Kayla Ruble

full-time eavesdropper. investigative reporter. shared custody nyc/mi. lipman fellow. [email protected].

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

NEW: Veolia execs in France ran controversial PR campaign during Flint water crisis trial

The campaign included targeted digital ads & has sparked concerns about potential jury influencing, and is now being investigated by lawyers representing Flint kids https://t.co/BNkBT0KodR

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Ah ok seeing a lot of people on here having what I'd call a "Noble Savage" view of "The Cheesecake Factory"

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

@WWFerguson2 Yes lol! The one I went to was in Cincinnati.

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

I think there are 2 Cheesecake Factories in all of Michigan. I don’t even get most of the jokes people make about it because I’ve eaten there like once. Am I alone on that one in Michigan?

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

@summerbreez0019 Oh I thought it was the decor. That’s the only thing I really remember about it, a bit over the top

[Detroit Free Press @freep]

Obama skewers Trump as incompetent, corrupt as he rallies Dems in Detroit https://t.co/N187jaxVoC

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

National Ad airing in Michigan that’s claiming racism against White people, while some GOP candidates claim to be appealing to Black voters for support. Interested to see the tv markets and demos where this aired

[Steve Neavling @MCmuckraker]

Elon Musk’s PAC is running a hyperbolic ad in which a white woman claims she’s too afraid to speak on video because liberals hate her for being white. And this from a man who’s obsessed with white people breeding.

[summer🌵🏜️ @summerbreez0019]

@RubleKB I think it may have been a national buy. Initially I wasn’t sure, but someone commented below me in another post that he saw it in Chicago and @NolanThrelkeld said he saw it in Oklahoma.

[Josh Pugh @JPughMI]

@RubleKB It aired nationally during the Michigan/Indiana game on Fox. I saw anecdotes from people seeing it in South Dakota

[summer🌵🏜️ @summerbreez0019]

@MCmuckraker Just saw this on Fox in Northern Michigan during IU/UM

[Steve Neavling @MCmuckraker]

Elon Musk’s PAC is running a hyperbolic ad in which a white woman claims she’s too afraid to speak on video because liberals hate her for being white. And this from a man who’s obsessed with white people breeding.

[Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger]

Met Abdul El-Sayed’s grandfather.

Here’s Jan Johnson (featured in multiple campaign commercials) on something people should know about the U.S. Senate candidate.

[Brad LaPlante @bradlapgov]

It feels disingenuous to say you're in the business of news and then proceed to ask Republican voters why they aren't voting for a Democrat for Senate.

[Jon King @JonKingNews]

Pardoned J6 rioter and Christian nationalist Jake Lang is outside Cass Tech supporting Mike Rogers and making friends as usual - Video from @bensolis1

[FDNY UFA @UFANYC]

The UFA honors retired FDNY Firefighter Kenneth J. Klipp of Ladder 147, whose 2020 passing has now been officially recognized as a WTC-related illness death.

A 30-year FDNY veteran, he served in the 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts.

We Will Never Forget.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

I think it’s safe to say that the rumored NYC -> Miami exodus has been vastly overstated.

[Alan Holmes @oh_HOLMES]

Black-Arab tensions in Michigan won't disappear because somebody gives a good speech. Detroit's economic struggles are real and the Black income, wealth, and poverty data is ALARMING. Jobs, wages, poverty and wealth building need to be central to the conversation.

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

I know everyone is trying to do good work, and people are stretched thin, especially this close to Election Day, but we’re in a fairly fraught moment in our always fluctuating relationship with the public - especially with people who actually value our work or profession - so I think we just have to try to do a little more right now.

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

I think some of these pieces have been done well (many have not), but journalistically, it really is questionable that every single piece quotes the same 3 or 4 Black voters.

There are 1.4 million Black people in Michigan. I think we all personally know Black republicans, and there are always Black voters who are frustrated enough with Michigan Dems to vote against them, so I really don’t think it would be hard for reporters to find fresh voices? Otherwise it seems like you’re just quoting the people who were fed to you by the campaigns & the orgs working for them.

https://t.co/eqCDcituqr

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

Should add too, that it’s not even the voters who are the same in all of these pieces, it’s the operatives and politicians too. There are so many interesting political voices in Michigan, including among strategists and organizers, and especially in Black communities. So with respect to these nearly identical “El-Sayed’s issues with Black voters” stories that they all wrote in the last few weeks, why have the reporters been so unwilling to branch out and talk to some of them? Hard to read all of these pieces and not wonder how many calls they made to people who weren’t on a list recommended to them by the campaigns or the orgs working for them

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Mike Rogers really thought he had a "gotcha" moment during his debate with Abdul El-Sayed

[Chris Towler @blkprofcct]

But do they VOTE? Data suggests that low-information Black voters (w/less educ) are the least likely to vote: 2024 data shows that Black people who supported Trump before the election we’re less likely have voted in 2020, or EVER. So while they may be loud, do they actually vote?