This narrative is absolutely gutting and a must read for anyone who wonders how gov’t policies affect lives. @longreads.com www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

This passage from @andykroll.bsky.social’s revelatory profile of Russell Vought, tells you everything you need to know:

Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

Around the time that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted in the Middle District of Tennessee, the chief of the criminal division in that district posted this on LinkedIn: “Earlier today, after nearly 15 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, I resigned…”

The list of Trump cuts to programs that protect kids—including from sexual abuse and internet predators—is disturbing. www.propublica.org/article/how-...

HUD Considers Crypto Experiment With Blockchain, Stablecoin www.propublica.org/article/hud-...

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"An initiative that was promoted for years as a civil ­rights cause — helping poor kids in troubled schools — is threatening to become a nationwide money grab." www.propublica.org/article/scho...

When electrical components fail in the substation, MTA Chief Superintendent Joseph Daidone searches eBay for replacements. If Daidone needs to reach the outside world from 40 feet below a Harlem sidewalk, he must use a rotary phone that was installed in 1969.

This flew under the radar in last week's shutdown fight, but Republicans have basically unwound all of Biden's investment in tax enforcement. The CR clawed back $20 billion from the IRS after GOP in Congress revoked another $20 billion last year. If the IRS hasn't spent the money yet, it's gone.

A bipartisan Senate investigation excoriated private equity firms like Leonard Green for extracting massive dividends at the cost of hospital patients…just as ProPublica reported in 2020: www.propublica.org/article/inve...

These two numbers tell you everything you need to know about our legal system: $40 million (amount paid to victims of an opioid company); $119 million (amount paid to Skadden, the corporate law firm that made sure the victims got no more). An outrageous saga: www.propublica.org/article/endo...

New: Advocates for oxygen patients — in an improbable alliance with the companies that have victimized them — are lobbying for legislation that would pay the scandal-scarred industry hundreds of millions of dollars more than it currently receives.

July 18: Knowing nothing about the house’s landlord, Angelica signs a lease and moves with her kids. “This place looked like a dream come true,” she’ll write later. In the kitchen, one light flickers... This story from @raquelrutledge.bsky.social & @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social still haunts me.

MORE! Here's Paul Dans. He's the guys who compiled a huge database of people who wanted to serve in a Trump Administration. The appointments are coming fast. So take a look... by Alec MacGillis @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/proj...

UPDATE: Hours after this @propublica.org story published, Lincare announced internally that “effective immediately, Greg McCarthy is no longer Chief Operating Officer. Greg is leaving Lincare to pursue other opportunities.”