Marta Jewson
@martajewson.bsky.social
Lost my Minnesota accent covering charter schools, special ed and sunshine laws in New Orleans for The Lens. Had successful LITT brain surgery! Writing my first book? Mid-Citizen.
Alt text: A 5yo in a snowsuit in front of a snow-covered bungalow.
Alt text: A 5yo in a snowsuit in front of a snow-covered bungalow.
The only other state that still had non-unanimous juries
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The only other state that still had non-unanimous juries
Was the date in a one-party state?
BREAKING: 23-year DOJ veteran fired after being caught in video sting predicting partisan handling of Epstein files sues to regain job. Joseph Schnitt says firing violates 1st Amendment because his comments were intended to be private www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Former DOJ official whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing
In the lawsuit, Joseph Schnitt claims he was secretly recorded during private conversations with a woman he met on Hinge.
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Was the date in a one-party state?
Reposted by Marta Jewson
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
AWOL to Mars
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
AWOL to Mars
Where the pile driving Mid-City?
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Where the pile driving Mid-City?
You need those legs on Elk at Canal
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You need those legs on Elk at Canal
Yes.
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yes.
The last time I had to answer the doctor's "Any falls in the last year?" the answer was yes - because I tripped running from a raccoon. 😂
We may live in hell but at least there are glimmers of a better world waiting to be born www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/s...
New clues hint at early signs of domestication in raccoons that feast on urban trash | CNN
Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in the masked bandits, new research suggests.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The last time I had to answer the doctor's "Any falls in the last year?" the answer was yes - because I tripped running from a raccoon. 😂
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November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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US appeals court weighs whether Trump can ban AP from Oval Office reut.rs/3MllMPt
US appeals court weighs whether Trump can ban AP from Oval Office
A U.S. appeals court on Monday will hear oral arguments in the Associated Press's battle with President Donald Trump over access to presidential events, a major press-freedom case.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
US appeals court weighs whether Trump can ban AP from Oval Office reut.rs/3MllMPt
Feel like the king of the world when I have a $41 power bill because I'm a maniac trying to heat and cool the house with solely curtains. Thank you (most) October temperatures.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Feel like the king of the world when I have a $41 power bill because I'm a maniac trying to heat and cool the house with solely curtains. Thank you (most) October temperatures.
Pay your health insurance, and other bills. Dec 1 is MONDAY -
a woman in a red sweater says sweatdrops hotflash and irving mondays aack
ALT: a woman in a red sweater says sweatdrops hotflash and irving mondays aack
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pay your health insurance, and other bills. Dec 1 is MONDAY -
Tell me more about people who won't ask for help or advice....
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Tell me more about people who won't ask for help or advice....
What are 5 things you accomplished last week, Meta?
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What are 5 things you accomplished last week, Meta?
This was so weird to see up there. Man’s funny on el platforms where people are often - commuting - solo. A book and people watching are more than enough.
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This was so weird to see up there. Man’s funny on el platforms where people are often - commuting - solo. A book and people watching are more than enough.
Reposted by Marta Jewson
One of the Education Department's major roles is the management of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio. Student aid so far will be largely unaffected, although McMahon and Trump have suggested it could be better handled by a different federal department.
Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department: What That Means
The Education Department, which Trump vowed to dismantle, is breaking off several main offices and giving responsibilities to other federal agencies.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the Education Department's major roles is the management of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio. Student aid so far will be largely unaffected, although McMahon and Trump have suggested it could be better handled by a different federal department.
I need a modern day Arrested Development. It was already so with and ahead of its time.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I need a modern day Arrested Development. It was already so with and ahead of its time.
👀 going to destroy the midwesterners.
@bethhawkins.bsky.social , I feel like maybe only your Midwest house can handle this. Aka test kitchen.
@bethhawkins.bsky.social , I feel like maybe only your Midwest house can handle this. Aka test kitchen.
Jalapeño-pineapple cranberry sauce
Pineapple Cranberry Sauce with Chiles and Cilantro
Pineapple Cranberry Sauce with Chiles and Cilantro Recipe
www.bonappetit.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
👀 going to destroy the midwesterners.
@bethhawkins.bsky.social , I feel like maybe only your Midwest house can handle this. Aka test kitchen.
@bethhawkins.bsky.social , I feel like maybe only your Midwest house can handle this. Aka test kitchen.
Mitch is running?
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Mitch is running?
The time the NOPD Police Chief told women not to travel alone at night.
2016:
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
2016:
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
'Do not travel alone overnight,' NOPD commander advises women after carjackings, TV station reports
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www.nola.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The time the NOPD Police Chief told women not to travel alone at night.
2016:
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
2016:
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
So many mandatory reporter failures.
One of the church employees said they "thought it was on" the victims to report.
One of the church employees said they "thought it was on" the victims to report.
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police.
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
So many mandatory reporter failures.
One of the church employees said they "thought it was on" the victims to report.
One of the church employees said they "thought it was on" the victims to report.
Getting in on the lotto I suppose
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November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Getting in on the lotto I suppose
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This was truly the most magical week.
Sometime big was happening in D.C. and we got to frolic in this.
Sometime big was happening in D.C. and we got to frolic in this.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This was truly the most magical week.
Sometime big was happening in D.C. and we got to frolic in this.
Sometime big was happening in D.C. and we got to frolic in this.
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A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
Cook County State's Attorney expands program allowing CPD officers to directly file felony gun charges
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Came here for this hot take
every week just gets weirder tbh
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Came here for this hot take