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Chris Morran
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Audience editor, @ProPublica.org
Philadelphia resident and sports masochist
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themorrancave.bsky.social
I can't wait to watch this crazy new show about a snotty big city doctor finding laughs, love -- and most importantly himself -- in small town USA. Will there be an adorable, precocious moppet with an attractive single mom who will initially distrust the doc but grow to like him??
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Glad I'm not the only one who heard that
zephyrsky.bsky.social 🖤♡Amanda♡🖤 @zephyrsky.bsky.social · 20h
Blasting through WHO, Brady?????
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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propublica.org
Federal corrections officers fleeing to go work for ICE has real consequences for the lockups they leave behind, including less programming and fewer health care services for inmates.

➡️ Read our full story: https://propub.li/3LZlde3
Article excerpt: ...and women incarcerated in Carswell in Texas reported a shortage of tampons. “I was told to use my socks,” one said. The facility did not answer questions from ProPublica about conditions there. Fewer staff has meant in some cases that inmates have lost access to care. At the prison complex in Victorville, California, staff lodged written complaints accusing the warden of skimping on the number of officers assigned to inmate hospital visits in order to cut back on overtime. (The complex did not respond to a request for comment.) In some instances, the complaints alleged, that left so few officers at the hospital that ailing inmates missed the procedures that had landed them there in the first place. Chyann Bratcher, a prisoner at Carswell, a medical lockup in Texas, said she missed an appointment for rectal surgery — something she’d been waiting on for two years — because there weren’t enough staff to take her there. She was able to have the procedure almost two months later, after another cancellation.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Better yet, replace all statues with a bust of Jerry Jones making this face
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones looking like he's about to throw up a week's worth of food after the eagles score another TD
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Replace the Philly Philly statue with that DeVonta Smith catch
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Yes the whole Nuzzi, Lizza, RFK Jr thing may be a grotesquely amusing indictment of access journalism, but it's important to also keep an eye on the damage -- some of it irreparable -- being done by RFK and the Trump white house 👇
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
A year ago, flyers promoting vaccines were prevalent across the Navajo Nation.

But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.

By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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propublica.org
A year ago, flyers promoting vaccines were prevalent across the Navajo Nation.

But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.

By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Kash Patel has a SWAT team going around to "protect" his girlfriend. The administration that claimed it would root out waste, fraud, and abuse sure loves spending taxpayer money on themselves.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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marciej.bsky.social
Not DOJ lawyers lying in court again!
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
something that has always irked me is that the seashore is the actual worst fucking place for her to sell seashells.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Revolutionary idea for a new podcast: instead of talking with guests, I'll play popular music for a few hours each afternoon at a given time, breaking occasionally to provide traffic and weather updates.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
themorrancave.bsky.social
I think I'm just gonna cash it all in an open a place where adults can come to make pillow forts.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
themorrancave.bsky.social
Watching Pluribus -- Rhea Seehorn's profanity skill is next-level.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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copycurmudgeon.bsky.social
Lizza’s who-knows-how-many-parts blog series reminds me uncomfortably of the guy who kicked off Gamergate by posting a giant screed enumerating every wrong he thought she committed in their relationship. Trying to ruin your ex’s life by torching her to an audience primed to believe everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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loganjaffe.bsky.social
Newsrooms have made online maps of where ICE has arrested people. What would it look like to mark these incidents in physical places?
eraldo.bsky.social eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 2d
fascinating idea.
Seattle is using stencils when neighbors go missing: "Neighbor Kidnapped Here: Abolish ICE"
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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keribla.bsky.social
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations

My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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karenho.bsky.social
It is easier for these people to admit they like this unethical lady and her bad writing than think about or standup for the non-white journalists who are the subject of mass layoffs at NBC and CBS.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
Daniel Lozano-Camargo was shipped to Venezuela despite federal court deal protecting him from deportation.

Now, he's missing.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@kylecheney05.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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pamelacolloff.bsky.social
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz
sixers win
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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meghann.bsky.social
It looks like the producers of this football game could only get the rights to Buffalo.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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loraxthatshit.bsky.social
Abortion is Healthcare.
This woman died because available, safe, lifesaving medical care, was purposefully withheld.
themorrancave.bsky.social Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 3d
If you missed yesterday's @propublica.org story on the latest tragic death resulting from Texas' abortion ban, my colleague Lizzie Presser was on MS Now earlier today to talk about her reporting:
youtu.be/25sVNWX0-0E?...
Texas mother dies after she couldn't get an abortion: ProPublica
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
themorrancave.bsky.social
If you missed yesterday's @propublica.org story on the latest tragic death resulting from Texas' abortion ban, my colleague Lizzie Presser was on MS Now earlier today to talk about her reporting:
youtu.be/25sVNWX0-0E?...
Texas mother dies after she couldn't get an abortion: ProPublica
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
well then explain how
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Lutnick: "The president wants to make sure the American people understand that the tariffs are there for their benefit"
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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jeisinger.bsky.social
Now that a court has found this guy to be a serial liar, ideally the media would adopt that as Bovino’s Homeric epithet.
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing “cute” responses to Plaintiffs’ counsel’s questions or outright lying. When shown a video of agents hitting Rev. Black with pepper balls, Bovino denied seeing a projectile hit Rev. Black in the head. Doc. 191- 3 at 162:21–165:17; Doc. 22-44 (Ex. 44 at 0:10–12, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). In another video shown to Bovino, he obviously tackles Scott Blackburn, one of Plaintiffs’ declarants. Doc. 191-3 at 172:13–173:7; Doc. 22-45 (Ex. 45 at 0:19–30, available at https://spaces.hightail.com/space/ZzXNsei63k). But instead of admitting to using force against Blackburn, Bovino denied it and instead stated that force was used against him.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM