<p>You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…</p><p>Before the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left <a href="/tags/survivors/" rel="tag">#survivors</a>, acc/to multiple <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/carribean/" rel="tag">#Carribean</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes.</p><p>It’s now at risk of being cut.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maternal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mat</span><span class="invisible">ernal-mortality-erase-mm-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide's Unproven Health Benefits<br>---</p><p>Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy," one expert said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ron</span><span class="invisible">-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#Misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>"Trump & Thune About to Rip Away <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> Care & Whig-ify the <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> Jan 1 - <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thune-about-to-rip-away"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/trump-and-thu</span><span class="invisible">ne-about-to-rip-away</span></a> </p><p>"There are certainly no lack of examples of their glib dishonesty and putrid amorality. But one that perfectly sums up the Jonestown GOP Caucus is their nonchalance at allowing enhanced Obamacare subsidies, the only way millions of Americans can afford healthcare, to just disappear. Like Mike Johnson’s testicles when <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> enters the room"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#congress</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>
<p>Republicans in the US House of Representatives have only a 5 seat majority. It is a key pressure point against Trump's authoritarian agenda.</p><p>5 calls is the easiest and most effective way for US constituents to make a political impact. </p><p>Make it clear to them that We, The People will hold Republicans responsible for trying to take away our hard-won freedoms.</p><p><a href="https://5calls.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>5calls.org</a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/stopfascism/" rel="tag">#StopFascism</a></p>
<p>Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Today, Congressional Democrats are spotlighting a particularly troubling part of Trump's immigration dragnet: the American kids — including some featured in ProPublica's reporting — who have been collateral damage in the deportation campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ame</span><span class="invisible">rican-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a></p>
<p>Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight<br>---</p><p>Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/law</span><span class="invisible">makers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/pos/" rel="tag">#POS</a></p><p>American families are worried about losing <a href="/tags/foodstamp/" rel="tag">#FoodStamp</a> benefits. Hundreds of thousands of <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> have no idea when they will next be paid. Several <a href="/tags/airports/" rel="tag">#airports</a> have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages.</p><p>The pain of the government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> is growing more acute as it grinds toward the 5-week mark, with <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> showing little movement toward a resolution. But <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has been attending to other matters.</p><p><a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#oligarchy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sen</span><span class="invisible">ators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>NEW: When asked if top aide Corey Lewandowski has “a role in approving contracts,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem replied, “No.” </p><p>But internal DHS records contradict her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=3-04" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=3-04"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=3-04</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#kristinoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>
<p>Transportation Lobbyists Have Donated Thousands to Sean Duffy’s Son-in-Law as He Runs for Congress<br>---</p><p>Industry money has been pouring into the congressional campaign of Michael Alfonso, a 26-year-old political unknown from Wisconsin. The candidate’s father-in-law happens to be the U.S. secretary of transportation. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-michael-alfonso-congress-transportation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-michael-alfonso-congress-transportation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sea</span><span class="invisible">n-duffy-michael-alfonso-congress-transportation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#Transportation</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a></p>
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<p>Where we are today:</p><p>Abigail Hauslohner -- @ahauslohner</p><p>9:40 AM · Mar 18, 2026</p><p>Pressed by Sen. @Ossoff on whether the intelligence community's had assessed that <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> posed "an <a href="/tags/imminentnuclearthreat/" rel="tag">#ImminentNuclearThreat</a>", as claimed by the <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a>, <a href="/tags/gabbard/" rel="tag">#Gabbard</a> said: </p><p>"It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat."</p><p>and:</p><p>Abigail Hauslohner -- @ahauslohner</p><p>Gabbard, the <a href="/tags/directorofnationaiintelligence/" rel="tag">#DirectorofNationaIintelligence</a>, who had said she was briefing <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> today to provide "the intelligence community's assessment of the threats" later said: </p><p>"The only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president."</p><p>Dare I say 'wow...'?</p><p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/worldwariii/" rel="tag">#WorldWarIII</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> <a href="/tags/benjaminnetanyahu/" rel="tag">#BenjaminNetanyahu</a> <a href="/tags/dni/" rel="tag">#DNI</a></p>
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