DRC and the region has immense expertise in handling these types of outbreaks but the current scale in this situation means a lot of international coordination and resources are needed. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

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INBOX: First reported by @metzger.bsky.social @thenewsham.bsky.social, Kalshi says it caught 3 political candidates trading on their elections, including: ︀︀ ︀︀- #MN02: Matt Klein (D) ︀︀- #TX21: Ezekiel Enriquez (R) ︀︀- #VASEN: Mark Moran (D) ︀︀ ︀︀They were each suspended from Kalshi for 5 years.

This could be super useful for journalists and local civics nerds — in one place, neighborhood-level shapefiles and 2020 demographic data for 206 US cities that have "city-defined neighborhoods" paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... data: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Special interests are funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to bankroll President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project. Who are they and what are they getting in return? The public deserves to know.

Please support our union’s work toward a fair contract by NOT crossing our digital picket line! That means not visiting @ProPublica.org today, April 8. (And please resume your support of @ProPublica.org all other days, we love the journalism we do!)

Just recorded an episode with Andrew Marantz and Ronan Farrow about their big investigation into Sam Altman, out Thursday at 12AM ET

74% of Americans report multiple barriers to getting involved in causes they care about, according to Gallup. www.gallup.com/analytics/69...

Senate Democrats led by Sen Raphael Warnock (D-GA) ask for an independent investigation into the double-tap missile strike on a girls' school in MInab. www.warnock.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

I guess FOIA still is a viable option -- IF you sue and IF you have a lot of time and persistance.

I’m in my 40s, I’ve been a journalist for 20 years, and I owe money to my parents. That’s pretty embarrassing! I had to put an engagement ring on a credit card because I don’t have enough money left over to save. And I’m one of the better-paid ones, I don’t know how my coworkers afford food.

One article that Nick used AI to produce for Fortune is an error-riddled obit for the Blackstone exec killed during the mass shooting at their offices last summer. screenshots from @columjournreview.bsky.social article, here: www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

BREAKING Mexico's navy says two boats ferrying aid to Cuba are missing

Boasting of serving a personalist regime

ABC reports that Mike Flynn’s reward for committing crimes for Trump will be $1.2M. abcnews.com/US/doj-pay-t...

Dhillon made an effort to obscure the content of the letter, but portions of it are easily readable if you flip the image and enhance. bsky.app/profile/anna...

NEW: DOJ has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, the conservative activist and former Trump adviser who sought millions for what he alleged was a politically motivated prosecution. No $ details in court notice today, more to come buff.ly/ccz6Hj3 Prev: buff.ly/sWZrlKV

Looks like @kalshiofficial.bsky.social moving beyond the millennial bros and into the suburban mom market based on this flyer that came in my local Valpak coupons. Was tucked in between promos for the usual suburban crap like plumbers, windows, pool cleaning, etc…

This viral video compilation claiming to show severe floodwaters washing through Hawaii this past weekend contains several old clips from previous storms. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

One obvious reason he kept the classified docs is that Trump views government property as his own personal property. That's why he stole the docs, tore down the East Wing, etc. Financial gain is a motive - it is Trump after all, but he fundamentally does not respect the Presidential Records Act.

Good reporting from NPR on how U.S. federal agencies are simply buying people's private information and location data to use in investigations — without getting warrants.

ICYMI: Democratic senators have taken notice of RFK Jr.'s quiet undermining of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. "That’s not benign neglect, that’s malicious neglect," Senator Angus King, independent (caucuses with Dems) of Maine, told me.

Ringing endorsement if I’ve ever heard one: “Malcolm Davis, a 21-year-old student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia who helped get out the vote for Trump’s 2024 campaign, understood “why some people think these videos and memes are in poor taste, but it is what it is.” Gift link:

🧐 Trump's economic approval rating slipped below Biden's floor in our latest Reuters/Ipsos poll https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-hits-new-36-low-fuel-prices-surge-amid-iran-war-reutersipsos-2026-03-24/

The Supreme Court's refusal to intervene here is an absolute travesty for press freedom rights.

Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line

We gave seven cities the same FOIA request. Some turned the information over for free. Norfolk wanted $38,000. www.pilotonline.com/2026/03/20/s...

The Trump administration's illegal war does not just mean higher costs for people living in the U.S. I've been in Guatemala with my wife since last week and the price of gas has raised here to a level that is affecting people. There will also be a crisis later on due to a lack of fertilizers.

Ppl on here say that ICE is leaving red states and red cities alone but you can see here that Miami's ICE field office had more daily arrests than even Minneapolis during the surge there. They're kidnapping people from their houses/trucks and everyone goes back to work. Orgs are still catching up.

Mueller. @nytimes.com #RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...

Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez warned that “Nexstar has already begun cutting newsrooms” and that “the consequences of this rubber stamp approval will be felt in living rooms and newsrooms across the country, resulting in fewer voices, less competition, and higher costs for consumers.”

For the clip file: “Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said, “By bringing these two outstanding companies together, Nexstar will be a stronger, more dynamic enterprise—better positioned to deliver exceptional journalism and local programming with enhanced assets, capabilities, and talent.””

I was laid off from CBS News yesterday. Now I’m looking for my next role in data visualization, news graphics and interactive storytelling. If you’re hiring or know of something that could be a fit, I’d love to connect. taylorfayjohnston.com

This shit is why I’m a Journalism On ATProto extremist. We need to own the distribution layer.

Federal judge in D.C. issues new grand jury policy after failed indictment of Democrats

Camp East Montana - the $1.24 billion migrant detention facility in El Paso - has been disastrous and inhumane. DHS’s plan to warehouse human beings here is even worse. I’m proud of our local coordinated effort to prevent it. We won’t stop until this horrific idea is rejected.

What’s up with Nevada?

The average American household pays about $110 more per month for electricity than they did last year. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/17/r...

Librarian here! Would love if people like this came in to any library and just asked what to read. A big part of the job is recommendations. It becomes natural when your job is finding information for people all day. Literally just go into any library, say "Idk what to read". We'll help you out!

Comparing different military budgets isn't super useful bc how it is counted varies wildly, but worth noting that the estimated cost of the first 6 days of this war to the US, exclusively in terms of munitions expended, is equivalent to about half of Iran's 2025 total estimated military expenditure.

Cities in Vermont and Maine are experiencing some of the same tactics that ICE has been using across Minnesota since December, and facing lots of resistance.

“If the documentation “just says they’re sitting there watching ‘Frozen,’” said Patrick Cogley, an official in the [Department of Health and Human Services] inspector general’s office who oversaw the audits, “did Medicaid just pay for someone at these rates to watch a movie?”

When the earth caved in eastern Congo last week, more than 200 Congolese miners were buried alive. Those who survived spent the next several days pulling hundreds of bodies from the red clay... https://bit.ly/4lwD61B

It's been almost a year since NOAA's data snapshots of U.S. precipitation, temperature, drought, and severe weather have been updated. The Trump regime killed it last June. www.climate.gov/maps-data/da...

SCOOP: The Trump Org filed previously unreported trademark applications in connection with America’s 250th anniversary celebration, all featuring the president’s name as a centerpiece. — w/ @ameliacolon.bsky.social of @notus.com www.notus.org/donald-trump...

In a semi-related matter: www.notus.org/money/donald...

Periodic reminder: Binance reportedly helped $1.7B flow to Iran-linked entities. When internal investigators flagged it, Binance fired them. Balance is a major business partner of Trump’s.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...