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Tyler Kingkade
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NBC News National Reporter. Iowa raised, Los Angeles living. Bad at social media, good at petting animals. On Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · Dec 11
I hope you'll read our @nbcnews.com investigation b/c I genuinely think it's a wild ride -- but also there's little from stopping someone else from doing this.

This biz is not regulated by the US gov't, and most states regulate barbers more than ppl selling bodies.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall: A look inside the shadowy U.S. body trade
A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.
www.nbcnews.com
tktk.bsky.social
Defunctland is my Ken Burns
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
tktk.bsky.social
"Like students across the country, Gutierrez got dragged into a nicotine-fueled war between vape manufacturers—including a company that leveraged online advertisements on the websites of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network to hook kids on e-cigarettes" www.wired.com/story/vaping...
Vaping Is ‘Everywhere’ in Schools—Sparking a Bathroom Surveillance Boom
Schools in the US are installing vape-detection tech in bathrooms to thwart student nicotine and cannabis use. A new investigation reveals the impact of using spying to solve a problem.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
tktk.bsky.social
Why is Bill de Blasio broadcasting from the woods in a suit??
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by Tyler Kingkade
davidingram.bsky.social
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
tktk.bsky.social
"The baby girl was born into the pant leg of Congious’ beige uniform on May 17, 2020, in the Tarrant County, Texas, jail."

Disturbing investigation by @jonschuppe.bsky.social @nbcnews.com collab w/ @bloomberglaw.com

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
tktk.bsky.social
Despite what people who want you to subscribe to their Substack may post for retweets, it is not normal for journalists to sleep with sources. That’s why when it gets discovered it often becomes a news story and you hear about it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
tktk.bsky.social
ex-DOJ lawyer explains how the civil rights investigation at the University of California system got started www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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lapublicpress.bsky.social
Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city’s 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
lapublicpress.org/2025/11/indy...
Scrappy and underpaid, LA's independent reporters are risking everything to cover the ICE opposition
Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city's 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
lapublicpress.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
tktk.bsky.social
Margaret Spellings, the Ed Sec'y under George W. Bush, weighs in on the changes announced today to move several core functions of the Ed Dept to other federal agencies
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
tktk.bsky.social
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment

The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV

www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
tktk.bsky.social
this has really gotten buried, but the president called a reporter "piggy" for asking a question about Epstein files people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
tktk.bsky.social
New international student enrollment for higher ed dropped significantly this year, as the Trump admin went after students over protests, op-eds and minor traffic violations -- “The U.S. is no longer the central place that students aspire to come to" www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
tktk.bsky.social
no offense but we really don't need more hasan piker profiles thx tho
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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tktk.bsky.social
NEW: Some math teachers took a photo wearing t-shirts reading "Problem Solved" on Halloween

There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was

Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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tktk.bsky.social
MAGA influencers & GOP politicians attacked math teachers for wearing costumes they falsely claimed mocked Charlie Kirk's death

Turns out 3 of the teachers are Kirk fans & Trump voters, & the school's TPUSA chapter wrote a letter defending the teachers

My latest >>

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
tktk.bsky.social
NBC News scoop: Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
tktk.bsky.social
MAGA influencers & GOP politicians attacked math teachers for wearing costumes they falsely claimed mocked Charlie Kirk's death

Turns out 3 of the teachers are Kirk fans & Trump voters, & the school's TPUSA chapter wrote a letter defending the teachers

My latest >>

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
tktk.bsky.social
In 2024, a group of math teachers won a Halloween costume contest for wore bloody shirts that read "Problem Solved."

In 2025, when the same teachers wore the same shirts, they received relentless death threats and attacks from GOP officials

How it happened --> www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
tktk.bsky.social
NEW: Some math teachers took a photo wearing t-shirts reading "Problem Solved" on Halloween

There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was

Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
tktk.bsky.social
“When your guiding thought is, ‘We don’t want to implement this policy that will protect children because we don’t want to lose a lot of money in potential lawsuits,’ that to me is, you’re worshipping money,” one pastor said. “And that’s heartbreaking.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Assemblies of God pastors call for change after churches fail to oust accused abusers
Ministers spoke out after an NBC News investigation revealed 50 years of abuse and cover-up allegations in the largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
tktk.bsky.social
"In about 30 instances, church leaders placed alleged abusers into positions of authority after they had been accused, freeing them to strike again." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @mikehixenbaugh.com
How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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adamrose.bsky.social
I know it's a faux pas on this site to post links to the other site, but this is such an outstanding thread breaking down absurdities of LAPD misconduct toward press last night.

@filmthepolicela.bsky.social posts here sometimes but his thread on the other site is a must-see:

x.com/FilmThePolic...
Screenshot from first post of FilmThePoliceLA thread, with video showing moment LA Taco reporter Lexis-Olivier Ray was shot at.
October 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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anniewaldman.bsky.social
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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tktk.bsky.social
NEW: A rural school district in New Mexico hired the largest for-profit operator of virtual charter schools to set up its online school

Fast forward five years later, and the district is suing the company for fraud and defamation

Here's why... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... @nbcnews.com
A virtual education company was a lifeline to a rural district. Now they're at war.
What began as an emergency option for New Mexico students during the pandemic has spiraled into dueling lawsuits and drawn government scrutiny.
www.nbcnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
tktk.bsky.social
NEW: A rural school district in New Mexico hired the largest for-profit operator of virtual charter schools to set up its online school

Fast forward five years later, and the district is suing the company for fraud and defamation

Here's why... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... @nbcnews.com
A virtual education company was a lifeline to a rural district. Now they're at war.
What began as an emergency option for New Mexico students during the pandemic has spiraled into dueling lawsuits and drawn government scrutiny.
www.nbcnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM