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Devon Heinen
@devonheinen
Features journalist covering US nat'l affairs
New York, NY
Freelance journalist covering US nat'l affairs for States Newsroom | 2x Society for Features Journalism award-winner | Prev: New Statesman, The Atlantic & more | Comments = mine.
1,803 Posts
To my followers here on Post: I know I haven't been active on here since October, but I just learned that Post is shutting down. I've been using Threads exclusively since October, and if anyone here wants my objective, fact-based, real-time reporting of US national affairs -- a hy I just wanted to let everyone who follows me here on Post that, at least for now, I'm going to discontinue posting completely here on Post. If you want to continue to get my day-to-day reporting as well as my next story, follow me on Threads. I appreciate everyone who's followed me Friday, #Biden has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH: • Get classified President's Daily Brief at 10a Eastern • Speech re: September #JobsReport at 11:30a No WH press sec presser. #Economy JUST IN US Dept of Homeland Security Sec Alejandro #Mayorkas issues stmt re: #BorderWall expansion: "There is no new Administration policy with respect to border walls. From day one, this Administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer. That remains our position JUST IN #Biden will meet at the WH with #Germany 's president, Frank-Walter #Steinmeier , on October 6, per WH Press Sec Karine Jean-Pierre stmt. JUST IN (via WH press pool) #Biden talks with journalists re: #BorderWall expansion: "The money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get them to reappropriate, to redirect that money. They didn’t. They wouldn’t. In the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than NEW #Trump #Election2024 campaign raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of this year, per campaign stmt. Thursday, #Biden has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH: • Get classified President's Daily Brief at 10a Eastern • Briefing re: #Ukraine at 12p Presser: WH Press Sec Karine Jean-Pierre at 1p I've said this before, and I'll say it again: "Citizen journalism" does NOT exist. AT ALL. We who are actually journalists are trained. We spend years learning and honing hard and soft skills -- like news judgement, how to deal with sources & information -- as well as ethics. #BREAKING (via WH press pool) #Biden says during student-debt speech that he'll give a major speech re: #Ukraine funding; however he did not provide timing of that Ukraine speech. #Russia JUST IN #DeSantis 's #Election2024 campaign, leadership PAC and joint fundraising cmte fundraised $15 million in the third quarter this year, per DeSantis campaign stmt. I'm just going to put the following out there, in case some people need reminding: - Objective reporting can and must be the central thing with journalism - There are NOT always more than one side to a story; reporting a story with only one side can still be objective - Our job as j NEW WH issues readout of #Biden 's and #Qatar 's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad #AlThani . Wednesday, #Biden has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH: • Speech re: his "Administration’s efforts to cancel #StudentDebt & support students & borrowers" at 1p Eastern • Get classified President's Daily Brief at 2:15p Presser: WH Press Sec Karine Jean-Pierre at 1:30p #BREAKING Rep. #KevinMcCarthy (R-Calif.) presser after House votes today to remove #McCarthy as House Speaker: Says he has not thought about resigning from the House. #BREAKING Rep. #KevinMcCarthy (R-Calif.) presser after House votes today to remove #McCarthy as House Speaker: Says he might endorse a successor, but adds he doesn't he know who's running. #BREAKING WH Press Sec Karine Jean-Pierre issues stmt re: House votes today to remove Rep. #KevinMcCarthy (R-Calif.) as House Speaker: "Because the urgent challenges facing our nation will not wait, he hopes the House will quickly elect a Speaker." #McCarthy NEW (via WH press pool) #Biden called Democrat #LaphonzaButler of California re: her appointment to the Senate, where Butler will replace the recently deceased former Sen. Dianne #Feinstein (D-Calif.), per WH stmt. #BREAKING Rep. #PatrickMcHenry (R-N.C) becomes Speaker pro tempore – or fill-in House Speaker – until a permanent replacement House Speaker has been elected. This is after the House just voted to remove Rep. #KevinMcCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker. 📸: C-SPAN #McCarthy #McHenry #BREAKING House votes to remove Rep. #KevinMcCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker of the House -- 216 yes votes to 210 no. 📸: C-SPAN #McCarthy
