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"I began recording and captured the agent barking back at the woman. 'Adios,' he said, over and over, pressing toward her as if warning her to back away. When she didn’t, he grabbed her. The rest ... has been memorialized online." @tilleckert.com

Must-read column by @tilleckert.com: I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.

Amid the flurry of discussion of Tylenol, I'm surprised more attention hasn't been brought to this 2013 series by ProPublica on deaths from Tylenol:

RETRACTION: A paper that touted the potential weight-loss properties of apple cider vinegar in people with overweight and obesity was pulled by its publisher

A story that says a lot about how Utah regulates health professionals. Failed Root Canals, Lost Implants: How a Dentist Accused of Substandard Care Was Allowed to Keep Practicing @jessicamiller.bsky.social @sltrib.com

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way Naples, Florida, used to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

SCOOP: Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Naples, Florida, After Campaign Donor Intervened, by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

Another inexplicable insurance denial for mental health care. Their son was 'too unstable to function outside of hospital.' Insurance denied his mental health treatment anyway.

“There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this. You can’t always draw a straight line between those things. But in this case, you can draw a very straight line.” NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Stillbirth Prevention Effort @deldeib.bsky.social

NEW: A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain @coreygjohnson.bsky.social

NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Stillbirth Prevention Effort “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this,” one expert said. By @deldeib.bsky.social

Over 90 psych hospitals have violated EMTALA since 2010. The vast majority are for-profit Yet only a handful have faced sanctions. When they have, the penalties are trivial vs $$ billions these companies, like UHS & Acadia, raked in last yr Part 2 @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/psyc...

Welcome @jenafifield.bsky.social! Very excited by this news! Jen Fifield Joins ProPublica to Cover Voting-Related Issues

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent more on administrative costs than on health care.

ProPublica has some cool new ads on the DC Metro seeking tips. Meeting the moment.

NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care. By @savmargaret.bsky.social

Really insightful story by @jeremykohler.bsky.social: How the FBI’s New Co-Deputy Director Used His Role as Missouri’s Attorney General to Wage a Culture War

He is the dean of the school of public health at Harvard. Quite the juxtaposition.

NEW: Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says, by @savmargaret.bsky.social

Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits

New Jersey for the first time recently posted information online about punishments meted out to poorly performing group homes for adults with developmental disabilities, but then — without explanation — quickly hid the information.

NEW: For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. by @emcahan.bsky.social

Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up. by @emcahan.bsky.social

The Great Resegregation in housing www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

NEW: Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences. by @emcahan.bsky.social

Trump administration cancels annual hunger survey The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’

After we reported on the Pentagon's new draconian demands on the press, lawmakers and media organizations — including The Washington Post— condemned the government's policy as an affront to the First Amendment. My latest for @washingtonpost.com:

Wowser!

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More IMPACT from @propublica.org reporting: Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel @reneedudley.bsky.social

IMPACT: Senators Demand Names of Foreign Drugmakers Skirting FDA Import Bans

State & local officials are pulling back on fluoridation in MI, FL & elsewhere, even though it is the most cost effective method to prevent tooth decay, especially for vast numbers of people in the US without insurance or access to a dentist. / by @annaleighclark.bsky.social

BREAKING: Judge Kelly (Trump appointee) bars the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan kids in HHS custody, finding the claim they were “reunifying” kids with their parents “crumbled like a house of cards” upon review. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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A group of eight state and national media organizations, including @propublica.org @texastribune.org ‬⁩ and the Texas Newsroom, are arguing that Ken Paxton’s divorce records are of public interest, especially in light of his bid for a US Senate seat.

Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids. While once largely on the fringes, fluoridation skeptics now hold sway in government, and their arguments have seeped into the mainstream. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht, via @nytimes.com

NEW: Even in the state where water fluoridation began, communities are backpedaling. And because customer notice requirements are patchy, people may not even know about it when their fluoridation stops. @annaleighclark.bsky.social ‬⁩

Feds threaten Chicago Public Schools magnet school grants over Black Student Success Plan, treatment of trans students @wbez.org

Lots of warning letters posted online yesteday by the FDA, including to Hims & Hers: www.fda.gov/inspections-... www.fda.gov/inspections-...

Trump administration suddenly cuts $3.3M grant supporting career education in the Anchorage School District. Part of the Fostering Diverse Schools grant program.

And just like that…

NEW: ProPublica, Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Ken Paxton Divorce Records, by @lmcgaughy.bsky.social @kutnews.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

Listen to @maxblau.bsky.social on @wbur.org @hereandnow.bsky.social: Migrant workers ensnared in 'slavery' scheme on American farms

Really solid roundup: The Environmental and Regulatory Scrutiny Elon Musk’s Companies Have Faced, by @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social

ICE’s Tough Tactics Were Forged on the Streets of Boston, via @wsj.com

WSJ Editorial Board: Pam Bondi needs a free speech tutorial