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🍾 🎉 🥳 CONGRATS to @nlanard.bsky.social + @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, winners of this month's @sidneyhillman.bsky.social award for their excellent investigation revealing that Latino men are getting deported without due process because of innocuous tattoos.
Mother Jones wins April Sidney for 'You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos'
Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias win the April Sidney Award for ‘You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos,’ a Mother Jones feature revealing that young Latino men are being deported without due process because...
hillmanfoundation.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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SCOTUS in a 5-4 decision (Barrett + the Dem appointees dissent) says that Alien Enemies Act challenges MUST be brought as habeas corpus claims. Boasberg's orders are vacated

The majority says that deportees need to receive enough notice to file a habeas challenge before removal
April 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Clark and others at the Army Corps were instructed to go through social media posts to scrub DEI: words and ideals “that I have been taught my whole entire career were important and is what the Navy and made our country stronger.”

And then she was fired...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Army Corps made veteran in Kansas City scrub agency’s ‘DEI’ content. Then she was fired
“I am an ally and a champion for things that I was told to scrub,” former Army Corps of Engineers worker Cynthia Clark said.
www.kansascity.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to start a sweeping overhaul of military lawyers to make the US less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, per ppl familiar @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war
The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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We’re back with the Bellingcat Open Source Research Challenge! Starting today, we’ll release a series of five brand new challenges to test your digital investigative skills every month. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
The Bellingcat Open Source Challenge is Back - bellingcat
Test your open source research skills with the Bellingcat Challenge – a new resource for all levels of online investigators.
www.bellingcat.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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He’s tracked tech firings since the pandemic. Now he’s keeping DOGE’s body count
He’s tracked tech firings since the pandemic. Now he’s keeping DOGE’s body count
More than 108,000 workers have been axed by the Trump Administration so far, and Roger Lee is tallying every one of them.
sfstandard.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The Trump administration repeatedly cites the statistic that only 6% of federal employees work full-time in their offices.

Guess what? The stat isn't true.

Our editor-in-chief Steve Engelberg investigates how and why this lie continues to spread — and the impact: www.propublica.org/article/fede...
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
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 administrat...
www.propublica.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Life-threatening infections in Texas have soared among women losing a pregnancy after the state’s abortion ban.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The University of Utah could lose $43.5 million this year in federal funding for medical research expenses — which support projects like the development of new cancer-fighting drugs — if a new cut from the Trump administration moves forward.
‘Imminent threat’: University of Utah could lose $43.5M for research expenses under Trump admin cut
The University of Utah could lose $43.5 million this year in federal funding for medical research expenses — which support projects like the development of new cancer-fighting drugs — if a new cut from the Trump administration moves forward.
www.sltrib.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is investigating possible tax violations by clients of Trident Trust Group, one of the largest players in the world of offshore finance and a major focus of ICIJ's #PandoraPapers investigation.

Read more here: buff.ly/4hawUZH
US court grants IRS request to probe clients of offshore finance giant - ICIJ
Trident Trust was at the center of ICIJ’s Pandora Papers investigation exposing the offshore holdings of some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people.
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The @icij.org has unveiled a new API to enhance its Offshore Leaks Database, a critical tool in their groundbreaking investigations.

ICIJ's @pirhoo.com will lead a live training session to demonstrate the tool’s capabilities on Fri, Dec. 13 / 8 AM ET: https://twp.ai/1KbIy6
Offshore Leaks Database API Launch - YouTube
We're thrilled to announce the official launch of the Offshore Leaks Database API. This brand new tool will transform how you access, explore, and utilize ou...
twp.ai
December 12, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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CongoEye is proud to have our first article published by Bellingcat. With Bellingcat, we examined photos and videos taken during Moise Katumbi’s march in Kindu, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 28 of 2023.
A violent brawl during an opposition march leaves a political figure deceased in a puddle of his own blood. A year on and the event is still shrouded in mystery. In our latest, we investigate the circumstances around Dido Kakisingi’s death www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12...
Retracing the Congolese March Where Dido Kakisingi was Killed - bellingcat
Here’s what open source shows about a march where a protester died in violence during the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year.
www.bellingcat.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Advocacy group @hrw.org interviewed 50 models working in adult webcam studios in Colombia for a new report that exposes widespread exploitation, abuse and the creation of child sexual abuse material.

Read the story:
As billion-dollar webcam industry booms, models suffer at hands of Colombian studios - ICIJ
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch interviewed 50 models working in adult webcam studios for a new report that exposes widespread exploitation and abuse.
buff.ly
December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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I had to watch 45 hours of Kash Patel’s Epoch Times show www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump’s FBI pick co-hosted a show for a conspiracy-filled, far-right media organization
The show could receive fresh scrutiny as Kash Patel faces Senate confirmation hearings.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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As part of the #CaspianCabals research,
@icij.org looked at Timur Kulibayev's properties in Germany together with us. It involves three luxury properties near Baden-Baden including a castle with a great tradition that is now falling into ruin: www.icij.org/investigatio...
Uncovering Timur Kulibayev’s European property empire - ICIJ
As the wealth of Kazakhstan’s “oil prince” expanded so did his real estate portfolio, which now includes a U.K. mansion once owned by Prince Andrew.
www.icij.org
November 25, 2024 at 8:21 PM