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All-in on the future of journalism and our democracy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young nubile girls"

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d
For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.

ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "

h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d
ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 8d
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 8d
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

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NPR @npr.org · 9d
A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology. n.pr/4iWRMpq
Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?
A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.
n.pr

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org

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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 12d
Here's where to read the whole story by @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social and me, gorgeous photos by Anthony Vazquez and Candace Dane Chambers: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12d
Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many.

Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
Active shooter on campus, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call was sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice. 
www.browndailyherald.com

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NOTUS Perspectives @notusperspectives.bsky.social · 13d
New Perspectives forum: Name a Supreme Court decision in the current term that will prove consequential https://www.notus.org/perspectives/name-a-supreme-court-decision-in-the-current-term-that-will-prove-consequential
Name a Supreme Court decision in the current term that will prove consequential.
Devon Ombres, Erwin Chemerinsky, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Philip Bobbitt, Ilya Shapiro, Sarah Isgur, Leah Litman, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19d
a type of content that makes me want to launch myself into space and is huge part of why everything is so bad: TikToker goes down a “rabbit hole,” makes 9-minute video. The “rabbit hole” was she found an Eater article. The Eater journalist did all the work: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTruBS8cp/
allow me to take you on a journey where, once again, we learn we have no idea what’s in our food. at least we know corporations are pure of heart so I’m sure it’s fine🫶🏼🤡
TikTok video by kaelin
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 19d
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21d
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.

"It's bad," Smith says.

Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 21d
🚨JOB POSTING: The Institute seeks an accomplished nonprofit leader, strategist, and manager who is passionate about organizational excellence and the Institute’s mission to serve as its Chief of Staff. Details to apply here: knightcolumbia.org/page/chief-o...
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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 26d
There are now bipartisan investigations in both the House and Senate into the administration targeting and killing people in the Caribbean without due process.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Nov 25
We are running our first reader survey, please consider taking it. It will help us out a lot as we plan what we want to do in 2026. I promise for karmic justice I will start doing surveys I'm asked to take

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Please, please do our reader survey
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
www.404media.co

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Nov 25
NOTUS - Mike Huckabee remains a paid diet pill pitchman — even as he simultaneously serves as US ambassador to Israel. www.notus.org/money/mike-h...
Mike Huckabee Is Peddling Sleep Supplements While Serving as Ambassador to Israel
“Ambassadors need to sleep, too,” the U.S. Embassy Jerusalem said in a statement.
www.notus.org

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Major @majorarschloch.bsky.social · Nov 21
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.

Love all, help all.

Go Jackets.

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Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · Nov 21
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org

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MS NOW @ms.now · Nov 17
Trump approval DOWN DOUBLE-DIGITS among Republicans amid Trump-MTG feud

NOTUS WH Correspondent Jasmine Wright and Mychael Schnell join @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to discuss President Trump’s feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over the upcoming vote to release the Epstein files.
MAGA Uproar: Trump approval DOWN DOUBLE-DIGITS among Republicans amid Trump-MTG feud
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · Nov 17
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · Nov 13
In the Netherlands, the sneaky U.S. erasure on Dutch ground of historical panels on a Black American war hero has caused outrage. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... via @esglaude.bsky.social
Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
www.msnbc.com

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Kevin Grant @kevindgrant.bsky.social · Nov 12
I'm an independent personally, and share your interest in learning about views from both/all sides. You might enjoy our new section Perspectives, which aims to do just that, featuring a variety of leaders and experts: www.notus.org/perspectives
Perspectives
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · Nov 12
JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor.

You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!

job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
Senior Editor, Business
New York City, United States
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Kevin Grant @kevindgrant.bsky.social · Nov 12
I do! On fundraising and partnerships. Thank you so much for reading and sharing.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Nov 10
now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Nov 9
A group of moms from the western suburbs were arrested Friday morning during a protest against the separation of families outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
14 suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street Friday to “demand an end” to Chicago-area federal immigration raids.
chicago.suntimes.com