Michael Squires

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ProPublica’s Southwest editor. Investigative journalism in #Arizona, #Colorado, #Nevada, #NewMexico and #Utah. Signal: mgsquires.87

On Sept. 28, the day Trump’s order was implemented, a Fox News broadcast played a clip of Kotek saying that Guard troops were not needed in Portland, then immediately cut to a clip of a hectic scene of protesters clashing with police.
“Wish she could see some of those images,” the anchor said. Sarcastically, as a co-anchor chuckled, she added: “Look at that. Just a peaceful protest.”
A small box on the screen showed the footage wasn’t from Oregon.
It was from Illinois.

Devo album cover from 1978 features an illustration of a man wearing a hat. He looks like former NFL quarterback Tom Brady.

The last known photo of the Granite Mountain Hotshots shows them on a ridge overlooking the Yarnell Hill Fire.

A gray and white cat with penetrating blue eyes tolerates you staring at her.

A PoliticoPro Greenwire headline and deck stating: “Relocating EPA headquarters blasted as ‘decapitation.’ President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly discussing the move, an effort described by a former agency employee as a ‘demolition plan.’”