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<p>BREAKING NEWS 🚨</p><p>After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. </p><p>Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces as well. <br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/norway/" rel="tag">#Norway</a></p>
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<p>NEW <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#SUBSTACK</a>: 11 MILLION Americans Stand Up! <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> 's Sad, Flaccid Parade Can't Get It Up</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-am</span><span class="invisible">ericans-stand-up-trumps</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#la</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#losangeles</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p>As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content<br>—</p><p>Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/facebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fac</span><span class="invisible">ebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content?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/facebook/" rel="tag">#Facebook</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/zuckerberg/" rel="tag">#Zuckerberg</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>Illinois Has Virtually No Homeschooling Rules. A New Bill Aims to Change That.<br>—</p><p>Following a ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois investigation, an Illinois lawmaker introduced legislation that aims to protect homeschooled students from abuse or neglect.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-homeschool-regulations-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-homeschool-regulations-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-homeschool-regulations-bill?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/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">#Homeschool</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year<br>—</p><p>Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?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-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-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/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?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-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal?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/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a></p>
<p>A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.<br>—</p><p>Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rural-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rural-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rur</span><span class="invisible">al-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativenews/" rel="tag">#NativeNews</a></p>
<p>Exclusive: Six sources who worked for the Air Force or in Congress told ProPublica that they had heard about Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationship with a top military official and there had been concerns about it for years.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jon</span><span class="invisible">i-ernst-congress-military-relationships?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/conflictofinterest/" rel="tag">#ConflictOfInterest</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/joniernst/" rel="tag">#JoniErnst</a></p>
<p>A $3.7 million Capitol Hill townhouse is the D.C. headquarters of a secretive political influence project.</p><p>It’s owned by a major GOP donor. But one of the most powerful men in the country recently moved in: House Speaker Mike Johnson. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mik</span><span class="invisible">e-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>U.S. agents suspected Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/buk</span><span class="invisible">ele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/bukele/" rel="tag">#Bukele</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p>
<p>As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent<br>—</p><p>A bill moving forward with bipartisan support is described as a first step to addressing problems highlighted in a state report and by ProPublica. Meanwhile, counties seek to end access to coroners’ records that were key to ProPublica’s findings.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroners-system-reform-bill?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/deaths/" rel="tag">#Deaths</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a></p>
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<p>👉 This Week In Global Museum.</p><p>Munich Museums Hold Nazi-Looted Art? | £20m For English Civic Museums | Trump’s Arts Takeover Straight From The Dictator Playbook | Art Adviser, Friend & Thief | Musk’s Thoughtless Crusade Closes Iconic Massachusetts Museum | More Museum News.</p><p><a href="http://www.globalmuseum.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>www.globalmuseum.org</a> <a href="/tags/museums/" rel="tag">#museums</a> <a href="/tags/globalmuseum/" rel="tag">#globalmuseum</a> <a href="/tags/museumnews/" rel="tag">#museumnews</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/museumjobs/" rel="tag">#museumjobs</a> <a href="/tags/jobs/" rel="tag">#jobs</a> <a href="/tags/artgallery/" rel="tag">#artgallery</a></p>
<p>Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers<br>—</p><p>Evangelical pastor Steve Berger’s political influence campaign operates out of his D.C. townhouse. In addition to House Speaker Mike Johnson living there, a prominent Trump ally, Rep. Andy Ogles, has the keys.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/roommates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/roommates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/roo</span><span class="invisible">mmates-steve-berger-mike-johnson-andy-ogles-right-wing-influence-townhouse?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/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</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/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.<br>—</p><p>On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/val</span><span class="invisible">ere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?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/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
<p>Little Bits: Issue <a href="/tags/22/" rel="tag">#22</a> for February 2025</p><p>Exciting times are ahead, a motivational message and loads of new curated bits found in February 2025 while surfing the Internet for you to enjoy.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-22/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-22/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little</span><span class="invisible">-bits-issue-22/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>Despite a $1.3 billion investment that Portland said would improve the safety of homeless people, deaths in Multnomah County have quadrupled — from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/por</span><span class="invisible">tland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-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/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/deaths/" rel="tag">#Deaths</a></p>
<p>For years, a Connecticut towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to a DMV report, allowing one DMV employee to resell them for steep profits.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-employee-sells-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-employee-sells-towed-cars?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-employee-sells-towed-cars?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/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
<p>U.S. Housing Agency Considers Launching Crypto Experiment<br>—</p><p>The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees billions in aid and insures more than a trillion dollars in mortgages, is pondering using the blockchain and a stablecoin. One HUD official derided it as “monopoly money.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-considers-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hud-considers-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hud</span><span class="invisible">-considers-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development?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/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/blockchain/" rel="tag">#Blockchain</a></p>
<p>Another busy week (maybe one day there’ll be a quiet one) in which independent publications have been doing sterling work on politics, science, tech, the environment and more. Please check out these stories from newsrooms with a fediverse presence, which cover subjects from antifascism to EVs in Zimbabwe. Oh, and Canadians, there’s a special treat for you at the end. <br>⤵️</p><p><a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newstodon/" rel="tag">#Newstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonmigration/" rel="tag">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="/tags/followfriday/" rel="tag">#FollowFriday</a></p>
<p>How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill<br>—</p><p>The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders-neo-nazi-online-hate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/telegram-terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders-neo-nazi-online-hate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tel</span><span class="invisible">egram-terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders-neo-nazi-online-hate?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/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/terror/" rel="tag">#Terror</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/telegram/" rel="tag">#Telegram</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a></p>
<p>Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal<br>—</p><p>In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?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-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?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/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>News-gatherers on Mastodon</p><p>Mastodon has become a great source for news and opinion. And for this we can thank a few wonderful news-gatherers who tirelessly roam the internet grazing on current events.</p><p>Short list of some top Mastodon news-gatherers for you to follow:</p><p>Laffy <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> - the amazing Laffy<br>Nonilex <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> - great summaries <br>Sue Stone <a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" rel="nofollow">@knittingknots2</a> - an indefatigable gatherer<br>William Lindsey <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> - brilliant threads<br>Kriszta Satori <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fulelo</span></a></span> - international stories</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
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<p>A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes<br>—</p><p>Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?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/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>