Chief of Public Affairs, @CrimJusticeNYC, @StopHateNYC. Prev: @NBCNews, @NBCLX, @IRE_NICAR, #MLBmascot. Views my own.
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Joined March 2009
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Something I learned from 20yrs covering government:
One person’s “waste” is:
- another person’s lifeline;
- another person’s hometown infrastructure;
- another person’s pathway to college;
- another person’s road to a better life;
- another person’s future medical breakthrough.
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PSA: Don’t overanalyze tonight’s election results.
Because it’s super-simple.
This marks the SEVENTH STRAIGHT U.S. election where voters rejected the president’s party.
Thank social media.
Let’s revisit this 2024 thread👇
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NYC’s next head of Dept of Consumer & Worker Protection will be @saalevine.
As you can tell from my story with him 2yrs ago, he is unapologetically anti-junk fee and pro-consumer rights.
5/x Junk Fee strategy 1: ENFORCEMENT
@FTC & other fed agencies are issuing huge fines to worst junk fee offenders, one industry at a time.
"We hope it sends a message to other companies in the industry that these types of practices are not going to be tolerated."
- Sam Levine
Some of the most emotional & meaningful storytelling of my (previous) career:
My generation will never forget 9/11.
I did this story so younger viewers won't forget either:
lx.com/politics/the-man-who-…
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A short 🧵 about how great storytelling is a game-changer, regardless of your industry.
And it starts with a program I learned about my first day on the job at @CrimJusticeNYC six months ago…
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2) @CrimJusticeNYC was already doing great things with a tech startup to connect justice-impacted New Yorkers — who don’t have housing or financial stability — with training in the high-demand field of truck driving.🚛
But nobody knew about this great pilot program yet…
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Nearly 90% of US voters don’t get a say in the balance of power in Congress.
Many seem committed to increasing that number.
Gerrymandering is a uniquely American problem that ends up disenfranchising tens of millions of American voters.
NBCLX Political Editor @NoahPransky used his favorite candy to explain what it is and how it may be solved.
Head here for more: trib.al/YGSICkF
12 years ago today, I posted my POV of the Boston Marathon bombing.... to Vine😔
A few Vine clips I couldn't upload Monday in Boston: vine.co/v/bFpmUh0r0dH vine.co/v/bFpmPZqLaJP vine.co/v/bFpmPtKhMDK
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Roses are red;
Violets are blue.
If social media's your top source of news,
...an algorithm’s manipulating you.
2) In short, we have outsourced a large percentage of our critical thinking to algorithms.
Every one of us.
We are letting algorithms – that are not incentivized to inform, but to maximize profits through agitation – to be our gatekeepers for which news & facts we see.
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☎️Most of us learned in grade school how the game of “telephone” is arguably the single worst way to transmit information.☎️
Yet more Americans now trust this method of news delivery than any other source.
2024 was the year I realized good information was dead.🧵
Fear the conversation this year at your holiday gatherings?
🧵Time for my annual thread of table-safe topics Dems & GOP actually agree on!
1) Per @YouGovAmerica - Should the gov't require all phone manufacturers to use a common charging cord?
D - 81% yes
R - 64% yes
It’s a known fact that conversations around the dinner table around the holidays can get intense. But they don’t have to be.
Here are five safe political topics that most people regardless of their political views can agree on.
*love actually edition* @noahpransky
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The difference between the news you get from influencers and the news you get from journalists:
Influencers often publish after step 2 or 3. Journalists see it through.
We spend WAY too much time Monday morning quarterbacking Trump & Harris strategies.
Instead, realize our 2024 election was merely part of a widespread global trend of booting incumbents (regardless of party), w/the hopes it'll cure societal ills.
🧵: bsky.app/profile/noahpransky…
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Just a reminder that Elon Musk owns every message you’ve ever typed here - including the private ones.
And there are no laws prohibiting him from selling (or gifting) your DMs to any domestic or foreign leader who wants them.
Donald Trump might never have won the primary...
...if his GOP opponents didn't all defend him thru 2023.
At the time, GOP voters had real electability concerns.
But w/each new indictment, his opponents defended him more & more - convincing voters he was, in fact, electable.
2) The other thing to know about GOP support for Trump: it's softened big-time after 2yrs of public investigations.
GOP voters w/"very favorable" views of fmr prez:
75% Nov. 2020
65% Jan. 2021
53% Today
(per @TheEconomist/@YouGovAmerica tracking)
This is wild.
By some measures, USPS delivery is SLOWER today than in 2020.
I spent the last 2mos talking to election officials, postal workers, & voting experts to sound this important alarm...w/help from my friends at NBC stations across the country:
nbcwashington.com/news/natio…
2) Swing states have some of the slowest mail in the U.S. right now.
First Class on-time performance, Apr-Jun:
- 93% USPS target
- 86% N. Carolina
- 71% Wisconsin
- 40% Georgia
NC/WI/GA happen to be among the 32 states w/strictest mail ballot deadlines.
nbcwashington.com/news/natio…
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