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“Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humaneness.” MLK, Jr
Stephanie Sy
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Stephanie Sy
@TheStephSy
Correspondent at PBS NewsHour.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined February 2011
- "The lies that drove the anger and madness have not abated. We have to be firm and unyielding in our defense of the right to vote"--President Biden #January6th
- At one of the purplish polling sites in Mesa, Arizona today. Steady slow stream mid-morning. Many said they were dropping off ballots because they were worried about mailing them in this year. AZ early vote total has already exceeded its total 2016 count
00:00 - Being on @JudyWoodruff ‘s set at @NewsHour is a highlight of my career. It’s the first studio I’ve been in that wasn’t freezing cold...and Judy is just as lovely and warm!
- Pardons/commutations include those for political allies, fraudsters, and 4 Blackwater guards who illegally killed "innocent men, women, and children." @Yamiche joins #NewsHourWest to talk about tonight's breaking news @NewsHourThis is like a vintage Trump Friday. Incredible.
- The rise in anti-Asian violence is highlighting racial tensions that existed long before the pandemic. Produced by @leahmnagy
- ...and now some Asian Americans are up in arms bc the the only Asian presidential candidate @AndrewYang is not sufficiently upset by the comedian. Who has now been fired?
- On this somber #January6th anniversary, I'm thinking of @LisaDNews, her reporting for @NewsHour that day, equipped with only a cell phone, a face mask, and more individual courage than that mob could have mustered in a pinkie finger.
- “disinformationists have cherry-picked data to support their claims, failing to note that genetic connective tissue disorders are important risk factors for ascending aortic aneurysms (and in my husband’s case the most likely risk factor..” @celinegounder nytimes.com/2023/01/08/opi…
- Thank you for the concern and caring. I just want to say that with the exception of that armed fool the other Trump supporters were respectful and assembled peacefully thank you to @CaseyAtTheDesk and @lenaijackson for being my body women
- The news is depressing and overwhelming, but if you watch any program from top to bottom tonight--to understand deeply what is happening--watch @NewsHour. Excellent reporting and guest bookings; facts and context and compassionate reporting when we need it most.
- Secretary of State Katie Hobbs to @JudyWoodruff : "There is no truth to... ballots being invalidated. It doesn’t matter if they used a crayon, a red pen, or a sharpie, it would be counted. "(And if the machine couldn't read it, they'd be issued a new ballot on the spot.) #Fact
- The pandemic has exacerbated risk factors for youth suicide. Advice here on how to talk to your kids about this and why, experts say, you must. Produced by @jaywonchoe
