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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 tyler.kingkade[at]nbcuni.com https://www.tylerkingkade.com/ https://www.nbcnews.com/pages/author/tyler-kingkade
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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.

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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.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 23h
been screaming about this issue (lack of bankruptcy protection for student debt) for most of my career www.huffpost.com/entry/bankru...
Report Argues For Bankruptcy Protection For Student Loans
Report Argues For Bankruptcy Protection For Student Loans
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 23h
it's obvious why Wall Street would want to buy a stake in the *federal* student loan portfolio -- it's a special kind of debt that can't be waived away in a personal bankruptcy

shifting debt from govt to the market would also crush borrower assistance possibilities

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt
The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 5d
not good www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
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Society of Professional Journalists @spj-posts.bsky.social · 5d
SPJ strongly condemns recent attacks by federal agents on journalists reporting on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and protests around the country.

🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-condemns...
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 5d
Ed Dept staff had their out-of-office messages changed, without their permission or knowledge, to be partisan ones bashing Democratic Senators www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown
Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 6d
Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges originating in states with near or total abortion bans, according to a new report www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New study finds more than 400 pregnancy-related prosecutions after Roe's fall
Most of the cases involved allegations of substance use during pregnancy, a nonprofit legal group found.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: I went to my hometown, Des Moines, to report on how ICE's detainment of the popular superintendent has rocked the community

New questions about his background have left many confused
-- as hundreds protest in a city where that's relatively uncommon

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In Iowa, a sleepy city is moved to protest for a beloved superintendent detained by ICE
Despite questions swirling around Ian Roberts, the demonstrations on his behalf continue.
www.nbcnews.com
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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6d
ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 6d
The Republican AG of Oklahoma wants an investigative audit of the Oklahoma Dept of Ed, now that Ryan Walters has left, "Given the former Superintendent’s well-established history of mishandling tax dollars" oklahoma.gov/content/dam/...
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 8d
as in why is this actually something that happened wat are we doing
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 8d
why is this a real headline???

www.bbc.com/news/article...
MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for chance to win $500,000
The world's most popular YouTuber is notorious for his stunt videos and challenges, and insists he takes safety seriously.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 9d
damn, google. savage.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 10d
Want to feel old? These are Toms shoes now
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 11d
From LA to Chicago, the feds continue their horrid practice of aiming high and directly at press. When these agencies get to uncritically claim that videotaping is violence, this is the outcome: reporters getting hit in the face with “less lethals.” Unconscionable.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d
Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.
Raven shot in the face.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
During Ryan Walters' last meeting with the Oklahoma State Board of Education today, he continued to refuse to let the board vote on teachers facing disciplinary action

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/s...
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 13d
I sat down with Ryan Walters a few months ago:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
The first time I wrote about Ryan Walters was in 2023 -- he successfully pushed the Tulsa superintendent to resign, after the district told a far-right board member she couldn't lead a prayer at a graduation ceremony

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How Oklahoma’s schools superintendent became the state’s top culture warrior
Ryan Walters, who called a teachers union a “terrorist organization” and pushed for prayer in public schools, offers a preview of what could be coming in other Republican-led states.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
So here we are this week -- after he announced he would make sure every high school has a Turning Point USA chapter, a day later he resigned to take a job leading an anti-teachers union activist group

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Oklahoma state superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group
Oklahoma state Superintendent Ryan Walters embraced controversial culture war issues during his tenure.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
And after he learned that one transgender teen wanted to update their gender marker on school records, Walters created a rule to prohibit any student from doing that

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A transgender teen wanted to update his school records. Oklahoma created a rule to stop him.
Ryan Walters, the state's top education official, pushed an emergency rule to prevent students from changing the gender listed on their school files. One family is suing.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
He also worked to promote PragerU, one of several GOP states trying to get their videos into public schools

www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
How the conservative content-maker PragerU courted GOP officials to get its videos into public schools
PragerU is known for its right-wing web videos. In recent months, education officials in four states have helped get a line of cartoon videos and education materials, called PragerU Kids, into public ...
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
Last year, after he demanded schools help him track how much illegal immigration cost the state, I found many districts planned to refuse -- citing SCOTUS precedent that prohibits them from asking about immigration status

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Oklahoma school leaders reject top official's plan to track 'burden' of illegal immigration
School administrators are increasingly voicing public opposition to State Superintendent Ryan Walters' right-wing agenda.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
Then Walters ordered schools to teach the Bible and said teachers who refuse would lose their license

www.nbcnews.com/news/oklahom...
Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
In an interview with NBC News, Walters discussed his new Bible instruction mandate and the consequences for those who don't comply.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
The next time I wrote about Walters, he was demanding that a principal resign b/c they did drag performances at night. That district also received threats amid the controversy.

www.nbcnews.com/news/oklahom...
Principal with drag queen side gig resigns under pressure from Oklahoma's top schools official
State Superintendent Ryan Walters is calling for a regulation that would allow educators to be fired for “acts that excessively promote sexuality” outside of work.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
Then, after Walters shared a Libs of TikTok post with an out-of-context video of a librarian, the librarian's school district received bomb threats every day for over a week

OK Dems wanted an impeachment probe, but it didn't happen

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Democrats push for investigation of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s firebrand schools superintendent
A Tulsa-area school district is in its second week of bomb threats after Walters shared a Libs of TikTok post about a school librarian on social media.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 12d
He had threatened to take over Tulsa schools, and warned he'd do it to other districts. Some Republican parents weren't happy with him.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Top Oklahoma school official warns ‘do not test me’ after forcing out Tulsa superintendent
Citing lagging academic achievement, Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters threatened a state takeover of Tulsa Public Schools. He’s keeping that option on the table.
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