For #WPRBXmas radio marathon, I tracked down a Mari Lwyd performed in Philadelphia, in Welsh. Listen here: m.soundcloud.com/julietfletch... @jon.wprb.com

Here we go! Now until 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Day! 103.3 FM : listen.wprb.com #wprbxmas

#WPRBXmas starts in 90 mins, and I bring a small offering to the table. Listen live!

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.

Damned if you do; damned if you don't. The government spent months turning immigration court into a deportation trap.

well i suppose *one way* to break news widely is eff it up this bad, and have your mess corrected in public... but, not a scalable model, bari

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,

NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis. Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Happy 85th birthday, WPRB!

NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid. We went to S. Sudan to see the effects. Rubio says no one has died from the cuts. Spoiler: That's not true. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy: www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Five years ago today, extremist Donald Trump supporters reached a new level of desperation. www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/ryan-...

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding. Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won. Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5

99% of the world is dead. In a small Minnesota town, 1 woman writes the monthly local paper but it’s actually an epic horror story mailed to your door. THE END TIMES. Brilliantly conceived by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social , published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social. 1 issue in and I already love it.

I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...

Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...

I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face

In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

From the excellent @jasonleopold.bsky.social, a doc trove tracking the review/redaction process to-date of Epstein files:

RIP, Jimmy Cliff so as sure as the sun will shine i'm gonna get my share of what's mine and then they harder they come, the harder they fall one and all www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQr...

Read a bloodcurdling little story last night in Brooklyn. Thank you to Supper in Fort Lauderdale, Edith+Pierre aka @amandaerinmiller.bsky.social + Melissa Shaw. #crimefiction

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers

There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.

So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate

Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.

Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like. www.thehandbasket.co/p/snap-recip... @marisakabas.bsky.social

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

the women in the workplace discourse is very funny because a man who can act normal in an office environment that's predominantly female is absolutely on easy street. it's maybe the best gig anyone in history has had. and yet for many guys it is utterly impossible

I like that republicans keep calling mamdani a “literal communist” because they’ve been calling everyone to the left of william mckinley a communist for a hundred years and they need to distinguish

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month. The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

The Republican chairman of the House’s elections oversight committee recently revealed he would soon introduce legislation to ban states from counting mail-in ballots that were sent by Election Day but arrive after. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Look at this chart. Thanks to Republicans, this is how much more families in New York will have to pay each month for their health insurance.

A look at the devastating power loss across Jamaica following the historic crossing of Hurricane Melissa, captured by NOAA-21.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

This colossal Times of London/de Blasio screwup gets more amazing at every turn. Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Worse than sticker shock - the scale of the pain and fear caused by these health-cost hikes is now starting to be felt. 2024 marketplace enrollment was a record 21 million+ Americans.

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Just 12 days before the general elections of 2025. Are you watching it all? I guide you thru nearly 190 elections I'm watching, & why: governors and lawmakers, ofc, but also judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & many ballot measures. Explore & save, icymi: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

After signing up for self-deportation, Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved to an unfinished basement. But DHS never sent them the promised plane tickets. Now they worry about surviving winter. Weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to pay rent. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4ohnDm6