Lisa S.
@lschw.bsky.social
Former WSJ Investigative Researcher | NYT | Propublica | ABC.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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View Lawfare’s new Domestic Deployments Tracker here:
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
View Lawfare’s new Domestic Deployments Tracker here:
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The 'Surveillance under Surveillance' project visualises video surveillance on a world map. For a short time, its continued operation was in jeopardy but now it is continuing under the umbrella of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Hamburg.
netzpolitik.org/2025/surveil...
netzpolitik.org/2025/surveil...
Surveillance under Surveillance: Weltkarte der Videoüberwachung gerettet
Das Projekt
netzpolitik.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The 'Surveillance under Surveillance' project visualises video surveillance on a world map. For a short time, its continued operation was in jeopardy but now it is continuing under the umbrella of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Hamburg.
netzpolitik.org/2025/surveil...
netzpolitik.org/2025/surveil...
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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real heads know
August 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
real heads know
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza
An analysis of ICE data by THE CITY shows that dozens of people have packed into locked rooms and increasingly held for days inside a Manhattan building the feds say isn’t a detention site.
www.thecity.nyc
July 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...
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Tonight, I introduced legislation to stop Trump from from leading us into an illegal war with Iran.
Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.
Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.
June 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Tonight, I introduced legislation to stop Trump from from leading us into an illegal war with Iran.
Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.
Another war in the Middle East could cost countless lives, waste trillions more dollars, and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, and more displacement.
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan
Reporters for THE CITY witnessed vehicles hauling away 16 people in handcuffs from an office where immigrants in deportation cases were summoned to sudden appointments.
www.thecity.nyc
June 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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Trump filed a FOIA request with the National Archives about his classified documents case. So we FOIAed Trump's FOIA to find out what he asked for.
Trump Filed a FOIA Request. We FOIAed His FOIA.
When the then-former president was under investigation for unlawfully retaining classified documents, he filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the National Archives for a wide range of recor...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump filed a FOIA request with the National Archives about his classified documents case. So we FOIAed Trump's FOIA to find out what he asked for.
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Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants."
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.
Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.
President Trump has not made good on a promise to disclose who contributed to his transition effort.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, OSINT entered the mainstream, with journalists and analysts turning to these tools to track troop movements and investigate potential war crimes. Three years on, we ask CIR staff how OSINT has altered perceptions of the war and shaped reporting👇
How OSINT shaped reporting on the war in Ukraine - Centre for Information Resilience
When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, journalists and analysts around the world turned to OSINT to track troop movements and investigate potential war crimes.
www.info-res.org
March 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, OSINT entered the mainstream, with journalists and analysts turning to these tools to track troop movements and investigate potential war crimes. Three years on, we ask CIR staff how OSINT has altered perceptions of the war and shaped reporting👇
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
propub.li
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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Nobody elected Elon Musk. So why is Trump granting him all-access powers to get rid of funding for Medicaid, Social Security and more?! We need to get Musk's hands off our money and stop the Musk takeover NOW.
Join our rally: https://MoveOn.org/NobodyElectedElon
Join our rally: https://MoveOn.org/NobodyElectedElon
February 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Nobody elected Elon Musk. So why is Trump granting him all-access powers to get rid of funding for Medicaid, Social Security and more?! We need to get Musk's hands off our money and stop the Musk takeover NOW.
Join our rally: https://MoveOn.org/NobodyElectedElon
Join our rally: https://MoveOn.org/NobodyElectedElon