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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 16h

A nice write up in @usa.streetsblog.org!

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This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 1d

They are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them.

How a little-known appeal could force your insurer to pay for lifesaving care

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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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Kirsten Berg @kirstenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Bukele wanted the contractor on the corruption investigation gone, according to a report obtained by @propublica.org.

In Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson, he had a powerful American friend—and a friendship that lasted long after Johnson left his post:

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The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement

A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforc...

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T. Christian Miller @tchristianmiller.bsky.social · 8d

1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22d

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.

(Published May)

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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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 22d

The Midwest newsroom at @propublica.org is amazing.

Fantastically talented, hard-working, good-hearted people who do this work for all the right reasons. And so much fun to be around. I love being part of it.

Come join us!

This is a **solid-gold journalism job opportunity.**

Reporter, Midwest

Regions

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 29d

New craft class coming up quick. I've dreamed of teaching this one for years!

We'll explore the porous boundaries of investigative literature, from Gwendolyn Brooks in Montgomery to Lynn Nottage in Reading, PA., to Patrick Radden Keefe in Northern Ireland.

Online + open to all, incl. all genres.

Craft Seminar: Investigative Literature with Anna Clark — The Shipman Agency

1 Session: Sunday, September 28 1:00-3:00pm ET Anna Clark Anna Clark wrote or edited three books, including The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Tragedy , which won the Hillman P...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 5

NEW: Records show that Uvalde school leaders initially planned to defend Police Chief Pete Arredondo after the Robb Elementary shooting.

The details were revealed in over 25,000 pages the district released after a legal fight with news outlets.

With @texastribune.org

New Uvalde Records Reveal How the School District Changed Course on Supporting Police Chief

The previously unreported details were revealed in the over 25,000 pages of records the school district has disclosed since Aug. 26 in response to a yearslong legal fight by news outlets, including Pr...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 5

2/ As the story also makes clear, having two such mortgages is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing. But it is a standard the Trump administration has been using to go after its political foes.

Read our full story:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 5

1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.

We’ve got the records 👇

Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Post on X from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. The text says: "ProPublica's headline is the definition of fake news. I have NEVER claimed more than one primary residence! In 2007, I acquired a primary residence in NY upon leaving active duty. That was my primary residence for the next 17.5 years. My primary residence then changed to DC this past year when I become EPA Administrator. I completed the process by the book, notifying my mortgage companies, insurance company, and local government that my primary residence was changing. These fake news hacks knew this BEFORE posting their bogus claim, but they just couldn't help themselves." Below the post text is a screenshot of a ProPublica post that reads: "Trump has targeted political foes for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. But ProPublica found that at least three of the president's Cabinet members have done the same thing."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 5

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.

Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.

(Published Dec. 2024)

How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich

Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.

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Lynn Dombek @lynndom.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Pulte did not respond to a request for comment from ProPublica." @justinelliott.bsky.social @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social for @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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Lynn Dombek @lynndom.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pearl, always in sunshine.

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Colleen Barry @copycurmudgeon.bsky.social · Aug 15

Throwing my cat into the ring for my city’s extremely fake “bike path mayor” race.

A lawn sign that says, “Vote Sterling for bike path mayor. He’d vote for you!” The sign is mostly blue with a white triangle cutting diagonally through it, and coming out of the triangle is a picture of a silver-and-black tabby looking eagerly and pleadingly at you.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · Aug 14

So the Trump appointee to head the precious jewel of American economic data collection is:

-a J6er

-who has a nazi ship photo

-and can’t get the math right to back his belief that the economy was in recession under Biden and then soared when Trump took over

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 14

(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.

@ryanjreilly.com
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 14

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

With @texastribune.org

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney…

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · Aug 13

Texas is about to give more than $1 billion in public money to private schools. We found that they routinely engage in nepotism and enrich insiders in ways that would be illegal for public and charter schools. Just out @propublica.org @texastribune.org:
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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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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · Aug 8

Billy Long only lasted 6 months as Trump's IRS chief.

Sure, that's a short period of time, but not bad for a guy whose self-touted tax expertise appeared to come solely from a 3-day seminar.

From @propublica.org Dec. 2024:
www.propublica.org/article/bill...

But tax experts told ProPublica that they have never heard of CTBA as a credential in the tax profession. The designation is offered by a small Florida firm, Excel Empire, which was established just two years ago and only requires attendance at a three-day seminar. That is in stark contrast to the 150 credit hours and the rigorous exams required to become a certified public accountant, a standard certification for tax accountants.

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · Aug 7

THREAD: All over the country, immigration officers are smashing car windows to get at the people inside.

As we began tracking incidents, my @propublica.org colleague @nicolefoy.bsky.social and I had two questions: First, is this legal?

Second, is it, well, normal? Was this happening before? 1/

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Lynn Dombek @lynndom.bsky.social · Aug 7

So proud of my awesome nephew! Back in Swan Lake for the Maine State Ballet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EjI...

Maine State Ballet: Nathaniel's Return ~ Swan Lake 2025

YouTube video by Maine State Ballet

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · Aug 7

New from me: After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

Misinformation got accepted as fact.

In this telling, Oregon’s hotter, drier climate isn’t the problem; the map is.

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

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The Maine Monitor @themainemonitor.org · Aug 1

The following first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor, which is delivered to inboxes every Friday morning. Sign up for the newsletter to stay informed of Maine environmental news. themainemonitor.org/newsletters/

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Lynn Dombek @lynndom.bsky.social · Jul 31

"All I could hear was kids crying..." Incredibly difficult videos to watch of immigration agents' aggressive acts of violence. @propublica.org reporting. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · Jul 25

A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat

A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW: Turns out the Pentagon was not the only part of the government where Microsoft was using China-based engineers.

For years, the tech giant has also used these overseas employees to maintain cloud systems for DOJ, Treasury and Commerce, ProPublica's @reneedudley.bsky.social found.

Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clien...

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