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Aug 22, 2019 • 4 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
In a fundraising letter dated the day before the #ElPaso shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott asked his supporters to help "defend" Texas from "illegal immigrants" by taking "matters into our own hands" via @TheTexasSignal
thetexassignal.com/exclusive-abbo…
@TheTexasSignal Greg Abbott's fundraising mailer implores residents to "DEFEND" the state from "illegal immigrants"

While the rhetoric echoes Trump, Democrats say this flagrant, fear-inducing language was "piloted in Texas" and we're now seeing the ramifications
buzzfeednews.com/article/briann…
@TheTexasSignal The #ElPaso shooter's manifesto espoused the same claims that Republicans have been touting: Texas(and the US) is under siege, Democrats are using immigration as a strategy to turn Tx blue, and, if nothing is done, violent immigrants will murder innocent Americans
@TheTexasSignal This, though, is by far the best line: "The problems of illegal immigration never reach swanky limousine-liberal neighborhoods in New York or California!

(Over, please...)

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Jan 10
Update on LA fires: Data, photos, and video draw intense scrutiny over power equipment in #EatonFire and #HurstFire

SCE is investigating. It doesn't look like Pasadena Water and Power—the utility for a neighborhood right by Eaton cyn—didn't shut off power
washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…
This photo shows the #Eatonfire under a transmission tower in Altadena. Image
A resident who lives right by Eaton Canyon captured the moment the #EatonFire sparked right under the transmission tower on the east side of the canyon.

SCE has a 220KV transmission line in that canyon that was still energized at the time of ignition Image
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Jan 7
On the ground for the #palisadesfire in Pacific Palisades.

The fire has erupted to 770+ acres. Winds are still strong.

My elderly dad lives less than a mile from here. These are my favorite mountains to run in. Always gutting reporting on my home burning.
Police told me the situation is “really bad” and a fire station on Sunset burned. They keep hanging to move their post east because “stuff keeps burning.” Image
#palisadesfire blew up again near Temescal and jumped Sunset into neighborhoods above Palisades High school. The winds have kicked up again, no visibility
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Mar 13, 2023
I’ve been reporting on Hurricane Ian since it hit Florida in late Sept. The storm caused $112.9 billion in damage, the second-largest insured loss on record after Katrina. In Nov, I started hearing that something strange was happening with storm victims’ insurance claims…
Veteran independent insurance adjusters said their estimates were being significantly altered: photos deleted, descriptions of damage erased, and the final amounts reduced by over 80% .

They'd had issues with carriers before but never seen this behavior

washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Hundreds of pages of claims & internal records I reviewed show big changes were being made to Hurricane Ian estimates without adjusters' knowledge or consent. I saw a $488,000 claim reduced to $13,000. Some were cut below deductibles, leaving residents with nothing
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May 21, 2022
This is huge. The Forest Service is stopping ALL prescribed burns across the National Forest System—nearly 200M acres—bc of escapes

Prescribed burns are essential for wildfire management. So much so that FS wanted to burn 50M acres over the next 10 years fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/lead…
This decision comes after the USFS unveiled a robust new 10-year strategy to combat our wildfire crisis. However, prescribed fire takes skill, and due to staffing/hiring issues, they've had problems filling these experienced roles, firefighters told me.
fs.usda.gov/managing-land/…
While the New Mexico fire sparked from a prescribed burn, stopping them at the onset of what is looking to be another difficult fire season could have serious ramifications, experts say.

We need intentional burning and the people who know how to do them.
npr.org/2022/05/20/109…
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May 11, 2022
This is big. The US has released part of its first-ever investigation into its Indian boarding schools. They found:

From 1819-1969, 408 federal schools in 37 states

Marked or unmarked graveyards at 53 schools

Schools mostly focused on manual labor
bia.gov/sites/default/…
Here are some more notable findings from the Department of Interior's nearly year-long probe into this very horrific part of US history
This reckoning with our own cultural genocide has been a long time coming, but it triggers tremendous pain and trauma for survivors and their families.

I reported on why the US needs to establish wide-reaching mental and emotional health services.
buzzfeednews.com/article/briann…
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May 10, 2022
Now over 4,900 people say they were hurt at Astroworld. Contemporary Services Corp., which helped lead security for that festival, also oversaw Dave Chappelle's show

CSC's been sued dozens of other times for negligence, injuries, and labor law violations
buzzfeednews.com/article/briann…
CSC is one of the largest event security companies in North America. It runs thousands of festivals, concerts, and sports games, and has contracted w/ massive venues and events: Coachella, the Super Bowl, presidential inaugurations, FIFA World Cups, huge universities like USC
However, it hires inexperienced people for minimum wage to work long shifts, and workers have complained about inadequate training for such big events. Some have gotten hurt. Most of them are hired as independent contractors, absolving CSC of liability in some cases.
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