary workers fired by DOGE succeeds in court. The ruling ordered employees to be reinstated by March 17th, and alleged the White House violated federal law by illegally firing thousands of workers without advanced notice.
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEWS: Attorneys General multi-state lawsuit to reinstate thousands of probationary workers fired by DOGE succeeds in court. The ruling ordered employees to be reinstated by March 17th, and alleged the White House violated federal law by illegally firing thousands of workers without advanced notice.
POTUS continues "joking" about staying in office past 2028. The majority of Americans believe he'll attempt it. Meanwhile, MAGA is already splintering on the issue, with recent activist factions popping up at CPAC. Latest: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump 2028? Americans think he'll try it—and don't think he should
President Donald Trump keeps “joking” about running for a third term, and his allies are floating ways to make it happen—but Americans aren’t on board. New polling finds that not only do ...
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March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
POTUS continues "joking" about staying in office past 2028. The majority of Americans believe he'll attempt it. Meanwhile, MAGA is already splintering on the issue, with recent activist factions popping up at CPAC. Latest: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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“Absolute admiration for President Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to Russia’s best negotiators,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell of California.
Democrats rip 'un-American' Trump after Zelenskyy clusterf-ck
Democrats were left aghast at President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance’s disgraceful meltdown toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. In the meeting, Trump defended…
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March 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“Absolute admiration for President Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to Russia’s best negotiators,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell of California.
ICYMI: The DNC filed its first lawsuit on Friday against Trump in what calls a “blatant power grab by a corrupt Republican administration” over campaign finance law. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Here's why the Democratic Party just sued Trump
The Democratic Party is taking President Donald Trump to court , accusing him of overstepping his authority and illegally trying to tighten his grip on federal agencies—particularly those meant to ...
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March 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICYMI: The DNC filed its first lawsuit on Friday against Trump in what calls a “blatant power grab by a corrupt Republican administration” over campaign finance law. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
NEW: After Trump and Vance threw Zelenskyy’s White House meeting off the rails, the public consensus among Democrats was swift and unified: “embarrassing,” “dangerous,” “un-American,” “an ambush.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democrats rip 'un-American' Trump after Zelenskyy clusterf-ck
Democrats were left aghast at President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance’s disgraceful meltdown toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. In the meeting, Trump defended Russi...
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March 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEW: After Trump and Vance threw Zelenskyy’s White House meeting off the rails, the public consensus among Democrats was swift and unified: “embarrassing,” “dangerous,” “un-American,” “an ambush.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
JUST NOW: "You see the hatred he's got for Putin, it's really tough to make a deal with that kind of hatred," Trump said to Zelenskyy and reporters in Oval Office during devolving WH meeting.
February 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
JUST NOW: "You see the hatred he's got for Putin, it's really tough to make a deal with that kind of hatred," Trump said to Zelenskyy and reporters in Oval Office during devolving WH meeting.
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Trump and Musk are right about one thing: All of this is a disaster—their disaster.
Musk is now begging air traffic controllers to come back to work
Donald Trump gave his co-President Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency carte blanche to go on a federal employee firing spree—and now Musk is lamely begging for workers to come…
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February 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump and Musk are right about one thing: All of this is a disaster—their disaster.
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You nailed it, @morganstephens.bsky.social.
She’s desperate to stay relevant and the maga broligarchs are her last refuge.
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She’s desperate to stay relevant and the maga broligarchs are her last refuge.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Megyn Kelly unleashes sexist attack against Musk's alleged baby mama
Former Fox News host-turned-podcaster Megyn Kelly went on a condescending, sexist tirade Wednesday, blasting conservative commentator Ashley St. Clair for announcing on X that her baby is the 13th ...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You nailed it, @morganstephens.bsky.social.
She’s desperate to stay relevant and the maga broligarchs are her last refuge.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
She’s desperate to stay relevant and the maga broligarchs are her last refuge.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan.
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan.
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
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A federal judge just smacked down Trump’s reckless funding freeze, calling it “ill-conceived” and “unfathomable.” Turns out, trying to block trillions in federal aid practically overnight is completely unhinged.
Another judge puts Trump's disastrous funding freeze on ice
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday on Donald Trump’s push for a federal funding freeze ,
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February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A federal judge just smacked down Trump’s reckless funding freeze, calling it “ill-conceived” and “unfathomable.” Turns out, trying to block trillions in federal aid practically overnight is completely unhinged.
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USDS staffers resign en masse in response to Musk’s latest antics.
Team assigned to help DOGE gives middle finger instead
Nearly two dozen federal technology workers just walked out the door rather than bow to billionaire Elon Musk, who they say is set on running the government into the ground with chaos and cronyism.�
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February 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
USDS staffers resign en masse in response to Musk’s latest antics.
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Shocker.
3 years after Ukraine invasion, Trump is still simping for Putin
When White House reporters asked President Donald Trump on Monday if Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “dictator,” the usually bombastic Trump was suddenly demure. “I don’t use those ...
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February 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Shocker.
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Spoiler: the FBI, Pentagon, and unions aren’t impressed.
Musk faces major backlash after obnoxious productivity email
On Saturday, at the behest of unelected billionaire Elon Musk, the Office of Personnel Management emailed over 2 ...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Spoiler: the FBI, Pentagon, and unions aren’t impressed.
As if gutting the entire federal government wasn't enough, Trump and RFK Jr. are now abandoning 9/11 first responders.
Secretary Kennedy, remember that protecting 9/11 heroes is a promise, not a political prop. Cutting 20% of the staff at the World Trade Center Health Program isn’t just cruel, it’s dangerous.
Trump and RFK Jr. put 9/11 heroes at risk with their callous job cuts
New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand wrote a letter to newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, condemning the recent “nonsensical and ...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As if gutting the entire federal government wasn't enough, Trump and RFK Jr. are now abandoning 9/11 first responders.
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No Kings on Presidents Day. The American people are fighting back against Trump and Musk.
Protests ramp up across the country as rage builds against Trump and Musk
Protests are set to take place on Monday across the country to make it known that this President’s Day, Americans are pissed at President Donald Trump and unelected co-president Elon Musk’s ...
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February 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No Kings on Presidents Day. The American people are fighting back against Trump and Musk.
New from me: Congressional Democrats of all factions are hinting at a government shutdown in one month as a bargaining chip to combat the Trump and Musk administration. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democrats have a chance to stand up to Trump—if they don't blow it
Congress has one month to pass its spending bill or risk a government shutdown, and Democrats are hinting that they might take this opportunity to finally challenge President Donald Trump and ...
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February 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New from me: Congressional Democrats of all factions are hinting at a government shutdown in one month as a bargaining chip to combat the Trump and Musk administration. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is out here silencing Democrats to protect Elon Musk’s fragile ego. Government efficiency, indeed.
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First congressional DOGE hearing is just as bonkers as you can imagine
Fireworks erupted Wednesday on Capitol Hill at the first Department of Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing when Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Jasmine Crockett of Texas each ....
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February 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is out here silencing Democrats to protect Elon Musk’s fragile ego. Government efficiency, indeed.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Trump is back on Putin’s leash.
Trump gleefully announces he’s back to being Putin’s lapdog
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on Truth Social that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since being sworn into office. During the 90-minute call and on ...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump is back on Putin’s leash.
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Want Medicare for All? Climate action? Wealth tax? Then we need progressives winning these Senate races.
Democrats get two Senate opportunities to freshen up the party
Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced on Thursday that she won’t seek reelection in 2026. “This decision is not political, it is entirely personal,” she said in a statement, citing that…
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February 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Want Medicare for All? Climate action? Wealth tax? Then we need progressives winning these Senate races.
NEW: 13 attorneys general file a lawsuit against DOGE, challenging Elon Musk's "exercise of executive power." 1/3
Filing here: www.mass.gov/doc/nm-v-mus...
Filing here: www.mass.gov/doc/nm-v-mus...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW: 13 attorneys general file a lawsuit against DOGE, challenging Elon Musk's "exercise of executive power." 1/3
Filing here: www.mass.gov/doc/nm-v-mus...
Filing here: www.mass.gov/doc/nm-v-mus...