I'm glad he did. The fact that I'm such an outspoken activist is his city and call his office constantly, the fact that I didn't know that says something.....
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I'm glad he did. The fact that I'm such an outspoken activist is his city and call his office constantly, the fact that I didn't know that says something.....
I'm actually in DC visiting his office. I wish I had known he was going to be there. Glad he is finally doing something. @repkweisimfume.bsky.social I apologize but this is the bare minimum.
Where was @repkweisimfume.bsky.social ??? He is failing #Baltimore.
My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it. On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned. Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.
What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right. "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTok—the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.
I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:
BREAKING:
A federal judge in Washington just ruled that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media — which oversees Voice of America — and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.
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I guess that clears up if it is a war.....
Some days, rarely, you wake up to good news. A thing you’ve long waited for.
This is one. More to follow. 😉
FUCK YEA!!!! 🫡🫡🫡🫡
About freaking time he spoke up.
Holy shit.....my Congressman exists!
#Baltimore
Democrats relying on public pressure instead of doing their fucking jobs.....
In a right and just world.....
The Coastie pilot SHOULD be the one to fly her home!
@marisakabas.bsky.social Is MM taking over immediately as "acting" and can he be a Senator at the same time?
Fox News is "confirming" that she know, fwiw.
*not much
I'm watching Noem right now. Does she know she's been fired?
This is all so stupid.....
Troy Nehls is a bitch.
#veterans Get to DC tomorrow with @votevets.org!!!
Want to join me for this VoteVets event? mobilize.us/s/lFQ4zy
A little bright news, #Baltimore.
Let’s all call Massie today and get him to switch parties. Then force Gonzalez to resign. Then get the gavel, issue some subpoenas, and impeach some motherfuckers
Thats what I've heard.
Where? Do we have boots in Iran or was this elsewhere?
The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.
"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Operation Epstein Fury is so obvious. Not sure they thought this through.
At this point, I'm hoping we make it TO baseball season....
This shit needs to stop.
