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Juan Salinas II 🎱

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Juan Salinas II 🎱

@4nsmiley

A 20-something who covers politics in America’s heartland for @NE_Examiner. | formerly @TexasTribune @keranews | 💌: [email protected]

Lincoln, NE

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Joined November 2013

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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
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Dan Osborn v Sen. Pete Ricketts is one more step to becoming real, with Osborn submitting signatures to be on the ballot Unlike his 2024 bid, Osborn is a known commodity and in the crosshairs of national and Nebraska Republicans. My latest @NE_Examiner
Dan Osborn submits signatures to challenge Ricketts on Nebraska’s November ballot • Nebraska...
From nebraskaexaminer.com
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Aug 19, 2018
After five years on the east coast, it was time to go home...
Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Aug 2, 2021
Replying to @yungneocon and @501LilSpoon
If ww2 was set rn
Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Oct 22, 2021
A comparison between a slightly mod version of GTA SA & GTA SA (DE) #GTATrilogy
Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Jun 14, 2025
“No Kings” protesters stretch across the main road that goes through downtown Lincoln.
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Sep 27, 2024
NEW: The Texas Supreme Court has denied AG Ken Paxton's request to overturn the State Fair of Texas’ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds. Ending the nearly month-long legal battle. @TexasTribune
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Nov 6, 2024
I’m a broken record, but journalism should really invest in having different social backgrounds and perspectives in newsrooms.
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Sep 12, 2024
Texas’ largest swing county, Tarrant County, had efforts from some Republican officials to curb access to early voting on college campuses. It failed My latest @TexasTribune
GOP bid to remove polling sites from Tarrant County college campuses fails - The Texas Tribune
From texastribune.org
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Jan 23, 2025
I'm so happy to announce that I will be a political reporter for the Nebraska Examiner next month. I’m so excited to earn the trust of Nebraskans all across the state.
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Apr 18, 2020
Replying to @its_felicityyyy
Naw I'm trying to graduate
Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Jul 10, 2025
Shoutout the Hooker County Tribune!
Nieman Lab
@NiemanLab
Jul 10, 2025
More than 1,000 U.S. counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist. niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-re…
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
May 8, 2024
The working class deserves more representation in newsrooms — I'm so glad @TexasTribune feels the same way. I will be a reporting fellow at the Tribune this summer. :)
Meet The Texas Tribune’s summer fellows
From texastribune.org
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Feb 4, 2025
“The issue with younger generations is deeper than media mistrust. It’s that no one knows what a journalist is.”
I’m a Gen Z journalist. My generation doesn’t know what that means. - Poynter
From poynter.org
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Juan Salinas II 🎱
@4nsmiley
Mar 3, 2021
Replying to @ImHersNotUrs and @dcexaminer
It a private business genius