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Susie Neilson
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Investigative reporter @sfchronicle.com, '25 Pulitzer finalist
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startribune.com
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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joealv.bsky.social
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
discosaurus.bsky.social Disco @discosaurus.bsky.social · 2d
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
Kid in a hat and backpack, maybe 5, getting detained
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries, via @statnews.com
Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
www.statnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.

This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
This week the Westlands Water District board approved the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan to develop 21 GW of solar + 21 GW of batteries on 136,000 acres of the west Central Valley into solar farms, with over 400 miles of new transmission lines and substations. ☀️🔌💡 ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2024020124/3
Aerial photo of the Westlands water district’s already existing 2.7 GW master planned solar park
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
susien.bsky.social
NEW INVESTIGATION: Insurance companies use hidden rules to slash disaster survivors' payouts.

The @sfchronicle.com obtained hundreds of internal records showing how insurers including State Farm cut claims payments to LA fire victims.

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California insurers slash wildfire claims with hidden rules
California insurers use these hidden rules to slash wildfire payouts. Lawmakers are largely unaware.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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haleaziz.bsky.social
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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aljazeera.com
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I use these pages regularly for my reporting. This information is paramount to the public's understanding of climate change. Hiding the information does nothing to stop the impacts.
weatherwest.bsky.social Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Dec 8
Additionally, it appears that all of EPA's previously extensive "indicators of climate change" pages have been scrubbed entirely. The pages no longer exist; there are numerous dead links on the current/live EPA site, and no indication they have been moved to a new URL.
Snapshot of EPA's "indicators of climate change" page, which no longer exists.
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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sfedie.bsky.social
Looks like #CA is allowing the insurance industry to write recs on #smoke damage that will benefit #insurers. www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...
California is drafting new rules for wildfire smoke cleanup. Are home insurers calling the shots?
A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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fenitn.bsky.social
!!!

The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee.

"We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M
During the Friday discussion, Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who was recently named as the panel’s new chair, was overheard telling another panel member that he wanted to talk to “some of the higher-ups” about the panel’s work. “You know, I feel like, you know, it’s, sort of like we feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel,” according to a transcript of the exchange captured by videoconferencing software and obtained by The Washington Post. Asked about those remarks, Milhoan wrote in a text message, “There are pressures from many organizations: federal, industry, medical organizations that are trying to influence by ad hominem attacks, when we are trying to look at and ask for data.”
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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NEW: The CA Department of Insurance promised to craft "science-based" for smoke damage to make homes safe after fires.

But a @sfchronicle.com investigation found the committee writing the rules is slanted towards insurers' handpicked experts, raising concerns about survivors' safety.

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California is drafting new rules for wildfire smoke cleanup. Are home insurers calling the shots?
A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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ryangabrielson.bsky.social
Following the LA fires, a California panel is working on rules for how home insurers handle smoke damage. Insurance industry voices appear to dominate. A banger story from @saradinatale.bsky.social @meganmunce.bsky.social @susien.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
California is drafting new rules for wildfire smoke cleanup. Are home insurers calling the shots?
A state-led task force assembled to issue smoke damage guidelines includes technical experts who have spent years helping insurers dispute consumers’ smoke-damage claims.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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petersgoodman.bsky.social
Please give a listen to today's episode of @nytimes.com The Daily which features our joint investigation with @theexamination.org on horrific lead poisoning of communities in Nigeria as part of recycling of lead used to make car batteries in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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volts.wtf
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.

Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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ence.bsky.social
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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businessjournalism.org
A series by @sfchronicle.com @meganmunce.bsky.social @susien.bsky.social @brontewittpenn.bsky.social uncovered how systemic use of a flawed estimator tool leaves homeowners drastically underinsured. It won a Gold prize in the 2025 Barlett & Steele Awards.

🔗 businessjournalism.org/2025/11/burn...
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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businessjournalism.org
It was an honor having @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social, Maurice Tamman, @meganmunce.bsky.social, @susien.bsky.social, A. J. Lagoe, David Leffler, Susan White, Salina Arredondo, Savanna Strott, and Alexa York join us for the awards ceremony last week! 🎉

Read more: businessjournalism.org/2025/11/2025...
2025 Barlett & Steele Award winners share personal paths to public impact | The Reynolds Center
If there was a theme to the night, it was curiosity. Every story honored began with a question. Learn more from these award-winning journalists.
businessjournalism.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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pghguild.com
BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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lataco.bsky.social
“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.

The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM