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Graphics, maps, etc. at ProPublica
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Hello to my new followers đ I'll be using this space to share projects from
@propublica.org
's graphics team. We make maps, data viz, interactives, explainers, and more! I'll thread a few examples of what we do...
about 1 year ago
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Chris Morran
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CBS didn't air the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but
@propublica.org
talked earlier this year to those who Trump had sent to the maximum-security prison in El Salvador:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...
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Venezuelans deported to CECOT and their families speak about their ordeal
YouTube video by ProPublica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
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Jason Koebler
3 days ago
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
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Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
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ProPublica
7 days ago
NEW: The FDA wonât tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA wonât tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
https://projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Ken Schwencke
8 days ago
New
@propublica.org
:
@emsimani.bsky.social
analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...
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ProPublica Guild
8 days ago
1/ At bargaining yesterday,
@propublica.org
management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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The
@propublica.org
graphics team contributed fantastic graphics/design to not one, not two, but THREE stories already this week. First, Chris Alcantara's gorgeous maps for a disturbing investigation into the impact of USAID cuts in South Sudan.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
8 days ago
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Lisa Song
8 days ago
"This was something different: an American-made hunger crisis. So far this year, community health workers have referred almost 12,000 malnourished children for immediate medical attention." Crucial reporting by Brett Murphy,
@annamaria.bsky.social
, đ¸ by Brian Otieno
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester
10 days ago
This summer, Brett Murphy,
@peterdicampo.bsky.social
and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the worldâs poorest country before pulling the plug. We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan
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Aliyya Swaby
16 days ago
Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care. But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks â which experts say contradicts their mission.
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These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patientsâ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits
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ProPublica Guild
17 days ago
Today, we had an all-day bargaining session with
@propublica.org
management. Unfortunately, they did not bring a counter proposal on AI or agree to any of the guardrails we've proposed.
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Justin Elliott
17 days ago
NEW: Trumpâs Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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@robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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Trumpâs Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences
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Olivia Messer
20 days ago
IRW â a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American â and
@thebarbedwire.com
traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didnât fly anymore, weaponized girlsâ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
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Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/anti-trans-laws-houston-ordinance-bathroom-bill/
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ProPublica Guild
22 days ago
It's simple â
@propublica.org
workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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The NewsGuild of New York
23 days ago
âAI is a tool that can support our work but thereâs no AI function that can replace a humanâs ability to fully consider journalismâs ethical implications or to approach an investigation with thoughtfulness and integrity.â Mark Olalde of
@propublicaguild.org
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Cengiz Yar
23 days ago
A new investigation from
@propublica.org
&
@highcountrynews.org
finds that government programs for grazing on public lands help the wealthiest of ranchers while harming the environment.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
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Joe Murphy
24 days ago
Hello budding data journalists. The
@NBCNews.com
Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC. The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:
gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...
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Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class
24 days ago
3/ In every country we reported, Trump's health budgets have been a crisis of LGBTQ *employment*. HIV is a slow-acting virus & while "the cuts" have caused death, overwhelmingly, the biggest and fastest form of harm has been Black & brown LGBTQ people losing work
theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
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Dr. Thrasher wants you to pre-order The Overseer Class
24 days ago
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day,
@theintercept.com
is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings.
theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
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Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/01/world-aids-hiv-trump-cuts-unemployment-lgbtq/
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We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new
@propublica.org
story explains the âloopholeâ that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
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New
@propublica.org
story: we found that most BLM land used for grazing had either failed land health assessments or never received one. Read our deep dive into the environmental impact of wide scale grazing on public land:
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
24 days ago
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Nat Lash
about 1 month ago
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs. And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. đ§ľ
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Keri Blakinger
about 1 month ago
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024âs staffing gains. Itâs an unintended consequence of Trumpâs push for mass deportations My 1st for
@propublica.org
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As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers
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Justin Elliott
about 1 month ago
NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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@amierjeski.bsky.social
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noemâs chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the âemergencyâ at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group
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azcentral
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The Republic has identified the guard who brutally punched a 22-year-old outside a Phoenix nightclub. Rafael Montoya died after the brawl.
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Guard in fatal Phoenix nightclub beating is violent felon with far-right ties
The Republic has identified the guard who brutally punched a 22-year-old outside a Phoenix nightclub. Rafael Montoya died after the brawl.
https://bit.ly/4hXnxOF
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Allen Tan
about 1 month ago
Iâm hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work:
grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples â
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Rob Davis
about 1 month ago
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland. How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
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âRiots Ragingâ: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trumpâs decision, ProPublica found that Foxâs portrayal of âPortland riotersâ routinely instigating violence wa...
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage
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Molly Roberts
about 2 months ago
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it âexploded all over my uniform.â He says he could âsmell the onions and the mustard.â
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Emily Atkin
about 2 months ago
A scoop that Iâm not happy to report: CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
https://heated.world/p/cbs-news-kills-its-climate-unit
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ProPublica Guild
about 2 months ago
1/ Last week, we delivered a letter to
@propublica.org
's board members, urging them to direct management to agree to a fair contract now.
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-t...
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To the ProPublica Board: We Need a Fair Contract Now â ProPublica Guild
Last week, we reached out to ProPublicaâs board of directors to raise serious concerns about ProPublicaâs harmful disciplinary process as well as our collective interest in getting a fair contract now...
https://www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-the-propublica-board-we-need-a-fair-contract-now
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Ken Schwencke
about 2 months ago
This is a lie:
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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Once again, rules aimed at blocking healthcare for trans people also blocks healthcare for cisgender people.
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about 2 months ago
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Cengiz Yar
2 months ago
NEW: Of the over 170 cases where American citizens were detained this year, more than 20 reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer.
@nicolefoy.bsky.social
&
@sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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@propublica.org
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyâve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally â almost certainly incomplete â includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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ProPublica Guild
2 months ago
Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. Itâs clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
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Krishna Karra
3 months ago
we used four decades of Landsat imagery, from 1985-2025, to identify newly developed areas in the West Bank. our analysis shows that since Oct. 7, Israeli controlled areas have grown 5 times faster compared to the past two decades. read more đ:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Erin Reed
3 months ago
1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people. Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/two-republican-congresspeople-call
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ProPublica Guild
3 months ago
We canât produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for
@propublica.org
workers by adding your name to our petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff canât properly contribute...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-propublica-agree-to-real-job-protections-now
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Washington Post Guild
3 months ago
Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
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Drew Harwell
3 months ago
yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman "Notices bulges, OWO whats this?" - Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political "hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3" - From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb
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Drew Harwell
3 months ago
The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
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âRadicalizedâ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/evergreen-high-school-shooting-colorado-updates/
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Jo Yurcaba
3 months ago
Part of the statement from the
@transjournalists.org
on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation. Full statement here:
www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...
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Aliyya Swaby
4 months ago
I wrote about Anna Lange's case with
@lucaswaldron.bsky.social
back in 2023. Among the takeaways was just how taxing this judicial rollercoaster has been for Lange and other trans people hoping for coverage.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Khadijah M Silver (they/them), JD/MPH
4 months ago
Gutted and honestly incapable of reading the decision right now. Anna Lange is one of the kindest, humblest, most easy-to-root-for people in the history of the world. Read this 2023 ProPublica story I helped
@aliyyaswaby.bsky.social
and
@lucaswaldron.bsky.social
tell about her case.
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Gillian Branstetter
4 months ago
"The law as itâs written has also caused problems for those providing sexual assault exams on young people under 18. Under the law, a health worker would need to get consent from a parent to do the exam, but in some cases the perpetrator of the assault may be that parent"
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Idahoâs parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth ⢠Idaho Capital Sun
A law requiring parental consent for most medical treatment provided to minors is affecting work at the Idaho 988 Crisis and Suicide Hotline.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/idahos-parental-consent-law-impedes-988-suicide-crisis-hotline-access-for-some-youth/
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Taylor Lorenz
4 months ago
Teens are calling Idaho's suicide hotline and being told that they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.
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Idahoâs parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth ⢠Idaho Capital Sun
A law requiring parental consent for most medical treatment provided to minors is affecting work at the Idaho 988 Crisis and Suicide Hotline.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/idahos-parental-consent-law-impedes-988-suicide-crisis-hotline-access-for-some-youth/
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kate conger
4 months ago
The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
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DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/doge-social-security-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE8.0yRw.B-PJ1MUPS4Hw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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ProPublica
4 months ago
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. đ§ľ
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ProPublica
4 months ago
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his familyâs lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-musk-mohammad-halimi-institute-peace-taliban?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=8-22
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Love these charts from
@bxroberts.org
in today's @propublica.orgstory about the gutting of HHS. These are specifically showing FDA cuts, but the story also includes CDC and NIH.
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...
4 months ago
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Jo Yurcaba
4 months ago
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts. For
@nbcnews.com
:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/minnesota-teen-says-server-forced-prove-gender-restaurant-bathroom-rcna224562
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ProPublica Guild
5 months ago
Our New York members took their lunch outside today to demand that
@propublica.org
management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system â
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