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Journalist and photographer covering social movements, protests and geopolitics. Words and photos WTOP, contributor Sipa USA. Twitter is pain.

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Nov 5, 2022

I’m gonna stick with this site until the bitter end, but this feels like a great time to dust off my Instagram. If you're looking for another place to follow me, I’ll be posting more of my work there going forward. instagram.com/aletakesphotos

Stephanie’s press credentials are clearly visible in this video. She told us last night that all she tried to do before getting arrested was photograph an arrest underway. “I said, ‘I’m press’ and they said, ‘You’re not, you’re arrested,’” she said. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c

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#FreePress in #America? #illusion. But there is a #PulitzerPrize… #NewYork Police detain #Photojournalist Stephanie #Keith outside the #Broadway-Lafayette subway station during a "#Justicefor Jordan #Neely" rally

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This time last week, a man was at a Joann Fabric when a friend showed him something funny on his phone. It was a viral tweet from the FBI, showing a Jan. 6 defendant in a pink beret. “I stopped dead in my tracks,” he said. “I’m like, ‘That’s Jenny.’”

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Jan. 6 rioter in pink beret identified after ex spotted her in a viral FBI tweet

“It’s just going to be one of those things for me. I dated this girl that was on the FBI’s most wanted list.”

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#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UCAV was shot down by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile over Kyiv in an example of friendly fire.

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Russian media report two UAVs aimed at Kremlin. Kremlin plays it as a terrorist attack on Putin and warns they will use it as the excuse for further attacks on Ukraine.

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Wow. This is scary. But a future where we accept what the companies are trying to do— low paid, freelancer writing gigs with no job security— is much scarier. You can’t make good art that way. And writers generate far too much profit for them to accept it. So, I’m on strike!

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Writers Guild of America West

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May 2

The Board of Directors of the @WGAwest and the Council of the @WGAeast, acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.

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May Day in Paris.

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I spoke with one of Climate Defiance's activists ahead of today's WHCD protest. "We wanted to do something different, something that would catch the public eye. We’ve realized that without disruption and making a scene, people don’t really seem to care."

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‘Our leaders have failed us’: Climate activists plan blockade at White House Correspondents’ Dinner...

A newly formed group of climate activists plans to disrupt a high-profile D.C. tradition this weekend: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

After nightfall, they projected a Lorax across the street from the Hilton and brought out a set of rocking chairs. Group eventually marched to the French ambassador's residence to protest an after-party there.

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, the two Tennessee state reps. who were recently expelled then reinstated, voiced their support before heading inside. Jones said crises in democracy, mass shootings, and the environment "require us to do something outside of the ordinary."

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen were among the celebrities who walked right by the blockade. "If you have any fossil fuels in your stock portfolio, I'd love for you to get rid of them," asked a protester, who was ecstatic after Teigen apparently told her she didn't.

Protesters unfurled banners and linked arms in the Hilton's driveway. Guests worked their way around the protest on foot. Some tried to shove their way through. "Thanks for being complacent in the destruction of mother Earth," a protester shouted at new arrivals.

Climate activists blockaded a driveway at the Washington Hilton while guests arrived for the White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight, demanding an end to fossil fuel drilling. Early on, a black SUV revved its engine and lurched up against protesters before backing off.

#Now: Climate activists are headed to blockade the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton.

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#Now: Climate activists are headed to blockade the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton.

Brave Afghan women are still protesting in the streets of Kabul - despite the Taliban crackdown on demonstrations. They continue to demand their basic human rights

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At least 19 killed, including children. Russian missile struck an upper floor while people were asleep. From a Reuters interview with a survivor: "My neighbors are gone. No one is left. Only the kitchens were left standing."

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A high-rise in Ukraine's Cherkasy region took a hit from a Russian cruise missile and partially collapsed tonight, per footage on Telegram. Over a year later, Ukrainians far from the front lines are still having to shelter from pre-dawn missile barrages.

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Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) ahead of vote to bar her from the state House for the rest of the session: “I have had friends who have taken their lives because of these bills ... When I rose up and said, 'There is blood on your hands,' I was not being hyperbolic.”

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Google, through its My Maps platform, has shut down a series of invaluable maps (including

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's) that contained hundreds of thousands of data points on events in the war in Ukraine, with some data going back to 2014l. Just completely illogical for why they'd do this.

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GeoConfirmed

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GeoConfirmed News Ukraine. So Google decided that the frontline map, build by another volunteer team, violated their Terms of Service and/or policies. That map was daily updated with the open source frontline. No footage, videos,...just that. To solve this problem… Show more

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Angry drivers left their vehicles to yell at the blockade, among them a school bus driver whose students were stuck in the resulting traffic jam. “There’s people late for work.” “Y’all can go do that at the White House.” “It’s the working class people, they can’t help you.”

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They’re one of several climate groups globally who’ve embraced disruptive tactics at risk of frustrating the public. Donald with DE likens it to pulling a fire alarm. “We might end up being disliked, and we’re ok with that, but we need to be talking more about this,” he told me.

Six people took to the crosswalk around 8a, bringing northbound lanes out of the tunnel to a halt for around a half-hour. If

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seem familiar, they’ve staged multiple roadblocks in recent years on I-395 and I-495. They’re back for new round of protests this week.

Climate activists with a group called Declare Emergency stalled inbound traffic at D.C.’s Third Street Tunnel, a major commuter route, during morning rush today. Three arrested demanding Biden declare a climate emergency at the federal level.

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When there's major societal collapse, the internet often goes with it. Imagine your country's dealing with a military coup and suddenly you're cut off from all outside information and most means of communication.

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NetBlocks

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Apr 23

Confirmed: Real-time network data show a near-total collapse of internet connectivity in #Sudan with national connectivity now at 2% of ordinary levels; the incident comes as foreign diplomats are evacuated amid fighting between military and paramilitary forces

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Earth Day protest was chanting in D.C.’s Lafayette Square when the skies opened up. Marchers weren’t deterred by the storm and kept moving. Luckily my gear is weather-sealed. My shoes, not so much.

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Climate activists marking Earth Day with a march through the nation’s capital, carrying a giant inflatable globe to the White House and demanding an “end to the era of fossil fuels to protect people and the planet.”

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NEW: Have confirmed that LeBron, who has 52 million followers and has said he won’t pay for verification, was emailed by a Twitter employee with the offer to have his sub comped “on behalf of Elon Musk.” James did not accept but his account is showing that he paid anyway.

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Rapid unscheduled disassembly.

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Russia's defense min. admits that munitions dislodged from an Su-34 over Belgorod and blasted a giant crater next to an apartment building. They call it an "abnormal derailment of aviation ammunition" which is a fun way of saying they accidentally bombed themselves.

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The first proper picture of Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter arrested in Russia on absurd charges, in court ahead of his appeal against his jailing today. So surreal to see Evan, who's covered so many Kafkaesque hearings as a reporter, in the cage

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Ralph Yarl, age 16, knocked on the wrong door in Missouri and was shot. He went to the door at the wrong home to pick up his younger twin brother and that’s when he was shot, according to police. CBS affiliate KCTV reports: “The correct address Yarl was attempting to go to… Show more

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Bird's-eye view of the abortion rights march on Capitol Hill this afternoon, part of a multi-city day of protest by women's rights advocates and health care providers against efforts to restrict mifepristone. "Keep abortion safe and legal!"

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Women's March and Planned Parenthood Advocates for DC, MD & NoVa

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Very concerning developments in Sudan’s Khartoum as clashes break out between the RSF paramilitary and the Sudanese Army. People are taking shelter inside the international airport.

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A 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member has been identified as the leader of a gaming chat group where classified U.S. intelligence documents were leaked. Jack Teixeira oversaw Thug Shaker Central, a group of 20-30 people sharing guns, memes, & games.… Show more

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When you hear experts warning about miscommunication and accidents spiraling into a larger conflict, this is probably the sort of thing they have in mind. Absolutely wild.

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Rob Lee

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"the Russian pilot had misinterpreted what a radar operator on the ground was saying to him and thought he had permission to fire. The pilot, who had locked on the British aircraft, fired, but the missile did not launch properly." @Tmgneff @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2023/04/12/wor

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Shelby County Commission sends Justin Pearson back to Nashville. "You can't expel our voice, and you sure can't expel our fight. We look forward to continuing to fight, continuing to advocate, until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."

Fresh group of British-trained Ukrainian troops heading back home ahead of the anticipated spring counteroffensive.

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British soldiers salute Ukrainian soldiers who are heading to the front line after training in the UK.

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Justin Jones, sworn in again, headed back up to the Tennessee house chamber less than a week after his expulsion, singing This Little Light of Mine.

Moments after being reinstated to his seat and leading marchers to the steps of the Tennessee state capitol, Justin Jones demands house speaker Sexton's resignation and denounces him as an “enemy of democracy.”

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For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show. The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

Left: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in October 2022. He is seated with his fellow SCOTUS justices {not pictured]. Right: Harlan Crow in October 2015. He is photographed seated in what appears to be a room in his home.

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