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This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
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Surprise! It’s another scam!
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Surprise! It’s another scam!
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Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame?
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
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Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
Her 1951 walkout helped end school segregation. Now her statue is in the U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
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Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
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The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. n.pr/3N5wwln
Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress
The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. n.pr/3N5wwln
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ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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If only there was a mechanism to remove a mentally disabled president from office. Oh, wait…
If only there was a VP and cabinet majority that understood their duty granted by the 25th amendment…
If only there was a VP and cabinet majority that understood their duty granted by the 25th amendment…
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If only there was a mechanism to remove a mentally disabled president from office. Oh, wait…
If only there was a VP and cabinet majority that understood their duty granted by the 25th amendment…
If only there was a VP and cabinet majority that understood their duty granted by the 25th amendment…
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.
#NoWords 🤮
#NoWords 🤮
Will there be another Rave Maps book? Hell yeah. Imagine Rave taking on her most challenging business case, funded by the one person she trusts least, during a desperate race to preserve what remains of our precious genetic heritage.
"We don't run from our fears, LaMarque. We paint them." -Rave Maps
"We don't run from our fears, LaMarque. We paint them." -Rave Maps
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Will there be another Rave Maps book? Hell yeah. Imagine Rave taking on her most challenging business case, funded by the one person she trusts least, during a desperate race to preserve what remains of our precious genetic heritage.
"We don't run from our fears, LaMarque. We paint them." -Rave Maps
"We don't run from our fears, LaMarque. We paint them." -Rave Maps
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Ilhan Omar says ICE pulled over her son in Minnesota, asked for ID
Ilhan Omar says ICE pulled over her son in Minnesota, asked for ID
President Trump has repeatedly targeted the Somali-born congresswoman amid a surge in immigration raids in the Twin Cities.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ilhan Omar says ICE pulled over her son in Minnesota, asked for ID
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President Donald Trump ridiculed Rob Reiner in a social media post Monday morning after the death of the Hollywood director and his wife.
Trump Appears to Mock Rob Reiner Death In Social Media Post
President Donald Trump ridiculed Rob Reiner in a social media post Monday morning after the death of the Hollywood director and his wife.
bloom.bg
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
President Donald Trump ridiculed Rob Reiner in a social media post Monday morning after the death of the Hollywood director and his wife.
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Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera. [via @propublica.org]
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.
ProPublica uncovered that after USAID funding cuts, cases of cholera in South Sudan spiked.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera. [via @propublica.org]
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"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
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The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
Veterans Affairs Cutting As Many As 35,000 Jobs By End Of Year, Report Says
The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines, but the U.S. has held off amid political and economic opposition.
Read our full investigation:
Read our full investigation:
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.…
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines, but the U.S. has held off amid political and economic opposition.
Read our full investigation:
Read our full investigation: