In 2024, I covered a fractured America. Here's a year in the life of a national correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com⬇️ First stop: I was on the campaign trail in Iowa just after NYE when a school shooting shattered a small town. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/... - ThreadSky

daniellepaquette.bsky.social • 65 days ago

In 2024, I covered a fractured America.

Here's a year in the life of a national correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com⬇️

First stop: I was on the campaign trail in Iowa just after NYE when a school shooting shattered a small town.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/04/perry-iowa-school-shooting-scene/

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amamazed.bsky.social•65 days ago

I am always amazed when someone says "I couldn't imagine it happening here". In a country with 120,000 shootings a year it would be more amazing if it didn't. The craziest gun laws in the world.

johnburnsnc.bsky.social•65 days ago

your publisher is swinging one of the hammers doing the fracturing

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Before gunfire diverted me, I'd landed in Des Moines to interview immigrants. Many were nervous after Donald Trump accused those crossing the border of "poisoning the blood of our country."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/10/iowa-immigrants-trump-republican-ads/

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Feb. took me to South Carolina, where survivors of the Charleston church massacre wrestled with GOP inaction.

“During my 4 years, nothing happened,” Trump had just told an NRA crowd. “And there was great pressure on me having to do with guns. We did nothing.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/16/mother-emanuel-survivors-gop-candidates-trump-haley/

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Next I landed in Alabama, where Ukraine supporters were shocked by the newly hostile responses to their streetside demonstrations.

Car windows rolled down. Up went middle fingers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/29/ukraine-support-alabama-political-divide/

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Then it was off to North Carolina, where MAGA-devoted candidates prone to trumpeting conspiracy theories were spooking biz leaders:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/04/north-carolina-economy-election-2024/

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Do you remember where you were on July 13?

I was carrying a case of LaCroix home from my neighborhood corner store (limoncello) when my husband called: "It looks like someone might have shot Donald Trump."

Plans scrapped. I rushed to Butler:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/14/corey-comperatore-victim-trump-rally-shooting/

daniellepaquette.bsky.social•65 days ago

A surreal summer. *The* debate. Joe Biden drops out. Kamala Harris tags in.

I meet the Dems in Philly who refuse to back her: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/08/harris-walz-democrats-uncommitted-voters/

enyan.bsky.social•65 days ago

Всех всех всех с Наступающим. Боже, Храни Америку

slaw-substack.bsky.social•65 days ago

And to wrap it all up Trump wins re-election.

chiniquy33.bsky.social•64 days ago

The Religious Hypocrites among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in America, have chosen a Dishonest, and Immoral man, to be the leader of our country
https://chiniquy.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/they-chose-a-dishonest-and-immoral-man-as-their-leader/

aarondanieldean.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's been quite a ride. Buckle up! I don't think we've seen anything yet.

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