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Brandon Richard

@brandonlrichard.bsky.social
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Independent Journalist. Oklahoma native.

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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 1h
With the midterms less than a month away, most polls show Republicans in serious trouble — but President Trump is in denial.
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Democrats Surge Ahead as Trump Dismisses Polls
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
Courts have consistently ruled that denying or restricting a journalist’s entry to the White House on the basis of their reporting violates the First Amendment. Legal experts said they are skeptical that President Trump’s case will hold up.
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White House media bans have been tried before. They rarely hold up in court.
Trump’s ban on reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico could run afoul of the Constitution.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every reputable news organization needs to boycott every White House briefing, gaggle, and press conference until their colleagues' access is fully restored.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of Ms. whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday at her home in New York City.
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Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of <em>Ms.</em> whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at her home in New York C...
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton was one of those rare figures loved by virtually everyone, no matter their background.
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Dolly Parton: A Legacy of Love, Light, and Unconditional Acceptance
Remembering a woman whose music, kindness, and spirit made the world feel a little more like family.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey in her home, has died in prison
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Sean Grayson, former Sangamon County deputy convicted in killing of Sonya Massey, dies in prison, attorney says
Grayson, 32, was found guilty last October of second-degree murder for the shooting of Sonya Massey and was serving a 20-year sentence.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My thoughts are with the 268 Scripps employees laid off today at several TV stations. Losing your job, especially right now, is a heavy blow, and I hope new doors open quickly for you. Also thinking about those who remain, who will now be asked to do even more with even less.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/08/2026
Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, said late Sunday he is formally rescinding the president's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," after Senate Republicans threatened to block his nomination over the controversial agreement. cnn.it/3U8d7DW
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NEW: Senator Mitch McConnell‘s office has released a second proof of life photo of McConnell with his wife. In a written statement, McConnell, 84, said he is “working hard to get back” to the Senate with “intense physical therapy per doctor’s orders.”
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/07/2026
Protesters interrupted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee as the Pentagon asks for more money to fund the war in Iran. Read more about the hearing: cnn.it/4yEQbMG
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/07/2026
Breaking News: Lindsey Graham, the prominent Republican senator from South Carolina died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71.
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Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71
Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, rules that children born in the U.S. are citizens at birth — regardless of their parents’ immigration status. 5-4 decision.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
HEATED CLASH: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, got into a heated exchange at a House hearing Thursday over child migration data.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Justice Kagan, dissenting with Sotomayor and Jackson, calls out Trump's comments about Haitian immigrants ("they're eating the dogs, eating the cats") and says they were "so repellent and racially inflected that the majority declines to put them in print." #scotus #immigration #tps
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Yep. That's a young Susan Collins in 1981, serving as a legislative assistant to then-Senator (and future defense secretary) William Cohen. Came across this clip while researching an education funding issue. #susancollins
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley has been fired
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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley After He Accuses Bari Weiss Of 'Murdering' The Network
The veteran journalist previously said editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’”
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
BREAKING: Virginia Democrats ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the congressional map that Virginia's state Supreme Court invalidated
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
#ThunderUp
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Waving Oklahoma City Thunder Flag
ALT: Waving Oklahoma City Thunder Flag
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
BREAKING: #SCOTUS further narrows Voting Rights Act, limiting states' ability to draw race-conscious maps as remedy for past obstacles to minorities' electing favored candidates. A 6-3 ruling along usual ideological lines. w/ @andrewjfhoward.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices narrowed how a key provision of the Voting Rights Act can be enforced.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel's defense minister confirms Israel has attacked Iran.
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Israel's defense minister says his country has attacked Iran and declares a state of emergency
Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, with the country’s defense minister declaring a state of emergency across the country.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Dawson 💔
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/01/2026
Minneapolis is at the center of sweeping, evolving federal immigration push. It demonstrates how different immigration enforcement is under Trump's second administration - and raises questions about the lingering effects on local communities and law enforcement. n.pr/49XHQsN
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Events in Minneapolis show how immigration enforcement has changed. What's the impact?
Minneapolis is at the center of sweeping, evolving federal immigration push. It demonstrates how different immigration enforcement is under Trump's second administration - and raises questions about the lingering effects on local communities and law enforcement.
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Xena @wiltshirecat1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Larry the Cat, Chief Mouser at Downing Street, London, turns 19. tribune.com.pk/story/258691...
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Britain’s most famous cat hits 19 as Larry’s long reign continues | The Express Tribune
Larry the cat marks his 19th birthday as the Downing Street resident is celebrated online for years of service widely
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, wehave effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Major loss for CBS News. John Dickerson is one of the best in broadcast journalism.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A shocking amount of crime against journalists goes unreported. Not just unreported in news. Unreported to police. Corporate newsrooms are often so afraid to become part of the story they discourage employees from filing legit complaints. But bomb under a news truck can’t really be kept discreet…
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Two men arrested in Utah after bomb found under news vehicle
Men could face terrorism-related and weapons charges after officials say explosive ‘had been lit but failed to function’
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Love it.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
PERSONAL NEWS: Yesterday was my last day at Denver7. After three years at the station, I’ve decided to move on. I’m grateful for the trust of my colleagues and our viewers, and I look forward to the next chapter — finding new ways to tell stories that matter.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says it's clear that Trump is trying to punish Colorado by relocating Space Command headquarters. #copolitics
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Colorado Democratic leaders issued sharp rebukes of the president after his comments about the state's mail-in voting.
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Trump says Colorado’s mail-in voting ‘a big factor’ in relocating Space Command headquarters
President Donald Trump announced the U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) headquarters will be relocating from Colorado to Alabama, a move that was immediately criticized by Colorado leaders of both parties.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
President Trump says Colorado's mail-in voting played a big factor in his decision to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs measures (a bill and executive order) that he says rebalance the state’s budget.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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'I'm a casualty': Denver City Council member's husband was one of 171 city employees laid off in first round
Scott Gilmore, who spent more than a decade working as the deputy executive director of Denver Parks & Recreation, learned on Monday that he was one of 171 city employees being laid off.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Denver announces 171 layoffs, elimination of 665 open positions
More than 170 Denver city workers will no longer be employed with the city as it tries to plug a $200 million gap in next year’s budget.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
BREAKING: The City of Denver says it will lay off 171 employees to help fill $200 million budget gap. That represents 1.6% of the city’s workforce. In addition, 665 vacant positions are being eliminated. 92 positions will be funded by new sources.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Colorado Gov. Polis announces special session, state hiring freeze to address $1.2B loss of revenue
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called for a special session of the state legislature and announced a statewide hiring freeze Wednesday to address a $1.2 billion loss of revenue.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Colorado budget director: State is almost $1 billion short of the cash it needs for the current budget. He puts the blame squarely on changes made by President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” #copolitics
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans, a Republican who represents the state's 8th District, has introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at fixing the nation’s immigration system. #copolitics
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Rep. Gabe Evans introduces bill to provide legal status for some undocumented immigrants
Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans, a Republican who represents the state's 8th District, has introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at fixing the nation’s immigration system.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Colorado Democratic Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen fights back tears while discussing the impact of President Trump's tax cut and spending bill. #copolitics
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/07/2025
Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, which each carry a maximum 10-year sentence. The charges are based on a law originally called the White Slave Traffic Act and now known as the Mann Act. wapo.st/4l9lTKy
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The changes will make it easier for the city to lay off longtime city employees by removing some of their protections. #copolitics
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Facing budget shortfall, Denver changes layoff rules for city employees
With layoffs likely due to the City of Denver’s projected $200 million budget shortfall in 2026, the city's career service board approved changes to the city’s layoff procedures on Tuesday.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Denver officials on mass layoffs: "They are absolutely happening and they're going to be substantial." #copolitics #dengov
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
AirTracker7 flies over downtown Denver where thousands participate in 'No Kings' protest against Trump. #copolitics #NoKingsProtest #denver
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2025
Breaking News: A Minnesota lawmaker and her husband were fatally shot in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” A separate attack targeted a state senator, he said, and officials warned that the gunman was at large. Follow live updates.
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Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Targeted Attack, Governor Says
The lawmaker’s husband was also fatally shot, Gov. Tim Walz said, and in a separate attack, a state senator was shot multiple times. Officials warned that the gunman was at large and may be impersonating a police officer.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/06/2025
Between 1970 and 1985, a typical American family could save 10% of their income for about five years and accumulate a 20% down payment on a median-priced existing single-family home, according to a New York Times analysis. As of 2023, it would take nearly eight years, the data shows. nyti.ms/3FKEzkx
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Sec. Jena Griswold on DOJ's demand: “Donald Trump has weaponized his Department of Justice, targeting his perceived enemies and meddling in state cases to try and free those who supported his big election lie.”
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Department of Justice demands Colorado turn over 'all records' related to 2024 federal elections
The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold turn over “all records” related to the 2024 federal elections, a request many experts call unprecedented.
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, says he's sick of people trying to rationalize and excuse antisemitism. #BoulderAttack #BoulderCO
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
DHS has removed its list of sanctuary jurisdictions following mass criticism, including from law enforcement, and questions about how the list was put together. #copolitics
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Brandon Richard @brandonlrichard.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Multiple people injured in attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder; suspect arrested
Boulder police said multiple people were injured after a man allegedly set them on fire during a peaceful demonstration outside the courthouse on Pearl Street. The suspect was taken into custody.
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