1. A #measles & #flu update.
We're only 9 weeks into the year & the total confirmed measles cases so far puts makes 2026 the second worst year for measles in the past 34 years.
The worst year was last year. But in merely 9 weeks, 2026 has recorded 56% of the entire 2025 total.
Gonna be a bad year.
Camp East Montana in El Paso is currently under quarantine following a measles outbreak and cases of tuberculosis.
My breaking story:
ProPublica has sued the U.S. Department of Education
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Guards at children's Dilley detention center are confiscating kids' drawings, art supplies: www.propublica.org/article/dill...
26.02.2026 18:37 — 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained.
The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
Across Trump’s administration, racist images and slogans have become common on official sites. The White House, Labor Department and Homeland Security Department have all promoted social media posts that echo white supremacist messaging.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over a building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.” by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
04.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1The Minnesota Star Tribune is hiring an investigative reporter — it's an incredibly important time for this kind of journalism (like, no doy). Apply here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/STA1013/JobB...
03.02.2026 20:52 — 👍 54 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 3
One year after President Donald Trump froze U.S. foreign aid, HIV treatment still exists across much of Africa — but the outreach, prevention, and monitoring systems that sustained it are fraying. I trace how those losses are reshaping access to care for @devex.com: www.devex.com/news/one-yea...
26.01.2026 19:39 — 👍 32 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
My @washingtonpost.com colleagues worked round the clock this weekend to expose the truth of what's happening in Minneapolis and bring urgent weather news to millions facing dangerous cold and snow.
If you value this work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.
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Following I and @shaw.al's investigation, an ethics watchdog group is seeking an investigation into whether Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche broke federal conflict-of-interest law. www.propublica.org/article/todd...
23.01.2026 16:37 — 👍 333 🔁 103 💬 7 📌 5
The new directive asks USDA workers in the agency’s research arm to use Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists.
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left).
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
I am still tracking the detentions of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents
If you know something or want to share your story, please get in touch
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Colgate-Palmolive's promotional material for kids' fluoride toothpaste has shown the paste on a brush. Now in response to anti-fluoride efforts in TX, the company will display a pea-sized amount, rather than a swirl. A similar deal was made with Procter & Gamble. / By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
14.01.2026 15:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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...
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
"I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way." - Becca Good www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
09.01.2026 18:34 — 👍 35 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0
A new lawsuit alleges that an insurer’s ghost network hindered New York City employees from accessing the mental health care they sought — and harmed the reputation of psychiatrists wrongly listed as being in-network. My latest for @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/embl...
09.01.2026 13:52 — 👍 175 🔁 65 💬 7 📌 5
Chart that shows total US vaccine recommendations declining from 18 to 11 while most nations in the world range from 13 to 18.
New from @helenbranswell.bsky.social with a chart by me: the United States is now a global outlier when it comes to vaccines
www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
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hey! just putting this out there:
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
They also maintained nobody has died because of the USAID cuts. Here’s our reporting from Kenya, where we found that isn’t true, with 📸 by @storitellah.com www.propublica.org/article/keny...
17.12.2025 15:59 — 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 2We asked State about the monthslong delay and they cited OMB's authority to give out money. They said the U.S. still donates hundreds of millions a year to WFP, and the Trump admin is shifting to investments that will better serve both the U.S. and key allies like Kenya over time.
17.12.2025 15:59 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0In late September, the State Department signed an extension to WFP’s Kenya operation. This year, the U.S. gave $66 million, which is 40% less than it received last year and, critically, the funds arrived nine months into the year.
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