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I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.
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Sebastian Gorka accused a ProPublica reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery” about him. Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the U.S. counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebastian-gorka-counterterrorism-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Government #USPolitics #Security #Journalism

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said prepackaged foods have “mass poisoned” tribal communities.

But the Trump administration ended a program that tribal food banks relied on for fresh, locally produced food important to their traditions and cultures.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #RFKJr #Trump #Health #Food #Native #Indigenous #Nutrition #Culture

An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections.

(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/40kGxzo

#News #Law #Business #Ethics #Transparency

Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods.

“We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-flooding-protections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Flood #Environment #Climate #Law #Safety #TX #USPolitics

"Chief information and technology officers surveyed for BI indicated that on average they expect a net 3% of their workforce to be cut, according to a report published Thursday.

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Nearly a quarter of the 93 respondents predict a steeper decline of between 5% and 10% of total headcount."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-job-losses-may-071500049.html

#news #labor #WorkersRights #technology #AI

A “Horrendous” Alaska Sexual Assault Case, Delayed for a Decade
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Four different judges have agreed to delay the trial more than 70 times in total. We pieced together a timeline of the delays using audio recordings and logs from every hearing.

https://propub.li/428a7tw

#News #Alaska #Law #Crime

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
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Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and #government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.

https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL

#News #Trump #Musk #LasVegas #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Regulation #Environment #Transit #Traffic

At Flipboard, we believe a healthy democracy starts with access to trustworthy information. Our team is committed to supporting quality journalism and making it easier for everyone to stay informed.

Our values haven't changed. Here's a blogpost that explains more.

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-commitment-to-truth-and-quality-journalism/

#News #Media #Journalism #Ethics #EthicalJournalism #MediaIndustry #Flipboard

Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience of the progressive movement in Texas and beyond, died of complications of dementia at a hospice center in Austin on May 27. He was 95. https://www.texasobserver.org/ronnie-dugger-1930-2025/

#politics #USpol #journalism #RIP #Texas #media #history #news

Alaska judges granted 50 delays over seven years before the trial of Fred Tom Hurley III — accused of sexually assaulting two women in broad daylight — finally began last month.

In that time, both of the victims died.

https://propub.li/4gVcioi

#News #Crime #Police #Alaska

North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”
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The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by Republican Jefferson Griffin, who has cited debunked legal theories in his previous failed attempts to block Justice Allison Riggs’ reelection.

https://propub.li/3WbuVMy

#News #Law #NorthCarolina #Democracy #Election

"Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light to the team behind the company’s Llama AI models to use a data set of pirated ebooks and articles for training."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/mark-zuckerberg-gave-metas-llama-team-the-ok-to-train-on-copyrighted-works-filing-claims/

#news #TechNews #technology #AI #meta #zuckerberg

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
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As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-domestic-terrorism-extremism-states-michigan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Terrorism #WhiteHouse #Trump #Deportation #DOJ #Extremism #Violence

You may have heard that @Flipboard brought 250 publishers to the Fediverse this week. Here are just a few news outlets you might want to follow:

@AssociatedPress

@abc

@CBSNews

@cbcnews

@globeandmail

@newyorktimes

@WashPost

You can follow their entire profile, or just follow the topical Magazines that you're interested in. For example, if you want world news, follow @world-news-CBSNews. Or if you want Canadian news, follow @canada-cbcnews

#FollowFriday #News #Media #Flipboard #Journalism #Fediverse

⭐️Museum Struggles, Strife And Attacks | Phone Box Community Museum | Museums Foster Empathy And Social Change | British Museum Offensive Use Of ‘Xizang’ | DNA Shows Columbus Brought Syphilis to Europe | More Museum News.

http://www.globalmuseum.org #museums #globalmuseum #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery

📣 It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.

Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox

Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU

#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science

“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois
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Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear. And, as one couple learned, there’s almost no help for those building a child care facility from the ground up.

https://propub.li/4j8yNbg

#News #Illinois #Parenting #Children #ChildCare #Government

Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
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Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica investigation.

https://propub.li/40qESIN

#News #Housing #Business #Government #DOJ

The U.S. Department of Education has fined Michigan’s Baker College $2.5 million for years of “substantial misrepresentation” of career outcomes, following a 2022 ProPublica-Detroit Free Press report detailing the college’s low graduation rates and the heavy debt that many students shoulder.

https://propub.li/4h1gRgK

#News #College #Education #Government #Debt

UPDATE: The Connecticut DMV and top state lawmakers have vowed to review towing laws after a CT Mirror and ProPublica investigation found that people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.

https://propub.li/4h1Uw2E

#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Poverty #DMV

Happy new year, fedi friends and welcome to the fascinating world of 2025, which has already lasted approximately 15 months. Here’s a selection of stories from newsrooms with an active presence in the fediverse, plus a couple from our own desks.These include Meta employee reactions to their new policies (not good!), an exploration of the social worker shortage in Texas, an article on making peace with our younger selves, and a story for the ages about the man who infiltrated right-wing militia and shared his experiences with @ProPublica. Please follow all the newsrooms featured, click on their stories, boost them, subscribe, donate and support any way you can.
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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

From our magazine: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/

#WarOnDrugs #drugs #politics #USpol #news #Texas #law #CriminalJustice #health #addiction

NEW: More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging

Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.

#News #Trump #Tariffs #Stocks #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/us-officials-stock-sales-trump-tariffs

Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here’s a collection of stories, this week featuring private jets, emergency alerts, the U.S. election, geese, brass bands, and delicious, delicious borsch. The purpose of this thread is to highlight newsrooms that are active in the fediverse, so please boost, follow, subscribe, donate, comment, and show your support for great journalism, any way you can.

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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday