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ProPublica Reporter. Books: Smartest Guys in the Room, Client 9, Death Shift. 'Pirate of Prague' podcast. Former Fortune Editor at Large. Repost = Worth reading.

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Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs. on.wsj.com/4s4xwWP

10.03.2026 00:12 👍 88 🔁 22 💬 7 📌 2
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.

First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

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National Magazine Award, Finalists

🎉 ProPublica is a finalist for five 2026 National Magazine Awards!

We're nominated in the general excellence, video, reporting, public interest and best illustrated stories categories.

See our entries below ⤵️

27.02.2026 20:47 👍 426 🔁 60 💬 15 📌 2

Support For Allowing More Chinese Electric Vehicles Into The Canadian Market:

Support: 61%
Oppose: 23%

Leger / Feb 2, 2026

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Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.

Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.

The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.

(Published Dec. 2025)

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Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...

NEW: A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.

It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.

10.02.2026 20:16 👍 822 🔁 543 💬 54 📌 41
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The Dramatic Rise of Farm Labor Contractors Has Led to Rampant Abuses. Here’s Why Regulators Have Failed to Stop Them. Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules. Nor is there broad political support to invest...

An advocacy group leader says regulators now rely on farmworkers to report abuse.

But she said many workers are too scared to speak out for fear of retribution or loss of future work. “It creates an environment that’s ripe for abuse,” she said.

10.02.2026 18:36 👍 270 🔁 101 💬 5 📌 6

Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:

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We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.

Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer” It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

NEW: It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents.

Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

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She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security. Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.

Last fall, Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security to help oversee election security.

(Published Aug. 2025)

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Commission sues Trump administration over refusal to restore New York tunnel funding The commission overseeing a massive $16  billion Hudson River tunnel, the linchpin of rail travel between New York and New Jersey, filed suit late on Monday to force the Trump administration to restore funding just days before it is set to halt construction.

Commission sues Trump administration over refusal to restore New York tunnel funding reut.rs/4ajbSGK

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Wall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions

Have you noticed that these powerful men don’t express regret until after their ties to Epstein are revealed?

Karp sent these emails in 2015. He has had more than a decade to come forth.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...

03.02.2026 04:02 👍 678 🔁 193 💬 38 📌 14

Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for Haitians in the US A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S.

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“.. Weiss insists she does not want to cut ties with Attia over his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and sees it as giving in to the mob.”

@calderone.bsky.social $PSKY
www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

02.02.2026 23:56 👍 2177 🔁 586 💬 267 📌 210

What America’s president is doing at 11 pm….

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How DHS Spent $35 Billion Since Trump Retook Office via WSJ

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

03.02.2026 04:04 👍 53 🔁 32 💬 2 📌 4

Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.

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After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.

Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...

03.02.2026 01:29 👍 1476 🔁 792 💬 17 📌 50

DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.

Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.

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‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.

Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.

The cruelty is endless.

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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

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Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.

Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️

26.01.2026 23:54 👍 9262 🔁 4211 💬 470 📌 320
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

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It's probably not great that this is how foreign leaders are talking about US law enforcement. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e...

27.01.2026 18:52 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."

26.01.2026 02:57 👍 16024 🔁 2146 💬 149 📌 72

This is wild. Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US ‘extraordinary’ artist visas t.co/ZNfTozlmUY @financialtimes.com (gift article)

06.01.2026 15:28 👍 42 🔁 16 💬 6 📌 2
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A World Split in Two Is Just What China Wants America says its actions in Venezuela are about restoring order in its own backyard. To Beijing, they look like confirmation that Washington is sliding toward a world divided into spheres of influence. This is precisely the kind of global order China wants.

The odds could tilt in China's favor if the US becomes absorbed in Venezuela (via Bloomberg Opinion)

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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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