Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵

1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️

"Misrepresentations may have to be made.” How so-called claim sharks take advantage of loopholes to charge vets for benefits they can get for free. Fantastic deep dive #longreads By Leah Rosenbaum @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social @motherjones.com

I’ve been reporting on health insurance denials for more than a year. Last fall, I stumbled across a lawsuit that, with interviews, revealed one insurers’ playbook of secret lists, special deals and lowball payments. 👇

Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...

I say again. This story is way too typically American. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...

If this not the fantasy of every #archivist? The sine qua non for #librarians?

Alarming attack on freedom of the press. It may not be common but it cannot be tolerated. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This article is profoundly nuanced and human. What an amazing take behind the #DOJ resignations www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u...

“A medical examiner’s report detailed how just 23 pounds of one employee was recovered after he was caught in a machine.” Devastating @washingtonpost.com report bt Todd Frankel on OSHA failures www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

I have never, in 30 years as a journalist, seen a story this deep. This inside account of the battle over Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire is astonishing. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/m...

LA approaching peak irl apocalypse.

Stop what you’re doing and read this crazy great story about a Montana doctor and a trail of mysterious deaths. You will not be disappointed. #longreads @propublica by @davidmcswane www.propublica.org/article/thom...

Yikes. New survey from @ASTRO_org finds almost 1/3 of cancer docs say prior authorization problems have caused adverse events including emergency room visits, hospitalization, permanent disability and even the death of a patient. astro.org/news-and-pub...

Urgent Nominee for Most Absurdist News Brief Ever www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n... @nyt @SarahMaslinNir

Maybe this isn't the point. But where do I find a list of smart conservatives on @bsky.app

My boy Nick Schwellenbach reports that the inspectors general at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and CIA have just resigned (rather than wait for Trump to fire them)