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Cary Aspinwall

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Investigative reporter for The Marshall Project. Prairie tumbleweed. Tips? caspinwall@themarshallproject.org

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Jill Castellano @jillcastellano.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It was very cool to see the work my @themarshallproject.org colleagues @caryaspinwall.bsky.social and @sho-walter.bsky.social and I have done covering fetal personhood and pregnancy drug testing featured on John Oliver last night! You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSt...
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Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 06/05/2026
Lauren Villagran, who for nearly two decades has reported about immigration along the U.S. border and in Mexico, will join The Marshall Project to anchor its coverage of the nation’s immigration enforcement and detention system and those it affects. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/05/06/l...
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Lauren Villagran joins The Marshall Project to Cover Immigration
She has reported on this critical issue for nearly two decades along the southern United States and in Mexico.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
April 2: guards cut all phone access in the housing units without warning. When detainees protested, CRS officers allegedly punched a man, threw another to the ground, kicked him in the head, and pinned him by the neck. A third detainee's wrist was broken. The entire cage was pepper-sprayed.
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Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Original story here: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/06/i...
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Kids in ICE Detention Up 10x in Trump’s Second Term
Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I appreciated going on @msnowreports.bsky.social earlier this week, with my co-reporter @annaflagg.bsky.social to talk about our most recent reporting on the detention of immigrant children. The producers on @anacabrera.bsky.social's show are great to work with. www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...
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Over 6,200 children have been detained by ICE in Trump's second term: Report
Children's rights groups are sounding the alarm after a new analysis from The Marshall Project found ICE has detained over 6,200 kids since the start of President Trump's second term. Senior Data Repo...
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
They endured child separation and received legal status. Now ICE is trying to deport them. lailluminator.com/2026/04/02/l...
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They endured child separation and received legal status. Now ICE is trying to deport them. • Louisiana Illuminator
ICE has detained or deported at least 25 people in recent months despite their having legal status and protections granted by the child separation settlement, court records show.
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Louisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 02/04/2026
"IT DAMAGED HIM." A Honduran man legally living and working in in Louisiana is among at least 25 people with court-granted protected status who ICE has detained or deported. @caryaspinwall.bsky.social reports for @themarshallproject.org
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They endured child separation and received legal status. Now ICE is trying to deport them. • Louisiana Illuminator
ICE has detained or deported at least 25 people in recent months despite their having legal status and protections granted by the child separation settlement, court records show.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My latest for @themarshallproject.org
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/04/2026
The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz
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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
The Erie County Medical Examiner's Office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NEW: Supreme Court likely to reject Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship. As Trump sat on watching, Solicitor General John Sauer faced skeptical questions from almost all of the justices — including all three justices Trump appointed to the high court. This afternoon, at Law Dork:
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Supreme Court likely to reject Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship
As Trump sat on watching, Solicitor General John Sauer faced skeptical questions from almost all of the justices — including all three justices Trump appointed to the high court.
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Brandon Wall @walldo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social: "He’s one of at least 25 people ICE has detained or deported in recent months despite their having legal status and protections granted by the child separation settlement, court records show." www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/01/i...
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They Endured Child Separation. Now ICE Is Trying to Deport Them.
The U.S. government is reneging on key parts of a court settlement it struck with families whose children were seized at the border.
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Dylan Goforth @dmgoforth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Listen Frontier: Inside our investigation into Oklahoma’s lack of response to oilfield pollution.
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Listen Frontier: Inside our investigation into Oklahoma's lack of response to oilfield pollution
Nick Bowlin walks through the records, testing delays and injection well history that shaped his reporting on salty, oily drinking water in Edmond.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Vinay Prasad lives in San Francisco but flies to DC. Taxpayers pay for his commute, which according to one estimate costs around $65,000 a year, according to an agency document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Why the FDA Blocked Moderna’s New Flu Shot
The head of the agency’s vaccine division, Vinay Prasad, has overruled pushback from career staffers.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Remember this story from two weeks ago? A new lawsuit from @aclu.org aims to try, alleging fed agents abused search warrants and conspired with local police to violate civil rights of Latino families detained at an event last fall in Idaho: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/10/i...
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After Disputed ICE Raid, Lawsuit Tries New Approach to Accountability
It’s nearly impossible to sue federal officials for civil rights violations, but a new ACLU filing could become a test case for how to do it.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Remember this story from two weeks ago? A new lawsuit from @aclu.org aims to try, alleging fed agents abused search warrants and conspired with local police to violate civil rights of Latino families detained at an event last fall in Idaho: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/10/i...
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After Disputed ICE Raid, Lawsuit Tries New Approach to Accountability
It’s nearly impossible to sue federal officials for civil rights violations, but a new ACLU filing could become a test case for how to do it.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 27/01/2026
“There’s basically no right to sue federal officers for almost anything, including constitutional violations and including use of deadly force." (@themarshallproject.org)
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Why It’s Hard for Civilians to Sue ICE for Its Actions in Minnesota
The civil rights law that has allowed lawsuits against local and state police doesn’t apply to federal agents.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
My latest for @themarshallproject.org
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 02/12/2025
👋 This #GivingTuesday, your donation of just $10 pays for one subscriber's annual News Inside subscription — delivering powerful stories and helpful resources they can't get anywhere else in prison or jail: www.themarshallproject.org/donate?via=7...
Text reads "Your $10 donation pays for the cost of one incarcerated reader's annual subscription. This Giving Tuesday, our goal is to fund 150 News Inside Subscriptions." The image features three issues of The Marshall Project's News Inside print edition.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Tomorrow on @Reddit @reddit_AMA - we are some of the reporters for @MarshallProj reporting on immigration detention & courts: Ask us anything! www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/5kv...
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From the IAmA community on Reddit: The U.S. immigration detention budget is exploding, mass deportations continue daily and business is booming for private prisons holding detainees. We are journalist...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 14/07/2025
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
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Dozens of Teens From Abusive Florida School Ended Up on Death Row
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Had to say goodbye to this sweet angel teddy bear boy this weekend. 💔 Rescues are worth every moment of work.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 06/07/2025
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.” In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prison
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Come along with me, on a journey to Leavenworth, KS, where a bunch of locals -including some nuns - are fighting the reopening of a CoreCivic facility to warehouse immigration detainees. They hatched plans at the library over homemade cookies & sun tea: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/01/l...
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Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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Caleb Bedillion @calebbedillion.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Mississippi Supreme Court is now requiring greater transparency from the local judges who largely manage the state's patchwork public defense systems. In a recent letter, Chief Justice Michael Randolph told circuit judges to file written public defense plans by Sept. 5.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Leavenworth, KS had one go-round with CoreCivic from 1992 to 2021. Now, the private prison operator is trying to reopen a detention center there. Local residents don't want a round 2. A good read from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/01/l...
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Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Could not be more proud of my longtime friends @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social & their amazing all-female team winning a Pulitzer for this important reporting 💪
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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
(1/5) 🕊️ In post-Roe America, grief’s invisible strings are being tied into chains. In Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama, miscarriage—already heavy with sorrow—can now summon handcuffs instead of compassion. 🔗 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/02/l... @caryaspinwall.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org
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These States Have Investigated Miscarriages and Stillbirths as Crimes
A recent arrest in Georgia highlights the criminal suspicion that surrounds pregnancy loss in several states, experts say.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/04/2025
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
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The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Thank you @taquitoroller.bsky.social for carving this fun read out of a chaotic zoom chat 😂😂😂 The history of @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Ziva Branstetter @zivabranstetter.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Last year, @caryaspinwall.bsky.social of @themarshallproject.org, briokc.bsky.social of @readfrontier.bsky.social & Sachi McClendon exposed how more than 50 people died in U.S. jails while under Turn Key’s care, including the Cookie Queen, Shannon Hanchett. www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/30/o...
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell' www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How Houston Mayor John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston Mayor John Whitmire to thank.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Colorado Transparency News: #SunshineWeek transparency slam; $13,650 penalty for "arbitrary and capricious" records response; CORA bill; wide-ranging transparency bill; RTD CORA fees; PERA board transparency; more. #coleg #copolitics
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Colorado Transparency News - 2/28/2025
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/02/2025
In its 60 years, Medicaid has grown from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance, covering 72 million people. Here is where enrollment in the program is highest. nyti.ms/4intZxz
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
SCOTUS orders a new trial for Richard Glossip www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Amistad Law Project @amistadlaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Almost 200,000 people are expected to die in prison due to a life sentence in the United States. @caryaspinwall.bsky.social writes about the rise of Death By Incarceration for @themarshallproject.org. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/02/01/l...
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 04/02/2025
Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job
Darren Beattie, who's claimed the FBI was responsible for the 2021 attack on the Capitol, has been named acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.” Incredible details in a horrifying @nytimes.com story. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Prayers for everyone in California 🙏🏻
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The Emancipator @theemancipator.org · 18/12/2024
People in Native American-majority communities are nearly twice as likely to have medical debt in collections compared with the national average. Via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social theemancipator.org/2024/12/17/t...
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Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes
Patients received medical bills that should have been covered by the Indian Health Service due in part to funding and staff shortages.
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joey-senat.bsky.social @joey-senat.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Advice from OSU SMSC j-grad & Pulitzer finalist @caryaspinwall.bsky.social : Do the work that no one else is willing to do. Every time I take a call when I don't have to, or show up in person when someone else might have just phoned, the universe hands me an even better story.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Almost 3 years after we published video of a transgender man being beaten by a sheriff's deputy in a 7-Eleven parking lot, the deputy has pleaded guilty to a federal felony. FWIW... this is after the sheriff's department reviewed the case and found the force was... all within policy.
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Spoke to @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social about how I got started in this crazy business: yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
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My First Byline: Cary Aspinwall
Staff writer, The Marshall Project
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/12/2024
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com When American women under 25 get pregnant, their odds of death by homicide more than double. This is just one of their stories.
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Opinion | The Tragic Link Between Pregnancy and Homicide
For women under 25, getting pregnant more than doubles their risk of homicide.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"Figure out your beat — what you really want to cover — and own it. You'll go far by becoming the expert on a topic, particularly if it's a nascent one." — @milesklee.bsky.social yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
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My First Byline: Miles Klee
Reporter, Rolling Stone
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Cary Aspinwall @caryaspinwall.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
All three pies turned out great, thankfully … but this was the clear favorite for our crew
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