<p>For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.<br>---</p><p>Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/psy</span><span class="invisible">chiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?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/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
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<p>Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.</p><p>More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.</p><p>(Published Jan. 2024)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/walmart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/walmart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wal</span><span class="invisible">mart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/walmart/" rel="tag">#Walmart</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/scam/" rel="tag">#Scam</a> <a href="/tags/moneylaundering/" rel="tag">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
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<p>Atlassian is sunsetting its Data Center products. For Confluence users, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how.</p><p>Together with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> ,we ran a webinar, “Break free from Confluence”, covering:<br>✔ Live migration demo<br>✔ Preserving hierarchies, macros & permissions<br>✔ Migration strategies with minimal disruption</p><p>Recap 👉 <a href="https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-over</span><span class="invisible">view-break-free-from-Confluence/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/xwiki/" rel="tag">#XWiki</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/confluence/" rel="tag">#Confluence</a> <a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#DataCenter</a> <a href="/tags/atlassian/" rel="tag">#Atlassian</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#Technews</a></p>
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<p>World Leaders Laugh at Trump; Escalator & Teleprompter Join in </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders</span><span class="invisible">-laugh-at-trump-escalator</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/un/" rel="tag">#un</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#france</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#italy</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/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/jimmykimmel/" rel="tag">#jimmykimmel</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#comedy</a></p>
<p>A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/amb</span><span class="invisible">assador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?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/nayibbukele/" rel="tag">#NayibBukele</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. <br>---</p><p>Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usa</span><span class="invisible">id-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?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/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/southsudan/" rel="tag">#SouthSudan</a></p>
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<p>Besides all that … who is on the Epstein list?</p><p>Does it include members of SCOTUS?</p><p><a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#doj</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina<br>---</p><p>The GOP-led North Carolina legislature spent nearly 10 years trying to control the elections board. But it’s also taken aim at other commissions in the state by shifting who has power to appoint members that historically belonged to the governor.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?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-transfers?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/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#Power</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies<br>---</p><p>The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?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/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison<br>---</p><p>Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key witness because of credibility issues.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?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/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.<br>---</p><p>ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cuts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">food-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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a></p>
<p>Our reporter visited a potential source’s home, where he introduced himself as a reporter and they had a pleasant conversation.</p><p>A few days later, VA Secretary Doug Collins sent out a tweet that accused our reporter of trying to “stalk” the employee.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles?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/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/reporting/" rel="tag">#Reporting</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a></p>
<p>Before Tom Dundon Agreed to Buy the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Accused the Company He Created of Predatory Lending<br>---</p><p>In 2020, the state sued Santander Consumer USA for allegedly preying on Oregonians through high-interest car loans they couldn’t afford in a case involving more than 265,000 borrowers nationwide.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-portland-trail-blazers-subprime-loans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-portland-trail-blazers-subprime-loans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tom</span><span class="invisible">-dundon-portland-trail-blazers-subprime-loans?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/nba/" rel="tag">#NBA</a> <a href="/tags/personalfinance/" rel="tag">#PersonalFinance</a></p>
<p>Critics have likened the lung float test to a witch trial.</p><p>The premise: If a baby was born alive and then died, air from its first breaths would cause the lungs to float in water.</p><p>If the baby was stillborn, lack of air would cause the lungs to sink.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lung-float-test-stillbirth-pregnancy-medical-examiners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lung-float-test-stillbirth-pregnancy-medical-examiners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lun</span><span class="invisible">g-float-test-stillbirth-pregnancy-medical-examiners?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/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/mom/" rel="tag">#Mom</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>I Must Come Clean: I Have <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Derangement Syndrome—And Here’s Why <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-c</span><span class="invisible">lean-i-have-trump-derangement</span></a> </p><p>"You may get TDS if you have a strong dislike for adjudicated rapists, <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> insurrectionists, <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> -suckling seditionists, and golden-showering onanists. TDS is inflamed just by encountering un-sweater’d, White Bill Cosby the Convicted Felon, or seeing him make the Oval Office look like it was decorated by Pizarro.</p><p>It must be TDS to despise the worst “human” shuffling his cankles in <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a>. A vile, venal, fragile, flabby, narcissistic, lazy-ass, selfish, sociopathic, soul-holed, gauche, gaudy, perpetually dumbf*ked man, woman, person, camera old coot, who looks like someone piled a burnt-ochre-colored watermelon on top of a jello-gelatin factory spill"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</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/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>Stories by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica identified bottlenecks that have stalled green energy projects in Oregon.</p><p>The governor aims to accelerate efforts through a series of mandates. Here's where they stand.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?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/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</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/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a></p>
<p>America’s stillbirth crisis. A threat in your medicine cabinet. The drying planet.</p><p>Here are some ProPublica investigations you may have missed this year.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-investigations-you-may-have-missed-2025?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/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/reporting/" rel="tag">#Reporting</a> <a href="/tags/longreads/" rel="tag">#Longreads</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign<br>---</p><p>A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-homan-border-czar-trump-mark-hall-charles-sowell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tom-homan-border-czar-trump-mark-hall-charles-sowell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tom</span><span class="invisible">-homan-border-czar-trump-mark-hall-charles-sowell?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/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/tomhoman/" rel="tag">#TomHoman</a></p>
<p>Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eth</span><span class="invisible">ics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?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/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a></p>
<p>The bill emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation exposing how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service Defense Dept.’s computer systems for nearly a decade, leaving sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from a leading cyber adversary.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?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-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-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/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.<br>---</p><p>Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/edu</span><span class="invisible">cation-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-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/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/public/" rel="tag">#Public</a> <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#Schools</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
<p>Oregon Accelerates Green Energy Projects Before Trump Phase-Out of Tax Credits<br>---</p><p>Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year. The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-trump-tax-credits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-trump-tax-credits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-renewable-energy-trump-tax-credits?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/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a> <a href="/tags/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/renewableenergy/" rel="tag">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>