Ralph Chapoco

Recovering scientist turned journalist. Reporter for @ALReflector. Opinions are my own. Retweets not endorsements.

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Source this whenever you need it and wherever you are!!!

LEAVE A LEGACY - Best Motivational Speech Video 2020 https://t.co/dTlikejevq via @YouTube

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Please save some reese's for me!

[Todd Stacy @toddcstacy]

Almost ready for session here in the APT State House studio! See the perks of coming on Capitol Journal: sweet treats and Toby pets!

Someone has already made a dent in the peanut M&Ms. Looking at you, @AnthonyDaniels…

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Hey everyone, it is time for my annual request to give to the Alabama Reflector. Our end-of-the-year fundraiser helps raise awareness about our work and to secure donations to keep the newsroom going. Support is greatly appreciated. https://t.co/3K8mm5S6G8

[Kat Stromquist @kstromquist]

Via @TheLensNOLA, New Orleans is working to expand fair-chance hiring for people with criminal convictions.

A related amendment to the city's Bill of Rights is on ballots this fall: https://t.co/9T3TihmFxY

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

@MatthewTMangino @ALReflector @ABPPalabamagov So sorry for being late to this @MatthewTMangino. I was going to send you the link at the end of the week!

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Sorry folks, this site has lost its appeal. This place has been overrun by bots and fake accounts ... not to mention people with the most vile comments. If you need to get a hold of me then head over to https://t.co/OJSJNHbkA6. That is where I will be.

[Jane Norman @JaneNorman]

Ann Selzer is leaving election polling--importantly, a decision she had reached even before her last bombshell poll for the Des Moines Register showed Harris ahead in Iowa (as it turned out Trump won Iowa). Her commitment to truth and accuracy continues.

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for Robert Roberson in 2-year-old daughter’s death. https://t.co/qX2fn3IJM1 @CNN @KilloughCNN @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @TexasHouse @innocence @WTIUSA @texasccatdp #deathpenalty

[Jane Norman @JaneNorman]

NEW Trump rapidly unveils appointments to Cabinet, staff posts in dizzying post-election week @Ashley__Murray @statesnewsroom DC https://t.co/N7P7udbGdZ

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Or you could just head over to Bluesky. Let me know when you transfer over so I know to follow.

[Ryan Phillips @JournoRyan]

I'm tempted to just bite the bullet and pay for the blue check because my feed is inundated with ads for lab-grown diamonds and erectile dysfunction meds.

[Economic Hardship Reporting Project @econhardship]

In the election’s aftermath, we recognize that readers may be disaffected from journalism that they perceive as by and for elites.

At EHRP, we believe that one of the best ways to counter that (broad) perception is by providing reporting by, for and about working class people.

[Jane Norman @JaneNorman]

Our updated story on Kristi Noem as DHS secretary with Trump announcement: Trump readies for mass deportations with pick of Noem as Homeland Security chief @statesnewsroom DC @ArianaLFigueroa https://t.co/LOswxDEF4c

[News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com @statesnewsroom]

A historic recovery in manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023 was concentrated in small urban areas.

via @stateline_news @TimHendersonSL
https://t.co/8f2AQi9uIE

[Ralph Chapoco @rchapoco]

Food for thought everyone! https://t.co/3QZcoW5zU5 via @ALReflector

[Lee Hedgepeth @lee_hedgepeth]

Despite her victory, Twinkle Cavanaugh received more write-in votes against her—41,880, or 2.66 percent of all votes cast—than any other statewide candidate on Alabama’s ballot. https://t.co/FGCSGXN4ng

[Jane Norman @JaneNorman]

The @statesnewsroom DC Bureau has written 7 stories so far post-election (as in, after our final day-of story at 4 a.m. on Wednesday). A thread, with the first a look ahead at big big changes in education policy in a Trump admin from @ShauneenMiranda https://t.co/GCgEOFyQKE

[Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com @ALReflector]

Via @alanderrocha: Alabama's 3% shift to Donald Trump over 2020 appears to be less about new GOP voters than a nearly 10% decline in Democratic votes between the two presidential elections. https://t.co/v3zhTQswzk #alpolitics

[Danielle E. Gaines @DanielleEGaines]

Tonight’s Evening Wrap took lots of hours to compile with zero full hours of sleep.

@statesnewsroom journalists have written hundreds of stories on hundreds of races and issues this week.

Read some here (then go to your home state’s site for more):

https://t.co/qaSgOQeJbE

[Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com @ALReflector]

Via @alanderrocha and @JK_Stephenson: Figures' victory in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District means Alabama with have two Black U.S. House members serving at the same time for the first time in state history. https://t.co/Rh9byX4Y7a #alpolitics

[Alabama Reflector bsky: @alreflector.bsky.com @ALReflector]

Via @alanderrocha: Polls are now open in Alabama, and will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. Here's a rundown of what you need to vote and an overview of the contested races on the ballot. https://t.co/z0wWoAKMLp #alpolitics

[Anna Claire Vollers @acvollers]

Nearly 200 people in line around 10:30am at my Huntsville, Alabama polling location. One guy just leaving said he’d waited 2 hrs to vote, but “it’s worth it because this is important.”