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<p>Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal <br>---</p><p>The administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/mortgages/" rel="tag">#Mortgages</a></p>

<p>Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism<br>---</p><p>“The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation,” said one DOJ lawyer. “The end goal was to file a damn complaint — or have something to threaten the university.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ucla-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ucl</span><span class="invisible">a-antisemitism-investigation-trump-doj?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ucla/" rel="tag">#UCLA</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a></p>

<p>Sen. Ron Johnson Endorses Book Touting Chlorine Dioxide&#x27;s Unproven Health Benefits<br>---</p><p>Wisconsin&#x27;s Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he&#x27;s giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It is all lunacy,&quot; one expert said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ron</span><span class="invisible">-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#Misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Ω🪬Ω<br><a href="/tags/thecryptocalypsechronicles/" rel="tag">#TheCryptocalypseChronicles</a>: Iran vs. Israel... On the Blockchain</p><p>The cease fire between Israel and Iran does not appear to apply to cyber warfare. <a href="/tags/tether/" rel="tag">#Tether</a> and other <a href="/tags/stablecoin/" rel="tag">#stablecoin</a> companies have been seizing a lot of Iranians&#x27; assets almost certainly at Israel&#x27;s request... which is kind of funny when you know that:</p><p>1) Tether has more or less openly encouraged Iranians to use Tether as a way to evade sanctions for years</p><p>2) Benjamin Netanyahu&#x27;s son Yair spends a lot of time with Tether&#x27;s founders.</p><p>(RTs appreciated)<br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/israel-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cryptadamus.substack.com/p/israel-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/isr</span><span class="invisible">ael-vs-iran-on-the-blockchain</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/howardlutnick/" rel="tag">#HowardLutnick</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/netanyahu/" rel="tag">#netanyahu</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#gaza</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/middleeastcrisis/" rel="tag">#MiddleEastCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/nobitex/" rel="tag">#Nobitex</a> <a href="/tags/citex/" rel="tag">#Citex</a> <a href="/tags/irgc/" rel="tag">#IRGC</a></p>

<p>The Republican party is, without a doubt, a cult. I would go so far as to say it&#x27;s a dangerous cult.</p><p><a href="/tags/republicandeathcult/" rel="tag">#RepublicanDeathCult</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> </p><p><a href="https://sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minnesota-republicans-lawmakers-governors-race-immigration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sahanjournal.com/democracy-politics/minnesota-republicans-lawmakers-governors-race-immigration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sahanjournal.com/democracy-pol</span><span class="invisible">itics/minnesota-republicans-lawmakers-governors-race-immigration/</span></a></p>

<p>Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ins</span><span class="invisible">ide-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.</p><p>Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">ya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#Hunger</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</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/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a></p>

<p>&quot;&#x27;Survivors need protection, resources and legal support. If this Congress is serious about justice, then let this moment also affirm your commitment to provide victims with the legal aid they need,&#x27; De Georgiou said at a press conference organized by Republican Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democrat Ro Khanna of California, who are trying to force a vote on that bill.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/epstein-victims-urge-us-congress-pass-bill-requiring-release-documents-2025-09-03/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/legal/government/epstein-victims-urge-us-congress-pass-bill-requiring-release-documents-2025-09-03/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/legal/governme</span><span class="invisible">nt/epstein-victims-urge-us-congress-pass-bill-requiring-release-documents-2025-09-03/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/epsteincoverup/" rel="tag">#EpsteinCoverup</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#Resistance</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/generalstrike/" rel="tag">#generalstrike</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#vote</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/metoo/" rel="tag">#metoo</a> <a href="/tags/nojustice_nopeace/" rel="tag">#nojustice_nopeace</a></p>

<p>Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees<br>---</p><p>Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate. The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a></p>

<p>Perfect, just perfect...</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#Epsteinfiles</a></p>

<p>Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That<br>---</p><p>An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p>Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors<br>---</p><p>For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#Power</a></p>

<p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/freiburg.social/vz206.png" class="emoji" alt=":vz206:" title=":vz206:"> USA verhängen Einreiseverbot u.a. gegen zwei Deutsche die sich gegen Hass im Internet engagieren <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/freiburg.social/vz206.png" class="emoji" alt=":vz206:" title=":vz206:"></p><p>Außenminister Rubio schreibt unter der Überschrift &quot;Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex&quot; folgendes</p><p> &quot;Diese radikalen Aktivisten und als Waffen eingesetzten NGOs haben die Zensurmaßnahmen ausländischer Staaten vorangetrieben – in jedem Fall gegen amerikanische Redner und amerikanische Unternehmen.&quot;</p><p>Betroffen sind:</p><p>- Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; </p><p>-Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index;</p><p>-former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs.</p><p>- Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate; </p><p>Nach der Attacke durch die GLS-Bank auf linke Strukturen in Gestalt der Kündigung von Bankkonten, folgt nun einen weitere Maßnahme des Versuchs der Einschüchterung, wobei Einreiseverbote mutmaßlich nur der erste Sdhritt sein dürften. Dass die USA auch ehemalige und politisch gut vernetzte EU-Kommissare ins Visier nehmen, sollte allen klar machen, dass die US-Regierung jede und jedem mit Maßnahmen überziehen kann und wird, derer sie namhafr wird.</p><p>Die AfD baut ihre US-Kontakte aus und es darf unterstellt werden, dass die AfD willige Zulieferin von weiteren Namenslisten ist, von Personen die sie gerne sanktioniert sähe.</p><p>Quelle für die Sanktionierung:<br><a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.state.gov/releases/office-</span><span class="invisible">of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex</span></a></p><p>Quelle für die Namen:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-immigration-rubio-visas-87c8a4692f3184e4f83fdd8ed5093886" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-immigration-rubio-visas-87c8a4692f3184e4f83fdd8ed5093886"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/state-depar</span><span class="invisible">tment-trump-immigration-rubio-visas-87c8a4692f3184e4f83fdd8ed5093886</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@hateaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hateaid</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/hateaid/" rel="tag">#hateaid</a> <a href="/tags/einreiseverbote/" rel="tag">#einreiseverbote</a> <a href="/tags/josephineballon/" rel="tag">#JosephineBallon</a> <br><a href="/tags/hodenberg/" rel="tag">#Hodenberg</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/statedepartment/" rel="tag">#statedepartment</a> <a href="/tags/usgov/" rel="tag">#usgov</a> <a href="/tags/rubio/" rel="tag">#rubio</a> <a href="/tags/rubiomarco/" rel="tag">#RubioMarco</a> <a href="/tags/cenaor/" rel="tag">#cenaor</a> <a href="/tags/gls/" rel="tag">#gls</a> <a href="/tags/glsbank/" rel="tag">#glsbank</a> <a href="/tags/rotehilfe/" rel="tag">#rotehilfe</a> <a href="/tags/rotehilfemtigliedschaft/" rel="tag">#rotehilfemtigliedschaft</a> <a href="/tags/abcdresden/" rel="tag">#ABCDresden</a> <a href="/tags/thierrybreton/" rel="tag">#ThierryBreton</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europeancommission/" rel="tag">#europeancommission</a> <a href="/tags/eukommission/" rel="tag">#eukommission</a> <a href="/tags/afd/" rel="tag">#afd</a> <a href="/tags/feindesliste/" rel="tag">#feindesliste</a> <a href="/tags/melford/" rel="tag">#melford</a> <a href="/tags/hass/" rel="tag">#hass</a> <a href="/tags/digitalerhass/" rel="tag">#digitalerhass</a> <a href="/tags/statedebt/" rel="tag">#statedebt</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#politik</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/weihnachten/" rel="tag">#weihnachten</a> <a href="/tags/weihnachten2025/" rel="tag">#weihnachten2025</a> <a href="/tags/heiligabend/" rel="tag">#heiligabend</a> <a href="/tags/mittwoch/" rel="tag">#mittwoch</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/censored/" rel="tag">#censored</a></p>

<p>Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments<br>---</p><p>The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tod</span><span class="invisible">d-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/stocks/" rel="tag">#Stocks</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>A lawsuit filed Monday mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that made public for the first time details about a program that sent gun owners’ information to political operatives without their consent.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</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&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jensorensen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jensorensen</span></a></span> - Award-winning cartoonist on politics &amp; social issues</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> - Law professor at the Georgetown Univ</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QasimRashid</span></a></span> - Human rights lawyer</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indivisibleteam</span></a></span> - Progressive political org formed to resist Trumpism</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://badfaithtimes.com/" rel="nofollow">@dennycarter</a> - Blog on politicians trying to normalise fascism</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@z_everson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>z_everson</span></a></span> - Investigative journalist tracking Trump&#x27;s profiteering</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rbreich</span></a></span> - US political commentator, lawyer, former cabinet member</p><p>🧵 1/5</p>

<p>I ain&#x27;t no snitch but shouldn&#x27;t someone tell FIFA what the guy they gave their Peace Prize to is doing tonight??????</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.</p><p>One of our most-read investigations of 2025: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ins</span><span class="invisible">ide-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>

<p>Our most-read story of 2025:</p><p>Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address.</p><p>Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ap3</span><span class="invisible">-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#Insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>Despite falling crime rates, leaders at a nonprofit argued Dallas was descending into anarchy to sell voters on increasing police.</p><p>Some residents now fear the push could be used as a playbook for other cities.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pol</span><span class="invisible">ice-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dallas/" rel="tag">#Dallas</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Documents Reveal Real Reason for Raid on Chicago Apartment Building<br>---</p><p>The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Ahead of the FBI’s raid of an election center in Georgia, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation met with several Trump lawyers, including Ed Martin and Kurt Olsen, who helped the president try to overturn the 2020 election.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did.</p><p>We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a></p>

<p>From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rus</span><span class="invisible">s-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>