José Sepúlveda
@josesepulveda.bsky.social
Social Video Producer at ProPublica. Previously at NBC/Telemundo/CNBC/Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald. Columbia J-School, UMich MT. 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 📍TX
Idaho lawmakers and advocates like Manookian have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy and informed choice.
But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
Read @audreydutton.bsky.social’s story ⬇️
#idaho #medicalfreedom #maha #rfk
But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
Read @audreydutton.bsky.social’s story ⬇️
#idaho #medicalfreedom #maha #rfk
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Idaho lawmakers and advocates like Manookian have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy and informed choice.
But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
Read @audreydutton.bsky.social’s story ⬇️
#idaho #medicalfreedom #maha #rfk
But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
Read @audreydutton.bsky.social’s story ⬇️
#idaho #medicalfreedom #maha #rfk
The cuts amounted to $500 million in funds. Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
The #USDA did not respond to questions or requests for comment.
Read the story by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social.
The #USDA did not respond to questions or requests for comment.
Read the story by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The cuts amounted to $500 million in funds. Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
The #USDA did not respond to questions or requests for comment.
Read the story by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social.
The #USDA did not respond to questions or requests for comment.
Read the story by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social.
RFK Jr. has touted the new Autism Data Science Initiative, $50 million in research grants. But some experts fear the initiative will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.
RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview.
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RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview.
The original story by @fastlerner.bsky.social 👇
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
RFK Jr. has touted the new Autism Data Science Initiative, $50 million in research grants. But some experts fear the initiative will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.
RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview.
The original story by @fastlerner.bsky.social 👇
RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview.
The original story by @fastlerner.bsky.social 👇
Halimi worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland through his work with the U.S. Institute of Peace. But DOGE members falsely suggested that Halimi was part of a scheme where federal funds went to the Taliban.
Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social
Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Halimi worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland through his work with the U.S. Institute of Peace. But DOGE members falsely suggested that Halimi was part of a scheme where federal funds went to the Taliban.
Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social
Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social
Millions of Americans own the rights to oil and gas underground.
Other states like #CO, #KS, #MI, #NV, #OK, #WV and #WY have taken action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from mineral owners’s checks.
North Dakota is not one of them.
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Other states like #CO, #KS, #MI, #NV, #OK, #WV and #WY have taken action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from mineral owners’s checks.
North Dakota is not one of them.
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Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.
At least seven states limit the costs oil and gas companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from. Here’s how North Dakota differs when it comes to protecting the interests of mine...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
State lawmakers did create a royalty oversight program to address conflicts btw mineral owners and companies.
The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions.
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions.
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fail...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
State lawmakers did create a royalty oversight program to address conflicts btw mineral owners and companies.
The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions.
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions.
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
The majority of North Dakota's oil and gas is privately owned by about 300,000 individuals.
Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979.
The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️
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Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979.
The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state,...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The majority of North Dakota's oil and gas is privately owned by about 300,000 individuals.
Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979.
The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979.
The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We’re going to continue reporting on Texas’ changing education landscape. If you are a teacher, parent, student or taxpayer, we want to hear about it.
Go to this link to securely reach our reporters or contact us on Signal: 816-898-5462.
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Such practices typically violate state laws governing public and charter schools and could result in fines, removal from office or even state felony charges. But private schools operate largely outside these rules.
The original story:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The original story:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Such practices typically violate state laws governing public and charter schools and could result in fines, removal from office or even state felony charges. But private schools operate largely outside these rules.
The original story:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The original story:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...