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The student’s mother said the settlement is “bittersweet.” She said he still gets fearful when he sees police cars. But she said she’s happy that employees at the school will get training on how to do better in the future. By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social‬

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The reforms, which were proposed in response to an investigation by @ctmirror.org‬ and ProPublica, make it harder to tow vehicles from private property and easier for drivers to retrieve them after a tow. By @ginnymonk.bsky.social & Dave Altimari

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Since fall, 2022, I've been trying to figure out why Newtok's relocation is riddled with problems - the same kind this move was supposed to solve. Newtok’s residents are Americans - not a “they,” but an “us,” and that’s why I chased this story for so long. www.propublica.org/article/newt...

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Nearly 300 people from Newtok, AK, moved to a new village called Mertarvik as part of a federally funded effort to resettle communities threatened by climate change. Then residents found a new crisis. By @emilyschwing.bsky.social and w/ @washingtonpost.com‬ & KYUK

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Other things OMB chief Russ Vought has said — caught on tape, and revealed by my colleagues: “We are in the late stages of a complete Marxist takeover of the country.” -J6ers are “political prisoners” Trump presidency “is nothing more than a gift of God.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...

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In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business. Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social‬

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If you're just getting to know Sen. Joni Ernst, you might want to read this @propublica.org piece from March:

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The Department of Education was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the lack of healthy food options on Native reservations a “genocide.” But the Trump administration ended a program that helped provide fresh, locally produced food for tribal food banks, saying the program no longer aligned with its priorities.

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#ICYMI: The Air Force revealed earlier this year that a general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate relationships with five women. Sources say one of the women whose relationship with him was scrutinized was Sen. Joni Ernst. (Published March 2025)

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A 2022 ProPublica and @chicagotribune.com investigation found that students were doubly penalized for behavior such as littering, making loud noises or swearing: when they were punished in school, with detention or a suspension, and then when they were ticketed by police.

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Across the U.S., state security officials and violence prevention advocates have reached the same conclusion: The federal government has retreated from the fight against extremist violence, which for years had been a top priority for the FBI. By @hannahallam.bsky.social‬

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Brands like Nike that increase employment in Cambodia while raising concerns about labor rights are sending mixed messages, labor advocates say. “It’s about protecting their market and accessibility and also credibility. That’s all.” By @robwdavis.bsky.social‬

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A national school safety consultant who trains school employees on managing threats reviewed James’ threat assessment and concluded that “this is gross mismanagement of a case.” “This tool has not been used as intended,” she said. By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Jack Reed cited our reporting on how one DOGE aide assigned to the CFPB helped oversee the mass layoffs of the agency’s staff while holding as much as $715K in stocks that bureau employees are prohibited from owning.

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When a homeless man questioned the Phoenix police’s authority to stop him in Feb. 2020, an officer knelt on his neck while another shocked him with a Taser. Another unhoused man said officers threw away his things, telling him, “You guys are trash and this is trash.”

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RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women. Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent. @deldeib.bsky.social‬'s story from 2022:

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Elon Musk may be stepping back from the government, but we’re not done reporting on the impact of his DOGE wrecking ball. If you have information to share with us, we want to hear from you. ➡️ propublica.org/tips

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Tremendous impact. 🎉🎉 Prompted by @ctmirror.org @propublica.org Investigation, Connecticut Legislature Approves Towing Law Reforms, by @ginnymonk.bsky.social and Dave Altimari

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IMPACT: Reporting by @ctmirror.org and ProPublica found that a Connecticut law allows towed cars to be sold in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the nation. The Connecticut legislature just passed a bill that will make it easier for drivers to reclaim their vehicles.

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NEW: Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise owner Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.

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NEW: Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to El Salvador were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” said a former State Dept official about the damage done by Trump and Musk abandoning America's humanitarian aid commitments.

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An 11-year-old autistic boy was cuffed at a birthday dinner after a Tenn. school called cops over a "threat" he didn’t make. The school will now pay $100K and train staff to tell real threats from innocent words. Impact from reporting by @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/tenn...

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El gobierno de Trump sabía que la mayoría de los venezolanos enviados a El Salvador no tenía condena por crímenes en EEUU Registros del DHS revelan que más de la mitad de los 238 deportados, solo son infractores migratorios. No tenían prontuario criminal en EEUU www.cazadores.info/gobierno-tru...

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Across the US, state lawmakers, primarily Republicans the past few years, are trying to undermine ballot initiatives adopted by voters. “This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism," one expert said. /By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

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In a remote stretch of Montana, USDA funding helped provide food for ~250 households on a reservation where the nearest supermarket is about 20 miles away. Now, due to cuts, the tribe’s funding for local food purchases could run out within weeks. By @maryhudetz.bsky.social‬

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The government's own data indicates they knew their assertions that all these men were the 'worst of the worst' was untrue. Great reporting by a team at @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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James' parents had no idea the threat assessment even existed until I told them about it, more than a week after it took place. No one from the school notified them of it or interviewed them for it — which is not recommended by experts.

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In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding in GOP-run legislatures across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures. @jeremykohler.bsky.social

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1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.

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NEW: Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters by making it harder for voters to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social‬

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NEW: Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows: • 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations; • 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.; • 6 of those were violent crimes.

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👀 “In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business.” By @jeremykohler.bsky.social / @propublica.org

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NEW: We obtained DHS data that shows the US knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans deported to a prison in El Salvador in March were convicted of US crimes, only 6 of those violent. Trump called them “savages,” “monsters” and "the worst of the worst.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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NEW @propublica.org Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, the DHS' own data shows: • 130 had NO U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations; • 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.; • 6 of those were violent crimes.

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A threat assessment includes a checklist of options for how the school could address its concerns about James, including ensuring he has access to counseling. Instead of checking any of the options, the school wrote, “student was expelled.” By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social‬

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When Chicago police recruit Alexus Byrd-Maxey reported being sexually assaulted by her peer, another recruit said she was “trying to victimize herself.” Her teacher never filed a sexual misconduct complaint. Weeks later, Byrd-Maxey was the one fired. W/ @invisible.institute‬

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Leonard Leo, perhaps the man most responsible for the federal judiciary's lurch to the right - including the SCOTUS right-wing supermajority - is now apparently a "sleazebag" in Trump's eyes. 🤷‍♀️ In 2023, @andykroll.bsky.social led a massive deep dive on Leo for @propublica.org :

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Despite repeatedly raising concerns about labor rights, Nike has grown its presence in Cambodia from about 16,000 factory workers in May 2013 to more than 57,000 as of March. Read more: propub.li/4kIhjCC

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ProPublica's Brett Murphy just appeared on @msnbc.com to to discuss his reporting with @annamaria.bsky.social on the fallout of the Trump administration's abandonment of its humanitarian commitments around the world. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Impact! Senators Ask DOJ to Probe Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest at CFPB

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The legislation comes three years after a @propublica.org and @chicagotribune.com investigation revealed that even though Illinois law bans school officials from fining students directly, districts skirted the law by calling on police to issue citations for violating local ordinances.

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Sens. @warren.senate.gov , @wyden.senate.gov and Jack Reed cited @propublica.org reporting on how one DOGE aide assigned to the CFPB helped oversee the mass layoffs of the agency’s staff while holding as much as $715K in stocks that bureau employees are prohibited from owning.

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