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ProPublica is recording the casualties of the DOGE purge, highlighting the scale of what is being lost as public health programs and seasoned experts are caught in the Trump administration’s blunt-force drive to shrink the federal government. Read 👇 by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social

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New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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Oh. You can do that. Interesting

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Trump & Musk already having impacts on our ability to fight wildfires www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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“They had complete access to everything you could think of,” one official said. “The keys to the kingdom.” www.propublica.org/article/usai... 🙏 @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy

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“We Feel Terrorized”: EPA Employees Decide to Stay or Go Under Trump #news #environment #pollution @fastlerner.bsky.social and @pratheekrebala.bsky.social report for @theguardian.com EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

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& a short video of @pratheekrebala.bsky.social and my story by the masterful 🙏 @carissaqmb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRnZ...

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The funding freeze has hit the earthquake early warning system, plus a GPS network used by aircraft www.science.org/content/arti...

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Apt read this morning for those who want to understand what is happening.

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U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and avowedly pro-fossil fuel policies will heat the climate and harm people around the world for decades to come, experts warn. insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...

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the essential guide to the people Musk has installed in the federal government through his “wood chipper for bureaucracy” projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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Remember: If you have a tip you can share regarding what's happening at the EPA, you can securely reach out to our reporters. On Signal, @fastlerner.bsky.social can be reached at 718-877-5236 and @lisalsong.bsky.social at lisasong.42

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Putting January 6 into the memory hole: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? Brilliant essay by @alecmac.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-...

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NEW: More than 300 career employees at the EPA have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections. By @fastlerner.bsky.social & @pratheekrebala.bsky.social

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“Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream.” @abrahm.bsky.social

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As Florida learned, this kind of nonsense doesn't delete climate change in real life.

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Reupping this @andykroll.bsky.social @mtredden.bsky.social and @nicksurgey.bsky.social piece as we await the confirmation of Russell Vought www.propublica.org/article/vide...

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

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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...

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🧵 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/

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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:

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Trump Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid Still in Place, Despite Administration Claims www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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More reporting like this, please. It's vital to know which parts of these executive orders can be challenged, has been challenged, and why — and which parts are within the scope of standard EOs. There are limits to federal power, even the president's. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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So what have the recently pardoned J6ers been up to? Here's two examples just from the past few days. In North Carolina, a man recently pardoned for Jan. 6 also charged with child pornography, exploitation myfox8.com/news/north-c...

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NEW from us: A look at the GOP’s tax and spending cut menu. (Spoiler: Tax cuts for the rich to be paid for — in part — by single moms & the poor.) @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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“Vera herself offers an excellent example of what can happen when more minds participate in science,” the observatory’s website said of Rubin — up until recently. I wrote about chaotic edits of a renowned astronomer's bio on a federally funded observatory site: www.propublica.org/article/vera...

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this 👇 by my colleague @lisalsong.bsky.social on the chaotic attack on "wokeness" and the history of Vera Rubin “I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious” her biographer said www.propublica.org/article/vera...

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Projection on the HQ of the European Commission courtesy of the fabulous Stéphane Horel

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How to reach me and my colleagues as we cover the new administration and the EOs and new appointees and pauses and pauses of pauses and buyout offers and lawsuits and firings and announcements about the holidays that will be celebrated... thanks for your tips 🙏 www.propublica.org/article/seco...

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Back in August, when @propublica.org and @documented.net obtained these training videos, this is what Leavitt had to say about Trump and Project 2025: “As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.”

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Private emails show RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 shots, linking vaccines to autism www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/k... via @statnews.com

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We need to pay attention to this now before it’s too late.

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In Oct., @fastlerner.bsky.social & @andykroll.bsky.social reported on how the Heritage Foundation flooded federal agencies with thousands of information requests, focusing on phrases like “Trump,” “climate change” and “DEI” in government workers' emails, texts, Slack and Microsoft Teams messages.

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New from Mark Olalde: "if Burgum were any closer to the industry he’d need a hard hat"

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