What we journalists refer to as an βevergreenβ story
13.11.2025 00:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jeffturrentine.bsky.social
Senior Writer at Natural Resources Defense Council covering climate, clean energy, SCOTUS, and federal agencies. Sometimes I write about other stuff too.
What we journalists refer to as an βevergreenβ story
13.11.2025 00:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0deaths are coming
12.11.2025 09:12 β π 19 π 4 π¬ 5 π 0ABC News report: White HOuse ballroom construction to continue through shutdown, official says. Construction of the White House ballroom will continue throught the government shutdown, accoring to a White House official. βThere will not be a stoppage of ballroom work when the shutdown occurs,β a White House official told ABC News.
So you can do something with this, comms-wise, right?
Republicans say Ballroom construction is essential, but food assistance for women and children is not.
@democrats.org @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @repdangoldman.bsky.social
If the government shuts down at midnight thanks to the Republican funding crisis, the National Flood Insurance Program will not be able to write new policies. Banks wonβt provide mortgages to buyers who are trying to purchase a home in a designated flood zone without flood insurance.
30.09.2025 16:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thousands of people are being forced to stand behind police barricades in Midtown Manhattan at 5:00 β unable to cross the street and get wherever theyβre trying to go. (In my case: home.) Multiple intersections affected.
23.09.2025 21:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
05.09.2025 22:42 β π 18696 π 5307 π¬ 213 π 149New pope already boring all the cardinals by talking nonstop about how he used to go see Wilco all the time in small venues
08.05.2025 21:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We delivered 250+ letters to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis from constituents asking her to oppose healthcare and social safety net cuts to pay for giveaways to billionaires.
They're all worried about Medicaid, SNAP, Medicare, Social Security, VA, and more ...
So we asked for a town hall too. π¦π¦π¦ #ny11
You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house.
Chuck you are betraying us. Itβs not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social