<p>Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme.</p><p>Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jos</span><span class="invisible">eph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?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/arkansas/" rel="tag">#Arkansas</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
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<p>The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.</p><p>But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-zones-border-migrants-charges?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/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.</p><p>Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?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/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>My Whistleblower Story!</p><p>A true account of persecution I faced as a whistleblower against the powerful. </p><p><a href="https://drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK</span><span class="invisible">0#g50TCYlBdeeb</span></a></p><p>Please boost for reach!</p><p><a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a> <a href="/tags/equalrights/" rel="tag">#EqualRights</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a><br><a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/amnesty/" rel="tag">#Amnesty</a> <br><a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/hr/" rel="tag">#HR</a> <a href="/tags/union/" rel="tag">#Union</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#Unions</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#Solidarity</a><br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a><br><a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#whistleblower</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowerstory/" rel="tag">#WhistleBlowerStory</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowing/" rel="tag">#Whistleblowing</a><br><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/dnc/" rel="tag">#DNC</a> <a href="/tags/rnc/" rel="tag">#RNC</a><br><a href="/tags/speaktruthtopower/" rel="tag">#SpeakTruthToPower</a><br><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a><br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#Judiciary</a> <br><a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/courtsystem/" rel="tag">#CourtSystem</a><br><a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a></p>
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<p>This admin is a damn joke</p><p>The <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> Director Is MIA</p><p><a href="/tags/kashpatel/" rel="tag">#KashPatel</a> has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking & unexplained absences.</p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRj40bt5Tcdpsjr9rTdgd3Q</span></a></p>
<p>美國推「電腦系統年齡驗證」新法案 安裝 Windows, macOS 都要查用家年齡<br>美國眾議院在 2026 年 4 月 13 日正式提交《家長決定法案》（Parents Decide Act，H […]<br><a href="/tags/流動電腦/" rel="tag">#流動電腦</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> Decide Act <a href="/tags/windows/" rel="tag">#windows</a><br><a href="https://unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-decide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-decide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unwire.hk/2026/04/19/parents-d</span><span class="invisible">ecide-act-os-age-verification/notebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parents-decide-act-os-age-verification</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?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-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?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/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement<br>---</p><p>Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/purdue-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/purdue-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pur</span><span class="invisible">due-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind?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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/pain/" rel="tag">#Pain</a> <a href="/tags/chronicpain/" rel="tag">#ChronicPain</a></p>
<p>Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat.</p><p>Despite little reputable evidence for this, their fears have helped undercut efforts across the U.S. to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">higan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county?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/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/local/" rel="tag">#Local</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve <a href="/tags/witkoff/" rel="tag">#Witkoff</a> & Jared <a href="/tags/kushner/" rel="tag">#Kushner</a> ffs.</p><p><a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe</span><span class="invisible">l-trump-04-25-2026</span></a></p>
<p>Following our reporting, Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back.</p><p>But we found that some towing companies aren’t following the new rules.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-companies-ignore-new-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-companies-ignore-new-law?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-companies-ignore-new-law?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/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/landlords/" rel="tag">#Landlords</a></p>
<p>A limited-government advocate in Texas persuaded five small towns to incorporate as “liberty cities,” which feature lean governments, little to no taxation and scant regulation.</p><p>At least two of them struggle to provide basic services. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/art</span><span class="invisible">-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit?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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/dallas/" rel="tag">#Dallas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Brian Tracey died of pneumonia while being held at a Florida jail.</p><p>The jail’s healthcare provider is affiliated with Armor Health companies, which have a history of delaying or denying care to inmates across the country, lawsuits allege.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/armor-health-florida-jail-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/armor-health-florida-jail-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/arm</span><span class="invisible">or-health-florida-jail-deaths?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/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.</p><p>Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-scams-complaints-doubled-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-scams-complaints-doubled-ice?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-immigration-scams-complaints-doubled-ice?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/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/scam/" rel="tag">#Scam</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>