Michael Squires
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Southwest Editor @propublica | Investigative journalism in #AZ #CO #NV #NM #UT
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Joined March 2009
I think we’re about to see a few case studies in how shame affects people differently. (And how some don’t experience it at all.) https://t.co/rlEIRRwJW7
wsj.com
The Harvard University professor received public criticism for his correspondence with the sex offender.
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Lot of people clowning this manager for trying to motivate his staff But I'd rather have a manager who was at least optimistic/happy than someone miserable
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“It’s corrupt, is the word,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law and former member of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. https://t.co/3iPM4s3Acp
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The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding...
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“The Department of Homeland Security spent $200M but has kept at least one beneficiary of the nine-figure ad deal a secret, records and interviews show: a Republican consulting firm with long-standing personal and business ties to Kristi Noem and her senior aides at DHS.”
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Grokipedia – the AI-powered Wikipedia alternative – promises more accuracy and depth, but a PolitiFact review found that articles from Grokipedia are often almost entirely lifted from Wikipedia, and when the entries differ, Grokipedia’s information quality and sourcing is
poynter.org
Elon Musk’s AI encyclopedia promises more accuracy and depth, but it mostly replicates Wikipedia — minus the sources and reliability
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In active voice, this would say "Recorder Justin Heap is disseminating inaccurate info..." Months of conflicting info between Elections & Recorder has to be confusing for voters who don't understand these offices are fighting (or even understand/care they are separate offices).
UPDATE: Inaccurate Information Being Spread About Ballot Affidavit Envelopes Inaccurate information is being disseminated about approximately 2,300 Ballot Affidavit Envelopes located earlier today in a secure location in the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center
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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead. IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained. IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 federal sex crimes probe, according to emails & docs @business obtained from Epstein's personal
bloomberg.com
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails...
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NEW: The WH did not disclose several donors to the ballroom who have business before Trump: ▶️Jeff Yass, TikTok investor: $2.5m+ to ballroom ▶️BlackRock, buying Panama Canal ports: $2.5m+ ▶️Extremity Care, Medicare $ issues: $2.5m ▶️Vantive, Medicare $.
nytimes.com
Many corporate interests that have donated to the president’s pet project have business before his administration.
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My latest:
New: A data-sharing agreement that gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy, security or privacy, experts say.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” The story, from @DougBockClark: https://t.co/WRW1LmtPEz
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Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well...
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“If you’re watching television and the words ‘woke and weaponized’ come out of a politician’s mouth, you can know that this is coming ... from the strategies we’re putting out,” Vought boasted in a recording obtained by ProPublica. https://t.co/9khL3XvryG
propublica.org
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who...
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New: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
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ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s...
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I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread👇
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The bond market is tracking the real economy/labor market, the stock market is tracking the AI economy.
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This feels like the first major event where the misinformation of social media has completely crossed over into law enforcement and mainstream media. Countless retractions, terrible sourcing, politicized FBI — chaos and unreliability at every level.
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1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C. We’ve got the records 👇 Long Island: https://t.co/r79K43eYxd D.C.:
ProPublica’s headline is the definition of fake news. I have NEVER claimed more than one primary residence! In 2007, I acquired a primary residence in NY upon leaving active duty. That was my primary residence for the next 17.5 years. My primary residence then changed
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New: The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
propublica.org
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
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A first-of-its-kind analysis of permit applications to Texas' main oil and gas regulator reveals a rubber-stamp system that allows drillers to emit vast amounts of natural gas into the atmosphere. Via @insideclimate + @propublica:
texastribune.org
Texas’ rubber-stamp system allows drillers to release vast amounts of natural gas into the atmosphere.
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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