@johnlamontagne43.bsky.social
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I've heard so many people ask over the last few months: Whatever happened to that $1.1 billion Congress wouldn't let DC spend this spring?
Many assume that money is still sitting around somewhere, but it's not! DC actually spent pretty much all of it. I found out how:
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
Many assume that money is still sitting around somewhere, but it's not! DC actually spent pretty much all of it. I found out how:
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
Here's how D.C. solved the billion-dollar budget problem Congress created
District leaders used creative accounting to spend hundreds of millions in revenue, despite federal lawmakers holding up the money.
wamu.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've heard so many people ask over the last few months: Whatever happened to that $1.1 billion Congress wouldn't let DC spend this spring?
Many assume that money is still sitting around somewhere, but it's not! DC actually spent pretty much all of it. I found out how:
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
Many assume that money is still sitting around somewhere, but it's not! DC actually spent pretty much all of it. I found out how:
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
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Canada is the latest country to roll out the welcome mat to highly skilled workers and scientists as the United States restricts immigration and cuts research funding under President Trump.
Canada eyes H-1B workers, top global talent as U.S. limits immigration
The recruitment drive targets the kind of highly skilled foreign workers facing increased scrutiny under the Trump administration’s immigration restrictions.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Canada is the latest country to roll out the welcome mat to highly skilled workers and scientists as the United States restricts immigration and cuts research funding under President Trump.
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New iMEdD interview on how open-source work grew from peer-to-peer info, why our verification and deliberation systems are failing, and how that collapse fuels splintered realities, Trump-era politics, and pressure on investigative journalism.
lab.imedd.org/en/eliot-hig...
lab.imedd.org/en/eliot-hig...
Eliot Higgins: Algorithms, spies and Trump in the mix - iMEdD Lab
The founder of the investigative platform Bellingcat speaks about algorithms and democracy in the 21st century, the world of intelligence services, and how investigative journalism is funded in the er...
lab.imedd.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New iMEdD interview on how open-source work grew from peer-to-peer info, why our verification and deliberation systems are failing, and how that collapse fuels splintered realities, Trump-era politics, and pressure on investigative journalism.
lab.imedd.org/en/eliot-hig...
lab.imedd.org/en/eliot-hig...
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them.
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them.
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The results of the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry will be released at midday UK, here's some of the questions it will be examining:
news.sky.com/story/salisb...
news.sky.com/story/salisb...
Salisbury novichok poisonings: Seven questions to be answered by inquiry
The long-awaited report into the death of Dawn Sturgess is being published today.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The results of the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry will be released at midday UK, here's some of the questions it will be examining:
news.sky.com/story/salisb...
news.sky.com/story/salisb...
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If troops arrive in Portland, will they sweep homeless encampments like in D.C.?
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
If troops arrive in Portland, will they sweep homeless encampments like in D.C.?
Some veterans and service members are skeptical of President Trump's mission to deploy National Guard troops to Portland
by Tom Henderson | 29 Oct 2025
Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration.
by Tom Henderson | 29 Oct 2025
Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration.
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Some veterans and service members are skeptical of President Trump's mission to deploy National Guard troops to Portland
by Tom Henderson | 29 Oct 2025
Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration.
by Tom Henderson | 29 Oct 2025
Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration.
@teawhilewriting.bsky.social
A housing developer received millions in public funds to fix up the Milepost 5 artist enclave. Why did it take more than a year to fix city code violations?
A housing developer received millions in public funds to fix up the Milepost 5 artist enclave. Why did it take more than a year to fix city code violations?
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@teawhilewriting.bsky.social
A housing developer received millions in public funds to fix up the Milepost 5 artist enclave. Why did it take more than a year to fix city code violations?
A housing developer received millions in public funds to fix up the Milepost 5 artist enclave. Why did it take more than a year to fix city code violations?
One who loses his life for his country will get it...
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One who loses his life for his country will get it...
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.