The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
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A push for more transparency on drug labels.
Clearer guidance for doctors in Texas on how to legally provide abortions.
Here’s a look at some recent impact from our newsroom.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-february-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.
#News #Trump #Election #Democracy #USPolitics #Midterms #Law
ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.
#News #Education #Law #USPolitics #Journalism #Media #FOIA #Records
#ICYMI: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.
(Published Nov. 2025)
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DHS #KristiNoem #ICE #Government #USPolitics #Law #Advertising
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research
Colorado governor likely to grant clemency to election denier Tina Peters, lawyer says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/colorado-governor-tina-peters-election #UsNews #WorldNews #Colorado #UsElections2020 #Republicans #UsPolitics #UsVotingRights
DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
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The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #DHS #Data #Children #Privacy #Government #USPolitics #Law #DomesticViolence
One man, who admitted he had entered the U.S. illegally and was ready to be deported, sat in jail for 40 days over unfounded allegations of trespassing on military land.
His case was dismissed, but federal prosecutors keep pursuing similar cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-military-trespassing-charges-pam-bondi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Legal #Courts #Immigration #USPolitics #DOJ #PamBondi
NEW: More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-benefits-children-food-stamps?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Food #SNAP #Children #Kids #Poverty #USPolitics
This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January.
The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children.
https://www.propublica.org/article/families-detained-at-dilley-plummets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Immigration #Texas #Immigrant #Family #USPolitics #Law
"When Trump does another stupid thing… Don't blame me, I voted for
#KamalaHarris"
I had to replace my older post, because it's no longer "when it *starts* to go wrong". Trump has been doing stupid things since his first day back in office, January 2025.
How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
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To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voting-trump-homeland-security-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#USPolitics accounts to follow:
@lawfare - News & analysis of US national security, law & policy
@GovTrack - Website following activities of US Congress
@heidilifeldman - Law professor at the Georgetown Univ, political commentator
@jensorensen - Award-winning cartoonist covering US politics & social issues
@z_everson - Award-winning journalist covering corruption in Trump admin
@news - US investigative news site, focus on holding powerful accountable
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Donor-advised fund sponsors have deemed the Southern Poverty Law Center ineligible for donations after Trump’s Justice Department charged the group with fraud.
We decided to investigate how funds wield this power.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donor-advised-funds-charity-contributions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Charity #Nonprofit #Trump #DOJ #Law #Philanthropy #USPolitics
I learned a new word today: patrimonialism. It means, “A system of social organization or government in which a male leader maintains authority through individuals with loyalty to him personally.”
I encountered it in a February article in the Atlantic: “One Word Describes #Trump”.
The article references a book by Hanson and Kopstein, “The Assault On The State / How The Global Attack On Modern Government Endangers Our Future”.
Guess what’s on top of my nightstand.
Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme.
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.
https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Arkansas #Health #Fraud #Law #Legal #USPolitics
Bishop William J. Barber has called for #MoralMonday at Black Lives Matter plaza in Washington, D.C. every Monday at noon until we end the war with Iran.
Are you in the D.C. area? Can you show up for Moral Mondays from 12:00-1:00 PM?
Text MORAL to 32645 for events and updates.
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FCC #Government #Ethics #USPolitics #Paramount #CBS #Entertainment #Business
The $1 Trillion Black Box
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The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spending.
https://www.propublica.org/article/military-defense-spending-budget-series?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Military #Defense #Pentagon #Army #Navy #Government #USPolitics
NEW: Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-kehoe-missouri-amendment-5-dark-money?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Missouri #USPolitics #Constitution #Vote #Election #Elections
NEW: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Vote #Election #Law #TX #USPolitics
NEW: The administration is defying Congress on foreign aid that Trump himself agreed to spend.
“It is a huge grab of power from the president, taking powers away from Congress,” said David Super, a leading scholar on administrative and constitutional law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defying-congress-foreign-aid-usaid-vought-rubio-constitutional-crisis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Congress #Trump #USPolitics #MarcoRubio #Constitution #PublicHealth
White Nationalist Jake Lang came to Minneapolis and got fucking smacked the fuck up by a dude dressed like Spiderman.
#USPolitics #GOP #AltRight #Photography #Politics #Spiderman
