We found that thousands of parents have been separated from U.S. citizen children and at least 79 kids were doused with chemical agents. 🗓️ On July 21, join us for a virtual discussion on how children have been caught in Trump's immigration crackdown: https://propub.li/4fiHDSF

Local, #Maine and federal authorities are all involved in investigating the fatal #shooting of a Colombian man by a federal #immigration agent in Biddeford earlier this week. But details about their process and timeline remain sparse. #ice #biddefordshooting themainemonitor.org/who-is-inves...

NEW: After ProPublica and @texastribune.org revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.

Now @apnews.com has a deeply reported story confirming the recently-hired ICE officer who shot a man in Maine had serious mental health issues and a long history of violence against women. This comes after ICE slashed hiring standards and rushed some into the field before background checks cleared.

ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.

Minnesota stands with Maine. I spoke with Governor Mills last night to offer my support after the fatal shooting of Joan Sebastian Guerrero at the hands of ICE.

Security footage shows moments before and after ICE agents shot man in Biddeford

Who is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the man killed by ICE in Biddeford?

New Issue Alert: The Political #Librarian (an #EveryLibrary Institute Publication; Vol. 9, No. 1) is Now Available Online journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/issue... #libraries #librarians #policy @everylibrary.bsky.social

The @pressherald.com makes the hard decision to publish the photo of the Biddeford man fatally shot by ICE, to reflect the reality of ICE operations in local communities. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/i...

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:

In Japan, valuable trees are relocated instead of cut down during development. Arborists use nemawashi, a technique combining horticultural knowledge and modern engineering, to prepare the trees for relocation.

Download this week's episode of Paper Trail if you want to hear: 1. A wild investigation at the nexus of espionage and corporate accountability from cybersecurity reporter @reneedudley.bsky.social 2. Me doing my best Ron Howard from Arrested Development impression www.propublica.org/podcast/micr...

NEW on “Paper Trail”: Reporter @reneedudley.bsky.social heard Microsoft was running tech support for the Pentagon through China, the country’s biggest cybersecurity adversary. She thought it sounded like a conspiracy theory — until she started looking into it. Listen to the full episode:

Go-Go’s release their debut LP “Beauty and the Beat” 45 yrs ago today. “It all happened so quickly,” said Jane Wiedlin. “One minute we were playing clubs and sleeping on people’s floors, and the next minute we were the No. 1 album in America. We didn’t really have time to stop and think about it.”

Maine Dems are going to put together some kind of caucus process, which thankfully they have some experience with prospect.org/2026/07/08/m...

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

Smart analysis of Maine elections from someone who lives and works in Maine, via an excellent local paper, @pressherald.com www.pressherald.com?p=7680300&uu...

A must-read thread 👇

I’m sorry, but nobody is “clashing”. Pretty sure we all agree that Mainers should choose their fighter, and the Dem party agrees.

A study concluded that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live. (Published July 2025)

NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org

Here’s a huge problem with campaign coverage from national news media: number of national politicians quoted in this piece about a Maine state senate race: 7. Number of politicians from Maine: 1. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

NEW: Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.

Ongoing, important reporting from @hannahallam.bsky.social and Megan Rose for @propublica.org on the DOD's retreat from civilian protection under Hegseth leadership www.propublica.org/article/hegs...

While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

You've heard a lot about the Moroun-owned Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, and the efforts to block the opening of the new bridge to Canada. Here's what's going on with another Moroun-owned company ... It decided that the best place to plunk a concrete plant right in a residential neighborhood.

I interviewed a former prosecutor yesterday who said this one thing that I cannot stop thinking about : “I think the most radical thing I learned from becoming a prosecutor is how much violence women face in this country and how little people care.”

Great reporting and data viz on “why carbon capture and storage won’t fix our climate crisis.” projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

ICYMI: A group of residents is petitioning the city of Eastport #Maine, to enact a permanent ban on #artificialintelligence data facilities after DeepGreen Western Passage received a preliminary permit to test an underwater #datacenter off the city’s northern coast.

1/ Say hello to our new Local Reporting Network reporters and their newsrooms! 👋 • @katieshepherd.bsky.social, @thebaltimorebanner.com • Jeremy Margolis, @concordmonitornews.bsky.social • Jon Mingle, @sevendaysvt.bsky.social • Ashley Balcerzak & Jean Rimbach, @northjerseynews.bsky.social

The couple pledges millions to children’s hospitals, food banks and educational programs in advance of their big day

NEW: Following reporting by @wbur.org and ProPublica, Gov. Maura Healey has pledged to sign a bill into law ensuring that Massachusetts will no longer have one of the strictest rape prosecution deadlines in the country.

Google rolling out AI Overviews that indiscriminately take in fake material, authoritatively spit it back out as real. Don't trust, verify! from @propublica.org @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social Joshua Kaplan www.propublica.org/article/goog...

It's not just me!! I've had so many cases recently where the "feels like" temp on my weather app doesn't match my perception, or it starts raining unexpectedly. Good/terrible to know why: gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the Supreme Court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation. www.propublica.org/article/supr...

NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

NEW: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man. “I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said.

In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners. A century-old water law, however, entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume. with @opb.org

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

How one of the most influential climate papers in history exists thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in how the tech would play out. @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social . projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...

May is a big tax deadline month for nonprofit orgs, so we just posted 163k new 990 filings to Nonprofit Explorer. Have at it, nerds (complimentary)! projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/

If you administer SNAP or Medicaid services in your community, we want to know: Have shifting priorities in Washington changed the way you do your work?

Despite the Trump administration's attempt to bury scientific information, Maine is finding a way. @petermcguire.bsky.social for @mainepublic.org www.mainepublic.org/climate/2026...

NEW: Records obtained by ProPublica detail at least a dozen SpaceX investors with addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong or Russia who acquired stakes in SpaceX years ago through a middleman firm in the U.S. called Tomales Bay Capital.

We’ve formed a business investigative team! @ceodonovan.bsky.social, @benfoldy.bsky.social & @kendalltaggart.bsky.social now work for us! www.propublica.org/atpropublica... Yeah too bad nothing’s going on but if you got tips abt billionaire & corp abuses, send them our way! Signal: 718-496-5233

This stat blows me away: In Massachusetts, the share of SNAP applicants who called an assistance line and couldn’t reach a worker rose from 61% in November to nearly 81% in March. @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

Expert: “If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die”. @fastlerner.bsky.social @annamaria.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Well this is useful: a new CRS report lists hundreds of federal government agencies and programs and the appropriations bill each is typically funded in. www.congress.gov/crs-product/...