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Vanessa Echols

@vanessaechols.bsky.social
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Author: We’re In Heaven, And I Have Some Questions & St.Simon Says. Retired news anchor. Cancer Thriver. City of Auburn Planning Commission. Board Member: East AL Medical Center Foundation, East AL Community Foundation & League Of Women Voters

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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is how my 1st year medical school cousin turned the stage into her runway at her white coat ceremony.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Never give up.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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CBS announces Tony Romo's permanent exit following arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated
CBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have a message for you this Pink October
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt
Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Live updates: A pilot stabbed another on UAE flight to Israel in apparent attempt to crash, Netanyahu says
A flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv, Israel, was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a fight between pilots, raising concerns about a possible hijacking.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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New Jersey’s lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment and ethics complaints
New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor has resigned after being pushed out by the governor over accusations of ethics lapses and inappropriate behavior with women.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Alabama jury verdict awards sheriff’s brother $7 million in damages against 1819 News
The jury awarded punitive damages of $6 million and compensatory damages of $1 million to Bruce Pettway.
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Navy Man (descendant of ANTIFA since the revolution) @navymanhy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Allan R. Bevere @arbevere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is not and has not been a migrant crime wave. Historically, immigrants get targeted for societal ills that are fabricated at worst, and exaggerated at best. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Debunking the Myth of the “Migrant Crime Wave”
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
$43.6 billion. @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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GOP could abandon 2 red-state Senate races: ‘We’re going to have a hard time’
A shock move as midterm picture continues to darken.
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Congressman Greg Landsman @repgreglandsman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Haitians living legally in Ohio have built families, careers, and churches here. Ending their protections and treating them like criminals serves neither justice nor humanity.
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Don't send Ohio's Haitian neighbors 'back to hell' | Opinion
Opinion: Haitians found safety in Ohio. America shouldn't send them back.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Big decision about The KENNEDY Center apnews.com/article/kenn...
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Shaggy Rodgers @themysteryinc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every time I see a #PutinBot comment BS about Talarico, I'm going to post the truth, he's our only hope, he cares for all Texans, he's pro-LGBTQ+, just like his ultra progressive church, he believes in separation of church and state, he walks the walk, don't believe the #PutinBot comments
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Dear Alabama Crimson Tide football team: My love for you is well documented, without question and fully committed. HOWEVER, your play in that first half was disrespectful of my blood pressure, my heart rate and mental well being. Roll Tide.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When the folks at the Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama ask you to record a promo for an upcoming event and say you can be less than formal 😂 Have fun, they said 🤣
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Holdout in Lindsay Clancy trial said he had reasonable doubt but still wouldn't acquit, juror says
A jury foreperson says the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial said he had reasonable doubt but still wouldn’t acquit.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Both sides? Explain your confident stance
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Breaking News: 1 hold out juror in Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Jury deadlocked. Judge declares mistrial.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Breaking News: Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder trial
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
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Dani Ritchot @daniritchot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Everyone already knows.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Game changer www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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FDA approves ‘game-changing’ pancreatic cancer drug
In a late-stage trial, people who got Revolution Medicines’ Rasonque, or daraxonrasib, lived about twice as long as people who got standard care.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80, Just 4 Days After Saying, ‘I Still Have so Many Things I Want to Achieve’
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. The country music legend was known for songs including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5.” She also starred in movies like ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘T...
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Kevin @kevinc13.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Paper tiger
The Constitution can’t save America if Americans won’t defend it
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mickey sues apnews.com/article/abc-...
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Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claiming retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’
Disney has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission alleging a violation of its First Amendment rights.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal case in UnitedHealthcare killing, AP source says
Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattle...
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is disgraceful www.propublica.org/article/wayn...
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He Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Every now and then you get dressed up and give a keynote address to some of the outstanding business owners in East Alabama.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
SC election results apnews.com/article/sout...
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Sen. Darline Graham, US Rep. Ralph Norman advance to GOP runoff for US Senate in South Carolina
Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff in South Carolina’s special Republican primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the Senate.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Appeals court rules Trump can't build White House ballroom without congressional approval
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs amid strain from the Iran war, unemployment dips to 4.1%
U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is inhumane. www.propublica.org/article/loui...
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good for him. It’s a farce and a witch-hunt apnews.com/article/fauc...
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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci has invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Well well well apnews.com/article/usme...
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Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times after admitting legal errors
The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One j...
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Bellmora ❌👑 @bellmora.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Trump administration sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives
Officials sought identity of sources ‘long before’ reporters wrote about the president’s Air Force One jet from Qatar
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So far! apnews.com/article/iran...
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Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5B so far
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far. Hegseth is facing questions and protests at a Senate hearing Tuesday over the U.S. war against Iran.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Tate brothers arrested apnews.com/article/tate...
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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristian Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals service tells AP
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami. That's according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The anti-black racism needs to end. The Argentinian team is all white Italians and no one bats an eye. 60%-70% of France team have one or more black parents & idiots say they aren't French. They are. Messi is 100% Argentinian just as Mbappé is 100% French. What matters is how we act, not skin color.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says
In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the acto...
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sure Jan. apnews.com/article/mitc...
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McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
Sen. Mitch McConnell is revealing for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’...
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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US Sen. Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died at 71 after a brief illness, according to his office.
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Vanessa Echols @vanessaechols.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Alabama professor fired over Charlie Kirk comments rejects settlement banning her from UA System jobs
Candice Hale's attorney said she has rejected settlement offers that would bar her from future employment in the University of Alabama System.
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Brigitte...'dissident' @brigitteatyale.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
What more proof do you need?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 03/07/2026
A Maine couple heading out for a day of fishing happened upon a scene fit for a nature documentary: A moose calf running for its life with a large black bear in pursuit.
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Maine couple spots a bear chasing a moose calf and helps it escape
A Maine couple had an unexpected wildlife encounter while heading out for a day of fishing. Elvia and Todd Malcolm spotted a female moose acting agitated near a road in Telos Township.
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