1) In my latest investigation into @microsoft.com's business with the federal government, the revolving door is in full swing. THREAD 🧵

Remember all those videos from a couple years back of young kids in Indiana having to climb through, over and UNDER freight trains just to get to school? There's still no overpass and looks like there won't be one any time soon. The latest, from @propublica.org

NEW: After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist @peterdicampo.bsky.social saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbors, in their city, in their own words.

1) THREAD: Federal cybersecurity reviewers said this @microsoft.com cloud package was “a pile of shit.” They gave it their seal of approval anyway. Here’s how it happened 👇

NEW: The fed govt is moving to adopt new AI tools. But when @propublica.org examined the program responsible for assessing the cybersecurity of this cloud-based tech, it found serious breakdowns. "This is not security," an expert said. "This is security theater." www.propublica.org/article/micr...

NEW: Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway. A program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.

NEW: Under Trump, mental health care for vets is getting squeezed VA is bleeding shrinks & *not replacing them* One told me she's so overloaded her sessions can be *16 mins* She's had to online sessions w/ 35 vets How is that therapeutic? It's not, she said www.propublica.org/article/vete...

The Trump administration is dropping a rule aimed at stopping commercial space companies like SpaceX from abandoning rocket bodies in orbit. Experts say the practice threatens public safety and telecommunications. www.propublica.org/article/faa-...

Last year, I reported on a problematic NYPD unit led by a particularly problematic commander. The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him. Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job. He now works for Trump's DHS. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...

Ex-NYPD deputy commish Kaz Daughtry is joining the Homeland Security Dept., @nytimes.com reports. Last year, @propublica.org investigated the secretive police unit he helped run and found it was so aggressive that it alarmed NYPD leaders: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

NEW: Elon Musk says SpaceX wants to "make Star Trek real." But its Starship rocket has repeatedly exploded on test runs. @propublica.org examined the impact on planes and passengers as flaming debris rained down on busy commercial airways: www.propublica.org/article/spac...

Three SpaceX rockets exploded unexpectedly last year – twice raining down debris over busy airspace. “It literally looked like the sun coming out,” one passenger said. Such midair scrambles could become more frequent as launches increase, experts say. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

NEW: Trump says he wants to stop "debanking." But his administration has stopped most work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice. Jake Pearson @propublica.org has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

BREAKING: Microsoft failed to disclose key details about its use of China-based engineers in Defense Department IT work, according to security document obtained by @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/micr...

ICYMI: The Microsoft software recently targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers has long been maintained by an engineering team in ... China. @reneedudley.bsky.social with the @propublica.org scoop: www.propublica.org/article/micr...

NEW: Turns out the Pentagon was not the only part of the government where Microsoft was using China-based engineers. For years, the tech giant has also used these overseas employees to maintain cloud systems for DOJ, Treasury and Commerce, ProPublica's @reneedudley.bsky.social found.

BREAKING: Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But @propublica.org found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department. www.propublica.org/article/micr...

BREAKING: A draft executive order viewed by @propublica.org directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for commercial rocket launches: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

BREAKING: The enforcement chief at America’s consumer watchdog is quitting, ProPublica has learned. Cara Petersen writes in her sign-off letter that it’s “clear that the Bureau’s current leadership has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way.” 🧵 1/

Citing @propublica.org reporting, Democratic senators are calling on DOJ to investigate potential conflicts of interest at the CFPB that “underscore what appears to be a pervasive problem with Elon Musk and DOGE employees trampling ethics rules and laws.” www.propublica.org/article/doge...

In 2022, @propublica.org found landlords were using RealPage software to raise rents — potentially in violation of laws against collusion. Cities then moved to ban such pricing algorithms. But now, @wsj.com reports that House Republicans are seeking to “muzzle” those local efforts. THREAD

BREAKING: U.K. officials are voicing safety concerns about SpaceX’s plans to fly its Starship rocket over British territories in the Caribbean, where debris fell after two of the company’s rockets exploded, according to documents reviewed by @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

Elon Musk has said he wants to "delete" the CFPB. One of his employees is working to do just that -- pulling double duty as a DOGE employee involved in efforts to unwind the consumer watchdog. @propublica.org's Jake Pearson has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

NEW from @propublica.org: Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Elon Musk while helping DOGE gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which regulates Musk's businesses. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

NEW: DOGE aide helping to carry out the Trump administration's CFPB downsizing owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency's dismantling. @propublica.org has the details: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials. But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By @reneedudley.bsky.social

New parents: If you have questions about our baby formula investigation, our reporter @heathervogell.bsky.social is taking questions in r/FormulaFeeders here:

“The NYPD has not only broken the public’s trust but has also violated the law." That's @legalaidnyc.bsky.social demanding city investigate after I reported that mayor-friendly unit was withholding footage from courts while giving live feed to Mayor Adams. (Really.) legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/u...

Remember the Michigan plant at the heart of the national baby formula shortage in 2022? Workers there tell @propublica.org they're still seeing "persistent leaks" and "unaddressed contamination." In speaking out, one said, “I can’t have this on my conscience." www.propublica.org/article/baby...

Yesterday, I published an investigation into a secretive & abusive NYPD unit led by Mayor Eric Adams’ buddies. Adams has embraced the unit, the Community Response Team, even after NYPD officials raised red flags. This is what that has wrought. **All caught on video we obtained.** THREAD.

The leaders of a problematic NYPD unit are so close to NYC Mayor Eric Adams that they joined him in Washington for a lunch around Donald Trump's inauguration. @ericumansky.bsky.social has the story @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams recently chose NYPD official Kaz Daughtry to be his deputy mayor for public safety. A @propublica.org investigation found that for years Daughtry led a problematic unit of "cowboys" who engaged in high-risk tactics that endangered New Yorkers: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

As NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces calls to resign over federal corruption charges, a @propublica.org investigation provides a new window into how the mayor has wielded power — and whom he’s entrusted to carry out his vision for public safety: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

NEW: Amid reports of harassment, NASA is warning federal employees to be careful when displaying government badges in public places, given "the current environment, with a lot of negative rhetoric coming in our direction." @heathervogell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/nasa...

The Trump administration has repeatedly disparaged federal employees. This now appears to be the result for rank-and-file government workers (via @propublica.org): www.propublica.org/article/nasa...

"If we give you the crack, and you take the crack, you’ll enjoy the crack." The inside story of how Microsoft got the U.S. government "hooked" on Azure and its cybersecurity products — with an assist from the White House, via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/micr...

The U.S. government is largely reliant on Microsoft for cybersecurity. NEW @propublica.org investigation reveals how the company capitalized on a national security crisis to engineer that dominance, potentially skirting or breaking federal law in the process www.propublica.org/article/micr...