Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak
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Assistant Managing Editor @ProPublica. Former @NPR, @APNews, @Business. Past President of the National Press Club. Your news tips welcome here!
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Propublica on fire this week
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Propublica on fire this week
Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
Hey Ladies - a question for you. "Did Men Ruin the World?" Discuss.....
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey Ladies - a question for you. "Did Men Ruin the World?" Discuss.....
My mom died last week. She had been ill and it was time. Still -- it's hard to lose her. www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/C...
Obituary information for Catherine Lovett Fitzgerald
View Catherine Lovett Fitzgerald's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My mom died last week. She had been ill and it was time. Still -- it's hard to lose her. www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/C...
This is what “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” looks like. @propublica.org @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is what “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” looks like. @propublica.org @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Hello All -- Do you, or did you, work at the VA? We'd like to hear from you -- especially those who work directly in health care. @propublica.org @tophersanders.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hello All -- Do you, or did you, work at the VA? We'd like to hear from you -- especially those who work directly in health care. @propublica.org @tophersanders.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
This is what great, fact-based, investigative reporting can do. Please subscribe to your local paper or non-profit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/lawm...
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is what great, fact-based, investigative reporting can do. Please subscribe to your local paper or non-profit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/lawm...
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
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Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
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On Russ Vought's Christian Faith: “It always struck me as a strange thing,” the person said. “There’s compassion, but it only extends to certain people.”
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Russ Vought's Christian Faith: “It always struck me as a strange thing,” the person said. “There’s compassion, but it only extends to certain people.”
@propublica.org @andykroll.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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Susan was so delightful. The warmest and loveliest person at NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Susan was so delightful. The warmest and loveliest person at NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
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Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldn’t find them. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldn’t find them. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Salvadoran President Bukele has more than one American friend. @propublica.org @tchristianmiller.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/amba...
The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement
A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforc...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Salvadoran President Bukele has more than one American friend. @propublica.org @tchristianmiller.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/amba...
So 23andMe just "updated" my ancestry to remove the fact that I used to be 20% French. Now I am 99% Irish! This is delightful news ... but it may be upsetting to my French-Canadian grandmother.
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So 23andMe just "updated" my ancestry to remove the fact that I used to be 20% French. Now I am 99% Irish! This is delightful news ... but it may be upsetting to my French-Canadian grandmother.
Spotted on the DC Metro today! @propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Spotted on the DC Metro today! @propublica.org
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I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Journalism can still have impact! Please support your local nonprofit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/pent...
Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Journalism can still have impact! Please support your local nonprofit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/pent...
Reposted by Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/
So the other day I was totally outraged when a restaurant charged me $4.50 for a diet coke. But that was all fixed today when a new place charge me $6. JFC what is going on?
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So the other day I was totally outraged when a restaurant charged me $4.50 for a diet coke. But that was all fixed today when a new place charge me $6. JFC what is going on?
DOGE, he said, began acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time.” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/insi...
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
DOGE, he said, began acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time.” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Our farm policies need help. @propublica.org @capitolnewsil.bsky.social @https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance
The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our farm policies need help. @propublica.org @capitolnewsil.bsky.social @https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance
Pretty sure this also applies to our current president and his family.
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REPORT: Zohran Mamdani's Mother Revealed To Allegedly Have Deep Ties To Islamic Government
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's mother, film director Mira Nair, received millions from Qatar's ruling family, New York Post reported.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Pretty sure this also applies to our current president and his family.
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BTW y'all if you know or work with Russ Vought, you should contact my buddy @andykroll.bsky.social....
He said the plans are a response to a “Marxist takeover” of the country; likened the moment to 1776 and 1860, when the country was at war or on the brink of it; and said the timing of Trump’s candidacy was a “gift of God.”
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“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
BTW y'all if you know or work with Russ Vought, you should contact my buddy @andykroll.bsky.social....