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There aren’t words for how disgusting and heinous this genocide in Gaza is. Innocent people—many of them children—are being slaughtered. US tax dollars are funding it. Please share this so more people know. This must stop.
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
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ICYMI: DHS is seeking to collect state driver's license data as it takes on an unprecedented expansion of a system that used to just contain info on immigrants but now has info on hundreds of millions of Americans, including SSNs. Via me &
@zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org
@zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org
Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ICYMI: DHS is seeking to collect state driver's license data as it takes on an unprecedented expansion of a system that used to just contain info on immigrants but now has info on hundreds of millions of Americans, including SSNs. Via me &
@zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org
@zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org
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A political scandal has erupted over allegations of severe abuses of Palestinians. A military official, who had leaked a video, disappeared briefly on Sunday. She was found later and is now being held in prison. n.pr/4onizwY
Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer is thrown into jail
A political scandal has erupted over allegations of severe abuses of Palestinians. A military official, who had leaked a video, disappeared briefly on Sunday. She was found later and is now being held in prison.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A political scandal has erupted over allegations of severe abuses of Palestinians. A military official, who had leaked a video, disappeared briefly on Sunday. She was found later and is now being held in prison. n.pr/4onizwY
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Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help. n.pr/4hKqa6z
How one tech startup is giving cash to SNAP recipients
Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help. n.pr/4hKqa6z
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There are strict rules about what drug companies can say in TV or print ads. But a new study shows there's a lot more wiggle room when companies pay to sponsor online search results. n.pr/4hCGlm4
Searching 'weight' can bring up Ozempic in results. It's a drug advertising loophole
There are strict rules about what drug companies can say in TV or print ads. But a new study shows there's a lot more wiggle room when companies pay to sponsor online search results.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There are strict rules about what drug companies can say in TV or print ads. But a new study shows there's a lot more wiggle room when companies pay to sponsor online search results. n.pr/4hCGlm4
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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Read this and then I think you’ll agree that the monstrous Ghislaine Maxwell should not have one day of peace the rest of her wretched life www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Read this and then I think you’ll agree that the monstrous Ghislaine Maxwell should not have one day of peace the rest of her wretched life www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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In a 2025 submission to the Defense Department, Microsoft didn't mention its use of employees based in China, the top cyber adversary of the U.S., to work on highly sensitive department systems, according to a copy obtained by ProPublica. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/micr...
Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows
The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no refe...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In a 2025 submission to the Defense Department, Microsoft didn't mention its use of employees based in China, the top cyber adversary of the U.S., to work on highly sensitive department systems, according to a copy obtained by ProPublica. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/micr...
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NEW: More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW: More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
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In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Here's a list of those exempted drugs.
Here's a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Here's a list of those exempted drugs.
Here's a list of those exempted drugs.
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Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Your car is not your castle — it’s a constitutional gray zone.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
It doesn’t have the same Fourth Amendment protections as homes. You can refuse to open the door of your home if officers don’t have a warrant; you can’t refuse to step out of your car.
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NEW: The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.
Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care
The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insure...
www.propublica.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.
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Pundit brain is very US focused: the points of reference are US left/right, and the Smart Take is always saying the right has a point that the left refuses to acknowledge. This is a huge blindspoint when "the point" is a is a bad-faith misdirection to justify authoritarianism.
Oh my fucking god has anyone in the national media ever read a single book about authoritarianism
August 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pundit brain is very US focused: the points of reference are US left/right, and the Smart Take is always saying the right has a point that the left refuses to acknowledge. This is a huge blindspoint when "the point" is a is a bad-faith misdirection to justify authoritarianism.
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Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE.
Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Last month, we reported that the IRS was preparing a system that would share millions of taxpayers' data with ICE.
Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
Now we can confirm data was officially transferred ⤵️
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Now that the county & school district released records about the Uvalde response, only DPS continues to fight that. The state police had more than 90 officers at the shooting, the biggest share other than CBP which is not part of the litigation, and also led the investigation into the response.
After local agencies release Uvalde shooting records, calls continue for Texas DPS to follow suit
Local records released this week — after a yearslong lawsuit —affirm previous reporting about law enforcement’s flawed response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting.
www.texastribune.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Now that the county & school district released records about the Uvalde response, only DPS continues to fight that. The state police had more than 90 officers at the shooting, the biggest share other than CBP which is not part of the litigation, and also led the investigation into the response.
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Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
n.pr
August 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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Despite D.C. being at a 30-year low on crime, Trump is abusing emergency powers and invoking the Home Rule to deploy the National Guard and federalize D.C. police.
Demand your reps denounce this dictatorial takeover and immediately prioritize D.C. statehood.
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/dc-sta...
Demand your reps denounce this dictatorial takeover and immediately prioritize D.C. statehood.
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/dc-sta...
Denounce Trump's Takeover of D.C. and Demand Statehood ⭑ 5 Calls
Residents of Washington, D.C. pay federal taxes, but don’t have Senators or a Representative to vote on issues affecting them. Local laws that …
5calls.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Despite D.C. being at a 30-year low on crime, Trump is abusing emergency powers and invoking the Home Rule to deploy the National Guard and federalize D.C. police.
Demand your reps denounce this dictatorial takeover and immediately prioritize D.C. statehood.
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/dc-sta...
Demand your reps denounce this dictatorial takeover and immediately prioritize D.C. statehood.
🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/dc-sta...
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NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
Asylum-seekers thought they were following the rules. Now some are told to start over
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
n.pr
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
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At least five states rely entirely on federal dollars to pay for their maternal mortality reviews. Committee members expressed alarm that this money may evaporate.
“If we get defunded, I suspect it would be devastating,” one said.
By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
“If we get defunded, I suspect it would be devastating,” one said.
By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
“We Want to Save This Investment”: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out
Over the last five years, nearly $90 million has gone to state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. Advocates say cuts to the program would be “devastating.”
www.propublica.org
August 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At least five states rely entirely on federal dollars to pay for their maternal mortality reviews. Committee members expressed alarm that this money may evaporate.
“If we get defunded, I suspect it would be devastating,” one said.
By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
“If we get defunded, I suspect it would be devastating,” one said.
By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social
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BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, and after much delay, a D.C. Circuit panels issues an order that would end Chief Judge Boasberg's contempt proceedings in connection with the March 15 flights.
Two Trump appointees, Katsas and Rao, backed the decision. I would expect the full court to take this up en banc.
Two Trump appointees, Katsas and Rao, backed the decision. I would expect the full court to take this up en banc.
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, and after much delay, a D.C. Circuit panels issues an order that would end Chief Judge Boasberg's contempt proceedings in connection with the March 15 flights.
Two Trump appointees, Katsas and Rao, backed the decision. I would expect the full court to take this up en banc.
Two Trump appointees, Katsas and Rao, backed the decision. I would expect the full court to take this up en banc.
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The day after the IRS said it would let churches endorse candidates, Fort Worth-based Mercy Culture Church posted on social media that it was “time for the church to get loud!”
"We don’t endorse parties — we stand for the Kingdom!” the post read.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
"We don’t endorse parties — we stand for the Kingdom!” the post read.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.
While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
www.propublica.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The day after the IRS said it would let churches endorse candidates, Fort Worth-based Mercy Culture Church posted on social media that it was “time for the church to get loud!”
"We don’t endorse parties — we stand for the Kingdom!” the post read.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
"We don’t endorse parties — we stand for the Kingdom!” the post read.
W/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
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Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.
Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women
Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.
n.pr
August 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.
There aren’t words for how disgusting and heinous this genocide in Gaza is. Innocent people—many of them children—are being slaughtered. US tax dollars are funding it. Please share this so more people know. This must stop.
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
August 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There aren’t words for how disgusting and heinous this genocide in Gaza is. Innocent people—many of them children—are being slaughtered. US tax dollars are funding it. Please share this so more people know. This must stop.
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
Full pdf: ampersandsara.com/genocide-in-gaza.pdf
#genocide #gaza #dataviz
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Watch the full conversation On Gaza and Humanity with @mosababutoha.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/@WeeklyShowP...
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays, he's back in your ears with The Weekly Show -- a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with a range of special guests. From experts a...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Watch the full conversation On Gaza and Humanity with @mosababutoha.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/@WeeklyShowP...