Ken Schwencke
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Senior editor of
@propublica.org
's data journalism teams. Super gay. Sometimes printmaker.
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Last year I picked up printmaking and linocutting as a hobby, and yesterday I ran this giant 18x24 print of the sky over Fire Island. I was trying to translate that big and calming sense you get when it’s warm and breezy out and you’re just watching the clouds go by.
#linocut
#printmaking
#artsky
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Charles Ornstein
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Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
@maxblau.bsky.social
@joeljacobs.bsky.social
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A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that kille...
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes
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A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that kille...
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes
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Nate Schenkkan
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In the paradoxical standard set forward by the Supreme Court, the only way to tell if districts were drawn for racism is if the people drawing them say so. But if the districts are drawn so that Black voters in the South get almost no representatives, that's not racism.
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Democracy Docket
3 days ago
BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.
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Sam Cole
3 days ago
well... well... WELL
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App
A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.
https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-develop-own-smart-glasses-to-supplement-its-facial-recognition-app/
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Derek Willis
4 days ago
"The Government suggests that there is no real constitutional problem here because any viewpoint-based classification was ChatGPT’s doing, rather than the Government’s. There is no distinction to be drawn here between the Government and ChatGPT."
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Jasmine Aguilera
4 days ago
"ProPublica’s tally of kids harmed by tear gas or pepper spray is nearly four times the number cited in a recent congressional report that relied on news stories, yet it is likely still a vast undercount."
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Aaron Rupar
5 days ago
very normal behavior by KA$H here (gift link)
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Cassandra Jaramillo
5 days ago
The newsrooms reviewed nearly 60 years of legislation and identified over five dozen flood safety bills rejected by lawmakers. Must read reporting from Lexi Churchill, Emily Foxhall and Pratheek Rebala.
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Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods
Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in ar...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-flooding-protections
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Josh Chafetz
5 days ago
gosh if only we had a word for when people are spending more on everything
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Duaa Eldeib
5 days ago
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying.
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
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Nolan Hicks
5 days ago
“In almost every case, the babies’ deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot. But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection given at birth”
www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
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Allen Tan
6 days ago
Excited to unveil a new look for
@propublica.org
:
www.propublica.org/article/why-...
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A New Look for ProPublica
We’ve updated our logo, typefaces and homepage design. Here’s what changed and why.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-propublica-redesign
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ProPublica
7 days ago
NEW: Elizabeth Warren and other U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation revealed two of the companies were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports under the Trump administration.
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Lawmakers Demand Answers About Growing Number of Unfixed Mistakes on Credit Reports
Four senators wrote letters to Experian and TransUnion, requesting information on the companies’ dispute handling processes after ProPublica revealed they have been dismissing more consumer complaints...
https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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big week for
@propublica.org
: a Pulitzer win, 2 Pulitzer finalists, and a fresh redesign @
propublica.org
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ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
https://propublica.org
6 days ago
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Al Shaw
6 days ago
Very cool that
@propublica.org
news app Rx Inspector is a Pulitzer finalist. Heroic work by
@bxroberts.org
, Ruth Talbot,
@nickmcmillian.bsky.social
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t 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/
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ProPublica
7 days ago
JUST IN: ProPublica and
@ctmirror.org
's “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.
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Andrew Ba Tran
7 days ago
We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown
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Alex Shultz
7 days ago
NEW: Two days before Musk v. Altman trial, Elon Musk messaged Greg Brockman about a settlement, according to filing. Brockman wrote that both sides should drop claims; Musk allegedly responded: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be”
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Matthew Noe 🔜 TCAF
9 days ago
Kinda burying the lead here, NPR
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Alex Shultz
11 days ago
I'm back in the courtroom for another day of Musk v. Altman, starting a thread here. Here's what I expect: —one more hour of Elon Musk cross-examination —testimony from Musk's right-hand man, Jared Birchall —Musk's expert witness Stuart Russell, an...interesting AI safety guy —Possibly Greg Brockman
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Alex Shultz
12 days ago
OpenAI's attorney mentions term sheet Altman sent to Musk in 2018 or '19 (I'm not positive on year) about creating capped-profit company. Trying to establish Musk knew for-profit was coming, didn't object then “I did not read the fine print,” Musk said. Attorney counters: “It’s a 4-page document.”
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Alex Shultz
12 days ago
Fun start to cross-exam. OpenAI attorney William Savitt asks about Musk's earlier testimony, when he said: “No, Tesla is not pursuing AGI. It’s literally trying to make a car drive from A to B.” Savitt then showed Musk an X post from a month ago: "Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI"
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Ida Bae Wells
12 days ago
Folks will try to parse language around this, using words such as “limits” the VRA or “diminishes” the VRA, but the acts most potent tools for ensuring Black representation or that Black people can pick their representation have been eliminated.
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Ida Bae Wells
12 days ago
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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Charles Ornstein
13 days ago
Wow. The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children
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Gillian Branstetter
14 days ago
Trump is directing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prioritize cases of discrimination against white men, but commission staff are "struggling to find complaints with merit"
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Nolan Hicks
14 days ago
Incredible work by the Times photo editors --
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...
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We've updated our habeas tracker again, and more than **40,000** new cases have been opened since Trump took office again.
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
https://projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/
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Lina Mounzer
18 days ago
They didn’t just double tap. They hunted her like an animal. First they sent her death threats. They struck her, then followed her to where she tried to take shelter & struck her there. They struck the rescue workers who came for her & only after hours, after she died, did they allow retrieval
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Streetsblog NYC
18 days ago
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer.
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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/to-protect-and-swerve-nypd-cop-has-527-speeding-tickets-yet-remains-on-the-force
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Brian Barrett
19 days ago
Okay, last one for now, sorry, but scientists gave cocaine to some salmon and you will absolutely believe what happened next
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Cocaine-Fueled Wild Salmon Swam Twice as Far as Sober Ones
After scientists exposed wild fish to cocaine and a cocaine metabolite, they observed that as in the lab, fish on cocaine do not act like normal fish.
https://www.wired.com/story/cocaine-fueled-wild-salmon-swam-twice-as-far-as-sober-ones/
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Brandon Roberts
19 days ago
I just updated 527 Explorer, which includes filings through the end of Q1 2026. 1.2M total new records detailing contributions, expenditures and other organizational information.
projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/
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Nolan Hicks
19 days ago
This is actually a huge problem. The taxes haven’t kept up with infrastructure needs for about 20 years, a thing painfully made very real when the I-35 bridge fell into the river in Minneapolis.
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Jesse Eisinger
20 days ago
Umm the DOJ charges vs the SPLC: -SPLC said they were “dismantling” Klan groups -But SPLC paid undercover agents, so $$ went to those groups -That’s fraud on the donors! -(Even though those agents *did* disrupt the groups) Who’s the Galaxy Brain on this one?
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Stacy Mitchell
20 days ago
1. Boy, Amazon is in a heap of trouble. Evidence made public yesterday by California AG
@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov
shows blatant price fixing. And there are so many examples. Here's Amazon scheming with a pet food supplier to get Chewy to raise its prices.
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Eliot Higgins
22 days ago
Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement
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Jesse Eisinger
23 days ago
I’d love to understand where this figure came from. I assume it was industry-produced or at least friendly…
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Eric Deggans
25 days ago
NPR announces it has secured philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million -- including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history -- as a strategic investment in its future. This comes after Congress chose to eliminate federal funding for all public media.
https://loom.ly/B71nWB8
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Historic $113M investment catalyzes NPR's strategic push for digital growth and network sustainability - Editor and Publisher
NPR has received philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million — including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history — as a strategic investment in its future. These gifts will be used to expand audience connection, accelerate digital transformation and increase the sustainability of the national NPR Network.
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/historic-113m-investment-catalyzes-nprs-strategic-push-for-digital-growth-and-network,261163?vgo_ee=jQABXQ9GFs6aOTvijFPXchr9j4fC7ze62EtfCgvGZTcJz4HMOKU%3D%3AL7R%2FEYUaB39w8%2FHJYXz%2F6pLV6qOyZnOs
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Ingrid Burrington
28 days ago
Today in Maps Don't Make (enough) Money (by the measure of money perverts)
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28 days ago
This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist
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The Bulwark
28 days ago
Trump: "Do you think that men should play in women's sports?" Doordash driver: "I really don't have an opinion on that." Trump: "You don't? I bet you do." Doordash driver: "No, I'm here about…" Trump: "Pizza." Doordash driver: "No tax on tips."
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Derek Willis
28 days ago
Gotta pay to play, baby.
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ProPublica
28 days ago
NEW: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=04-13
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Rachel Maddow
about 1 month ago
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
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[feeling anxious] i bet i need more coffee
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Dhruv Mehrotra
about 1 month ago
TIL: recent iOS updates are locking cops out of seized iPhones. For months now, forensic tools like Cellebrite haven’t been able to extract data from some of these devices One workaround I’ve heard: police will subpoena jail phone systems to get defendants PINs…then try those codes on the phones
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