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Devon Heinen
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Freelance features journalist covering US nat'l affairs | 2x Society for Features Journalism award-winner | DMs open
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · Nov 12
Hey, 👋! I'm a journalist, & I cover US national affairs, a hybrid of politics & current events. I specialize in long-form features in the 10,000-word neighborhood.

Here's my most recent story, on the woman who owned the abortion clinic in the Dobbs SCOTUS case: alabamareflector.com/2024/06/24/f....
From Roe to Dobbs and Beyond: Diane Derzis' lifetime in abortion care • Alabama Reflector
Diane Derzis began working in abortion care a few years after Roe. Her clinic was at the center of a devastating U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
alabamareflector.com
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cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 3h
The EU’s highest court ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany. https://cnn.it/3Xm3WhI
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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an indication that there are too many streamers: i had heard of plex before, but couldn't have told you it was a streamer — it's a streamer, right??? — without reading the mediagazer post
mediagazer.com Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 3h
Plex starts to enforce a rule requiring users to pay for a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass to stream from a remote server on Roku; other platforms follow in 2026 (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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jasonleopold.bsky.social Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 6h
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Email says We are prepared to receive boxes tomorrow, as NY agents are travelling to WFO in the morning, and vill arrive to Winchester where they will start photographing and we will start scanning and processing the physical files. Once I see the volume, I'|l have a better estimate of processing times, although 1 suggest we do a rolling delivery to further demonstrate the FBIls commitment to delivery and transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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can y'all imagine if netflix buys hbo max? the two best streamers become one.

and we all, likely, have to pay a batrillion dollars to subscribe 😅
mediagazer.com Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 4h
Sources: Netflix ramps up a charm offensive in its pitch to WBD and is sowing doubts about the inevitability of Paramount's bid from an antitrust standpoint (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Just imagine if #Cuse could shoot free throws 🏀
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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NEW (#Economy) via @financialtimes.com:

"'Scraping for crumbs’: Americans squeezed by #affordability crisis"
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
‘Scraping for crumbs’: Americans squeezed by affordability crisis
Rising food, shelter and healthcare costs are hitting hard in Bethlehem and the surrounding Lehigh Valley
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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NEW (#Economy) via @nytimes.com:

"$10 Billion & Counting: #Trump Admin Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
The Trump admin is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
Crude oil is down 19.2% from last year.

A gallon of retail gasoline? Down 2 cents. ⛽️
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 9h
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.” https://cnn.it/4rlYMQy
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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NEW via @apnews.com's Joey Cappelletti & @mikehouseholder.bsky.social:

"Dem lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging US troops to defy '#IllegalOrders' say the FBI has contacted them to begin sched. interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter."
apnews.com/article/trum...
FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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BREAKING
#Trump issues stmt saying he's told US Special Envoy Steve #Witkoff to meet with #Putin in #Russia. Trump adds that Army Sec #DanDriscoll will meet with reps from #Ukraine.

Trump says he will meet with Putin & #Zelensky "ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages."
Trump stmt: "Over the past week, my team has made tremendous progress with respect to ending the War between Russia and Ukraine (A War that would have NEVER started if I were President!). Last month 25,000 soldiers died. The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been fine-tuned, with additional input from both sides, and there are only a few remaining points of disagreement. In the hopes of finalizing this Peace Plan, I have directed my Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with President Putin in Moscow and, at the same time, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians. I will be briefed on all progress made, along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. I look forward to hopefully meeting with President Zelenskyy and President Putin soon, but ONLY when the deal to end this War is FINAL or, in its final stages. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter, and let’s all hope that PEACE can be accomplished AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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i turned on a podcast this afternoon, under the iheartmedia umbrella. in the iheart verbal branding at the beginning of the podcast, it said "guaranteed human."

ugh. just another reason why i hate a.i. now a podcast has to vouch for itself in that it isn't a.i.-made.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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JUST IN via @ms.now:

"#Trump is considering removing #KashPatel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines #Patel has recently generated."
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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mattbelloni.bsky.social Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 10h
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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nytweather.bsky.social New York Times Weather @nytweather.bsky.social · 9h
About 207 million people — around 60 percent of the population of the contiguous United States — live in the areas expected to see freezing cold over the next seven days.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking Freezing Temperatures in the U.S.
See detailed maps of the latest forecast for freezing temperatures in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
“.. Every consumer sentiment gauge is saying the same thing ..

“.. the middle class is feeling squeezed. .. Lower-income households are basically in a recession.

“.. It's hard to get a job .. The cost of living is up .. Real incomes are trending down ..”

- @byheatherlong.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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JUST IN (#PublicHealth) via @washingtonpost.com:

"New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
#RalphAbraham, a La. health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy dir"
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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NEW via @axios.com's @barakravid.bsky.social & Dave Lawler:

"[#Ukraine] President Volodymyr #Zelensky wants to meet President Trump "as soon as possible" — possibly over Thanksgiving — to finalize a joint U.S.-Ukrainian agreement on the terms for ending the war."
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Zelensky ready to meet Trump over Thanksgiving to finalize deal, top aide tells Axios
U.S. and Ukrainian officials have agreed in principle on most aspects of the plan.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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NEW (#Palestine) via @nytimes.com:

"The [US] project could offer relief for tens of thousands of Palestinians who have endured 2 years of war, but has raised questions about whether it could entrench the partition of #Gaza into [#Israel]- & #Hamas -controlled zones."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I've long been an OG #Paramore fan — Misery Business is my ring tone on my phone, I kid y'all not — going back to high school in the mid-2000s. How have I never heard the Crab Mix for Emergency? This is awesome: OG Paramore and screamo? Yes, please!

open.spotify.com/track/3ZLfJ1...
Emergency - Crab Mix
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h
Worst current-conditions print since March 2021.

#ConferenceBoard
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 12h
*US NOV. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 88.7; EST. 93.3
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 12h
President Donald Trump and his economic team often respond to concerns about the affordability crisis by touting how much cheaper gasoline is than under his predecessor. For the vast majority of 2025, this was a legitimate bragging point for the White House.

Until now. https://cnn.it/3M0s8np
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Today, #Trump has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH:
• Pardon #Thanksgiving turkeys at 12p Eastern
• Go to Mar-a-Lago at 6p

No WH press sec presser.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM