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Making good and lots of trouble
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NEW: Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
By @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
By @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
By @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
By @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
This is mind-blowing and we can’t ever forget what ACTUALLY happened, not what the R’s want us to think (and forget).
The video evidence is what I always come back to when I think of Jan. 6. We @propublica.org created this interactive piece of videos that Parler users recorded and uploaded from their own POV that day, and it remains as disturbing today as it was then.
projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
projects.propublica.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is mind-blowing and we can’t ever forget what ACTUALLY happened, not what the R’s want us to think (and forget).
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The “BadAss Grandmas” pushed for ethics reform six years ago. But this is what has happened since….
@northdakotamonitor.com / @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
@northdakotamonitor.com / @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
Voters Created an Ethics Commission in North Dakota. Then the Legislature Limited Its Power.
Led by a bipartisan group of women, North Dakotans voted to create an ethics oversight body six years ago. Since then, the group has received 81 complaints and has not substantiated a single one.
www.propublica.org
January 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The “BadAss Grandmas” pushed for ethics reform six years ago. But this is what has happened since….
@northdakotamonitor.com / @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
@northdakotamonitor.com / @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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We recently ran the piece concerning coyotes & some of the responses were unbelievable. The psychopathic hatred of wildlife is so ingrained in some of these messages I wonder if the people making them realize what they sound like.
Trophy Hunting, the Pastime of Psychopaths
phys.org/news/2022-02...
Trophy Hunting, the Pastime of Psychopaths
phys.org/news/2022-02...
January 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We recently ran the piece concerning coyotes & some of the responses were unbelievable. The psychopathic hatred of wildlife is so ingrained in some of these messages I wonder if the people making them realize what they sound like.
Trophy Hunting, the Pastime of Psychopaths
phys.org/news/2022-02...
Trophy Hunting, the Pastime of Psychopaths
phys.org/news/2022-02...
THIS
"...we’re under a well-funded, well-coordinated information assault."
This is a brutal look at the GOP's very successful years-long effort to destroy fact-based media. Thank goodness @karlbode.com also includes some solid ideas about how to fix things.
This is a brutal look at the GOP's very successful years-long effort to destroy fact-based media. Thank goodness @karlbode.com also includes some solid ideas about how to fix things.
January 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
THIS
Try this! I got “do-over” and we haven’t even started :-(
January 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Try this! I got “do-over” and we haven’t even started :-(
A fantastic and thought-provoking compilation.
Gorgeous, haunting, eye-opening: Here is ProPublica's year in visual storytelling.
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
I look forward to it every year.
Best viewed on larger screen! And take your time.
www.propublica.org/article/prop...
ProPublica’s Year in Photos and Video for 2024
See the photography, illustration, graphics and filmmaking that brought ProPublica’s journalism to life and helped hold power to account in 2024.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
A fantastic and thought-provoking compilation.
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Them: “You can’t tie everything to abortion. Not everything is about abortion.”
Me: “Oh Jimmy Carter died today? Did you know the Republican party only became anti-abortion to win the 1980 election against pro-abortion candidate, Jimmy Carter?” 🫠
Me: “Oh Jimmy Carter died today? Did you know the Republican party only became anti-abortion to win the 1980 election against pro-abortion candidate, Jimmy Carter?” 🫠
December 31, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Them: “You can’t tie everything to abortion. Not everything is about abortion.”
Me: “Oh Jimmy Carter died today? Did you know the Republican party only became anti-abortion to win the 1980 election against pro-abortion candidate, Jimmy Carter?” 🫠
Me: “Oh Jimmy Carter died today? Did you know the Republican party only became anti-abortion to win the 1980 election against pro-abortion candidate, Jimmy Carter?” 🫠
Because RIGHT, 33 countries have done it successfully so we couldn't POSSIBLY pull it off. Where's the guillotine?
And so unnecessary. This probably costs us more than it ever saves.
The Lancet reports that every year at least 68,000 people die preventable deaths due to a lack of healthcare—1 every 7.7 min
Meaning, since the UnitedHealth CEO's death on 12/4, at least 4862 people have died preventable deaths due to the for profit health exploitation system
Outrageous & barbaric
Meaning, since the UnitedHealth CEO's death on 12/4, at least 4862 people have died preventable deaths due to the for profit health exploitation system
Outrageous & barbaric
December 31, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Because RIGHT, 33 countries have done it successfully so we couldn't POSSIBLY pull it off. Where's the guillotine?
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Repeated examples of republicans committing treason and getting away with it.
Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election (Gift Article)
A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Repeated examples of republicans committing treason and getting away with it.
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Powerful visuals, impactful stories.
See how our photos, videos and graphics highlighted injustice and drove change in 2024: propub.li/3VXY1iH
See how our photos, videos and graphics highlighted injustice and drove change in 2024: propub.li/3VXY1iH
December 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Powerful visuals, impactful stories.
See how our photos, videos and graphics highlighted injustice and drove change in 2024: propub.li/3VXY1iH
See how our photos, videos and graphics highlighted injustice and drove change in 2024: propub.li/3VXY1iH
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Correct. Marc Tarpenning & Martin Eberhard founded & named Tesla Motors (now Tesla Inc.) in 2003.
Elon Musk founded & named Tesla is the same sense that Donald Trump founded his business on a "$1,000,000 loan from my father." It wasn't a loan. And it wasn't $1,000,000. It was $413,000,000.
#Liars
Elon Musk founded & named Tesla is the same sense that Donald Trump founded his business on a "$1,000,000 loan from my father." It wasn't a loan. And it wasn't $1,000,000. It was $413,000,000.
#Liars
December 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Correct. Marc Tarpenning & Martin Eberhard founded & named Tesla Motors (now Tesla Inc.) in 2003.
Elon Musk founded & named Tesla is the same sense that Donald Trump founded his business on a "$1,000,000 loan from my father." It wasn't a loan. And it wasn't $1,000,000. It was $413,000,000.
#Liars
Elon Musk founded & named Tesla is the same sense that Donald Trump founded his business on a "$1,000,000 loan from my father." It wasn't a loan. And it wasn't $1,000,000. It was $413,000,000.
#Liars
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I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
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Fucking shoot me.
“In private, Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general, complaining about the Justice Department’s slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump …” 🙄
Infuriating read tbh.
Infuriating read tbh.
Joe Biden’s lonely battle to sell his vision of American democracy
In his presidency’s final chapter, Biden has mused about whether he should have handled some decisions differently
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Fucking shoot me.
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I’d recommend everyone regardless of medical risk bring a mask on your airplane journey, a disinfectant wipe to clean the seat you’re in and hand sanitizer.
It’s going to be on you alone to protect your health.
Warning signs are everywhere.
It’s going to be on you alone to protect your health.
Warning signs are everywhere.
December 27, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I’d recommend everyone regardless of medical risk bring a mask on your airplane journey, a disinfectant wipe to clean the seat you’re in and hand sanitizer.
It’s going to be on you alone to protect your health.
Warning signs are everywhere.
It’s going to be on you alone to protect your health.
Warning signs are everywhere.
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A Chinese-owned app is called a national security threat while Russian-owned politicians are called Republicans.
December 28, 2024 at 1:18 AM
A Chinese-owned app is called a national security threat while Russian-owned politicians are called Republicans.
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According to a new report, doctors in abortion ban states described hospital lawyers who:
•“Refused to meet” with them for months.
•Were hard to reach during “life or death” situations.
•Offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law.
•“Refused to meet” with them for months.
•Were hard to reach during “life or death” situations.
•Offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law.
Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans
Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according…
propub.li
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
According to a new report, doctors in abortion ban states described hospital lawyers who:
•“Refused to meet” with them for months.
•Were hard to reach during “life or death” situations.
•Offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law.
•“Refused to meet” with them for months.
•Were hard to reach during “life or death” situations.
•Offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law.
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Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men, and most of those homicides are committed with guns.
One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms.
(Published Aug.)
w/ @wpln.bsky.social
One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms.
(Published Aug.)
w/ @wpln.bsky.social
In Rural Tennessee, Domestic Violence Victims Face Barriers to Getting Justice. One County Has Transformed Its Approach.
Despite being a rural area that’s steeped in gun culture, Scott County has emerged as a model for the state in trying to prevent domestic violence from escalating.
propub.li
December 28, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men, and most of those homicides are committed with guns.
One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms.
(Published Aug.)
w/ @wpln.bsky.social
One rural county is taking steps to try to ensure that abusers don’t have access to firearms.
(Published Aug.)
w/ @wpln.bsky.social
Can you send a gift link to the article? We can't read it otherwise. Thank you!
December 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Can you send a gift link to the article? We can't read it otherwise. Thank you!