Hailey Branson-Potts

@haileybranson

California reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Oklahoman. Mildly amusing.

Los Angeles, CA

Joined March 2009

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Mar 9, 2023

My latest for @latimes is about my great-uncle Jay, a self-trained architect in rural Oklahoma who is building a round barn that’s become a prairie cathedral. He started as a way to process grief, but there’s such hope in its rafters. 🧵1/4 latimes.com/california/sto…

haileybranson's tweet card. A self-taught architect started building a round barn after his wife died. Its beauty draws strangers off the highway in Oklahoma.

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ABC News@ABC · 7 h

BREAKING: Ozzy Osbourne, famed Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal pioneer, has died. He was 76. Read more: abcnews.link/Gqg3ANm

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 21

More than a month after President Trump made the fiercely contentious decision to send about 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles, those troops will begin withdrawing from the city, Pentagon officials said Monday. latimes.com/california/sto… by @sherlyholmes

haileybranson's tweet card. Mayor Karen Bass cheered the decision.

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 21

Per Gallup, percentage of Republicans who support a path to citizenship has risen from 46% a year ago to 59% today. Support for hiring more border agents declined 17 points. Support for deporting all undocumented immigrants dropped 9 points, to 38% washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

haileybranson's tweet card. When he was sworn in, Trump promised a new “Golden Age.” It’s clear that, six months into his presidency, the public isn’t buying all the hype.

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Molly Hennessy-Fiske@mollyhf · Jul 21

The latest: Divorce, adultery allegations against Paxton jolt Senate race in Texas washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 21

ICYMI: ‘Stay mad.’ Amid immigration raids, Epstein rumors, Trump team ramps up its trolling and jokes about deportations. “We won’t stop celebrating the Trump Administration’s many wins via banger memes on social media." latimes.com/california/sto… by me for @latimes

haileybranson's tweet card. 'Trump administration's official social media accounts aim to provoke amid immigration raids

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 20

‘Stay mad.’ Amid immigration raids, Epstein rumors, Trump meme team ramps up its trolling and jokes about deportation. Even for Team Trump, which is adept at distraction, heightened online efforts to own the libs come at a precarious time for the president latimes.com/california/sto…

TThe White House@WhiteHouse · Jul 20

ATTENTION: TRUMP DIDN’T COME TO PLAY. Six months in. All gas. No brakes. The winning will continue. The deportations will continue. The memes will continue. THE GOLDEN AGE WILL CONTINUE! 🇺🇸🦅💰

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 20

The Trump admin has been posting jokes about immigration raids that critics call racist and unfitting official gov’t accounts. White House response: “We won’t stop celebrating the Trump Administration’s many wins via banger memes on social media. Stay mad” latimes.com/california/sto…

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Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak · Jul 20

‘Stay mad.’ Amid immigration raids, Epstein rumors, Trump team ramps up its trolling @haileybranson latimes.com/california/sto…

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 20

‘Stay mad.’ Amid immigration raids, Epstein rumors, Trump team ramps up its trolling latimes.com/california/sto… by me for @latimes

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Ruben Vives@LATvives · Jul 20

“the mean-spirited posts and gleeful deportation jokes are part of a deliberate trolling campaign by the Trump administration.” ✍️ ⁦@haileybranson⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 20

“We are issuing an urgent call to former I.C.E. law enforcement officers to join OPERATION RETURN TO MISSION.” To staff Trump’s immigration crackdown, ICE entices retirees, who would simultaneously draw salary, pension and $50K bonus nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/…

haileybranson's tweet card. The administration is offering financial incentives to lure back recently departed immigration officers as it works to fill 10,000 job openings.

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 19

Some National Weather Service offices in California among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, according to new data from an employee union, heightening concerns amid potentially devastating fire season & ongoing threat of extreme weather latimes.com/california/sto… @ronlin

haileybranson's tweet card. Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, heightening concerns as the state contends with the threat of extreme weather.

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Matt Hoffman@matthoffmanwx · Jul 18

An EVACUATION ORDER has been issued for the community of Forks of Salmon in Siskiyou County due to the #ButlerFire. The fire has crossed the river. People need to evacuate with the evacuation route through Cecilville. kdrv.com/news/top-stori…

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 18

Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th-birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. “A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” apple.news/Af64Qq86oTKay1…

haileybranson's tweet card. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 18

Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the ‘stupidest initiative yet’ latimes.com/california/sto… @SalHernandez @LATSeema

haileybranson's tweet card. Two federal officials traveled to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the reopening of the infamous federal prison.

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 17

CBS said it is canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” at the end of the television season in May, a casualty of industry changes have dealt a crippling blow to advertising revenue. latimes.com/entertainment-…

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 15

Trump officials to send home half of the 4,000 National Guard troops in L.A. latimes.com/california/sto… @grace_2e

haileybranson's tweet card. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced that 2,000 National Guard troops will be sent home after an unprecedented deployment in the Los Angeles area.

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 15

At least four firefighters injured while battling Northern California wildfires amid extreme heat and dry, steep, forested terrain latimes.com/california/sto… by me for @latimes

haileybranson's tweet card. At least four firefighters have been injured over the last week while battling three wildfires in Northern California forests that are burning amid extreme heat in steep, bone-dry terrain, fire...

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 13

“The Intern in Charge”: A 22-year-old Trump fan one year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is Dept. of Homeland Security official now overseeing government’s main hub for combating violent extremism propublica.org/article/trump-… @HannahAllam

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Hailey Branson-Potts@haileybranson · Jul 13

Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis. The botched relocation highlights America’s failure to prepare for the ways climate change is making some places uninhabitable washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

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