Half of all cases resolved during Citizens’ mandatory arbitration process between March 2024 and July 7, 2025, settled for $500 or less to the policyholder. An additional 28% were settled by Citizens for an average of $30,000. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with little recourse when their claims were denied. My first for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/citi...

NEW: A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time. @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11. We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

Last year, ProPublica requested records from the FDA as part of an investigation into the safety of America’s generic drug supply. The agency declined to quickly release the names of drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories.

"Local police in Oregon casually offered various surveillance services to federal law enforcement officials from the FBI and ICE, and to other state and local police departments, as part of an informal email and meetup group of crime analysts." #Oregon #USA #Policing #Deportation

Homeland Security records reveal that Trump admin officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to an El Salvador prison were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

The most important and underrated skill of any journalist is that when they don't know something to pick up the phone and call someone smarter.

Since fall, 2022, I've been trying to figure out why Newtok's relocation is riddled with problems - the same kind this move was supposed to solve. Newtok’s residents are Americans - not a “they,” but an “us,” and that’s why I chased this story for so long. www.propublica.org/article/newt...

British authorities have authorised charges of rape, human trafficking and assault against Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate There are a total of 21 charges relating to 3 women, and the brothers are due to be extradited to the UK after a case in Romania ends www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...

1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram. His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.

Schools in Tennessee must use threat assessments to determine if a threat of mass violence is “valid,” but they often carry them out inconsistently. For its part, the doesn't release data on how effective schools’ threat assessments are. @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social

tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.

This is how El Chivo got killed.

Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online 🔗 www.404media.co/researchers-...

Tax cuts pushed by the Trump administration are amplifying debt and deficit concerns among bond investors, a powerful group of market players who influence interest rates.

Study finds that psilocybin is effective in treating severe depression.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly ended its body camera program barely four years after it began, according to an internal email obtained by ProPublica. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

Its FOIA Friday. That means I'm going to spend some time today requesting documents from the Feds and the Florida government. Hit me with your ideas and suggestions - or reach out confidentially to me over signal (I'll dm you my number.)

An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the DEA made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

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NEW: The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

NEW: In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration welcomed the addition of body cameras and touted the “enhanced transparency” they bring. Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order. By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social

DeSantis said every sheriff has a Hope Florida expert. That’s news to some sheriffs “We’re not actively engaged in anything with Hope Florida,” Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. By Justin Garcia Tampa Bay Times May 2, 2025 11:00 AM www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes could soar to $145 billion this year — well above the 10-year average — as population growth, urban sprawl and climate change combine to supercharge risks, according to a report by Swiss Re Institute.

Instagram Is Blocking Minors from Accessing Chatbot Platform AI Studio 🔗 www.404media.co/instagram-is...

The Energy Department’s mass exodus has begun. Huge staff departures are expected from offices that spearhead advanced nuclear, grid innovation, and domestic manufacturing. @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

The Trump administration’s decision to fire 10,000 workers across U.S. health agencies looks set to disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in grants and deprive Americans with disabilities of critical services they depend on.

NEW: @miaminewtimes.com reports on another case of a Venezuelan man, a father of two with no criminal record, seemingly sent to rot in prison in El Salvador because he has a tattoo of a crown on his chest. He got it at 19 as part of matching tattoos with an ex-girlfriend.

Stanley told Daily Nous he was “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university” but he wants to raise his kids “in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.” www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...

DHS insiders say Trump’s Homeland Security agenda is now a single issue. “The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”

Hurray for the arrival of @marioarizabaez.bsky.social as @propublica.org’s Florida reporter!

Some personal news: I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining ProPublica's South newsroom as its Florida Reporter. It's an honor and a privilege to cover my home state. For now, you can reach me with tips and story ideas over signal at 786-210-6548.

"The director of the program to enrich uranium took a job with NATO... "Also gone is the director of the program to modernize production of spheres of radioactive plutonium that are fitted into warheads... "The office that oversees the Los Alamos lab lost 9 staff... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

How often has @DOGE gotten its facts wrong? Watch this visualization of its errors, from the @UpshotNYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Trump’s EPA director Lee Zeldin has said that the EPA is canceling 400 grants worth $1.9 billion. But the agency … has yet to provide a list of affected grants? It hasn’t said which grants it’s talking about. Even the DOGE site only lists two EPA grants as canceled. heatmap.news/politics/epa...

Exclusive: The National Institutes of Health will cancel or cut back dozens of grants for research on why some people are reluctant to be vaccinated and how to increase acceptance of vaccines, according to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post on Monday.

(Columbus Dispatch) - Intel's promised $28 billion semiconductor project in central Ohio has been delayed again, this time by several years. $INTC www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

“.. The topic has come up about 700 times during quarterly earnings calls .. That’s an all-time high in data going back to 2005 ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"Several of the SpaceX employees now have FAA email addresses..."

I miss DEI

had a thought that if apple were to release a traditional ipod it would sell like hotcakes

Funding freeze meant to ensure USDA is “supporting farmers and ranchers” rather than “far-left climate programs” hits… farmers putting solar on their land @marioarizabaez.bsky.social floodlightnews.org/chaotic-usda...

Rebirth of Georgia consumer utility watchdog pushed in bipartisan state Senate legislation georgiarecorder.com/2025/02/17/r...

Six people are carrying out the work of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting group at the US Department of Education, though one of them hasn’t completed ethics or information security training, according to a court filing

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?