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The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead
"[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down"
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Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
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The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
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In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content.
A new study found that, on TikTok Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.
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Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.
Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues
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Eric Tabb is one of 14 Chicago officers accused of sexual assault in the past decade with at least one other alleged incident of sexual misconduct. The cases reveal how the department failed to vigorously investigate such allegations involving police.
Seven years after North Dakotans voted to amend the constitution and create an ethics commission, state officials are claiming the agency cannot actually impose penalties for ethics violations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-ethics-commission-enforcement-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'
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Through scandals, failed state inspections and even the illegal use of seclusion to punish children, Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name.
Only three board members had the power to remove him. Yet for decades, those positions have been held down by his closest friends and allies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"My hope is that once Trump is gone, the next US President will apologize to Ukraine and simply tear up any mineral agreement that Trump took at knife point over Ukraine"
- Aure
"I will not sign anything that would force 10 generations of Ukrainians to pay"
- President Zelensky on the agreement with the US regarding the use of Ukrainian natural resources
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😠Trump Claims He Fired Museum Director | When Museums Give Away Power | U.S. Archaeology's Uncertain Future | European Museum Of The Year | Deranged Tourist Smashes Two 2,000-year-old Terracotta Warrior Statues | More Museum News http://www.globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #news #NewsUpdate
How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13
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President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
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A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do the Trump administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-employees-work-from-home-trump-myth?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
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Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Little Bits: Issue #25 For May 2025
Enjoy the exploration of the past bits of May and read an motivational message of accountability and condolences of a beautiful precious life.
About 150 Chicago schools sit half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity.
The city “doesn’t seem to be having an honest conversation about the challenges it’s facing,” one school finance expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.
Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities
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Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.
https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"Before ChatGPT distorted Eugene Torres’s sense of reality and almost killed him, he said, the artificial intelligence chatbot had been a helpful, timesaving tool."
Fair enough.
Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.
Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries
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Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice.
DOGE can now access a HUD system that includes addresses domestic violence survivors have relocated to for safety, medical records in disability cases and credit reports in lending discrimination cases.
Few of the records are redacted or anonymized.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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