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spent some time with @labucketbrigade on a bike trip thru Cancer Alley in Louisiana to see how current activism ties in with the region's history of resistance
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Rep. Troy Carter (@troyc4Congress) asked the @dscc to invest $2M in Louisiana's Senate race in October, but Senate Democrats weren't convinced. Cedric Richmond told me he thinks @jamie4louisiana would be Senator-elect if they had heeded that request. perdidostreet.news/p/is-jami…
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U.S. DOJ monitors have showed up at 3 New Orleans polling locations (Hynes, Bricolage and Guste) asking about training & if commissioners speak more than 1 language to help voters, Orleans Clerk’s Office tells @WWLTV
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RETINA is live: every known surveillance camera and license plate reader in New Orleans on one public map. 1,117 points, built from the City's own datasets, OpenStreetMap, and resident reports. Open it and see what is watching your block perdidoinstitute.com/2026/11…
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If you’re curious who is funding this PAC, Here’s a link to a list of donors: dropbox.com/scl/fi/hicf4k7xk…
A super PAC supporting Republican Julia Letlow in Louisiana’s Senate race released a “digitally altered” ad on Wednesday attacking Democrat Jamie Davis. The timing suggests Letlow’s camp is “seeing something they don’t like” in the data, says @WinWithJMC
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President Trump told former New Orleans news anchor @rooprajfox2 during a live interview in Michigan yesterday that everyone in a Louisiana community got $10,000 checks from a neighboring data center. My @WWLTV fact-check finds no such checks exist. wwltv.com/article/news/inves…
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SpaceX and Louisiana officials used NDAs and codenames to keep details of its massive Starbase project secret.
A new lawsuit claims that many of those actions in Vermilion Parish were illegal.
@alexlubben scoop:
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Well, that’s one way to respond to a subpoena you just spent several weeks fighting tooth and nail, I suppose
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Fascinating to again see a close @LAGovJeffLandry ally championing public records access. Two years ago, Landry’s administration tried to repeal Louisiana’s public records law almost entirely
The WBOK interview with @BayouMamaBears covered a lot of ground. Here, discussion centered on growing problems with public records requests being closed or denied at city hall — including those related to the AG's case. #lalege
🎙️ Full Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=ZBngjhy1…
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So terribly unfair, sending all my love to her family. NPR culture editor Rose Friedman dies at 38.
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This jaw-dropping story has become @ProPublica's most-read article of 2026, with more than 2.2 million views in the first day, a spokesperson tells me
Oligarch Umar Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Don Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.
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Here’s Space X’s proposal presentation that was presented to Angelique Freel, executive counsel, in @LAGovJeffLandry/@JeffLandry’s office and @LEDLouisiana
#lalege #lagov
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I covered Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' criminal justice reform effort--which decriminalized possession of marijuana, making the punishment a fine of up to $100. Landry and the GOP in the Legislature reversed that. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/…
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The public backlash against elected officials signing NDAs has been the most bipartisan thing I’ve ever covered. It’s almost apolitical. People really don’t seem to like it
What Secretary Bourgeois is saying is correct. The reporters are doing a good job sowing division & suspicion but if she publicized every prospect & discussion it would jeopardize most projects…which create JOBS. Those r the things that bring 💰 to people/businesses that pay for adverts that allow news outlets to pay salaries #lalege
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yo this is fucking insane. i’m on a united flight that’s half full and we’re all crammed in the back half while the front half (the same seats but with a couple extra inches of leg room that they charge $50 for) is empty. they just got on to tell us takeoff is delayed bc the plane isn’t balanced and they need to move bags to the front. BAGS. they could easily move PEOPLE to the front & let everyone have a better experience, but they’d rather punish people for not paying the upcharge.
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State senator says reporters are “sowing division” by reporting which companies government officials have signed NDAs with
What Secretary Bourgeois is saying is correct. The reporters are doing a good job sowing division & suspicion but if she publicized every prospect & discussion it would jeopardize most projects…which create JOBS. Those r the things that bring 💰 to people/businesses that pay for adverts that allow news outlets to pay salaries #lalege
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New NDAs I obtained today show Louisiana officials appear to be negotiating with Oracle and Tesla, among other companies.
At a meeting in Alexandria, Louisiana — the biggest deportation hub in the US — local officials last night voted to crack down on protests by requiring a permitting process subject to approval by the air park’s executive director.
Story: nola.com/gambit/news/the_lat…
