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Elizabeth Caldwell

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News director at Tulsa's public radio station, @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social U.S. Coast Guard veteran.

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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Many thanks to @chrispolansky.bsky.social @mbtrotter.bsky.social @oklahomawatch.bsky.social and the folks not on bluesky who helped me achieve this next step
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KWGS bids farewell to news director Elizabeth Caldwell
The voice and pen who has filed many remarkable stories in Oklahoma is stepping off the Sooner state beat. KWGS' Angel Ford sat down with KWGS' Elizabeth Caldwell to hear about her new job in Jacksonv...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/01/2026
Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor who dedicated her life to speaking out against prejudice and to preserving the legacy of her stepsister, Anne Frank, died on Saturday in London at 96. trib.al/NZEPlL6
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences. But only one woman has been released from prison. #tulsa #oklahoma
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Why Oklahoma’s Survivors’ Act is failing the women it was meant to help
Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences if abuse was a “substantial contributing factor” in the crime they committed against the perpetrator.
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Mike Simons @mikesimonsphoto.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Some local journalists that I've enjoyed working alongside in 2025! Emory Bryan, News On 6; Barry Lewis, Tulsa World; @danielshular.bsky.social freelance photographer; @elizawell.bsky.social, KWGS. Support them all! They do good work. #journalism #tulsa
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NPR @npr.org · 09/12/2025
The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy. n.pr/48Io9DM
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Believe it or not, this book makes taxes fascinating
The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Libs of TikTok often presents educators deemed as too liberal in a mocking light. The account’s owner who earns at least six figures is linked to Oklahoma. #tulsa
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A global influencer working with Oklahoma provocateurs is earning at least 6 figures
Libs of TikTok often presents educators deemed as too liberal in a mocking light. The account’s owner, Chaya Raichik, is linked to Oklahoma.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A decade after its creation, Patrick Gordon’s painting of a long-time Tulsa drag queen still speaks to viewers. #tulsa
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At Philbrook, this portrait of a long-time Tulsa queen is finding new meaning
A decade after its creation, Patrick Gordon’s painting of Mrs. Lennox still speaks to viewers.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/10/2025
In a rare study, two audiologists found that Taylor Swift's accent has, indeed, changed over the years, reflecting where she's lived, where she wants to go and who she's inspired by.
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How Taylor Swift's accent and dialect have changed throughout her eras
In a rare study, two audiologists found that Taylor Swift's accent has, indeed, changed over the years, reflecting where she's lived, where she wants to go and who she's inspired by.
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 08/10/2025
The city of Tulsa has announced another excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery in search for victims of the 1921 Race Massacre.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2025
Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. n.pr/474wJvJ
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Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts
Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“Chicago police records shared with the Sun-Times show that a Border Patrol agent had called for assistance, reporting that roughly 30 agents had been “surrounded by a large crowd of people.” But police officials weren’t sent to help, the records show.”
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Simon ⚒️⛩️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴‍☠️🇪🇺 @sulaco68.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The view from an ANTIFA landing craft June 6th 1944
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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New: four million people could be forced to leave public housing and other federally assisted housing under new plans from the Trump administration, according to experts who reviewed drafts of two unpublished rules obtained by @propublica.org.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
“It’s disguised as work requirements and term limits, but in reality it’s a way to strip families of their benefits,” said Deborah Thrope of the National Housing Law Project. “This is a huge departure from how the HUD programs have been run.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
One of the more harrowing tales of an ICE raid I’ve read: ‘“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/10/2025
The government's monthly jobs report was not published Friday as a result of the federal shutdown. That's left businesses and policymakers in the dark about the strength of the U.S. job market.
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Shutdown has already delayed the jobs report. More critical reports could be held up
The government's monthly jobs report was not published Friday as a result of the federal shutdown. That's left businesses and policymakers in the dark about the strength of the U.S. job market.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2025
"God is Change, And in the end, God prevails. But meanwhile… Kindness eases Change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us In the greatest, The most intense Of our chosen struggles" — Octavia E. Butler, 'Parable of the Sower'
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2025
Charlie Javice was sentenced to 7 years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by exaggerating how many students her financial aid startup served.
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Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale of financial aid startup
The 33-year-old founder of the startup student financial aid company Frank has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
holy shit they did the meme
Lighthouse keeper in tactical gear: Look at ye, with thousands of dollars of gear but no cardio since high school
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Matt Carney @2011prius.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Scoop for you thepickup.com/top-editor-a...
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Top Editor Among Apparent Cutbacks At Tulsa World - The Pickup
Staff emails for multiple newsroom employees bounced back on Friday morning.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Ahead of two votes next week on proposed massive data centers in Green Country, a community meeting discussed how to stop the centers from being built. #tulsa
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Citing water concerns, community pushes back against proposed data centers
Ahead of two votes next week on proposed massive data centers in Green Country, residents at a community meeting discussed how to stop the centers from being built.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The station earned top honors in categories including investigative reporting, anchoring and spot news. #tulsa
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KWGS wins 11 Society for Professional Journalists awards
KWGS was recognized with five first place awards from the Society for Professional Journalists Oklahoma Pro Chapter for work done in 2024.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Phenomenal writing about a sad sometimes enraging but also supremely comical figure. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
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An Intimate Chronicle of Kanye West’s Fall from Grace
The rapper and producer has become a pariah, running for President and praising Hitler. A new documentary gives insight into what went wrong.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A suburb of Tulsa will fly the Muscogee Nation flag at its headquarters. #tulsa
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Bixby set to fly Muscogee Nation flag at city hall
A suburb of Tulsa will fly the Muscogee Nation flag at its headquarters.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"I'm getting tired even for a phoenix" is a pretty clutch quote from Taylor Swift.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/09/2025
When Charles Bethea climbed the world’s tallest volcano with the help of an altitude-sickness pill, he wondered: Had he denied himself some deeper experience or insight?
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What It’s Like to Get Really, Really High
Climbers are often chasing a rush. Was I cheating by using some help to get there?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
It’s really all we should be talking about today.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2025
Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank. Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall. (Published 2021)
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Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2025
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/09/2025
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Even though he’s moved on to better things, it’s cool that @mbryanok.bsky.social was recognized for his painstaking work on this story…
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I think @benhabrams.com nabbed the most awards for KWGS last night. He's Oklahoma's best public radio host, some are saying.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Super cool meeting @wsuares.bsky.social tonight! My own news team picked up 10 awards and I was recognized for the first time as an investigative reporter, too.
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it’s displacing long-standing homeless camps in Tulsa so that the people who live in them don’t get hit by cars. #tulsa
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OHP says it’s clearing homeless encampments for pedestrian safety
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it’s displacing long-standing homeless camps in Tulsa so that the people who live in them don’t get hit by cars.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/08/2025
BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.
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Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
It’s finally happened. I don’t care enough to learn these words 👵
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Erin McCanlies spent almost two decades at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals affects the chance that they will have a child with autism. This spring, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated her entire division.
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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Oklahoma Watch @oklahomawatch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Jake Ramsey on the use of hostile architecture in Tulsa and OKC to deter homeless encampments. Elizabeth Caldwell discusses a tax credit that was supposed to make housing more affordable. Maria Guinnip talks about the latest installment in our “Justice in No Man’s Land” series. ow.ly/EKUl50WEU84
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Two men from Texas bought more than a dozen properties across Oklahoma restricted to low-income Oklahomans. In Tulsa, they are booting out the very people the properties are meant to serve. #tulsa #oklahoma
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Two Texans are buying up restricted low-income housing in Oklahoma and booting out tenants
A father and son from Texas are buying up property in Tulsa restricted to low-income tenants and booting them out.
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Dylan Goforth @dmgoforth.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
There’s a shortage of drug treatment programs in Western Oklahoma. Many people don’t have transportation and the nearest provider is in another town.
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In Enid, a fatal overdose highlights a lack of drug treatment options
There’s a shortage of drug treatment programs in Western Oklahoma. Many people don’t have transportation and the nearest provider is in another town.
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Elizabeth Caldwell @elizawell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
“I think of those unknown people, who are the real heroes for me, who you never hear about, who hold out on frontiers of awful want, awful situations, and manage somehow to go beyond the given impoverishments and offer gifts of possibility and imagination and seeing.” onbeing.org/programs/joh...
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John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
The late Irish poet and philosopher. Beauty as calling. Friendship and vitality. Safari with the “wildness” of God. A “pedagogy of interiority.”
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NPR @npr.org · 25/07/2025
A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
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Making a living as a poker player is hard. The 'Big Beautiful Bill' makes it harder
A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok
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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I wanted to do something to celebrate JAWS 50th anniversary last week but I was neck deep in a big deadline and I didn’t have time. Now that the deadline has been taken care of and since today is the 4th of July, what better time to finally draw something? Hope y’all dig my tribute :)
A portrait of Robert Shaw as Quint, the shark hunter, in JAWS. Underneath is the scene with his boat (the Orca) following the barrels hooked to the underwater shark
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Daniel Shular @danielshular.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Listen to my conversation with @elizawell.bsky.social about my experiences covering protests and extremism
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Mike Simons @mikesimonsphoto.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I really enjoy working with @danielshular.bsky.social He's great for our staff and for #Tulsa !
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Photographers see a lot. Daniel Shular, who's on staff at Tulsa World, has seen violence and extremism. He's been knocked down, shot at, and even arrested while documenting civil unrest. #tulsa
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As political tensions rise, a Tulsa photojournalist talks about what it’s like to cover extremism
Photographers see a lot. Daniel Shular, who's on staff at Tulsa World, has seen violence and extremism.
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