Hope Talbot

I'm Hope Talbot, a freelance journalist and copywriter from the UK. I have bylines in The Independent, Euronews, and The Daily Express. I frequently write about politics, and inequality, as well as climate and sustainability. I have a strong background in local reporting, having worked with Bristol24/7 for several years on a freelance basis. As a copywriter, I have written for companies across the construction, tech and agricultural industries, most notably for Stratton Craig. 


I am currently based in New York City, pursuing an MS in Journalism at Columbia University. I have a BA in History from the University of Bristol. I was previously Editor-in-Chief of The Bristorian, based out of the University of Bristol Humanities Department. 

The Daily Dot •

Alleged United Healthcare CEO shooter read numerous books about chronic back pain

Today, authorities announced they’d arrested a “strong person of interest” after a nearly week-long manhunt in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thomspon.  The New York Post confirmed the identity of Luigi Mangione, who was caught by police in Pennslyvania. According to the New York Times, police found him with a fake ID that matched one he used for a hostel in New York City, as well as a gun that appeared similar to the murder weapon. Online, the 26-year-old Mangione had a v...
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Kash Patel once claimed he got to see who really killed JFK

Trump’s pick for FBI Director Kash Patel once insinuated that he knows who really killed JFK. In a video from December 2023, Patel claimed he has “seen it all” referring to the files disclosing the truth of former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. After host Glenn Beck dismissed the claim that the CIA was involved in the JFK assassination, Patel retorted, saying “You’re talking to a guy who has read the entire JFK file … I’ve seen all of that, and I’ve seen the seven pages of the 9/...
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TikTok is tariff prepping

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, TikTokers started plotting how to stockpile supplies before he takes office. This week, Trump said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada immediately after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, aiming to use the fees to force the countries to crack down on fentanyl and immigrants. Additionally, Trump would also put an extra 10% tariff on g...
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'Rock bottom': Matt Gaetz is dishing out career advice on Cameo—after nuking his own

After backing out of potentially serving in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, Matt Gaetz pivoted to Cameo, a website where celebrities are paid to make videos for fans.  Gaetz joined the platform on Friday, a day after he withdrew his name from consideration to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. Now, after having sabotaged his own aspirations, he’s dishing out career advice. The news came as sexual misconduct allegations, centered around an underage girl at a 201...
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EXCLUSIVE: Non-profit Linda McMahon chaired once steered $1 million to Project 2025 'sister' organization

This week, President-elect Donald Trump picked Linda McMahon, a former WWE executive, as his Education Secretary. The Department of Education is one of the many cabinet-level government agencies that Project 2025, the ultra-conservative wish list put forth by the Heritage Foundation, wants to eliminate.  While the Trump campaign denied links to Project 2025, McMahon once steered a million dollars to the think tank behind it. In 2020, America First Works, which McMahon chaired at the time, do...
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Trump Jr.'s curious index finger moves at SpaceX launch sparks rampant speculation

A video of Donald Trump Jr. rubbing his gums with his index finger has people online wondering just, exactly, he might have been doing.  Yesterday, Trump Jr. joined his father for SpaceX’s Starship rocket launch in Texas alongside Elon Musk.Following the event, the video surfaced online, showing Donald Trump Jr. sticking his finger into his pocket and then rubbing it against his gums. A video on TikTok swiftly racked up over 600,000 views. “Am I crazy or does that look like what I think it...
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Biden's Amazonian press conference exit has people afraid he'll never be seen from again

The internet has been set alight thanks to a press conference yesterday by former President Joe Biden in the Amazon rainforest, with conservatives claiming he is being sent into the jungle so the deep state can begin World War Three.  The claim comes as the Biden administration allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-manufactured long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, a measure it has held off on until now. This authorization takes place on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the W...
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MAGA ditches 'left-wing psyop' fears about NFL after players break out Trump Y.M.C.A. dance

A celebration mimicking a dance by President-elect Donald Trump has spread across the NFL, with players performing it after touchdowns, sacks, and other big plays. It’s led to right-wing proclamations Trump saved sports from “wokeness” after his base ditched the league over the theory it was a psyop to elect President Joe Biden and push vaccines. While Trump has been doing the dance since the 2020 election, his moves took on new life after a town hall in Pennsylvania. After questions were p...
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Marco Rubio cabinet nomination kickstarts unironic Hulk Hogan for Senate movement

With Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) expected to be named President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, CNN’s Scott Jennings suggested an unconventional choice to take his place in the Senate.  While on air Tuesday evening, the Republican commentator pitched WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan to replace the Florida senator. Delivering his pitch, Jennings revealed a bright yellow Hulkmania T-shirt, hidden underneath his blazer. “If Marco Rubio does, in fact, become secretary of state, we’re going to need...
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Former GOP congressman's $2.5 million GoFundMe trolled over his anti-Obamacare vote

Left-wing trolls bombarded a GoFundMe page for Michael Grimm, a former Republican congressman when he experienced a life-altering injury.  In September, Grimm was paralyzed from the waist down after he was thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.A former Marine and FBI agent, the 54-year-old previously represented Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn before resigning in January 2015 after being convicted of tax evasion. Following conviction, Grimm served eight months in prison.  Grimm...
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TextNow, app used to send racist post-election texts, faces complaints it enables stalking, harassment

In the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election, Black Americans received texts telling them it was time to “report” for slavery.  The messages said recipients should “board a van” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves. Black men, women, and children in at least 14 states reported getting texts. These messages come as Black Americans fear the aftermath of a resounding electoral victory for President-elect Donald Trump, who has previously and frequently been accused of...
Columbia News Service •

Is There a Political Divide Between Immigrants and Their Children?

At a Trump rally in Long Island in September, an elderly woman who was born in Japan held a sign that read “Trump Chosen By God.” Next to her, a younger Japanese woman handed out fliers for an organization called “Japanese Americans for Trump.” They are two of the tens of millions of Americans who immigrated to the United States from other countries and became naturalized citizens—and who plan to vote for Donald Trump. This election cycle, 3.5 million newly naturalized American citizens will be...
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EXCLUSIVE: Tina Forte, AOC's House challenger, sued after her pit bull attacked a neighbor's child

Tina Forte, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) Republican opponent for New York’s 14th District, is being sued for damages after her pit bull attacked her neighbor’s child.  Plaintiffs allege that in February 2023, Forte’s dog, named Brownie, jumped the fence separating the properties in Nanuet, New York, and went after a young child playing in the backyard. The pit bull allegedly bit the child on her face and body, inflicting “serious physical injuries.” The plaintiffs also allege tha...
CJS Reporting Insider •

South Bronx Community Garden Battles Food Insecurity as Gentrification Intensifies

It’s a blazing hot summer afternoon in the South Bronx. As police sirens blare in the distance and a helicopter hovers over traffic lanes, a couple moves calmly through a patch of raised garden beds. Nancy Ortiz-Suran and her husband, Demetrio Suran, co-organizers of the urban farm La Finca Del Sur, tend to the leafy greens and ripe tomatoes nearly falling from the vine. The hum of bees fills the air as suited beekeepers prepare for harvest nearby.
Columbia News Service •

New Yorkers Demonstrate on Campus and in the Streets on October 7 Anniversary - Columbia News Service

On the one-year anniversary of October 7, New York City experienced a wave of protests across Manhattan, stretching from Columbia University’s Morningside campus, to Washington Square Park, all the way down to Wall Street. There were no reports of violence, but one group said that they redirected events in response to threats from others.    The day marks one year since Hamas-led attacks on Israel, which resulted in 1,200 deaths and 250 hostages taken. Since then, the Israel-Hamas war has seen d...
Bristol24/7 •

Dimbleby endorses Debbonaire in Bristol Central

Massive Attack and Hugh Grant have already endorsed Carla Denyer in Bristol Central.Now, journalist and author Jonathan Dimbleby, who lives in Hotwells, has broken his decades-long commitment to impartiality, choosing to endorse Labour candidate Thangam Debbonaire at the upcoming general election. Feeling disillusioned in the wake of “substantial political failures by the Conservatives”, Dimbleby has decided to back Debbonaire on July 4.Dimbleby, the newly announced chair of the Bristol Beacon b...
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Man dies after being found critically ill in alleyway

A man has sadly died after being found in a critically ill condition in the early hours of Friday morning.Ambulance staff were treating the man in an alleyway within the Old City before he was pronounced dead at the scene. A police cordon remained in place on Friday encompassing parts of Broad Street, Small Street, Bell Lane and Leonard Lane.A police spokesperson said: “We were called to support paramedics who were treating a man who had been found critically ill in an alley off Small Street, Br...
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Tory Bristol North West candidate Laura Saunders urged to stand down

Politicians from across the political spectrum have called on the Tory candidate in Bristol North West to be suspendedIt comes as the husband of Laura Saunders has been revealed to be the Conservative Party’s director of campaigning with the couple now both being looked into over an alleged bet relating to the timing of the general election. Saunders’ husband, Tony Lee, has now taken a leave of absence and left the campaign as Saunders is investigated by the Gambling Commission.A statement relea...
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Ed Miliband lays out Labour's energy agenda during Bristol visit

Having already been joined on the campaign trail by Keir Starmer, Sadiq Khan and Dale Vince, a visit to a company in St Philip’s on Thursday morning saw Thangam Debbonaire joined by Ed Miliband.The shadow secretary of state for climate change and net zero accompanied his shadow cabinet colleague to the headquarters of Matter to promote Labour’s climate and energy agenda. “I’m incredibly proud of our plans,” Miliband told Bristol24/7. “If a Labour government is elected, we will have the most ambi...
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