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@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the federal onslaught of ICE officers has fundamentally reshaped daily life.
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the federal onslaught of ICE officers has fundamentally reshaped daily life.
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
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ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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Almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April. In fact, 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. More thoughts on today's dismal jobs report — and what it means for America's affordability crisis.
Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
Today's added information
robertreich.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April. In fact, 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. More thoughts on today's dismal jobs report — and what it means for America's affordability crisis.
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Trump says Venezuela has stolen our “oil, land, and assets.” Might we ask what? Did they take part of Florida? Huh? Ffs.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump says Venezuela has stolen our “oil, land, and assets.” Might we ask what? Did they take part of Florida? Huh? Ffs.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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NEW: When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
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Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."
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Trump’s economy is failing—so they’re changing how they measure it.
Musk and Trump officials want to hide the impact of DOGE cuts by excluding government spending from GDP. As @lindsayowens.bsky.social puts it: "We’re in the book-cooking phase of the Trump admin." finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-o...
Musk and Trump officials want to hide the impact of DOGE cuts by excluding government spending from GDP. As @lindsayowens.bsky.social puts it: "We’re in the book-cooking phase of the Trump admin." finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-o...
Trump officials want to measure the economy's health in a way that may hide DOGE cuts
Trump administration officials have suggested they may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's economic health: the quarterly GDP.
finance.yahoo.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump’s economy is failing—so they’re changing how they measure it.
Musk and Trump officials want to hide the impact of DOGE cuts by excluding government spending from GDP. As @lindsayowens.bsky.social puts it: "We’re in the book-cooking phase of the Trump admin." finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-o...
Musk and Trump officials want to hide the impact of DOGE cuts by excluding government spending from GDP. As @lindsayowens.bsky.social puts it: "We’re in the book-cooking phase of the Trump admin." finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-o...
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BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan has introduced the ELON MUSK act which would ban "special" government employees like Musk from having federal contracts.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan has introduced the ELON MUSK act which would ban "special" government employees like Musk from having federal contracts.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"
February 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"
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Hijacking to say that Postcards to Voters is an easy way to try to influence local elections across the country. It's something easy to do (I think the minimum is 3 postcards) and it can have impact.
postcardstovoters.org
postcardstovoters.org
Postcards To Voters
Join People Across The United States Writing Postcards To Voters
postcardstovoters.org
January 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hijacking to say that Postcards to Voters is an easy way to try to influence local elections across the country. It's something easy to do (I think the minimum is 3 postcards) and it can have impact.
postcardstovoters.org
postcardstovoters.org
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January 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Hit me up if you would like a sticker.
January 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hit me up if you would like a sticker.