Fuck I missed this news. Ugggghhhh

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We’re still not sure @thebarbedwire.com will make it to its second birthday in August, but this has been some of the most important investigative reporting I’ve ever edited.

Things like this are why Congress wrote CERCLA and later SARA. The EPA, OSHA, and acts like these exist because the profit motive is murderous in its unregulated forms. Here we are again, declawing regulations and letting corporations poison our children. www.epa.gov/superfund/su...

My favorite entry I judged for the @texasobserver.org MOLLY journalism prize won an honorable mention last night. If you aren’t familiar with FUMED by @publichealthwatch.bsky.social you absolute should be. My judging notes were read aloud at last night’s gala: publichealthwatch.org/fumed/

Got inspired watching Lucy Halliday’s eyes in The Testaments ♥️

If you’re my friend’s ex-husband and you treated her poorly, do not for a minute think I’ll put up with you sending me fire emojis in my DMs 😡🔪

It’s Love Canal all over again!

Nothing will radicalize you about environmental health like being a parent and witnessing the complete carelessness of school administrators

This is such a horrible situation and as someone w/chronic diseases that took years to develop, I really want to assure parents that the stakes to kids faking sickness, especially pain, are high enough that you should err on the side of believing your kid.

This story is horrific and frustrating. the DFW metroplex is a strange place with profoundly evil vibes, maybe because the land has been poisoned

If you say you support more oil and gas production, this is what you are supporting (in addition to the climate and air pollution ramifications from burning them)

This is the story I can't get over. This is why I will never forgive Trump supporters. And why I will never forgive the bullshit reasons people gave for not voting for Kamala Harris. When the roll is called up yonder, may the last voice Elon Musk & these Trump officials hear be that of Santina.

I take Lexapro. I have taken Lexapro for over two decades. The times that I have discontinued taking Lexapro have ended very badly for me. RFKJ is trying to kill millions of Americans like me. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

A reminder www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Pregnancy is the most dangerous time in your life for, like, every reason you can think of.

The right-wing Dallas Express published anonymously sourced allegations about a juvenile son of a Democratic lawmaker. The article was published under a fake name and republished on Yahoo News. Journalism professors said it violated basic journalism ethics. www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

This very wealthy Houston man accused of murdering his pregnant wife — and represented by the same attorney who got Robert Durst off — cut off his ankle monitor and fled the country.

F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Just to point out, he is not talking about the United States blowing up dozens of Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea. I know it can be confusing.

There was a time when the ultra-wealthy in this country at least pretended to acknowledge their privilege and their luck. It helped fuel a sense of civil obligation. These days, however: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

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Breaking News: James Murdoch’s company is said to be in talks to acquire most of Vox Media, including New York magazine.

EXCLUSIVE: Parents told us their children’s headaches and dizziness appeared during the school year and cleared up during breaks. One mother said she suspected her daughter was making things up — until she read @saulelbein.bsky.social’s story in @thebarbedwire.com thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/05/h...

When the Abundanceers start to get all 🤩🤩🤩 about how much better dreamy deregulated Texas is for building housing than California, that means traffic, sprawl built in floodplains, and this kind of thing.

There are only about 30 women's colleges left in the U.S.. Just like other anti-trans laws, this will hurt all women.

“The builder is advertising the final lots in Phase 1 and pre-selling Phase 2 — which is being built, the whistleblower said, on the precise part of the property where he helped bury the highest concentration of toxic waste. Homes are available for $339,990 to $584,990 apiece.”

“In 2018, neighbor Sue Beaton told Texas state environmental regulators that fumes from the decommissioned mud farm had stripped the paint from her house and her car, left a foul odor in her pool, and that dying animals, which she assumed came from the site, kept ending up on her property.”

We’re still not sure @thebarbedwire.com will make it to its second birthday in August, but this has been some of the most important investigative reporting I’ve ever edited.

The two other cases are out of Missouri and Texas. We send a weekly roundup newsletter to quickly update you on all the nonsense! www.autonomynews.co/florida-texa...

sometimes watching a new show feels like when you’re really tired and forced to be around new people you don’t even know that well

Compensation for this reporting fellowship at The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette includes a $65,000 annual salary, along with housing in a 2-bedroom furnished house, comprehensive health benefits, and a 401(k) plan with employer matching. vineyardgazette.com/henry-beetle...

AMAZING, AMAZING NEWS!! ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting 🎉🎉🎉

This is the first time in @texasmonthly.bsky.social’s history that the Pulitzers have honored its work. This announcement made me emotional with relief. A lot things feel unfair in this industry these days, and nobody deserves this recognition more than Aaron. www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/s...

Ron DeSantis had a pretaped interview with CNBC. He gets asked a question about AI and datacenters re energy price hikes, and he says he is introducing a bill to protect rate payers. He also complains that data center operators are getting property tax abatements elsewhere in the country.

DeSantis also says datacenters are unpopular on both the left and the right. If you have followed this guy's career, this is something worth taking note of. He would not be coming out early like this if he didn't see a big political problem coming down the road.

James Comer is under fire after a memo revealed Republicans are shifting away from traditional hearings on the Epstein Files. Instead of formal proceedings, the committee is moving to “roundtables”—informal sessions with no authority. Witnesses are not even required to be under oath.

@christophcondon.bsky.social's excellent crime series That Texas Blood is about to revisit the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The outbreak of the Iran War, 23 years later, provides perfect timing. I interviewed him about it.

A massive thanks to Sandi, who spent months working on this story with me. It would not have happened without her editing and advocacy.

Now imagine having to wait eight years to tell the world about that letter!!!

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Paul Pressler is one of the most influential figures you may have never heard of. The onetime judge remade the Southern Baptist Convention, and helped forge the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. As he did so he also committed decades of alleged abuses. A long look at his legacy:

NEW: In a diplomatic snub to JD Vance, Donald Trump is sending Marco Rubio solo on Thursday to meet with Pope Leo XIV. This comes as Rubio’s star is rising and Vance’s allies are privately accusing the Vatican of coordinating with journalists and operatives to sully Vance's 2028 prospects.