Valerie Crowder

Freelance journalist @WFSUNews @NPR @WUSF @WLRN @nytimes @panhandlepress | alumna @waer883 & @NewhouseSU | [email protected] | seize the day

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

Find my reporting on local news in the Florida Panhandle and subscribe: https://t.co/1k7LmbgG2o

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@SVG__Collection 💯

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@GovRonDeSantis Not sure if they’re the best donuts in Florida, but definitely in the Panhandle.

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@ZaidJilani Catfish tacos are superb, but I haven’t found them yet in FL 😔

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@ZaidJilani The 2010 Citizens United ruling makes it very difficult to get someone like that past a primary and keep them from being influenced if they do win a general election.

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@petersterne They finally did it.

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

"Khalil was trapped alive under rubble for hours, having made a phone call to her family and the Lebanese military for help, Qudah told CNN on Thursday.

'The Red Cross was blocked for seven hours and when they reached her after seven hours, she was already dead,” she said. 'This kind of obstruction of rescue efforts may really amount to war crime.'"

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@HVNYrefugee @bendellwerry In Texas, he’s known as “King George”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter after she wrote about the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter. https://t.co/nCc4KhrS1h

[Florida Data Geek ✝️🇺🇦🇬🇱 @MappingFL]

And let’s remember. Florida’s constitution bans partisan intent in maps. So any lawmaker talking about “responding to Virginia” is a declaration of partisan intent

Note them, send them to me, we need to keep their record known

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

Too bad for @RepJoshG. 1A legal experts say this is unconstitutional

[John Coleman @FreeSpeech_AI]

A bill recently introduced in Congress mandates age verification at the operating system level, which will no doubt get us closer to a “show me your papers” culture while also burdening anonymity and everyone’s access to speech. https://t.co/XkEQ7DklKD

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

The bar is high for a reason. Law enforcement should be careful before turning group chat banter into criminal charges.

Protected speech cannot be treated as a crime simply because it’s offensive or misinterpreted. Jokes are not true threats and shouldn’t land someone in jail.

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

“Israel is losing America, and the decline shows no signs of stopping.” @Mpolymer explains how Netanyahu has caused generational damage to our alliance with Israel.
https://t.co/WENM43aM4D

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@ZaidJilani There are like two or more fried chicken restaurants on every block along the main streets of town down here. Crazy.

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@HVNYrefugee George Strait tried to get the word out

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@DropSiteNews The reason people in the West protest Israel’s war crimes, and not Iran’s crimes against its people, isn’t because of “Jew hate,” but because Israel claims to be part of the West, a liberal democracy, and yet…

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@ZaidJilani And why do politicians who cheat often go after their subordinates? It’s morally gross.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Trump Reverses Himself, Joins Obama and Biden in Demanding "Clean" Renewal of NSA Domestic Spying Powers

(Meanwhile: Democrats, who claim Trump is an insane Hitler, prepare to extend his vast domestic spying powers)

https://t.co/YLHlfORirC

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@Acyn Many voters cast mail-in ballots because it allows them to research candidates at home as they’re making selections and then drop it off at an election site when it’s most convenient. This is good for democracy, but typically favors Dems and Republicans want to stop it.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public.
7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move.
someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

[Valerie Crowder @valcrowder]

@MNPDNashville 😳