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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 11h

Typos aside, there is simply no such thing.

ECGs are not an indicator of age.

They literally do not contain that information, either directly or indirectly.

This is just made up gobbledygook.

So, my question is: why?

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas.

The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

With @texastribune.org

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

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Jeremy Kohler @jeremykohler.bsky.social · 2d

This story by @amyyurkanin.bsky.social of @propublica.org is so beautifully written. A true masterclass in weaving details and emotion into a powerful narrative. www.propublica.org/article/jorg...

How a Fatal Car Crash Tested Alabama’s Justice System

A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder after a fatal car accident in Alabama. His lawyers have come to believe that one factor changed the course of the case, starting in the first moments...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said.

The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

“We’re physically seeing the impacts of a changing climate on these communities. … And the fact that we don’t have a government framework for dealing with these issues is not just an Alaska problem, it’s a national problem.”

(Published May with KYUK)

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.

Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.

How Trump’s Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to know.

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 1d

This story is about the report that hasn't been published - but it's also about IRIS, the part of EPA that wrote it and has been assessing the toxicity of chemicals for decades.

Of 55 scientists who worked on recent IRIS report, only 8 remain in their posts.

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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of digging without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by @citycastvegas.bsky.social and @propublica.org.

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 1d

Pérez feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her. She’s afraid of leaving her apartment, afraid that she will be detained and that her children will be taken away from her. “I feel so scared, always looking around in every direction. I was trying to leave voluntarily, like the president said.”

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

(Published May)
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Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power t...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h

The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.

Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 17h

Some immigrants have tried to self-deport using a Trump-promoted app. Many are still here, despite the government giving them departure dates and promises of safe travel. @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social and @mariamelba.bsky.social have a deeply reported, riveting account of people stranded in America.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime. n.pr/4nQIGfM

More than 20 kids in India have died from contaminated cough syrup. Who's to blame?

The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime.

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NPR @npr.org · 22h

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. n.pr/3KNzJF8

Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters.

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NPR @npr.org · 19h

Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago. n.pr/4q3iQX5

National Guard troops begin patrols in Memphis

Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

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NPR @npr.org · 18h

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities. n.pr/4h0Wh1g

Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump “is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | The Trump Bump on Your Energy Bills

The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

Federal courts across the U.S. have heard legal challenges to President Trump's mobilization of troops in several, mostly heavily Democratic, American cities. Here’s how some judges have ruled.

What Courts Have Said in Challenges to Trump’s National Guard Deployments

Federal courts across the country have heard legal challenges to the mobilization of troops in Los Angeles, Washington, Portland, Ore., and Chicago. Here’s how some judges have ruled.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

EPA officials directed scientists to assess whether the government could develop methods for detecting abortion pills in wastewater — a practice sought by the anti-abortion movement. The request appears to have originated from a letter sent from GOP members to Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator.

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the medication if necessary — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.

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