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Shawna Thomas
DC Bureau Chief. Occasional VICE News Tonight on correspondent. (Fmr Sr. Prod. Links, likes, RTs aren't endorsements. JFGI. TV isn't magic.)
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Greg Walters Jun 14
NEW: DOJ opinion argues Treasury shouldn't have to turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress because House Ways & Means Chair Rep. Neal really just wants to make them public, and accuses him of not telling the truth about that.
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
Replying to @dexdigi
Why you gotta be so mean about my addiction?
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
Who knew watching Behind the Music all those years would pay off?
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
For the record, we also talk to about his real passion: Making sure the 2020 conversation includes the very important issue of gerrymandering. Watch!
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
What is this alternate universe Bustos is living in?
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
Replying to @cmlplunkett
The best syrup is Canadian syrup. The best basketball is Canadian basketball.
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Shawna Thomas Jun 14
All Houstonians are Canadians today.
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
I'd keep going with this thread but I gotta go shoot a story now, you know, because our show is still on the air and who else is gonna talk about gerrymandering if we don't do it?
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
AND , who for a moment was a freelancer I hired b4 moved her to NYC, made this piece that any other producer would've failed at. Instead her & took us inside a room where decisions are made about HOW ppl vote:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
And researcher played an important role in this bats*** crazy piece where we unleashed LA paparazzi photogs on Washington, DC because, you know, why not:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
. started off as a PA and made his way to AP. Just this year he and spent 48 hours with and came back w/ footage that convinced me that people are REALLY paying attention to Yang:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
First shoot I went on for was with and . We went to Virginia to tell 's and his family's story. Still proud of that one:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
Replying to @bitofaninny @ajjaffe
Fmr producer & did a story about a teen who was lobbying the OK legislature to add sexual consent classes to the public curriculum cuz of her own experience w/ consent. Makes you think abt the power of 1 voice:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
Back in 2017, and had people wide-eyed and silent in the control room when we aired their powerful piece about gangs in Chicago:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
Replying to @simoneMperez @EvanMcS
Next up -- and made a powerful piece a year after the Parkland shooting about one mom who took her grief and channeled it into serving on the school board:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
That piece was a great example of what we can do, even if the politician won't talk to us.
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
I have had the pleasure of managing some of the best producers in the business. This thread starts w/ a & joint, when they went on a road trip through NJ to properly memorialize 's time as governor:
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Antonia Hylton Jun 13
Replying to @tejarret
Trump. Chicago. Gangs. Man, making this with and Cam Dennis was genuinely electrifying. We worked so hard on everything from shoot prep to the timing of the music. My first multi-million view story.
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
The last 2 parts of that series abt 's 2018 campaign are below. Shoutout to Cameron Dennis, one of the amazing editors, who had to deal w/ my bitching for an entire year. Part 3: Part 4:
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Shawna Thomas Jun 13
That time I helped make a winning, 4-part series w/ that went behind the scenes of 's '18 congressional campaign WHILE the campaign was still happening: Part 1: Part 2:
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