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@typewriterninja

Chronicler of Americana and issues of faith, identity and social justice, USA TODAY. Will brake for film festivals. Avid about food/drink culture and the people behind it. ❤️ in the PNW/CDMX

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Experts: Fomenting ethnic strife in Iran 'a recipe for death and destruction' As the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, experts debate wisdom of relying on ethnic divisions for change.

Experts: Fomenting ethnic strife in Iran 'a recipe for death and destruction' www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

07.03.2026 15:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Faith and the Middle East: How religion could fuel a wider war The killing of Iran's supreme leader and ensuing Middle East instability could revive sectarian clashes and see religion emerge as a mobilizing tool.

While not a religious conflict at its core, widening regional war in the Middle East could see religion emerge as a galvanizing tool, observers say. My story for @usatoday.com
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05.03.2026 18:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team

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28.02.2026 22:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Full house to big house? Poker-playing Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax fraud Prosecutors said the once-prominent lawyer misled mortgage lenders and hid millions in income to fund a side career as a high-stakes poker player.

In which I learn that Tobey Maguire is also an avid poker player
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26.02.2026 23:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Christian leaders denounce Trump actions, warn of 'crisis of faith' Their statement says Christians have a moral obligation to condemn the demonization of immigrants and attacks on civil rights and diversity.

I was deeply grateful to be interviewed by Marc Ramirez (@typewriterninja.bsky.social) for @usatoday.com on the sky-high stakes of this political moment and what faith leaders are saying and doing about it. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

24.02.2026 19:58 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Jesse Jackson: Five key moments in Civil Rights icon’s career Jesse Jackson, was a tireless activist, skilled diplomat and influential politician who made two transformative presidential runs in the 1980s.

Renowned for his ability to weave unity across borders of race, class, gender and religion, Jesse Jackson's legacy is a tapestry of efforts to promote civil and human rights, peace, equality and economic and social justice.
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17.02.2026 15:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL

Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.

To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort. To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

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Across US, Yemeni coffeehouses reflect coffee culture's roots From Dallas and Detroit to Memphis and New York, Yemeni coffeehouses are proliferating, with a reach beyond Middle Eastern communities.

Coffeehouses emboyding this Middle Eastern nation are sprouting across the US. What's driving the trend
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16.02.2026 16:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Across US, Yemeni coffeehouses reflect coffee culture's roots From Dallas and Detroit to Memphis and New York, Yemeni coffeehouses are proliferating, with a reach beyond Middle Eastern communities.

Yemeni coffeehouses, proliferating across the US, reflect coffee culture's roots in Islamic society: 'We’re not used to getting coffee to go,' said Qamaria Coffee co-founder Hatem Aleidaroos. You take your time and chat.'
My story for @usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

14.02.2026 16:19 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Astronaut's ex sentenced for false accusations of interstellar crime Summer Worden pleaded guilty in November 2025 to falsely accusing her astronaut ex-wife of illegally accessing her bank account from outer space.

The judge's sentence reflected the gravity of the situation. Take a read if you think space puns are out of this world🛰️
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13.02.2026 16:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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11.02.2026 14:17 👍 5589 🔁 1263 💬 145 📌 87

The US is edging into Soviet levels of absurdity.

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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

01.02.2026 21:44 👍 18343 🔁 8113 💬 805 📌 826

Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:

01.02.2026 18:01 👍 1458 🔁 602 💬 19 📌 22
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photo 1/23/26 by Alex Kormann for The Minnesota Star Tribune

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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.

Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.

Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

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A crowd showed up for a midnight New Year's Eve fireworks show. It never came. Social media posts show crowds excitedly counting down 2025's final seconds, then lapsing into confused silence when the pyrotechnics fail to appear.

“Where are they? Did we get pranked?”

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

03.01.2026 00:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries

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01.01.2026 07:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
California woman charged with murder in drunk-driving death of teenage tennis star Jenia Resha Belt, a 33-year-old security guard, is charged with one felony count each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

'The feeling, the sight, the smell of identifying our son’s body will never leave my mind, body or soul,' Braun Levi's mother Jennifer said, vowing to fight for drunk-driving law reform.
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31.12.2025 01:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"

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New York man who tried to export 850 live turtles worth $1.4M lands in prison The operation was upended after investigators found more than 200 parcels destined for Hong Kong containing 850 turtles worth about $1.4 million.

The operation was upended when investigators intercepted 200+ parcels destined for Hong Kong containing about 850 prized turtles bound in knotted socks.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

30.12.2025 02:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Betty Reid Soskin, once nation's oldest park ranger, dies at 104 Soskin became a National Park ranger in her mid-80s, schooling visitors on Black women’s contributions to the WWII effort in the face of discrimination.

Soskin spent more than a dozen years in her later life working at California's Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, intent on filling in missing chapters of the U.S. narrative that only people like her could know.
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23.12.2025 17:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’

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22.12.2025 17:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Feds say Afghan man in Texas made suicide bomb threat on social media Mohammad Alokozay was arrested the day before two West Virginia National Guard members were shot, one fatally, in Washington, D.C.

Federal authorities have charged an Afghan citizen living in North Texas with threatening to carry out a suicide bomb attack
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03.12.2025 00:02 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Do you ever stop and wonder how many problems Jay-Z has now.

20.11.2025 01:42 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

Love this obit to the humble penny by @typewriterninja.bsky.social for @usatoday.com Please read to the end!

13.11.2025 02:13 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The penny, America's oldest and most iconic coin in circulation, dies at 232 The penny will be remembered by tycoons and panhandlers alike as an iconic piece of America that stayed in our pockets for over two centuries.

"In the end, plagued by doubts about self-worth, it would finally fade from the spotlight, like a screen star of decades past whose phone had stopped ringing long ago."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

12.11.2025 23:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
He once dealt with the devil. Now he's one of seven new Catholic saints An Italian lawyer who once sought refuge in the occult, Bartolo Longo ultimately felt called to build a shrine and promote praying of the rosary.

He once made a pact with the devil. Now he's a Catholic saint. Go ahead and call it a comeback.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

30.10.2025 15:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...

16.10.2025 03:00 👍 1854 🔁 778 💬 215 📌 114

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

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