<p>More than a dozen borrowers told the Tennessee Lookout and ProPublica that Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow more money after making minimum payments.</p><p>The lender went on to sue them once they couldn’t pay back the loan.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/flex-lenders-reborrow?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/flex-lenders-reborrow?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fle</span><span class="invisible">x-lenders-reborrow?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/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/personalfinance/" rel="tag">#PersonalFinance</a> <a href="/tags/debt/" rel="tag">#Debt</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?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">stitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>
<p>A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.<br>—</p><p>St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/st-</span><span class="invisible">lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?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/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on The Courts<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?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-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?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/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/workers/" rel="tag">#Workers</a></p>
<p>A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact<br>---</p><p>With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and worsening wildfire risk.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gra</span><span class="invisible">zing-environment-public-lands-oversight?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/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/cattle/" rel="tag">#Cattle</a> <a href="/tags/grazing/" rel="tag">#Grazing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Following reporting by ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror, Connecticut lawmakers passed reforms on a century-old towing law. But they don’t solve all the problems that vehicle owners have raised.</p><p>Here’s what they told us.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-drivers-towing-law-reform?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-drivers-towing-law-reform?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-drivers-towing-law-reform?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/reform/" rel="tag">#Reform</a></p>
<p>One father who was acquitted of causing his son’s death said that Dr. Nancy Harper’s abuse diagnosis attached a stigma to him, caused him and his wife PTSD and robbed them of the chance to say a proper goodbye to their son.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-nancy-harper-minnesota-shaken-baby-syndrome?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-nancy-harper-minnesota-shaken-baby-syndrome?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">ld-abuse-pediatrician-nancy-harper-minnesota-shaken-baby-syndrome?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/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/pediatrics/" rel="tag">#Pediatrics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> learning English, <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#teacher</a> training & other services.</p><p>The money, which was already allocated by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *<a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a>* Department notified <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> education agencies that the money would not be available.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 & 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 "𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠" 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫:</p><p>"Robert Jackson, Harry Truman, held men in custody who exterminated over 12 million civilians in camps, tens of millions more in a war of aggression.</p><p>They wished for a better world, so they tried the monsters in a court of law. <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> saw smugglers (?) and couldn’t bother to capture or try them. Then when he had the success using bombs he’s had using <a href="/tags/signal/" rel="tag">#Signal</a>, he returned to ensure the slaughter.</p><p>“ <a href="/tags/nuremberg/" rel="tag">#Nuremberg</a>” isn't a historical footnote with men in gray suits. It's a film about the moment we decided: civilization doesn’t survive if we let murder become policy. And if we don’t enforce it, there will always be more Pete Hegseths."</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazis-hegseth-bombs-survivors" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazis-hegseth-bombs-survivors"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/we-tried-nazi</span><span class="invisible">s-hegseth-bombs-survivors</span></a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/boatbombings/" rel="tag">#boatbombings</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#warcrimes</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#crimesagainsthumanity</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a></p>
<p>I used to think (in my naivety) that a judge on the Supreme Court was the smartest in the Judiciary — cream of the crop, top of the line…</p><p>But damn I can see that’s not true because this is some A-class manipulation and gaslighting by Trump Administration lawyers—</p><p>And it makes sense that the people directing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> during his first term would put judges in <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> who would roll over for him. </p><p>/1<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#birthrightcitizenship</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742</span></a></p>
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<p>An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work<br>—</p><p>GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?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">-group-ice-detainees-wage?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/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk wanted Texas legislators to create new crimes so people who fly drones or interfere with operations at SpaceX can be arrested. And he wanted to change who controlled the highway and public beach near SpaceX’s site so he can launch his rockets according to his timeline.</p><p>He got them all.</p><p>Read the full story: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
<p>In Chicago, a sanctuary city, immigration rights advocates say ICE has unlawfully picked up at least 22 migrants, creating warrants after some had already been detained.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-warrantless-arrests-chicago-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/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>Holy shit</p><p><a href="/tags/desantis/" rel="tag">#DeSantis</a> admits that the <a href="/tags/workershortages/" rel="tag">#WorkerShortages</a> created by anti-<a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#immigrant</a> laws need to be eased by putting teenagers to work by relaxing <a href="/tags/childlabor/" rel="tag">#ChildLabor</a> protection standards.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302704319.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article302704319.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.miamiherald.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">/immigration/article302704319.html</span></a></p>
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<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is trying to deport *another* student, 21-yr-old <a href="/tags/yunseochung/" rel="tag">#YunseoChung</a>, a legal permanent resident, under the statute authorizing Secy of State <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> to remove people deemed threat. She's lived here since childhood.</p><p>Chung wasn’t a leader or heavily involved in the protest movement, she only attended a few.</p><p>The <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> is seeking to deport a person w/a <a href="/tags/greencard/" rel="tag">#GreenCard</a> since she was a child because she went to a <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a></p>
<p>This is beyond…</p><p><a href="/tags/lemonde/" rel="tag">#LeMonde</a> reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> after a <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> of his <a href="/tags/phone/" rel="tag">#phone</a> & <a href="/tags/computer/" rel="tag">#computer</a> revealed messages critical of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> cuts, "which [says <a href="/tags/cpb/" rel="tag">#CPB</a>] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/thoughtpolice/" rel="tag">#ThoughtPolice</a> <a href="/tags/nazis/" rel="tag">#Nazis</a> <a href="/tags/viewpointdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#ViewpointDiscrimination</a> <br><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lemonde.fr/international/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html</span></a></p>
<p>Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up<br>—</p><p>Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight?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-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight?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/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on things like gifts and meals for Texas elected officials this year.</p><p>But, in most cases, state transparency laws do not require them to disclose which elected officials they wine and dine.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-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/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/tesla/" rel="tag">#Tesla</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
<p>Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays<br>—</p><p>The move follows an investigation by ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News that found some cases have taken as long as a decade to reach juries, potentially violating the rights of victims and defendants alike.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p>
<p>“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility<br>---</p><p>ProPublica is sharing eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-dilley-children-letters?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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center<br>---</p><p>ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lif</span><span class="invisible">e-inside-ice-dilley-children?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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Many of you may already be aware of the important thoughts shared by <a href="/tags/frankwilhoit/" rel="tag">#FrankWilhoit</a> in his March 2018 blog comment "There is No Such Thing as Liberalism".</p><p><a href="https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l</span><span class="invisible">iberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288</span></a></p><p>It provides political framing I find useful. I propose using it as a test or "razor" (à la Occam) when evaluating political actions and legislation:</p><p>👉 Who does this action or law bind? Who does it protect? 👈 </p><p>The best answer is the people who are bound are also protected. That would be a sign of that the action or law is a good one.</p><p>The worst answer is the people who are bound are not protected. This almost always means the action or law is a bad one.</p><p>As with all politics and compromise there are shades of grey, but this rule of thumb can help find the better action or law. </p><p><a href="https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/wilhoits_razor/index.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/wilhoits_razor/index.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/wil</span><span class="invisible">hoits_razor/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#Taxes</a> <a href="/tags/ingroup/" rel="tag">#InGroup</a> <a href="/tags/outgroup/" rel="tag">#OutGroup</a></p>
<p>“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man<br>—</p><p>Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fir</span><span class="invisible">st-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?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/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a></p>
<p>Our reporting revealed that Anchorage dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year.</p><p>Now, the city says it has hired a full staff of 12 “frontline” prosecutors who will take cases to trial.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/anc</span><span class="invisible">horage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/assault/" rel="tag">#Assault</a></p>
<p>Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases<br>—</p><p>The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?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/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</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></p>