<p><a href="/tags/lisamurkowski/" rel="tag">#LisaMurkowski</a> will never be looked at as someone w decency again. She's a ghoul. She is <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> </p><p>"This Awful Mistake Will Haunt Her for The Rest of Her Life" </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ14XWFM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ14XWFM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFmQ1</span><span class="invisible">4XWFM</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/bbb/" rel="tag">#bbb</a> <a href="/tags/bigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#bigbeautifulbill</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#alaska</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#budget</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>
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<p>A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.<br>—</p><p>The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?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-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?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/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>
<p>LIVESTREAM! </p><p>BREAKING: SECRET Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> Plan <a href="/tags/texts/" rel="tag">#Texts</a> EXPOSED by <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a>!</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/live/w3NJEx7ONro" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtube.com/live/w3NJEx7ONro</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</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/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/signal/" rel="tag">#signal</a> <a href="/tags/yemen/" rel="tag">#yemen</a></p>
<p>Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene<br>—</p><p>Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?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-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?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/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/texasfloods/" rel="tag">#TexasFloods</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a></p>
<p>8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater<br>—</p><p>Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gro</span><span class="invisible">undwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-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/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations<br>—</p><p>The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mea</span><span class="invisible">sles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?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/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>It’s <a href="/tags/newstodonfriday/" rel="tag">#NewstodonFriday</a> once again, and as always, we have a great selection of stories from independent newsrooms. This week’s highlights include <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span>’s story about a DJ turned white supremacist influencer, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@parkermolloy/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>parkermolloy</span></a></span> writing for <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>damemagazine</span></a></span> about the death of legacy media, and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span>’s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@taniel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>taniel</span></a></span> on —yikes — another round of U.S. elections. Please check out these stories and all the others in this thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and give them your money. ⤵️</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>Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests <br>==<br>We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> took office. </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” </p><p>You can judge for yourself. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/</span></a></p>
<p>Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over<br>—</p><p>The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?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-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?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/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man<br>—</p><p>Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fir</span><span class="invisible">st-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a></p>
<p>ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said. He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Our reporting revealed that Anchorage dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year.</p><p>Now, the city says it has hired a full staff of 12 “frontline” prosecutors who will take cases to trial.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/anc</span><span class="invisible">horage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/assault/" rel="tag">#Assault</a></p>
<p>New today: It’s a different camp, different year, different creek, but the same story. This story—the one where the Hill Country experiences devastating and unexpected flash <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#floods</a> following an intense period of extended drought—is a familiar one for those of us who grew up in the area. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/hill-cou</span><span class="invisible">ntry-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/kerrville/" rel="tag">#Kerrville</a> <a href="/tags/kerrcounty/" rel="tag">#KerrCounty</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/centraltexas/" rel="tag">#CentralTexas</a> <a href="/tags/flooding/" rel="tag">#flooding</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</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/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
<p>When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”</p><p>But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?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">rge-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-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/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a></p>
<p>Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases<br>—</p><p>The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a></p>
‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders
<p>In the five years since Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to guard against destructive flooding, at least 90 local governments turned down tens of millions of dollars in grants and loans.</p><p>That money went unused for years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ker</span><span class="invisible">r-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?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/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#Floods</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a></p>
<p>Money is pouring into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election so fast that political observers now believe it is likely to reach $100 million by Tuesday, election day.</p><p>Already, it has become the costliest judicial race in U.S. history.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?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-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?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/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>
<p>A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network<br>—</p><p>To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mat</span><span class="invisible">thew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber?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/terror/" rel="tag">#Terror</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/telegram/" rel="tag">#Telegram</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.<br>—</p><p>The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tce</span><span class="invisible">-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>
<p>Fascinating read from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gruber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gruber</span></a></span> on Daring Fireball being blacklisted on Hacker News.</p><p>Agree with Gruber or not, DF posts should be treated the same as all the other posts. Let the crowd decide.</p><p>Shadow-banning is inelegant bullshit. It deprives us of the ability to make our own informed choices of what to read.</p><p><a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/the_website_hacker_news_is_afraid_to_discuss" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daringfireball.net/2025/03/the_website_hacker_news_is_afraid_to_discuss"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daringfireball.net/2025/03/the</span><span class="invisible">_website_hacker_news_is_afraid_to_discuss</span></a><br><a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
<p>Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight<br>—</p><p>After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?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-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>
<p>"Being pro-labor and pro-AI is incompatible, as AI devalues the work that actual workers do, making them less valuable to the market and easier to underpay going forward."</p><p><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/ghibli-portrait-chatgpt-ai.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vulture.com/article/ghibli-portrait-chatgpt-ai.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vulture.com/article/ghibli</span><span class="invisible">-portrait-chatgpt-ai.html</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/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/ghibli/" rel="tag">#ghibli</a> <a href="/tags/studioghibli/" rel="tag">#StudioGhibli</a></p>
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<p>In California, Trump has cast doubt on whether he will approve the $40 billion Gov. Newsom has requested to help pay for recovery costs associated with the LA fires, including $16.8 billion from FEMA to rebuild property and remove debris.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/california-disasters-fema-trump-funding-fires?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/california-disasters-fema-trump-funding-fires?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cal</span><span class="invisible">ifornia-disasters-fema-trump-funding-fires?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/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/gavinnewsom/" rel="tag">#GavinNewsom</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a></p>
<p>With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.</p><p>“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?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/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>