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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...

Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...

So for those of you who don't pay as close attention to news as I do -- I asked this question in response to this delightful NYT story/opinion/convo/whatever....

Hey Ladies - a question for you. "Did Men Ruin the World?" Discuss.....

Obituary information for Catherine Lovett Fitzgerald View Catherine Lovett Fitzgerald's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

My mom died last week. She had been ill and it was time. Still -- it's hard to lose her. www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/C...

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

This is what “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” looks like. @propublica.org @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.

Hello All -- Do you, or did you, work at the VA? We'd like to hear from you -- especially those who work directly in health care. @propublica.org @tophersanders.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...

This is what great, fact-based, investigative reporting can do. Please subscribe to your local paper or non-profit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/lawm...

Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You. The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...

At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
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Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...

If we can't figure it out, well....
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President 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 inside...

On Russ Vought's Christian Faith: “It always struck me as a strange thing,” the person said. “There’s compassion, but it only extends to certain people.”
@propublica.org @andykroll.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Yeah that turned around!

Who buttered the Bengals’ gloves?

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

Susan was so delightful. The warmest and loveliest person at NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldn’t find them. @propublica.org @nicolefoy.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement 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 enforc...

Salvadoran President Bukele has more than one American friend. @propublica.org @tchristianmiller.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/amba...

Wicked cool? You sound like the kids I grew up with!

So 23andMe just "updated" my ancestry to remove the fact that I used to be 20% French. Now I am 99% Irish! This is delightful news ... but it may be upsetting to my French-Canadian grandmother.

Spotted on the DC Metro today! @propublica.org

Pregnant women do not lack for judgmental, frightening and dubiously factual instructions about their health. Everywhere, they are told that they risk the health of their fetus by partaking in a series of banal everyday activities – be it jogging or having coffee or eating a certain cheese – that they are told will lead, by obscure mechanisms that are never quite explained, to impossible and devastating health outcomes for their children-to-be. The admonishments are multiple and often contradictory, but they all tend to agree on one thing: that it is always good for women to deprive themselves of joy and relief – and to suffer more – for the sake of their fetuses.

I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive...

Journalism can still have impact! Please support your local nonprofit newsroom. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/pent...

Screenshot of post on X from VA Secretary Doug Collins. The text reads: @ProPublica is an extreme liberal news outlet that will do anything to make the Trump Administration look bad. But this week, the far-left editors there reached a new low by sending @VernalColeman to stalk @DeptVetAffairs employees at their homes. This creepy behavior will discourage good people from coming to work at VA. @ProPublica, please do better and stop letting your hatred of the Trump Administration continue to warp your judgment.

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So the other day I was totally outraged when a restaurant charged me $4.50 for a diet coke. But that was all fixed today when a new place charge me $6. JFC what is going on?

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

DOGE, he said, began acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time.” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/insi...

The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy...

Our farm policies need help. @propublica.org @capitolnewsil.bsky.social @https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance