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Senior editor at @smartcitiesdive -- Via @chronicle @thinkprogress & others-- ex- @spj_tweets At-large Board Member-- Proud trans woman dmclean@industrydive.com
Oct 15, 2020 16 tweets 5 min read
THREAD- Some difficult personal news: I have been laid-off from The Chronicle of Higher Education due to Covid-related budget cuts. Thank you so much to @chronicle for allowing me to do important reporting on the Department of Ed., the stimulus, college voting rights, and a number of other important topics. It’s been a pleasure working with my editor @arthomason and many other wonderful colleagues.
Feb 10, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
This is less funny when you consider Trump waged an aggressive and racist campaign to disrupt Indian casino gaming in the 1990s as he was looking to enter into the industry himself washingtonpost.com/national/donal…
Jan 22, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
The far and religious right is so scared of my transgenderness that they need to take away all my rights to try and keep me down. Now that's power. And they will still fail #transrights Nothing can erase me. Nothing can keep me down. Cancer couldn't keep me down, transitioning couldn't keep me down. Anyone who tries will ultimately fail.
Nov 6, 2018 46 tweets 17 min read
The bus taking Standing Rock natives to the polls. First stop: Cannon Ball #ElectionDay Now snowing in Standing Rock, where voters are being picked up #ElectionDay