to be fair, this is a more sophisticated understanding than scotus demonstrated in snyder v. us www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supr...

www.propublica.org/article/andr... "Ingrassia chided authorities for taking the action, saying the seizure of the Tates' devices was not a good use of time or resources. The request to return the electronics to the Tates, he emphasized, was coming from the White House."

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw

Indiana University admin backs down, allows actual news in the student newspaper. Editors: "We do intend to keep administrators to their word. Thus far, that’s been hard to trust." www.idsnews.com/article/2025... 1/2

Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting. Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG

Turn down the lights and turn up the spirits on @wrfg.bsky.social ‘s Soul Rhapsody🕯️ I play spooky cuts by Sly Stone, Billy Preston, Redbone, Nina Simone, Eartha Kit, Stevie Wonder, the Bar-Kays and more to summon a psychedelic Halloween dance floor. www.mixcloud.com/WRFG/soul-rh...

I can’t believe how furious this makes me

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history

Organizers say more than 10,000 people have turned out for the No Kings rally at the Atlanta Civic Center in Georgia. The actual number could be closer to 12,000, says Laura Judge with Indivisible North Metro, which is one of the event's organizers. (Photo by @alander.bsky.social)

Here are the details and our methodology. Judge for yourself: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Wow. Look at that panel.

Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Illinois has blocked Trump administration authorities from using force against journalists in the Chicago area — including threats or arrest or riot control weapons. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I always like spinning soul and R&B records at @wrfg.bsky.social, and this week's show was particularly fun—all covers! www.mixcloud.com/WRFG/soul-rh...

This Trump incident tracker is a great resource. Researchers in the UK are keeping a comprehensive, real-time database of authoritarian actions, policies, and statements by Trump and his regime. www.trumpactiontracker.info

"no more superficial individual expression"

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.

The "Getting Closer" discount for #ONA25 ends midnight tonight (Friday, Aug. 22). Confirm your plans to join us in New Orleans. It'll feel so nice to check it off your to-do list before the weekend. ona25.journalists.org/register

NEW: Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount. 📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

The Trump administration is undermining — or has stopped collecting — key, once-nonpartisan data that kept the public informed about the state of the nation.

Respect to Meg Coker and the Current’s staff. Doing important work in Savannah. 🙌🏻

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

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New by me —> These are the 25 largest nonprofit news sites in the U.S. by web traffic. Some you’d expect (like @propublica.org), others you might not (@ncronline.bsky.social, @sciencenews.bsky.social, @lapublicpress.bsky.social, @notusreports.bsky.social) www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/nonp...

If you have limited internet access or cell service, here's a version of our guide to giving and receiving help that's easier to load: texastribune.org/text/hQ22z4et/

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

🧠 Check out this new Custom GPT from @rodneygibbs.com (Exec ’23, AI Journalism Lab ’24) — built to help journalists shape stories around audience needs. The User Needs Story Buddy walks you through user-centered thinking as you report and write. Try it out ↓ chatgpt.com/g/g-6848164a...

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica” @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

Brilliant. Locking in the vote of those who don’t care about their utility bills. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...

Only one person here is actually doing the actual critical journalism that would be worthy of such an honor and her name rhymes with @lpolgreen.

Facebook and Epoch Times seep in. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/t...

Incidentally, this is why I worry about the dominant position of AI critics on this site that "AI doesn't work and is just a scam" It absolutely does work, in good ways (controlled studies on education, medicine) and in ways that create risks & problems. Pretending AI isn't real is a big mistake.

a reminder that @propublica.org has reporters covering many federal agencies right now and all of their beats/contact information is here www.propublica.org/article/seco...

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

How to leak to a journalist! featuring a bunch of good advice from those who know: @marisakabas.bsky.social @amandabecker.bsky.social @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @benmullin.bsky.social & @maxtani.bsky.social

Have ideas for an Online News Association Conference workshop, case study or panel? Submit that sucker to the ONA25 suggestion box by Thursday, March 27. This is your chance to spotlight what needs to be talked about at ONA25. @journalists.org ona25.journalists.org/make-submiss...

In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment. The termination notice went out unchanged anyway. By @andykroll.bsky.social

Voice of America journalists are continuing the broadcaster's mission, but their effort is now in a courtroom, instead of on the air. (by Steve Herman)

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