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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 20d

RFK Jr. has touted the new Autism Data Science Initiative, $50 million in research grants. But some experts fear the initiative will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.

RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview.

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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 20d

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September.

Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition.

RFK Jr. cut her entire lab.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 23d

We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.

Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild

We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28d

Halimi worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland through his work with the U.S. Institute of Peace. But DOGE members falsely suggested that Halimi was part of a scheme where federal funds went to the Taliban.

Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28d

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi’s family members were taken by the Taliban and beaten after DOGE and Elon Musk exposed his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.

The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 28

Millions of Americans own the rights to oil and gas underground.

Other states like #CO, #KS, #MI, #NV, #OK, #WV and #WY have taken action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from mineral owners’s checks.

North Dakota is not one of them.

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Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.

At least seven states limit the costs oil and gas companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from. Here’s how North Dakota differs when it comes to protecting the interests of mine...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 28

State lawmakers did create a royalty oversight program to address conflicts btw mineral owners and companies.

The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions.

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They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.

Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fail...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 28

The majority of North Dakota's oil and gas is privately owned by about 300,000 individuals.

Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979.

The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️

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“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say

Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state,...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oil companies in #NorthDakota are unfairly taking $millions in royalties for the oil and gas extracted from their lands, mineral owners say. @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com saw statements showing deductions as high as 50%!

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re going to continue reporting on Texas’ changing education landscape. If you are a teacher, parent, student or taxpayer, we want to hear about it.

Go to this link to securely reach our reporters or contact us on Signal: 816-898-5462.

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Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on Education

Texas’ education landscape is changing. Help our reporters understand what’s happening across the state.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 20

Such practices typically violate state laws governing public and charter schools and could result in fines, removal from office or even state felony charges. But private schools operate largely outside these rules.

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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Aug 20

#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount.

📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Jul 19

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 17

WATCH: Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene.

But in both disasters, there was a disconnect between accurate weather alerts and on-the-ground action that could have saved lives.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Jul 16

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 11

📽️ WATCH: A Minneapolis pediatrician challenged the opinion of a powerful child abuse specialist named Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired. 

Reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social takes us through her investigation:

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · Jun 19

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 19

ProPublica obtained records showing how a DOGE software engineer with no health care or government experience created an AI model to identify contracts to kill at the VA.

@bxroberts.org‬ takes us through what we learned when we asked experts to review the model’s underlying instructions and code ⤵️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 2

We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol.

Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.

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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 2

NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.

By @maxblau.bsky.social

He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.

The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental h...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

“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.”

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…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

Multiple nonprofits serving exploited children declined to speak on the record to ProPublica, fearing that doing so might undermine what chance they still had of getting potential grants.

“Look at what happened to the law firms,” one official said.

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · Jun 3

By my count, I spent at least 40 nights in Newtok & Mertarvik over 2 yrs, interviewed over 70 people & hired an inspector to look at 7 homes built by 3 contractors. A dozen are less than 3 years old & moldy. 1 federal agency knew of problems in 2022. Another toured homes in 2023. Zero repairs made.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. It’s a new town.

Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yup’ik, began moving in around 2019.

The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD 🧵

An aerial view of Metarvik, Alaska, a small village of several dozen buildings in the middle of a vast snowy expanse.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

NEW: Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants.

They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades.

How Tech Company Recruiters Sidestep Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · May 23

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 22

After ProPublica’s @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication costs the same as a new iPhone.

David's covered high drug prices for years, but what he discovered shocked even him.

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Cancer Drug Revlimid Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 16

#ICYMI: Disclosure forms show that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · May 10

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 10

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 7

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis

While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

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