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Pine Bluff is buzzing about these billboards that appeared overnight featuring
@courtney_C2024
and
@AustynDendy
headed to
@MizzouFootball
to play under
@CoachDrinkwitz
.
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Stop the presses! I have discovered a photo of Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin at the Paris Air Show in June along with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee who posted it.
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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Want to see what it is like to deal with
#FOIA
in small-town Arkansas? This. More to come.
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"When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful, wanted. And then when you are those things, the world tells you they are inferior: illogical, weak, vain, empty.” ~ Stevie Nicks
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Well, this is a curious gallery of pictures. Who paid for this trip? Arkansas tax payers?
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Another jackpot! Here's Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin discovered on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's Twitter account while they were in Paris in June.
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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South Arkansas Reckoning's new story: A Glimpse into the World of
#Podiumgate
's Virginia Beckett.
Beckett's name is the only one on an invoice connected to a $19,029.25 lectern bought by Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders' office.
#lecterngate
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It appears Arkansans aren't the only ones who have asked about Salem Strategies, the company tied to Hannah Salem Stone and Virginia Beckett.
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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This is what you get when you "compromise" on
#FOIA
. I have stood by this unwavering stance forever, even when other media caved. Now I'm in the "Provide Valid Proof of Arkansas Citizenship" Club. Do not think I will not fight this.
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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Bring. It. On.
@alexahenning
and
@SarahHuckabee
. Hey Sarah, ask your dad, your uncle and your brother about me. I remember you when you were a little girl and I was writing about your dad in national publications when no one else was paying attention. Yeah, I'm that old.
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After being asked to show proof of my "citizenship " in Arkansas for a
#FOIA
request about
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
, I decided to tell the Sarah Sanders crew a bit about myself and the state I have never left. Bless their hearts.
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Thanks so much,
@johnbrummett
, for the shout-out. I truly appreciate it
. I'm also the co-founder and co-publisher of South Arkansas Reckoning, a news site to cover South Arkansas but it's apparently expanding outside the region. Check it out! ❤️
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I'm not insulting SHS' dress at all. I'm showing that it is, ironically, the one she wore to the Paris Air Show that, in turn, connects to
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
. My political advice? Don't wear anything that connects to a scandal to you while in the midst of said scandal.
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Hannah Salem Stone owns Salem Strategies. Virginia Beckett owns Beckett Events. Both women are intertwined more than has been revealed so far in
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
.
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What did this cost taxpayers?
The Arkansas State Police airplane made multiple trips between Little Rock and Crossett today, part of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ “capital for a day” publicity stunt.
#Podiumgate
#Lecterngate
#arpx
#arnews
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Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller signing Senate Bill 70 that created the state's Freedom of Information Act in 1967. It was called a "historic law" that other states then followed. Let's not let FOIA and our state's history vanish come Monday!
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We can do this today, Duranies! Closing in! Let's push
@duranduran
over the top and keep them there!
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Joseph Wood, Republican Party of Arkansas chairman, got the "manufactured crisis" memo. I call things like I see them and have covered a lot of scandals on the GOP and Dem sides.
#Podiumgate
is a scandal with way more questions than answers.
#lecterngate
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Did you know? In Cabot public schools, starting bus driver annual pay is $11,520. If a driver has committed 22 years of service driving a bus, Cabot pays $15,480 a year. That's certainly less than the cost of a lectern.
#LEARNS
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
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Days after Sarah Sanders' inauguration, Hannah Salem Stone and her husband signed a $500k mortgage on a Florida property. The lender? Movement Mortgage co-founded by former NFL player Casey Crawford, founder of a network of tuition-free public charter schools.
#podiumgate
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I went to Monticello to hear
@JonesForAR
discuss the upcoming 2024 election. The state's four GOP congressmen will have Democratic opponents. The four Dems will be announced next week through Jones'
@VortexArkansas
.
#arpx
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Hey
@SarahHuckabee
, where are the pictures of you attending the
@uapbinfo
game yesterday? Your South Arkansas constituents want to see them.
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Incredible investigative work here!
6/6 And for those who have been waiting to see it - here's the
#Lecterngate
check from the
@ARGOP
.
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New South Arkansas Reckoning story: The Republican Party of Arkansas didn't just reimburse the state for a lectern. The state party also paid Hannah Salem Stone. Does Sarah Sanders control the state GOP and its moves?
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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As someone who covered 1990s Arkansas scandals, all I can say is SHS selecting Mena as the "Capital for the Day" brings in a host of characters including the late Barry Seal who someone mentioned to me the other night and even the CIA, Asa Hutchinson and Bill Clinton. Why Mena?
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South Arkansas Reckoning is in Monticello with
@JonesForAR
learning about
@VortexArkansas
and 2024.
#arpx
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Is this THE lectern? Did the Republican Party of Arkansas loan it to the Trump campaign?
.
@realDonaldTrump
with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Sanders endorses the Former President during a campaign rally at the Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Florida.
@SarahHuckabee
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Per the
@ArkansasBlog
from 2016:
"As other governors have done, Hutchinson charged taxpayers for redecoration, repair and equipment purchases."
Note:
@AsaHutchinson
only paid $163 for a lectern. Inflation must have really impacted the lectern business.
#Podiumgate
#Lecterngate
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A source tells me this fit-for-a-queen dinner occurred about three to four days ago as
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
swirled around Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders.
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My latest story on
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
. What happens next in the drama around Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders? Is Hannah Salem Stone the link Sanders needs to return to the White House in 2024 on a
#Youngkin
ticket?
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Here's the story about my day in Sheridan picking up documents that I requested under
#FOIA
that resulted in police swarming me and City Hall.
#journalism
#media
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You know the thing I hate the most about
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
other than my tax dollars being spent? That it turns Arkansas into a joke.
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Three years ago during the pandemic, I rescued a cat I named Endora. She happened to be pregnant. Who knew? I didn't. I made a promise to her that I would keep her kittens if they were born on Oct. 27 -- Simon Le Bon's birthday. Well...they were. Serena, Minerva and Simon Le Cat.
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I've been an investigative journalist a long time. In 2021, I left Little Rock and returned to South Arkansas where I was born and raised. Through a crazy series of events I started South Arkansas Reckoning in August with my business partner. 1/2
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Just another day in the FOIA trenches. Arkansas legislators and others should have never compromised. By giving SHS what she wanted, it also seemingly gave local officials the right to do whatever-the-f*** they want or be sued. And that costs money.
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The coziness of Hannah Salem Stone, Virginia Beckett and Sarah Sanders with Bryan Sanders in the mix is endlessly a curious puzzle.
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
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Benton High School is making podiums. They mean lecterns but you get the idea. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders could, in fact, help students out by getting one.
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
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"Not sure you know this, but a lot of Arkansans are having a hard time trying to figure out how they can afford to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving." ~ Excerpt from my latest Dear Sarah letter. Picture from SHS' Instagram account.
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I drove past Hobby Lobby tonight. Packed. I drove past a gym. Packed. I drove past a drive-thru COVID-19 clinic. Thirty cars deep. There's something seriously surreal, and sad, about all of this.
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Where's the lectern the Hutchinson Administration bought in 2016? Where do old lecterns go to die?
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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South Arkansas Reckoning has investigated numerous school districts and board members for possible conflicts of interest. We found them. We have turned over these investigation files to the proper authorities. So far, we've yet to see any action taken.
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Once I start investigating, I don't stop. Here's my latest story on
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
. Does Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin have the same lectern as Sarah Sanders? His PAC has paid Hannah Salem Stone more than $600,000.
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Enjoy this lovely Saturday. I've got to get a lectern made for my cats!
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If Sarah Sanders thought she was getting a special lectern, she may have actually been getting a used one. Here's a very similar one at Hannah Salem Stone's husband's retirement party in March 2022.
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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This is horribly sad. I received my undergrad degree in journalism from Arkansas State University. At the time ASU was one of the best journalism schools in the country. Journalism is needed now more than ever.
Arkansas State University multimedia journalism degree program to be no more after spring 2027
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I wrote this about a week ago but never published it. But this "Dear Sarah" letter seems appropriate this week.
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A new South Arkansas Reckoning story puts into perspective the cost of the lectern involved in
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
versus what an Arkansas school bus driver makes.
#education
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Why is Arkansas
#FOIA
important? Here's why: my five-month investigation fighting for documents and pouring through them to get to the bottom of a curious 2016 land deal between the Sheridan School District and a nonprofit.
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Did the Arkansas governor's office need a new lectern? From my research Asa Hutchinson bought one. What's a lectern's life cycle? The old WH lectern went through three administrations, almost four counting Biden's. If you are proud of a lectern, show it off.
#lecterngate
A new lectern has been added to the James Brady Briefing Room. The last change was during the Bush 43 era and completes a refresh of this space which is part of the public face of the White House.
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This is why I did not want a "compromise". Recently, someone tried to put me in my place about being too hard on the FOIA compromise. It's a hill I will die on. I've said it before and I'll say it again: That decision was a slippery slope.
Given the partisan nature of this event a question: did she use State Police plane and take ASP escort? Will her campaign reimburse? But for the successful attack on FOI (endorsed by state’s largest newspaper and newspaper trade group) the public would have a right to know
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This picture of Hannah Salem Stone beside an Arkansas State Police humvee while planning for Sarah Sanders' inauguration says a lot.
#podiumgate
#lecterngate
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Hats off to
@ReverendRambo
who has discovered a picture of who looks a lot like Virginia Beckett in France with Gov. Glenn Youngkin back in June.
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
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In all of the
#Lecterngate
drama, we can't forgot whose name was on the invoice. Here's my story from last October about Virginia Beckett.
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Rosalynn Carter visited my hometown of Pine Bluff, Ark., in 1979 with
@BillClinton
and
@HillaryClinton
.
FLOTUS Rosalynn Carter presented certificates to volunteers at a "Grassroots Jamboree" with Ark. Gov. Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham, at the train depot in Pine Bluff, AR 7/22/1979
#ArchivesHerstory
#InternationalWomensDay
@ClintonLibrary
@HillaryClinton
@BillClinton
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Coincendence? Sanders on the radio in my hometown of Pine Bluff. Full disclosure: I freelanced for this station for 2 months until I realized I didn't agree with their ethics. Not politics. Ethics. Of course, her dad may still own it, too.
#Podiumgate
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It's not just
#Podiumgate
. Our tax dollars are going everywhere in rural schools from swinging land deals to painting white lines on gravel -- often without any public input.
#LEARNS
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Sources in DC have given me some updated info on Virginia Beckett who is at the center of
#Podiumgate
/
#Lecterngate
. I'm staying the course on my investigation on who got the $19k. And why.
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Funny. I was told by Arkansas State Police on Feb. 21 that no one could tell me about Sarah Sanders' Super Bowl trip. First picture from today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story. Second, the response I received.
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Where's Sarah Sanders and the "Capital For A Day" this week?
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I was studying this lectern before
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
. Stay tuned. We're following the $48 million tax dollars spent annually in the name of
#education
in one school. Listen to the audio in the link on how this branch of government avoids
#FOIA
.
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Last one about
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
for the day before I get going on more investigating.
"Last month, reporters noticed that there was literally a coating of dust on the press briefing room podium. That is Sanders' legacy."
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It's one thing to sit in a corner office or an ivory tower in Little Rock and write an opus about what ails rural Arkansas. It's something else to live here, talking to residents about their concerns. That's what you get with South Arkansas Reckoning. Authenticity not conjecture.
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Here's a picture of Hannah Salem Stone for old times' sake in Taiwan likely connected to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's trip there in April. She and her business partner Virginia Beckett are at the center of Arkansas'
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
.
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Interesting story from Virginia about Governor Glenn Youngkin, his travels and costs to the state.
"The VPM report identified the dates and locations of Youngkin’s trips based on public records requests for the governor’s security detail."
#FOIA
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Hey SHS, not every journalist is a left-wing activist. South Arkansas Reckoning has a business plan. We're completely independent. We like the truth whether about
#lecterngate
or all the other corruption we find every day. You need to look at school boards,
@SarahHuckabee
.
Back against the wall, Governor Sanders lashes out at media.
#lecterngate
. She actually said this:
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South Arkansas Reckoning takes a look at
#podiumgate
and Hannah Salem Stone. And why didn't Sarah Sanders buy local?
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When I was a teenager, I was consumed by fashion magazines and Duran Duran. Because of this interest, I notice, well, fashion. I wondered where SHS got the dress she wore in Paris. I think I traced it.
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Hey
@dollargeneral
, April, who works in the Rison, Arkansas, store needs a raise and bonus. She's a great manager, has very little help and puts up with rude customers. A mom of two, she's now working seven days a week. She deserves recognition. She has no clue I'm tweeting this.
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Here's an interesting article about the Paris Air Show in June. Only two governors are mentioned: Glenn Youngkin and Sarah Sanders. What connects the two? Hannah Salem Stone and Virginia Beckett.
#podiumgate
#lecterngate
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Hannah Salem Stone and Virginia Beckett are definitely in the inner circle of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a possible 2024 presidential contender per
@costareports
. Stone and Beckett are in the middle of Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders'
#podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
scandal.
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Thank you! This means a lot.
No but really, HUGE hat-tip to
@suziparker
of South Arkansas Reckoning for doing the digging on this. The dots are connected because of independent journalists and Arkansans who are staying loud about corruption.
Keep it up, Suzi! Along with everyone else paying attention.
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The
#Podiumgate
rabbit hole goes deep. Hannah Salem Stone has more political roots than I reported yesterday. More digging led me to discover her brother is Jamie Hennigan. He was the assistant press secretary to Vice President Dick Cheney.
#lecterngate
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South Arkansas Reckoning discovered a podcast featuring Hannah Salem Stone and Virginia Beckett of
#podiumgate
. The interview sheds light on their businesses.
#lecterngate
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South Arkansas Reckoning. We've uncovered so much. People wish we would shut up. We aren't.
#education
#LEARNS
#arpx
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Re: Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Sources tell me House Bill 1003 will run in the State Agency committee Room 151 at 1 p.m. Senate Bill 7 will run at 3 p.m. or after adjournment of the last 1 p.m. committee meeting in the Old Supreme Court. FOIA must be saved.
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The house FBI agents searched in Little Rock today allegedly belongs to businesswoman Chandler Wilson Carroll. Her company Wilcarr Ventures LLC received a lot of PPP money.
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Sarah Sanders Disses Buying Local for New York Store with OSHA Violations
Your hard-earned Arkansas dollars at work in another state.
#Podiumgate
/
#lecterngate
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New South Arkansas Reckoning story:
Dear Sarah: Did You Meet Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl?
A weekend full of family fun!
#Swifties
#SuperBowl
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There are a lot of people who do not want us at South Arkansas Reckoning telling the truth especially about local government. Don't forget to subscribe and support us. A monthly subscription helps to keep us investigating.
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News outlets are reporting that FBI agents searched a Little Rock house allegedly belonging to businesswoman Chandler Wilson Carroll. Here's a profile about her.
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This may be the most interesting photo I found of Hannah Salem Stone with Sarah Sanders in my late-night search.
#Podiumgate
#lecterngate
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A late-night online search in the Saline Courthouse database by me uncovered a curious land deed between the Sheridan School District and a nonprofit corporation. That led to a five-month investigation using
#FOIA
to obtain documents.
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