<p>Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.</p><p>But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?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/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a></p>
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<p>During this year’s legislative session in Texas, Elon Musk’s lobbyists and representatives publicly advocated for almost a dozen bills that would benefit his companies. </p><p>All but three of his priorities are now slated to become law.<br><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/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/tesla/" rel="tag">#Tesla</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
<p>This Is the Land of Wolves Now</p><p>Masked agents snatching people off the street. Govt ofcls using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.</p><p>“They have clearly been posed by the jailers, forced to hold position so that they can be useful props for the American woman so that she can manufacture <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> for her regime.</p><p>“We have seen this kind of thing before. Just not from America.”</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/alienenemiesact/" rel="tag">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-land-of-wolves-now?triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-the-land-of-wolves-now?triedRedirect=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-t</span><span class="invisible">he-land-of-wolves-now?triedRedirect=true</span></a></p>
<p>Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight<br>---</p><p>Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pol</span><span class="invisible">iticians-help-ranchers-dodge-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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a></p>
<p>Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.<br>—</p><p>Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?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/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#Conservation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>A federal Judge Denise Cote in NY rejected the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s effort to dismiss lawsuit alleging <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> directed a massive breach of <a href="/tags/opm/" rel="tag">#OPM</a> data affecting millions of people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.72.0.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.72.0.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.72.0.pdf</span></a></p>
<p>We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.<br>—</p><p>In the wake of ProPublica’s expose of the Community Response Team, critics are calling for the unit to be disbanded. New York City’s police commissioner may also be reducing the team’s role.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nyc</span><span class="invisible">-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse?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/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> <a href="/tags/newyorkcity/" rel="tag">#NewYorkCity</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>A Police Recording Reveals How a Minnesota Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Enabled an Abuser<br>---</p><p>ProPublica reporter Jessica Lussenhop received a roughly 40-minute recorded conversation between sheriff’s detectives and two preachers at a Minnesota church. The recording reveals how repeated sexual abuse can continue as an open secret.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-police-recording?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-police-recording?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-sexual-abuse-police-recording?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/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#Religion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>The targeting of state supreme courts by special interests and billionaires can leave the public with the impression that justices are no different than any politician: devoted to serving their political allies, court observers say.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-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/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a></p>
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<p>Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.<br>---</p><p>As a congressman, Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those same arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation funding.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?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-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?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/transportation/" rel="tag">#Transportation</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</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>Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law<br>—</p><p>Towing companies can sell vehicles if owners don’t reclaim them or can’t afford the fees. To protect drivers, they’re supposed to turn over unclaimed profits, but the state says that’s never happened.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-enforcement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-enforcement?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-dmv-towing-law-enforcement?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/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>The bipartisan ask for an investigation comes after staffers at 18 crisis centers told ProPublica payments were delayed for months and led to cuts, some of which continue to limit urgent, potentially lifesaving services.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?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/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#Money</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>
<p>What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.) <br>—</p><p>When Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was cleared of murder charges last year, reporter Jessica Lussenhop noticed something she had never seen before in a wrongful conviction case: the involvement of popular true crime show “The First 48.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?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">-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-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/realitytv/" rel="tag">#RealityTV</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>A Lawyer Who Helped the Kushners Crack Down on Poor Tenants Now Helps Renters Fight Big Landlords<br>—</p><p>“It was like a heavyweight sparring featherweights,” the attorney said about his time representing companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kushner-kushnerville-apartments-tenants-lawsuits-andrew-rabinowitz-lawyer?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kushner-kushnerville-apartments-tenants-lawsuits-andrew-rabinowitz-lawyer?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kus</span><span class="invisible">hner-kushnerville-apartments-tenants-lawsuits-andrew-rabinowitz-lawyer?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/rent/" rel="tag">#Rent</a></p>
<p>An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.<br>—</p><p>A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tig</span><span class="invisible">er-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?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/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?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/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin overrode <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> staff to list immigrants as dead<br>
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office & put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
Two days after the SSA purposely & falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded senior executive in the agency’s Woodlawn, MD, headquarters.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#Whistleblower</a> details how <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> may have taken sensitive <a href="/tags/nlrb/" rel="tag">#NLRB</a> data</p><p>In the first days of March, a team of advisers from <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, DC, headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.</p><p>The small, independent federal agency investigates & adjudicates complaints about unfair <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> practices.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security</span></a></p>
<p>The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.</p><p>But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/why</span><span class="invisible">-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?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/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?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/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes<br>—</p><p>The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-sober-living-homes-oversight-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/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a></p>
<p>A stunned <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> finally wakes up to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#Greenland</a> threat</p><p>An emergency meeting of <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> against any potential <a href="/tags/annexation/" rel="tag">#annexation</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/</span><span class="invisible">europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident.</p><p>A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-police-shantel-arnold-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/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#Accountability</a> <a href="/tags/report/" rel="tag">#Report</a></p>