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annamaria.bsky.social
Public health journalist with ProPublica
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NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.

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In February, one nonprofit got waivers for its programs supporting refugees in war-torn regions. On Wednesday, the waivers were terminated. In Somalia alone, its clinics served 1,200 patients/day. On Thursday, all those clinics closed. @propublica.org by @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy

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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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New: A glimpse inside the EPA, where the 20+ workers I spoke with are sad, terrified, resigned and, in not a few cases, really, really mad. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

submitted 25 days ago • 22 comments

"With little information from the White House, ProPublica is attempting to document who is involved and what they are doing." My colleagues have published the largest list yet of who is involved in DOGE. #Democracy

submitted 25 days ago • 15 comments

Trump 2.0 is taking down entire websites in its attempt to memory hole efforts to bring diversity & equity to the government workforce. This piece from @lisalsong.bsky.social shows how the Trump's anti-DEI purge is also making more targeted excisions of important historical facts & context:

submitted 30 days ago • 10 comments

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/

submitted 31 days ago • 91 comments

#CDC has confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu in a child in San Fransisco whose source of infection hasn't been determined. The child had fever & conjunctivitis, but has since recovered. Info not yet available on the genotype of the virus, which should help point to a source (ie wild birds or cows).

submitted 47 days ago • 4 comments

Editors, producers, reporters: we've got SIX open positions at @propublica.org — take a peek, some have fast-approaching application deadlines: boards.greenhouse.io/propublica?g...

submitted 54 days ago • 8 comments

I've always admired McSwane's work, but honestly, this is one of the best pieces of journalism I've read in months. It is superb, and damning, with eye-popping moment after eye-popping moment.

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

Just updated the @propublica.org staff starter pack because half the entire newsroom is now on Bsky! go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw

submitted 102 days ago • 8 comments