Crystal Hill

South Editor at Axios. Long-suffering Journalist. Lifelong Hoosier. GOE

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

Noting that this group is preparing to host Trump for a chummy dinner—at which one of the subpoenaed reporters, @tylerpager is to receive an award… from the president who thinks it’s a crime for him to report.

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

Put 3 kids thru college w/ a blue collar job. Worked dawn to dusk, building homes. Loved his wife of 30yrs & John Deere. Lived here longer than I've been alive

I'm always struck by how many immigrants detained, deported, dying bear the trappings of "real America" we mythologize

[Inside Politics @InsidePolitics]

A group of masked white nationalists marched through D.C. on July 4th. @TIAreports tells @DanaBashCNN it was "evocative of the Ku Klux Klan." She adds, "they've returned to their jobs. They could be your boss today for someone watching."

[Adam Klasfeld @KlasfeldReports]

Moving Justice Jackson concurrence invoking Frederick Douglass on memory.

"The distortion of historical facts—retellings that reimagine and repurpose past events to lend credence to misbegotten aims—may be an even greater threat."

[Michael Lange @MichaelLangeNYC]

NEW: The morning after the socialists swept, the establishment had its excuse ready: Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier only won because of gentrification.

It was a convenient narrative.

It is also false. And we can prove it:
https://t.co/IKhIno0fJx

[Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri]

Congresswoman Kat Cammack’s recent statements about our post-interview conversations are not accurate based on my contemporaneous notes.

Because those conversations have become part of the public story, I’m correcting the record and explaining the editorial decision behind publishing the interview here:
https://t.co/zdYWt3VfF2

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

It is not easy to be Black in Pete Hegseth's military. Read and share this heartbreaking story by @ClintSmithIII . https://t.co/qSIqh6UT7e

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

Democrats say it’s the culmination of years of organizing and coalition-building. This year, overall Black voter turnout nearly matched white turnout in the primary, a dramatic shift from past midterms. #gapol

https://t.co/wbtWdfT0pC

[Naomi Feinstein @naomifeinstein]

🚨: Today is my first day as Axios’ Fort Lauderdale & Hollywood reporter, covering Broward County.

Send tips/story ideas to [email protected] (DMs open).

Excited to join the Axios Local team! @axios @AxiosComms

[Kristal Dixon is on Blue Sky @KristalDixon]

https://t.co/xNUE3VQ34Y

[Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff]

This is what’s really going to hurt the social media world of ripping off legitimate news sources and passing them off as your own.

Lots of people use the AP’s reporting and photos without actually subscribing to the wire service. The AP starts to go, it all starts to go.

[National Press Foundation @NatPress]

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor journalists like @aallyahpatrice of @CapitalBNews, whose work exemplifies the power of reporting to inform a community – and bring a star like "Sinners" director Ryan Coogler to Clarksdale, Mississippi. 🍿🎥 🎶
https://t.co/ymW73hOnYw

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

[Crystal Hill @crysnhill]

This explains why I love Hitch so much. It felt distinct from so many other romcoms at the time.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Hitch was released 21 years ago.

Will Smith and Eva Mendes clashed early over tone. Smith wanted broader comedy, Mendes leaned into sincerity. Director Andy Tennant let both play out, and the push-pull is what gives the movie its rhythm.

[Candice Frederick @ReelTalker]

Too many newsrooms don't have a single black or brown journalist in the mix and the coverage shows.

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

This me coming for everything that’s mine.

[@ijbailey @ijbailey]

Two Black journalists, including Don Lemon, have been arrested by the Trump regime for the sin of reporting a protest. This is America. Don’t forget the Washington Post fired a Black journalist for not being sympathetic enough about Charlie Kirk. Stop pretending “this isn’t us.”

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Last night, Bezos' Amazon CEO joined Trumps at WH to watch Prime documentary on Melania (for which she was paid lion's share of $40m licensing fee).

Today, WaPo foreign staffers sent Bezos a joint plea to sustain international bureaus and coverage amid rumblings of deep cuts.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Jack Smith on Trump pardoning J6ers: "I think all of us, if we're reasonable, know that there's going to be more crimes committed by these people in the future. I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."