<p><a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-told-colbert-the-systems-broken"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/kamala-</span><span class="invisible">told-colbert-the-systems-broken</span></a> Kamala Told Colbert the System’s "Broken;" </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Proved it, Ended <a href="/tags/pbs/" rel="tag">#PBS</a> / <a href="/tags/npr/" rel="tag">#NPR</a> "Kamala sat across from <a href="/tags/colbert/" rel="tag">#Colbert</a>—recently fired to make the slovenly golf-cheat happy so he’d “allow” Skydance <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> to take over Paramount Global—and admitted our system is broken"</p><p>READ THE REST & SUBSCRIBE! <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/jobs/" rel="tag">#jobs</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a></p>
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<p>White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination<br>—</p><p>Court documents reveal that Nikita Casap’s alleged manifesto calling for Trump’s assassination cited multiple Terrorgram publications and urged people to read the writings of a network member who murdered two people outside an LGTBQ+ bar in 2022.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-assassionation-plot-nikita-casap-terrorgram-wisconsin-frontline?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-assassionation-plot-nikita-casap-terrorgram-wisconsin-frontline?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-assassionation-plot-nikita-casap-terrorgram-wisconsin-frontline?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/telegram/" rel="tag">#Telegram</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/online/" rel="tag">#Online</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a></p>
<p>After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/def</span><span class="invisible">ense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?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/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</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>Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.<br>—</p><p>A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most prominent conservative group says it should be.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?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-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?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/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More<br>—</p><p>By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?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-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality?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/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.</p><p>Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?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/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>It’s <a href="/tags/newstodonfriday/" rel="tag">#NewstodonFriday</a> once again, where we share stories from independent newsrooms and journalists, plus a smattering from our own editorial desks. Check out the thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and subscribe to independent media. ⤵️</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>1/15</p>
<p>Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.</p><p>What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.</p><p>What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rum</span><span class="invisible">eysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</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>Just out from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span> and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against <a href="/tags/vouchers/" rel="tag">#vouchers</a>, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/abbott-t</span><span class="invisible">rump-house-vouchers-pass/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>
<p>The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE<br>—</p><p>ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?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-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?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/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The Glenmark drug recalls cover a wide range of commonly prescribed medicines — including ones that treat epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and high blood pressure.</p><p>Check the full list:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gle</span><span class="invisible">nmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?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/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a></p>
<p>We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.</p><p>The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?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-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?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/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/email/" rel="tag">#Email</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/foia/" rel="tag">#FOIA</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a></p>
<p>"According to OpenAI’s internal tests, o3 and o4-mini, which are so-called reasoning models, hallucinate more often than the company’s previous reasoning models [...]"</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/openais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/openais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/open</span><span class="invisible">ais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#openAI</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a></p>
<p>Another quiet week in the news, with nothing much to report… But if you do want to follow the very little, totally inconsequential stuff that's happening, here’s a thread of news- and politics-related <a href="/tags/customfeeds/" rel="tag">#CustomFeeds</a> that have been created using Surf, plus a video on how to build a feed using our Starter Sets.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/surfsocial/" rel="tag">#SurfSocial</a> <a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>
Trump intervenes to help block law requiring priests report child abuse in confession
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<p>We’re proud to welcome to the Observer masthead <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@candicequestions" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>candicequestions</span></a></span> and Mary Tuma as special investigative correspondents, joining <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stevanzetti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stevanzetti</span></a></span> as freelance reporters helping us tackle the <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a>, reproductive rights, and <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> respectively: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/home/staff/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/home/sta</span><span class="invisible">ff/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a></p>
<p>Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.</p><p>Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?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/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.</p><p>Trump laid off nearly all of them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths?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-cuts-firefighter-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fire/" rel="tag">#Fire</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> <a href="/tags/deaths/" rel="tag">#Deaths</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#HHS</a></p>
<p>Trump has reportedly urged Congress to authorize $175 billion for border security, more than 10 times what was spent during his first term.</p><p>Meanwhile, border residents in Texas and Arizona say their basic needs — like safe drinking water and hospital access — aren’t being met.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?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-border-security-spending-texas-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a></p>
<p>Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion<br>—</p><p>The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?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-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?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/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/industry/" rel="tag">#Industry</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>Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists<br>—</p><p>Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/earthjustice-abigail-dillen-q-a?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/earthjustice-abigail-dillen-q-a?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ear</span><span class="invisible">thjustice-abigail-dillen-q-a?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/earthday/" rel="tag">#EarthDay</a> <a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>A few years ago, way before "AI" and LLMs became a thing, I made a game called Detective, where the players were randomly paired either with another player, or a chatbot, and had to figure out whether they're speaking with a "robot", or a human pretending to be one.</p><p>Looks like we're all playing that game now.</p><p>"AI is trained off people, and people copy what they see other people doing. People become more like AI, and AI becomes more like people."</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-2000696509" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-2000696509"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-20</span><span class="invisible">00696509</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a></p>