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drewcostley.bsky.social
black, trans, disabled. asst. managing editor for @veritenews.org. journalist covering the lgbtqia+ community, environmental, health, science. signal is drewcostley.12 AP, OneZero/Future Human, SFGate, East Bay Express, UCBSOJ, UDC and Howard alum.
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One might say they're actually just willing collaborators.

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“After receiving the email, Hodge went to check the online portal that was used to process documents and funding requests related to the grant. She told Verite News that it had been wiped clean, preventing the organization from seeking reimbursement for the nearly $250,000 they already spent.”

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Silence is Violence steps into so many gaps in the justice system in metro New Orleans…cutting their $ is awful for victims, and will also make law enforcement, courts, and other institutions even less effective.

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The Trump DOJ pulled millions in funding for groups throughout Louisiana that support survivors of domestic, sexual + intimate violence. Now groups fear they'll have to lay off staff, cut back services for survivors. @arierob17.bsky.social has more @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2025/05/01/d...

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Louisiana's next-door neighbor, Texas, has seen more than 600 cases of measles this year after the disease entered a pocket where a large segment was unvaccinated. Parts of Louisiana are also at risk as they slip farther and farther below the threshold needed to protect whole communities.

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what big can the Lakers add in the off-season to help complement Luka and LeBron

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only a couple more weeks until the W starts! 🥰

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New Orleans is poised pass an ordinance that will protect sex workers from prosecution and arrest when reporting a crime and to prevent admittance of condom possession as evidence for prostitution charges. More on the ordinance @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2025/04/29/c...

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Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student leader and pro-Palestine organizer who was detained by ICE has officially been released. “I am saying it clear and loud,” Mahdawi said, the Columbia student who was just released. “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”

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2000s college newspaper kids remember when this schmuck bought nationwide campus ads blaming Black people for slavery and claiming their descendants had already gotten reparations in the form of “job placements” and welfare.

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tonight, the Detroit Pistons became president

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love me some Russell Westbrook

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Stop saying “If they did this to Black people” 2025 challenge They do, you guys. They already do.

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OPINION by Sara Sneath, journalist and Marine Corps veteran: “The new standards fail to recognize that women would likely perform better than men in events aimed at gauging flexibility and endurance.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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I have yet to see a 100 days headline that is accurately describing what's going on without pulling punches.

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#ICE stormed into the WRONG house, TRASHED the place, and made a mother and her three minor daughters STAND outside IN THE RAIN in their UNDERWEAR. They also STOLE PHONES, LAPTOPS, AND CASH SAVINGS from the family, who moved there just two weeks ago. Sickening

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Amended complaint has been filed in the ring boys sexual abuse lawsuit against WWE, TKO, Vince McMahon, and Linda McMahon. Three new plaintiffs have joined the original five, one of which accuses Pat Patterson of also participating in the abuse. PDF link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I'm so glad I'm not the only one sounding this alarm. Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon were all literally sitting directly behind Linda McMahon, who is currently gutting the Dept. of Education and turning it into a collection agency, during her confirmation hearing.

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Guys, gals and non-binary pals. Faces and heels. Can we fucking stop watching WWE already?

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goon* my goon

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Draymond Green is a goon. But he's MY green.

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Even worse: creepy fake cop energy. The worst part of Dwight Schrute's nerdiness.

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Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

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i live for the comments of non-judges tasting the food on top chef

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Read the latest in Verite News' "What Was Lost" series: New Orleanians reflect on Katrina, and New Orleans before Katrina, through the irreplaceable items they lost.

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Mark Schleifstein won numerous awards for his reporting and writing on "Washing Away," a series about the growing vulnerability of New Orleans to hurricanes due to climate change. Then Hurricane Katrina hit and destroyed those awards. veritenews.org/2025/04/28/w...

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“I just think that Winsome didn’t want to run with the gay guy. Winsome is not a conservative. She’s kind of a theocratic totalitarian. She actually does care what people do in their bedrooms. And, you know, I think the Republican Party is largely past that..."

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Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre “appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight" @selc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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The Trump administration claims the Louisiana moms who were deported wanted to bring their U.S. citizen children with them. Their lawyers tell me that's a lie, they were forced: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

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Bobby Portis crazy eyes get me every time

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Bucks Pacers is almost such a good rivalry. Too many injuries tho.

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these turnovers from the lakers are so sad

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this game is moving so slow. rock fight.

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Grown people clinging to the edginess of South Park is just a refusal to mentally grow beyond the age of 13.

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shout out to my big bro for most of my musical taste, but he'd have to pry this early limp bizkit from my cold dead hands

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numetal/rap rock to transfemme pipeline so real

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It's Saturday. Tell someone you love that you love them, especially if that someone is you.

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the new red flag is when someone cis uses trans as a noun.

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In January 1933, Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany. In April 1933, he began purging Jewish and also Socialist judges, lawyers, and other court officers from their professions. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

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Following a Verite News and @propublica.org investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose 1998 murder conviction was based on allegedly fabricated bite mark analysis. It remains unclear if Duncan will walk free.

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1--BREAKING: A Louisiana judge nullifies the murder conviction and death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, found guilty in 1998 of killing his former girlfriend's 23-month-old daughter. From @veritenews.org @propublica.org veritenews.org/2025/04/25/j...

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BREAKING: The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges, a government lawyer says.

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