Update/Scoop— New guidance sent this AM to Kansas DMVs indicates licenses that previously had gender marker changed not actually invalid yet. However, internally DMV can see who is flagged, and keeping track of who has/hasn't come in to update. Seems about 300 trans/GNC ppl flagged across the state.

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A crowd of several doezen people hold signs reading "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay", "ProPublica Workers Love A Fair Contract", and "We're Not Shutting Up"

1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.

straight from @propublica.org's story
www.propublica.org/article/life...

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/

On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.

Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Pretti’s death. This is what they witnessed.

Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH

The ProPublica Guild is Ready to Strike for a Fair Contract — ProPublica Guild The ProPublica Guild is prepared to strike. We have shown up and compromised at the bargaining table for more than two years, but our newsroom’s management has slow-walked negotiations , offering w...

We’re ready to strike for a fair contract after fighting for job security, a fair disciplinary process, wages that reflect the value of our work and clear guardrails around AI for more than two years. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...

A table with a title of '527 Explorer Update Summary' and two columns: Report Type and Rows Added. The table body contains the count of new rows added per type of record available on the site:Contributions with 268,490, Expenditures with 177,524, Initial Filings with 3,729, Periodic Reports with 1,235, Directors/Officers with 7,589, EAIN Numbers with 755, Related Entities with 1,411, and New Records Total with 460,733. The table ends by showing the most recent record date of: 2025-12-31.

It's 2026, an election year (💀). That means its time to update ProPublica's 527 Explorer! This latest update brings us current through 2025, adding 460k new records.

I'll be updating more frequently this year. Follow for updates & LMK what you do w/ it

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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal responses After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers took quick action in cases challenging the Trump administration's increasingly deadly efforts.

NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action.

After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.

My report at Law Dork:

My coworkers are cool!

Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...

5/ But we’re not shutting up about a fair contract until we get the one we deserve – one that protects our workers and our work. Sign our petition to show your support and to call on our management to bargain in good faith! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Re-upping this chart from @propublica.org in April 2025, since measles is surging back into the news.

Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.

The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students

And here we are now 14 days into the year and the 3rd LA jail death:

Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.

Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use

A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.

A 16-year-old citizen

DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"

w/ @mckenziefunk.com

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Make America Healthy Again is a scam part 437

From our story:
"The Starship fragments appeared to be higher than the plane, many miles off. But before long, the pilot announced “I’m sorry to report that we have to turn around because we’re too close to the debris,” Siler said.

“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to p...

You'd want to really trust that the debris zone is accurate & your plane is getting out of it fast enough. We've got audio of a pilot specifically saying he's crossing into the debris zone because he's running out of fuel. Worth reading the story! www.propublica.org/article/spac...

In May, the FAA closed a large swath of airspace in the Caribbean ahead of another SpaceX Starship launch. We analyzed flight data from the previous day (at same time) to see how many flights could have been affected by delays/cancellations. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

We identified the flight path of the plane where this video was taken after a March 2025 SpaceX starship launch. The plane turned sharply to exit the debris zone. (video courtesy of Dane Siler and Mariah Davenport) www.propublica.org/article/spac...

In May, the FAA closed a large swath of airspace in the Caribbean ahead of another SpaceX Starship launch. We analyzed flight data from the previous day (at same time) to see how many flights could have been affected by delays/cancellations. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

We identified the flight path of the plane where this video was taken after a March 2025 SpaceX starship launch. The plane turned sharply to exit the debris zone. (video courtesy of Dane Siler and Mariah Davenport) www.propublica.org/article/spac...

A map of the northern Caribbean shows a large red area north of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico labeled "FAA's Debris Zone". The flight paths of 21 different planes show those planes making sharp turns or circling to avoid the debris zone.

NEW for @propublica.org: We analyzed flight data to see how passenger planes were affected by SpaceX's starship explosions. We identified 21 planes that appeared to make sudden turns to exit the debris zone in the minutes after the explosion. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

NEW: An ICE officer killed a person in broad daylight in Minneapolis today — with posted video appearing to contradict the DHS statement claiming self-defense, as the driver appeared to be attempting to drive away when shot.

MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...

A chart shows that the federal workers' and the LA County Dept. of Children and Families Services' cutoffs for meth are 250 ng/ml. Orange County, CA, Social Services Agency's cutoff is 125 ng/ml. Utah Division of Child and Family Services' and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services' cutoffs are 100 ng/ml.

Child welfare agencies have a wide range of cutoff levels for meth. A result of 125 ng/ml would be "positive" in Orange County, but it would be well below the cutoff (aka "negative") a few miles away in Los Angeles. www.propublica.org/article/drug...

A chart shows that the federal workers' and the LA County Dept. of Children and Families Services' cutoffs for meth are 250 ng/ml. Orange County, CA, Social Services Agency's cutoff is 125 ng/ml. Utah Division of Child and Family Services' and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services' cutoffs are 100 ng/ml.

Child welfare agencies have a wide range of cutoff levels for meth. A result of 125 ng/ml would be "positive" in Orange County, but it would be well below the cutoff (aka "negative") a few miles away in Los Angeles. www.propublica.org/article/drug...

A chart shows that the hospital cutoff is 10 ng/ml, Kaitlin's results were 18 ng/ml, the federal workers cutoff is 2,000 ng/ml and the Dept. of Defense cutoff is 4,000 ng/ml.

New for @propublica.org: Drug-testing cutoff levels (the amount that triggers a "positive" result) vary from lab to lab. Kaitlin tested "positive" for Codeine at a hospital in New Jersey, but she would have tested "negative" if she were in the military. www.propublica.org/article/drug...

YouTube video by ProPublica Venezuelans deported to CECOT and their families speak about their ordeal

CBS didn't air the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but @propublica.org talked earlier this year to those who Trump had sent to the maximum-security prison in El Salvador:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...