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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Yeah but didn’t you watch the Knicks close out at this random mexican restaurant in times square
Dozens of people stand outside a mexican restaurant which has a TV screen playing the nba finals insideSeveral dozen people filling the street in Times Square
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
LETS GO KNICKS
Knicks-Cavs Game 4 on the screen at Radio City Music Hall
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/05/2026
🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjar.bsky.social's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/04/2026
The New York Police Department opens an internal investigation after video showed officers punching and kicking a man who authorities initially believed to be a suspect in a drug deal but later said was not.
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NYPD investigation opened over 'disturbing' video of officers' use of force during arrest
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani described officers' conduct during the arrest as "extremely disturbing and unacceptable."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 27/03/2026
Pro-Iran hackers published more than 300 emails and photos from what appears to be a personal email account for FBI Director Kash Patel, a bureau spokesperson confirms.
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Iranian hackers publish emails allegedly stolen from Kash Patel
Hundreds of emails and photos from what appears to be FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account were published Friday by an Iran-linked hacking group.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 23/03/2026
BREAKING Voice of America staffers say in a new lawsuit that the Trump admin and Kari Lake have “censored news coming out of Iran,” including “stories about anti-government protests” and opposition to the regime. They’ve sued over a breach of the statutorily-protected editorial firewall.
Among other things, the President has launched an undeclared war on the Islamic
Republic of Iran, ostensibly with the goal of encouraging opponents of the Iranian regime to rise up in counterrevolution. The Administration—acting through Defendants Michael Rigas, Kari Lake, and other political appointees at Defendant United States Agency for Global Media (“USAGM”), the federal agency that oversees VOA—has censored the news coming out of Iran: interviews, video footage, and stories about anti-government protests within Iran have been suppressed. Reporting on certain elements in opposition to the Iranian regime have been banned from VOA’s Persian Service, rendering untrustworthy a once-respected source of independent news about Iran
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I interviewed an expert on what's happening with connectivity in Iran: The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence. www.theverge.com/policy/87184...
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Shedding light on Iran’s longest internet blackout
A staggering death toll.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/01/2026
In Minneapolis, smartphones have proven a crucial way for the public to document immigration enforcement efforts — and check the Trump administration's version of tragic events.
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In fatal Minneapolis shootings, viral video plays the central role
In Minneapolis, smartphones have proven a crucial way for the public to document immigration enforcement efforts — and check the Trump administration's version of tragic events.
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SWAN UAW Local 7902 @swan-uaw.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"Of the nearly-300 eligible RAs, 85% voted on the bargained contract, all of whom supported the agreement. SWAN bargaining committee member and Tandon senior Ollie Mundahl told WSN the union encountered 'difficult negotiations' with the university’s legal representatives on multiple instances."
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RAs to receive $2,600 stipends after reaching deal with NYU - Washington Square News
NYU’s RA union reached its first collective bargaining agreement with the university after more than nine months of negotiations, landing on a deal that increases resident assistants’ compensation and...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In a remarkable court filing, DOJ also revealed that DOGE employees traded Social Security data on an unapproved third party server — Cloudflare — and may have sent private SSA info to a top DOGE adviser. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2026
A Minneapolis driver was shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation. DHS says it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident. Mayor Jacob Frey says it did not appear that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. nbcnews.to/4qI7AiA
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2026
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an immigration-related operation, DHS says. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said it did not appear from social media video of the incident that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. Read more: nbcnews.to/3Nxtjv8
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/01/2026
I've gone through this video a number of times now (hi I used to be a video editor at WaPo), and the officer pictured here, the officer who fired his weapon, and the officer walking toward the van at the end of the video all appear to be the same person. bsky.app/profile/dani...
A screenshot from the video showing a masked federal agent walking behind the minivan and holding up a cellphone at protester a few feet away.
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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Okay, remember in 2024 when RFK Jr. admitted he dumped a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014? An event that was a NY mystery for a decade? if this story has also haunted you...... I got new docs, emails, & pics about it from NYC's Dept of Parks & Rec via FOIA: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
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New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub's corpse in Central Park in 2014 to "be fun." Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2026
BREAKING: ICE agent fatally shoots a driver after a group of people began blocking agents during an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis, DHS says.
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Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation, DHS says
The Department of Homeland Security said it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Extremely disturbing. If this is the incident, it is inconsistent with DHS's statement.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Blank Street’s seasonal drink specials essentially being tea flavored tea and coffee flavored coffee…
Earl Grey MatchaEspresso Martini Latte
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hi Shawn, I am with NBC News. Would you give me a follow back so I can DM you about this video? Are you open to sharing it/licensing it? Thanks!
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Hi @shannonhale.bsky.social, I'm with NBC News. Did you take this video yourself, and if so, will you give NBCU permission to share it on all platforms and partners, with credit to you? Thanks
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Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · 20/10/2025
Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story 1 in 10 five years ago 1 in 9 1 in 8 1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high. For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise buff.ly/ICwJLj3
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
In a 161-page ruling, Federal District Court Judge William Young finds that noncitizens in the US have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, and the State and DHS secretaries violated the law by arresting and deporting pro-Palestinian protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
👀 Just Now -- President Trump in the Oval Office said a government shutdown gives his administration the power to cut benefit programs, which include Social Security and Medicare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them, and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like. And, you all know Russell Vought. He’s become very popular recently because he can trim the budget to a level that you couldn't do any other way. So they're taking a risk by having a shutdown. Because of the shutdown, we can do things medically and other ways, including benefits. We can cut large numbers of people. We don't want to do that, but we don't want fraud, waste and abuse.”
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Vulture @vulture.com · 23/09/2025
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
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Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule
Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 20/09/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
State Sen Jabari Brisport says federal agents on the 10th floor “zip tied the doors closed and then used duct tape to cover any cracks for people to see.” “And then, they laughed.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ $ORCL
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment. Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees
The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable them to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 27/08/2025
Weston Halsne, a fifth grade student at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, says his friend Victor was shot while lying on top of him during the shooting at their morning Mass. @kare11.bsky.social reports. bit.ly/4lMO29W
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A man, near the White House, who describes himself as a "retired disabled combat veteran," after burning an American flag tells bystanders "I am being detained because I expressed my First Amendment rights."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with "Trump's interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
At a public meeting in Tucson, hundreds of people have shown up, largely to oppose a massive data center project known as “Project Blue.” Lots of shouting over the speakers. A spontaneous chant of “Where is the mayor?” just broke out. Mayor Regina Romero is not here.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/08/2025
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, long-time federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...
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‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza
An analysis of ICE data by THE CITY shows that dozens of people have packed into locked rooms and increasingly held for days inside a Manhattan building the feds say isn’t a detention site.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/07/2025
“It just makes me so mad that this is happening ... I’m having to worry about child care and my job and my husband’s job.”
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Day care measles exposure forces Iowa family to take weeks off work for baby: 'It only takes one'
There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have most likely had their lives upended after being exposed.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/07/2025
Shortly after President Trump was sworn in for his second term, videos of ICE raids began to surface across social media — from every corner of the U.S. nbcnews.to/44XmEAO
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/07/2025
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
these videos collected and verified by @nbcnews.com represent a small fraction of many following a pattern: heavily armed authorities, little visible ID, often wearing masks while detaining people, sometimes violently, then putting them into vehicles. www.nbcnews.com/specials/tru...
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How user-generated videos on social media brought Trump’s immigration crackdown to America’s screens
The videos have become a crucial window into the U.S. government’s aggressive efforts to find and apprehend undocumented immigrants.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
Case 8:25-cv-00951-PX
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3. The proposed Amended Complaint details the Government's defiance of court
orders after this Court granted preliminary injunctive relief. The Amended Complaint includes
allegations that the Government made decisions to defy judicial mandates. These allegations are
new to the Complaint, but have been cited in various filings in this Court as the case has developed.
They are directly relevant to Plaintiffs' constitutional claims and outstanding requests for
declaratory and prospective injunctive relief.
4. Plaintiffs also seek to incorporate evidence that emerged in a June 2025
whistleblower disclosure from former DOJ official Erez Reuveni, who was previously counsel for
the Government in this case. The new allegations include government officials internally
acknowledging that Abrego Garcia's removal was an "administrative error" while simultaneously
working to prevent his return and to make post-hoc justifications. These revelations provide
evidence of deliberate misconduct that was unavailable when the original Complaint was filed and
directly support Plaintiffs' claims.
5. The proposed Amended Complaint also Includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand
account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT, as well as developments regarding his return to the United States and the Government's stated plan to remove him again. These allegations identify
the severe harm actually suffered and the threat of repeated unlawful removal that supports
Plaintiffs' request for prospective injunctive relief. The inclusion of these facts, which could not
have been pleaded at the time of the original filing, is essential to present a complete picture of the
violations and ensure adequate relief.
6. Plaintiffs also propose to clarify that the relief sought includes restoring the status
quo ante, which requires (among other things) the Government to return Abrego Garcia to
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Already another 80,000 ballots from my post 3 minutes ago! Now we're at 667K ballots.... likely nearly two-thirds of the total vote. Mamdani *increased* his first-round lead, now to 8.4%. Now we're at: —Mamdani: 43.8% —Cuomo: 35.5% —Lander: 11.9% —Adams: 4.1%
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Griffin Eckstein @gec.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hi @igd.bsky.social! I'm a social reporter with NBC News. Did you take these pictures yourself? If so, will you give NBCU permission to share them on all our platforms and partners, with credit to you?
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