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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 21

NEW: More than ‎20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found.

Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is the final EO - it's very similar to the draft that was circulating last month. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · Aug 14

We reported in July that Trump was poised to slash regs protecting the public and the environment during rocket launches by companies like SpaceX.

Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order making it happen.

Here’s our story. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · Aug 12

The biggest landlord in the US will stop using rent-setting algorithms that critics say can result in price-fixing.

Greystar settled after federal prosecutors sued it, other landlords and the software’s maker.

We first wrote about the practice in 2022.

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America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ

Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 12

NEW: Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents.

ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.

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America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ

Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 5

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

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CNN @cnn.com · Jul 29

The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas, following the dismantling of foreign assistance programs carried out by USAID

US to burn $9.7 million worth of USAID-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas | CNN

The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas, following the dismantling of foreign assistance programs carrie...

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · Jul 22

We learned the Trump admin is moving to slash regs on launch companies — like Elon Musk’s SpaceX — that aim to protect people and the enviro.

The changes come despite explosions that sent debris raining on the Caribbean and Gulf.

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Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 22

NEW: A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 18

Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 17

🎧 Our reporter @abrahm.bsky.social was on @npr.org's Fresh Air today to talk about how Trump's undermining of science — at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common — is "extraordinarily concerning":

'ProPublica' climate reporter calls Texas floods an 'early warning' of future chaos

Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Jul 10

The pressure is building on health providers who offer gender-affirming care for trans kids: Department of Justice Subpoenas Doctors and Clinics Involved in Performing Transgender Medical Procedures on Children

Department of Justice Subpoenas Doctors and Clinics Involved in Performing Transgender Medical Procedures on Children

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has sent more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW: The number of extreme weather disasters has jumped fivefold worldwide over the past 50 years, and the number of deaths has nearly tripled.

The recent disaster in Texas is a grim omen of the climate chaos still to come.

By @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org

The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 11

BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names eight vaccine committee replacements, including a prominent critic of COVID-19 shots.

Kennedy names 8 vaccine committee replacements, including COVID shot critic

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.

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CNN @cnn.com · Jun 9

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump administration. They called it the Bethesda Declaration, for the location of the NIH.

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hooray! The new encrypted tips form Ive been working on with @phiffer.org is now live! Very, very proud and delighted with this effort.

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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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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · May 30

White House report re “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health included fictitious studies on direct-to-consumer drug advertising, mental illness and medications prescribed for children with asthma. By Dani Blum and Maggie Astor

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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · May 29

The 2-year-old, native-born U.S. citizen, removed by ICE in February, is now stuck in Poté on a soon-to-expire tourist visa without a Brazilian citizen’s access to routine pediatric checkups, day care or school @terrencemccoy.bsky.social and Marina Dias report
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This 2-year-old American girl was ‘deported’ with her undocumented parents

Since being flown to Brazil in February, Manu has become all but stateless — removed from her place of birth and not yet adopted by her parents’ home country.

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 29

Late Wed., Sen. Amy Klobuchar told us there is bipartisan support for AI rules and bipartisan oppo to the moratorium:

“By preventing cities and states from protecting renters and allowing landlords to leverage AI to collude, House Republicans would raise rents even more while reducing competition."

Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 28

To read more about how RealPage has shaped the nation’s rental markets, read our “Rent Barons” series here: www.propublica.org/series/rent-...

Rent Barons

Powerful interests, including a real estate tech company and private equity firms, are contributing to soaring rents.

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 28

To read more about how RealPage has shaped the nation’s rental markets, read our “Rent Barons” series here: www.propublica.org/series/rent-...

Rent Barons

Powerful interests, including a real estate tech company and private equity firms, are contributing to soaring rents.

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 28

RealPage has denied allegations of price-fixing. “It’s past time to stop scapegoating RealPage — and now our customers — for housing affordability problems when the root cause of high housing costs is the undersupply of housing,” a company executive previously told @propublica.org.

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 28

Whether or not this new provision survives, RealPage faces a series of price-fixing lawsuits filed by private plaintiffs as well as state and federal regulators, including the Justice Department, which is also suing some of the nation’s largest landlords.

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Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets

Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica in...

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Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social · May 28

Following our story, in 2024, U.S. senators introduced legislation that would have made this sort of algorithmic price-setting for housing illegal:

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We Found That Landlords Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Rent Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.

After a ProPublica investigation, U.S. senators introduced a bill to curb “price fixing” linked to rent-setting software. “Setting prices with an algorithm is no different from doing it over cigars an...

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