Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor
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UPDATE: We've confirmed the identities and roles of 9 more key figures affiliated with Musk, bringing our DOGE tracker to a total of 86 staffers.
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White smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney signals election of new pope
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What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
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The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors. These are the stories of the people who were inside.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-raid-apartment-building-venezuelans-stories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation
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The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. “There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” Rep. Chris Deluzio said.
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Alaska Owns Dozens of Deteriorating Schools. Now It Wants Under-Resourced Districts to Take Them On.
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Alaska’s rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-education-rural-school-districts-ownership?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
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Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.
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Little Bits: Issue #24 For April 2025
A reminder to believe in your own abilities in order to achieve endless possibilities by taking inspiration from those that achieved the impossible.
#MAGA Republicans & Their Billionaires Are WHY #America Isn't The Greatest Nation--Not Even Close
https://open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #writing #substack #video #podcast #us #usa #unitedstates #stockmarket #tech #canada #russia #europe #ukraine #eu #china #media #press #politics #news #trump #donaldtrump #musk
Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.
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Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for such kits following a ProPublica and Texas Tribune report that showed there’s no evidence they work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-child-id-kits-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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"We won 3 Supreme Court seats Tuesday. We won the Bucks County, PA, DA's race. No biggie, Dems have won it before. In 1891.
So went PA, which Fetterman betrayed days later. Fetterman's the guy you thought was when you first looked at him
https://www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic #trump #news #politiics #shutdown #ai #tv #media #press #tech #democrats #donaldtrump #snap #healthcare #eu
NEW SUBSTACK: Go Read The Rest Don't Forget To SUBSCRIBE: https://www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot
"And now, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion of all this—Eric #Trump, the barking embodiment of dumb-son nepotism. A laughable lout with inherited intellectual necrosis and the empathy of a Terminator wrapped in designer smugness.
In Eric we have the heir to a #political dynasty so corrupt it saddens Tammany Hall, b/c they’re not here to stand and clap. A guy whose gums allow you to shelter-in-place during EF4 tornadoes. Whose existence makes it so when you say the “the dumb Trump son,” you’re somehow not talking about Don Jr."
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REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news
The March/April 2025 issue of Texas Observer magazine is coming soon for our members, featuring some of our best reporting, a sneak preview of Lise Olsen's new book, Justin Miller's vital political analysis, and more.
Become a member: https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join/
(📸 Cover photo by Shelby Tauber)
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"A new report from Common Sense Media says that 72 percent of teens surveyed have used AI companions, and 33 percent have relationships or friendships with these chatbots."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/teens-are-flocking-to-ai-chatbots-is-this-healthy/
House Committee Leader to Investigate Agency for Preferential Treatment of Politically Connected Startup
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The probe comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation that revealed the General Services Administration was eyeing a tech firm with strong ties to the Trump administration to remake a massive, $700 billion federal credit card program.
https://www.propublica.org/article/investigation-ramp-gsa-smartpay-trump-peter-thiel-gerald-connolly?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-americans-pay-more-for-prescription-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
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The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending business, even as other states did.
https://www.propublica.org/article/flex-loans-tennessee-advance-financial?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Michigan #Ohio #Environment #Trump #DOGE #NOAA #Water #Science
In our magazine, from Candice Bernd: Texas is the national epicenter of #Bitcoin mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside the state’s borders. Approximately 40 mines are operating in the state, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/
Copublished with our friends at The Nation.
#Texas #politics #energy #ClimateChange #pollution #environment #OilAndGas #crypto #news
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DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.
Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond
#Mars Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Beautiful, totally new, long-distance vistas captured 12 hours ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam Zoom camera, after her latest move up the slopes of the crater
#Mars Dec. 5, 2024 (Sol 1349)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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