Laura Conaway
oleta.bsky.social
Laura Conaway
@oleta.bsky.social
Maddow/MS NOW. (↖️ In this picture, I'm the cyclist. http://nyti.ms/3f8MIPR)
In the smaller towns of Washington State, they're still counting up the Democratic wins -- a lot of council seats, a lot of legislative seats.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Heard in Chicagoland (Mount Prospect):

“They came and took my dad 10 minutes ago.”

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Health insurance stories like this one from Maine, times all 50 states:

"her premiums would jump from $478 to $1,262 per month...

"more than $15,000...of her $65,000...income as a self-employed mental health counselor."

www.pressherald.com/2025/10/31/h...
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This sounds like a problem. 

Gift link:

wapo.st/48Iuil5
October 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I am delighted and proud to have a sticker of my wife’s “Life After Cars” book on my new notebook. Book hits the stores Oct. 21, available for preorders now at lifeaftercars.com #lifeaftercars
October 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Yesterday in London, President Obama described the autism spectrum and why there has been a big jump in the number of people who know they're autistic.

Worth seeing.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Senator Mike "Rounds is trusting the Trump administration to move $9.4 million in funding from an undisclosed account to more than two dozen tribal radio stations"

utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/08/28/r...
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you read the news out of Alaska, you start to recognize this formulation:

-Trump cuts something Alaska wanted.
-Murkowski feels betrayed and wants the decision reversed.
-Sullivan and Begich are out hunting crickets.

www.adn.com/business-eco...
August 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The glories of Washington State, fouled by the decisions of Washington, D.C.

www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoor...
August 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Parenthetical of the day. Good to know Putin at least hasn’t said he wants Alaska along with a lot of Ukraine?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
August 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reporting from the aftermath of an ICE raid in Omaha last month. The local paper says ICE denied the women's accounts, "citing a policy to protect parental interests."

omaha.com/news/local/c...
July 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
May 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A story from my college in Mississippi:

"in the immediate aftermath of last November’s election... Bowley canceled that day's class to allow the three Black students to 'mourn and process this racist fascist country.' "

For which he was fired.

www.clarionledger.com/story/opinio...
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Finally, someone else who eats the apple, core and all.

Thank you, David Souter, for keeping your beat.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM