Anjeanette Damon
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News gatherer, mountain climber, coffee drinker. Southwest reporter at ProPublica. Send tips! Signal: 775-303-8857.
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An "extraordinary number of violations." Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Fined for Nearly 800 Alleged Violations on Las Vegas Tunnel Project, by @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @oyvegas.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
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October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
An "extraordinary number of violations." Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Fined for Nearly 800 Alleged Violations on Las Vegas Tunnel Project, by @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @oyvegas.bsky.social
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Absolutely WILD tale from @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/pept...
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
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July 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Absolutely WILD tale from @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/pept...
NV public health officials are investigating how two women became critically ill after receiving injections at a Las Vegas longevity conference promising pathways to an "unlimited lifespan." The doctor who ran the booth isn't licensed in Nevada. My story: www.propublica.org/article/pept...
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
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July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NV public health officials are investigating how two women became critically ill after receiving injections at a Las Vegas longevity conference promising pathways to an "unlimited lifespan." The doctor who ran the booth isn't licensed in Nevada. My story: www.propublica.org/article/pept...
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NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors a...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social @mrsimon22.bsky.social
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1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
May 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1/ The day after the Antioch High shooting, Nashville police arrested a 12-year-old for posting a concerning screenshot on Instagram.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
His school was supposed to figure out if it was a valid threat. Instead, the school expelled him with no further investigation.
A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
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“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
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“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas
Charles Carrier is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from both wealthy investors and older people with modest incomes. Despite signs of trouble, Ho...
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May 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors.
“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
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“It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor.
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As billions of dollars flow for border security, many living there lack basic infrastructure, like hospitals & running water.
"Most people don’t understand what it’s like turning your faucet and there’ll be no water."
My latest w/ Perla Trevizo & @cengizyar.com www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"Most people don’t understand what it’s like turning your faucet and there’ll be no water."
My latest w/ Perla Trevizo & @cengizyar.com www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospit...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As billions of dollars flow for border security, many living there lack basic infrastructure, like hospitals & running water.
"Most people don’t understand what it’s like turning your faucet and there’ll be no water."
My latest w/ Perla Trevizo & @cengizyar.com www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"Most people don’t understand what it’s like turning your faucet and there’ll be no water."
My latest w/ Perla Trevizo & @cengizyar.com www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met. @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo w/ @texastribune.org
Trump Is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources.
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospit...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The president has reportedly urged Congress to pass $175 billion for border security. But residents of Del Rio, Texas, and Douglas, Arizona, say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met. @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo w/ @texastribune.org
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State and Federal resources are flowing to border security, while local communities lack access to clean drinking water and full-service hospitals.
@anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo report, with photography by me for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo report, with photography by me for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
State and Federal resources are flowing to border security, while local communities lack access to clean drinking water and full-service hospitals.
@anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo report, with photography by me for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo report, with photography by me for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
National Park Service directs rangers to use talking points that evade the reality of how the Trump Administration's cuts affect visitors and the nation's most iconic landscapes.
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Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.
National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede ...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
National Park Service directs rangers to use talking points that evade the reality of how the Trump Administration's cuts affect visitors and the nation's most iconic landscapes.
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Denver’s mayor will testify before Congress today about policies that limit cooperation with Trump’s mass deportations. Last year, @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social reported from Denver 👇
As Denver Aids Arriving Migrants, Its Homeless Residents Feel Left Behind
As Denver Aids Arriving Migrants, Its Homeless Residents Feel Left Behind
Denver Rallied Behind Arriving Immigrants. Now Its Homeless Population Feels Shortchanged.
When Mike Johnston became the mayor of Denver, he was determined to do right by the migrants arriving in his city. But it wasn’t long before he felt the full weight of that commitment.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Denver’s mayor will testify before Congress today about policies that limit cooperation with Trump’s mass deportations. Last year, @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social reported from Denver 👇
As Denver Aids Arriving Migrants, Its Homeless Residents Feel Left Behind
As Denver Aids Arriving Migrants, Its Homeless Residents Feel Left Behind
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NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority —…
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February 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
Apt read this morning for those who want to understand what is happening.
“We can simply choke off the money.”
How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress by @mtredden.bsky.social (from November)
How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress by @mtredden.bsky.social (from November)
How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress
The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches. If successful, he could wield the po...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Apt read this morning for those who want to understand what is happening.
Including one on my team covering the southwest!
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January 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Including one on my team covering the southwest!
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. spent years pitching cities on a an underground transportation system. Proposals in Illinois and Calif. fizzled after officials and the public scrutinized the details and sought environmental reviews.
Then he went to Las Vegas.
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Then he went to Las Vegas.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
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January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. spent years pitching cities on a an underground transportation system. Proposals in Illinois and Calif. fizzled after officials and the public scrutinized the details and sought environmental reviews.
Then he went to Las Vegas.
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Then he went to Las Vegas.
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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New from @propublica.org: A third Texas woman, Porsha Ngumezi, died under that state’s abortion ban. Instead of the D&C she needed, doctors gave her misoprostol. The bleeding continued and she died. www.propublica.org/article/pors...
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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November 25, 2024 at 1:19 PM
New from @propublica.org: A third Texas woman, Porsha Ngumezi, died under that state’s abortion ban. Instead of the D&C she needed, doctors gave her misoprostol. The bleeding continued and she died. www.propublica.org/article/pors...
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Can people whose belongings were taken in "sweeps" of homeless encampments recover them?
Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/home...
Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/home...
Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments. People Rarely Get Their Things Back.
Storage programs are meant to protect people’s property rights and allow them to reclaim their possessions. But they rarely accomplish either objective, according to a ProPublica investigation of citi...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Can people whose belongings were taken in "sweeps" of homeless encampments recover them?
Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/home...
Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/home...
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Welcome @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social to Bsky! In about an hour, she and other @propublica.org reporters will be talking about their work covering life and death in post-Roe America.
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November 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Welcome @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social to Bsky! In about an hour, she and other @propublica.org reporters will be talking about their work covering life and death in post-Roe America.
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Miller is sick of people telling her she should be thankful for rent assistance. She’s used many words to describe how she feels about IHA — and thankful isn’t one of them.
Phenomenal reporting & storytelling by @emilyhopkins.bsky.social & Tyler Fenwick
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Phenomenal reporting & storytelling by @emilyhopkins.bsky.social & Tyler Fenwick
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Broken Housing: How Indy’s public housing agency fuels a crisis
The Indianapolis Housing Agency’s failures are leading to evictions and homelessness.
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November 21, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Miller is sick of people telling her she should be thankful for rent assistance. She’s used many words to describe how she feels about IHA — and thankful isn’t one of them.
Phenomenal reporting & storytelling by @emilyhopkins.bsky.social & Tyler Fenwick
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Phenomenal reporting & storytelling by @emilyhopkins.bsky.social & Tyler Fenwick
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NEW: Three years ago, UnitedHealthcare was sanctioned for illegally denying mental health coverage.
We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care.
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www.propublica.org/article/unit...
We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care.
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www.propublica.org/article/unit...
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
NEW: Three years ago, UnitedHealthcare was sanctioned for illegally denying mental health coverage.
We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care.
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www.propublica.org/article/unit...
We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care.
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www.propublica.org/article/unit...
Hi everyone! I’ve been on a social media diet lately so feel a little rusty at this. I cover local and state government accountability issues in the Southwest region. Always looking for story ideas (as well as tips on good mountain trails and coffee!) Excited to see where the conversations lead.
November 20, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Hi everyone! I’ve been on a social media diet lately so feel a little rusty at this. I cover local and state government accountability issues in the Southwest region. Always looking for story ideas (as well as tips on good mountain trails and coffee!) Excited to see where the conversations lead.