José Sepúlveda
@josesepulveda.bsky.social
Social Video Producer at ProPublica. Previously at NBC/Telemundo/CNBC/Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald. Columbia J-School, UMich MT. 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 📍TX
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📽️ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed.
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed.
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
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📽️ WATCH: Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit: https://propub.li/3I6nTFk
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit: https://propub.li/3I6nTFk
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit: https://propub.li/3I6nTFk
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit: https://propub.li/3I6nTFk
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📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
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📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security.
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security.
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
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🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
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Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed.
@maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: https://propub.li/4jp9SAH
@maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: https://propub.li/4jp9SAH
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed.
@maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: https://propub.li/4jp9SAH
@maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: https://propub.li/4jp9SAH
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📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
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📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
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📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
And one more of my latest for @propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history.
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
Listen to parent and education advocate Erika Wright talk about the crisis she believes is happening in her state’s public school system: https://propub.li/4qXq3Zv
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And one more of my latest for @propublica.org
Another one of my latest videos for @propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture.
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us:
https://propub.li/4oz9bWL
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Another one of my latest videos for @propublica.org
My latest video for @propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My latest video for @propublica.org
In April, the #Idaho Medical Freedom Act became law, making it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
#LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
My latest 🎥 for @propublica.org
#LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
My latest 🎥 for @propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In April, the #Idaho Medical Freedom Act became law, making it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
#LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
My latest 🎥 for @propublica.org
#LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
My latest 🎥 for @propublica.org
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WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security.
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
Read more: https://propub.li/3KUBsIL
October 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My latest video for @propublica.org.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September.
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September.
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.
RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.
My latest video for @propublica.org
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We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.
Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi’s family members were taken by the Taliban and beaten after DOGE and Elon Musk exposed his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
September 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi’s family members were taken by the Taliban and beaten after DOGE and Elon Musk exposed his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
Oil companies in #NorthDakota are unfairly taking $millions in royalties for the oil and gas extracted from their lands, mineral owners say. @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com saw statements showing deductions as high as 50%!
My latest video ⬇️
My latest video ⬇️
August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Oil companies in #NorthDakota are unfairly taking $millions in royalties for the oil and gas extracted from their lands, mineral owners say. @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com saw statements showing deductions as high as 50%!
My latest video ⬇️
My latest video ⬇️
#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount.
📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount.
📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
My latest video for @propublica.org
WATCH: Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene.
But in both disasters, there was a disconnect between accurate weather alerts and on-the-ground action that could have saved lives.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
But in both disasters, there was a disconnect between accurate weather alerts and on-the-ground action that could have saved lives.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My latest video for @propublica.org
One of my latest videos for @propublica.org
📽️ WATCH: A Minneapolis pediatrician challenged the opinion of a powerful child abuse specialist named Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
Reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social takes us through her investigation:
Reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social takes us through her investigation:
July 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One of my latest videos for @propublica.org
My latest video for @propublica.org
ProPublica obtained records showing how a DOGE software engineer with no health care or government experience created an AI model to identify contracts to kill at the VA.
@bxroberts.org takes us through what we learned when we asked experts to review the model’s underlying instructions and code ⤵️
@bxroberts.org takes us through what we learned when we asked experts to review the model’s underlying instructions and code ⤵️
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My latest video for @propublica.org
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We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol.
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol.
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga