<p>NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.</p><p>With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.</p><p>Read more about our report on Meta's surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/stopstalkerads/" rel="tag">#StopStalkerAds</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/adtech/" rel="tag">#adtech</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#gdpr</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#advertising</a> <a href="/tags/surveillancecapitalism/" rel="tag">#surveillancecapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#migrants</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>
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<p>White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On<br>—</p><p>Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a></p>
<p>The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?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/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. Our database allows you to more easily search these organizations' finances.</p><p>We've just updated it with 140,000 new records. Check it out:<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/527-ex</span><span class="invisible">plorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data<br>—</p><p>Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?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/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/lobby/" rel="tag">#Lobby</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/cambridgeanalytica/" rel="tag">#CambridgeAnalytica</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>
<p>Connecticut towers insist they’re selling junk cars. It’s impossible to know the conditions of every vehicle. </p><p>But an analysis by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica shows that in nearly half the cases, the asking price was 50% or less of the book value.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-law-data-dmv?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-law-data-dmv?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-towing-law-data-dmv?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/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: We've confirmed the identities and roles of 9 more key figures affiliated with Musk, bringing our DOGE tracker to a total of 86 staffers.</p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/elon-m</span><span class="invisible">usk-doge-tracker/?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/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>’s state agency CalPrivacy is building a new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP 😂).</p><p>Starting Jan 1, 2026, you’ll be able to submit a request through DROP, asking data brokers to delete your data. </p><p>Starting Aug 1, 2026, data brokers are required to start regularly processing consumer deletion requests, reducing how many times your data can be bought, sold, and pop-up on sketchy websites. 😎</p><p>This is exciting, as it’s a FREE service for California residents, similar to existing, paid services like Optery, Incogni, Privacy Bee, DeleteMe, and EasyOptOuts.</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> </p><p><a href="https://privacy.ca.gov/data-brokers/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>privacy.ca.gov/data-brokers/</a></p>
<p>DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.</p><p>Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dhs</span><span class="invisible">-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?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/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>dbt-ui has more than 80 stars on Github! Come on everyone, let’s push it to 100, it becomes a matter of principle</p><p><a href="/tags/dbt/" rel="tag">#dbt</a> <a href="/tags/dbtui/" rel="tag">#dbtui</a> <a href="/tags/dbtcore/" rel="tag">#dbtcore</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/dataengineering/" rel="tag">#dataengineering</a> <a href="/tags/dataanalytics/" rel="tag">#dataanalytics</a> <a href="/tags/sql/" rel="tag">#sql</a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/data-diving/dbt-ui/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>github.com/data-diving/dbt-ui/</a></p>
<p>ProPublica Updates Its Database of Museums’ and Universities’ Compliance With Federal Repatriation Law<br>—</p><p>Institutions across the U.S. returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes in 2024, making it the third-biggest year for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nat</span><span class="invisible">ive-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra?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/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/museum/" rel="tag">#Museum</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows:</p><p>• 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations;<br>• 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.;<br>• 6 of those were violent crimes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?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-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela?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/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.</p><p>See what changes are in store for your county.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3C2UI2U" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3C2UI2U</a></p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies<br>—</p><p>In June, the Forest Service told the public that it reached 99% of its hiring goal for its wildland firefighting workforce. But as of July 17, around 27% of jobs were still vacant, according to data obtained by ProPublica. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/for</span><span class="invisible">est-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?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/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/fire/" rel="tag">#Fire</a> <a href="/tags/firefighters/" rel="tag">#Firefighters</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/report/" rel="tag">#Report</a></p>
<p>ProPublica just launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country.</p><p>Here’s how to use it.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-private-school-demographics-lookup</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
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<p>NEW REPORT: UK Political Parties' canvassing apps threaten voter privacy with security vulnerabilities and commercially owned infrastructure.</p><p>Data is driving elections, deciding how to focus efforts and target messaging. We lose in a data arms race.</p><p>Read more ⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politicalparties/" rel="tag">#politicalparties</a> <a href="/tags/labour/" rel="tag">#labour</a> <a href="/tags/conservatives/" rel="tag">#conservatives</a> <a href="/tags/libdems/" rel="tag">#libdems</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/</span></a></p>
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<p>ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.</p><p>As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sav</span><span class="invisible">e-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?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/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>There is no AI, just other people's data.</p><p><a href="/tags/robot/" rel="tag">#robot</a> <a href="/tags/comic/" rel="tag">#comic</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/people/" rel="tag">#people</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noai</a></p>
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<p>Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue<br>—</p><p>Last year, The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to go carbon neutral by 2030.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/was</span><span class="invisible">hington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?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/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#Taxes</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a></p>
<p>Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: income, debt, religious affiliation, whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">s-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?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/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Looking for an inspiration on how to use <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikidata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikidata</span></a></span> in your next project? Join the Data Reuse Days 2025 week of events from February 18 to 27 with live sessions, available for replay later.</p><p>See full program and register: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Data_Reuse_Days_2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Data_Reuse_Days_2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Da</span><span class="invisible">ta_Reuse_Days_2025</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wikidata/" rel="tag">#wikidata</a> <a href="/tags/learning/" rel="tag">#learning</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/dataviz/" rel="tag">#dataviz</a> <a href="/tags/datareusedays/" rel="tag">#DataReuseDays</a> <a href="/tags/datareusedays2025/" rel="tag">#DataReuseDays2025</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts.</p><p>We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?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/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.<br>—</p><p>Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?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/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>