Trump Said Cuts Wouldn't Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.

Mark Olalde 04-07-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?ref=ActivityPub

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Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law

Dave Altimari and Ginny MonkTh 04-07-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-enforcement?ref=ActivityPub

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Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?

Megan O’Matz and Joel Jacobs 04-06-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?ref=ActivityPub

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Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk's Starlink Be Doing the Same?

Renee Dudleywith research Dori 04-05-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?ref=ActivityPub

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Won't Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

Kayla GuoThe Texas Tribune 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-corruption-probe-justice-department-senate-race?ref=ActivityPub

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In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes' NIL Deals

Stacy St. ClairChicago Tribune 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/university-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?ref=ActivityPub

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Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say

Heather Vogell 04-04-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?ref=ActivityPub

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Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients

Jessica SchreifelsThe Salt Lak 04-03-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?ref=ActivityPub

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A Lawyer Who Helped the Kushners Crack Down on Poor Tenants Now Helps Renters Fight Big Landlords

Alec MacGillis 04-03-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/kushner-kushnerville-apartments-tenants-lawsuits-andrew-rabinowitz-lawyer?ref=ActivityPub

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Representatives Demand Housing Agency Halt Any Cryptocurrency Experiments

Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll 04-02-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?ref=ActivityPub

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A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law

Jeremy SchwartzProPublica and 04-02-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?ref=ActivityPub

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ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck. - Fracking brilliant, this is… #FederalWorkers #FederalGovernment #journalism #tip #TipLine #WhistleBlower #ProPublica

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/propublica-wanted-to-find-more-sources-in-the-federal-government-so-it-brought-a-truck/

You must read this #ProPublica reporting about #ICE: “They never taught us anything regarding the immigration flights,” one said. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

I am going to write to my Congresspeople now and ask/demand that hearings be scheduled. Anyone else want to join?

#Fascism
#USPol
#Immigration

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is "Only a Matter of Time"

McKenzie Funk 04-01-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights?ref=ActivityPub

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The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor

Steve Mills 04-01-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/art-institute-chicago-returned-buddha-statue-nepal-marilynn-alsdorf?ref=ActivityPub

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How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Stephen Engelberg 03-31-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach?ref=ActivityPub

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We Detailed Mayor Adams' Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.

Eric Umansky 03-31-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse?ref=ActivityPub

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"A Wholly Inaccurate Picture": Reality Cop Show "The First 48" and the Wrongly Convicted Man

Jessica Lussenhopphotography S 03-29-2025
https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?ref=ActivityPub

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