The national news is too busy sucking up to their overlord to bother with stories like these.

Plus, @propublica.org is national news at this point, no? It's an organization breaking important stories that the mainstream news is too bought and paid for to pursue.

Good journalism leaves you feeling informed. Great journalism, such as this, can make you feel clueless. When I finished this, my first thought was, "I'm blind to how bad it really is."

Thanks @josh-kaplan.bsky.social and @propublica.org for opening my eyes yet again.

Fair. OK if I regift the whiskey stones some loser gave me?