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· Mar 30
Trump Administration is banning words.
#censorship #banned #bannedwords #censored #newsspeak #georgeorwell
#censorship #banned #bannedwords #censored #newsspeak #georgeorwell
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Dayton show tonight.
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dayton show tonight.
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American journalists have a lot to learn from Scotland.
July 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
American journalists have a lot to learn from Scotland.
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Political show August 15th in Minneapolis with Walter Masterson.
August 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Political show August 15th in Minneapolis with Walter Masterson.
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NY & NJ shows coming up.
August 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NY & NJ shows coming up.
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Big New York state tour coming up.
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Big New York state tour coming up.
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Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo shows.
September 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo shows.
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Shows coming up in Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Grand Rapids.
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Shows coming up in Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Grand Rapids.
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Israel's supreme court ruled that the government is starving prisoners.
In response, Benjamin Netanyahu continued being the same corrupt fascist asshole he's always been.
In response, Benjamin Netanyahu continued being the same corrupt fascist asshole he's always been.
September 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Israel's supreme court ruled that the government is starving prisoners.
In response, Benjamin Netanyahu continued being the same corrupt fascist asshole he's always been.
In response, Benjamin Netanyahu continued being the same corrupt fascist asshole he's always been.
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National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
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About 90 VA staffers in the Texas region turned down job offers “due to the uncertainty of reorganization,” officials wrote.
What’s more, low morale was causing existing employees to not recommend working at the medical centers, they added.
What’s more, low morale was causing existing employees to not recommend working at the medical centers, they added.
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of…
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
About 90 VA staffers in the Texas region turned down job offers “due to the uncertainty of reorganization,” officials wrote.
What’s more, low morale was causing existing employees to not recommend working at the medical centers, they added.
What’s more, low morale was causing existing employees to not recommend working at the medical centers, they added.
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Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
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In 2022, after years of violations, the FDA imposed its toughest penalty on global drugmaker Sun Pharma: banning one of its factories from shipping drugs to the U.S.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
A Giant Indian Drugmaker Failed to Fix Safety Breaches. The FDA Let It Off the Hook Again and Again.
Documents obtained by ProPublica offer a rare glimpse into discussions between the global drugmaker Sun Pharma and the FDA, exposing how the agency tolerated substandard manufacturing for years.
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In 2022, after years of violations, the FDA imposed its toughest penalty on global drugmaker Sun Pharma: banning one of its factories from shipping drugs to the U.S.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
But the agency undercut its own decision by quickly exempting more than a dozen drugs from the ban.
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A top Democrat on the oversight committee requested that wildland firefighter vacancies be accounted for following ProPublica reporting that showed thousands of vacant jobs at the Forest Service, hampering its ability to fight wildfires.
By @abestreep.bsky.social
By @abestreep.bsky.social
Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies
The request follows ProPublica reporting that DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations left thousands of vacant jobs at the Forest Service, severely hampering its ability to fight wildfires.
www.propublica.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A top Democrat on the oversight committee requested that wildland firefighter vacancies be accounted for following ProPublica reporting that showed thousands of vacant jobs at the Forest Service, hampering its ability to fight wildfires.
By @abestreep.bsky.social
By @abestreep.bsky.social
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North Dakota does not regulate the costs that oil companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from, even though the state does not allow such deductions for government-owned land.
“It’s kind of all rigged,” one royalty owner said.
With @northdakotamonitor.com
“It’s kind of all rigged,” one royalty owner said.
With @northdakotamonitor.com
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,…
www.propublica.org
August 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
North Dakota does not regulate the costs that oil companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from, even though the state does not allow such deductions for government-owned land.
“It’s kind of all rigged,” one royalty owner said.
With @northdakotamonitor.com
“It’s kind of all rigged,” one royalty owner said.
With @northdakotamonitor.com
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After the IRS said it would allow religious leaders to endorse candidates, @fortworthreport.bsky.social identified at least three churches in Texas whose leaders openly praised the IRS decision.
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 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After the IRS said it would allow religious leaders to endorse candidates, @fortworthreport.bsky.social identified at least three churches in Texas whose leaders openly praised the IRS decision.
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May)
(Published May)
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May)
(Published May)
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ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
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Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
(Published April w/ @sltrib.com)
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8/ Then came Cavanaugh’s turn. The United States Institute of Peace, he told the assembled men, was making payments to a contractor associated with the Taliban.
As he spoke, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read: “THE TALIBAN GETS DOGED.”
As he spoke, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read: “THE TALIBAN GETS DOGED.”
August 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
8/ Then came Cavanaugh’s turn. The United States Institute of Peace, he told the assembled men, was making payments to a contractor associated with the Taliban.
As he spoke, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read: “THE TALIBAN GETS DOGED.”
As he spoke, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read: “THE TALIBAN GETS DOGED.”
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What a nightmare.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What a nightmare.
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"Police broke the window and threw daddy on the floor."
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 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Police broke the window and threw daddy on the floor."
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Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations.
“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...
www.propublica.org
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations.
“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
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The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
www.propublica.org
August 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
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2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post.
“United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing advice to help US diplomats understand Afghanistan.
“United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing advice to help US diplomats understand Afghanistan.
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post.
“United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing advice to help US diplomats understand Afghanistan.
“United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing advice to help US diplomats understand Afghanistan.
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A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over the course of a month.
August 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over the course of a month.