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The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, according to a series of investigations in @theguardian.com, produced with support from Type Investigations. www.typeinvestigations.org/news/2026/02...
How the Trump Administration Rolled Back Efforts to Fight Human Trafficking - Type Investigations
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February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
From 2016 to 2023, more than 26,500 people, mostly Latino, have gone to an ER in LA county to seek birthing care. @mallikaseshadri.bsky.social

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As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Gavin Newsom promised a crackdown on crime. But in the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals. Instead they stopped 15,000 Black and Latino drivers.

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What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland - Type Investigations
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February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
As maternity wards have shuttered across LA, the county has seen a rise in emergency room visits and admits from people for labor and delivery. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“People are not going to get the care that they need in their communities, and so they’re going to be giving birth in less ideal situations, like the emergency room.”

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As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
As maternity wards have shuttered across LA, the county has seen a rise in emergency room visits and admits from people for labor and delivery. 1/ www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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January 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM
From 2016 to 2023, more than 26,500 people, mostly Latino, have gone to an ER in LA county to seek birthing care

@mallikaseshadri.bsky.social reports in partnership with @theguardian.com: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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I wrote about this very problem--how warming temps and thawing permafrost may impact oil/gas infrastructure--for @grist.org four years ago. @typeinvestigations.org
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As permafrost thaws, a Biden-supported drilling plan is on unstable ground
ConocoPhillips' Willow project would emit 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over its 30-year lifetime.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Fwiw, I wrote about the impacts of thawing permafrost on oil/gas infrastructure on the North Slope for @grist.org and @typeinvestigations.org in 2022.
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As permafrost thaws, a Biden-supported drilling plan is on unstable ground
ConocoPhillips' Willow project would emit 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over its 30-year lifetime.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Reporting fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social joined @majorityreport.bsky.social to discuss the Trump admin's push to annex Greenland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQx...
World Leaves US Behind; Greenland, Minnesota Fights Back w/ Adam Federman, Rep Aisha Gomez | MR Live
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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January 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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In 2024, Gavin Newsom sent a "surge" of California Highway Patrol officers to combat crime in Oakland. But in the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals. Instead they stopped 15,000 Black and Latino drivers.

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What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland
The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in 2024, the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals.
oaklandside.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Citing “alarming” crime rates, California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a “surge” of California Highway Patrol troopers into Oakland to help local police crack down on crime. 1/ www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland - Type Investigations
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January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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In 1968 a B-52 bomber carrying four thermonuclear weapons crashed on the ice just west of the US military base in Greenland. While the bombs did not detonate, they burned-- dispersing toxic and radioactive pollutants into the surrounding environment. 1/
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January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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For those following Gavin Newsom's crime-fighting claims, Annie Gilbertson dug into the data on his "surge" of state troopers to Oakland.

Violent crime arrests? Exceedingly few
Disproportionate stops of Black and Latino drivers? Check

oaklandside.org/2026/01/21/n...
What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland
The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in 2024, the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals. Instead they stopped 15,000 Black and Latino drivers.
What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland
The governor promised a crackdown on crime. But in 2024, the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals.
oaklandside.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
California governor Gavin Newsom promised a crackdown on crime. But in the first year of the surge, state troopers arrested very few violent criminals. Instead they stopped 15,000 Black and Latino drivers.

Annie Gilbertson reports with @oaklandside.org:
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What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland - Type Investigations
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January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.

@lilahassan.bsky.social for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/why-ic...
Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
From 2023: Greenland is at the heart of a “rare earths gold rush.” The island contains 22 of the 50 “critical minerals” the U.S. Geological Survey has identified as essential to U.S. economic and national security. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
The New Cold War in the Arctic
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January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Arctic exceptionalism is over. But what will replace it? My review of Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic. @newrepublic.com @typemediacenter.org @yalepress.bsky.social @typeinvestigations.org
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Trump’s Greenland Threats and the Plunder of the Arctic
The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. But Trump’s designs on Greenland come at a time of growing instability.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"Essentially what we found in this investigation is that ICE agents shoot sometimes recklessly, sometimes without thought, sometimes almost immediately, and don’t really suffer any consequences for it." www.typeinvestigations.org/backstory/20...
The Backstory: Lila Hassan - Type Investigations
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January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
.@lilahassan.bsky.social spoke with @thetrace.org about her 2024 investigation into ICE shootings: www.thetrace.org/2026/01/ice-...
What Can ICE’s History of Deadly Force Tell Us About the Renee Good Shooting?
Journalist Lila Hassan spent years investigating how the agency deploys force — and how it treats agents who open fire.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
For @newrepublic.com, reporting fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social reviews "Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic," a book that provides important context for Trump's threats against Greenland: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Trump’s Greenland Threats and the Plunder of the Arctic
The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. But Trump’s designs on Greenland come at a time of growing instability.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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~NEW EPISODE~

Trump’s New Imperialism Threatens Greenland

In our latest, we talk w/ journalist @adamfederman.bsky.social
w/ @typeinvestigations.org and @inthesetimes.com about Trump’s obsession with Greenland and how he’s planning to take it “whether they like it or not.”

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January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM