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Pulitzer-sharing journo. Now: investigations editor @GuardianUS Then: reporting for ICIJ, WSJ + others on predatory lending, $ laundering, Panama Papers etc.
Brooklyn NY
Joined July 2010
Re-upping: How the Panama Papers rocked pop culture https://t.co/oxdSdy1JEc Band names, dozens of song titles, a racehorse, rolling papers -- the blockbuster money laundering investigation that sparked a global political earthquake continues to show up in surprising ways.
icij.org
Band names, dozens of song titles, a racehorse and even cigarette rolling papers. Seven years on, the ICIJ-led reporting collaboration that sparked a global political earthquake continues to show up...
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"No child is prepared to represent themselves in front of the court” This is an upsetting update on immigrant children facing deportation proceedings alone because of funding cuts for legal service providers From @AlisaReznick
https://t.co/f9ru2IlgJf
kjzz.org
The Trump administration cut most of the federal funding for a program providing free legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children who are seeking asylum in the U.S. The money was restored under...
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Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties. But now the story is looking shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. @BulwarkOnline
https://t.co/NfAgGW1NmT
thebulwark.com
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
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"[President Nixon] knew those things were illegal or improper but now we see President Trump doing them openly and regularly." Mark Wolf, a Reagan-appointed judge, talks to CNN's Erica Hill about why he's quitting the bench over President Trump's "assault on the rule of law."
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The hemp provision in this appropriations package wipes out nearly 100% of legal hemp products overnight: killing jobs, crushing farmers, and overriding 23 state laws that already regulate hemp responsibly. Our farmers have turned to hemp as a lifeline when fertilizer, fuel, and
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Model 3 and Model Y battery packs retain 85% of their capacity on average after 200K miles of driving We also offer an 8 years or 120,000 miles battery warranty, whichever comes first
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A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. @SantulN @nytmike
nytimes.com
A judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari.
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That "Teen Vogue" became a pillar of serious justice reporting was no accident, writes @ScottHech. Its editors modeled what editorial bravery looks like: publishing work that demanded better from the system—and from us.
thenation.com
The disappearance of the platform is bigger than one newsroom.
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Really incredible news. After spending THREE YEARS on strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers have WON!!!
Our top story: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit orders the PG to restore the striking journalists' contract, including its health care plan, and bargain a new one, and strikers are looking forward to returning to work:
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Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion. WaPo added one disclosure after @BGrueskin called it out. Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why.
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State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-NY) has authored legislation requiring New York's K-12 school students learn the history of the January 6th attack and its aftermath Lavine spoke with me about it =====>
!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6 https://t.co/kA0GKj0unM
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NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell to seek commutation from President Trump, document indicates https://t.co/DXsFxtpn45 via @politico
politico.com
She is to make her plea to President Donald Trump.
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!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6 https://t.co/kA0GKj0unM
cbsnews.com
While GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration have downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, there are state efforts underway to ensure it's recorded for history.
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Trump gives a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” for fake electors — including his co-defendants charged in Georgia for trying to subvert his 2020 election defeat.
cnn.com
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of...
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JUST IN: The 1st Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's request to block lower-court rulings that require full SNAP payments to states. That triggers the Supreme Court / Justice Jackson's 48-hour countdown to the benefits going out (barring SCOTUS intervention)
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Whatever you do, please don't stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read books. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.
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For those keeping track at home, this make 18 politicians convicted of corruption charges now pardoned by President Trump. https://t.co/Ljv7UBKjkb
wsmv.com
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
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Kristi Noem and her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, ordered ten Spirit Airlines jets to ramp up deportations—and to use for their own leisure—before realizing the airline didn’t own the planes, and that the planes had no engines. https://t.co/49HyUbPwtu
thedailybeast.com
Kristi Noem is feeling the heat from the White House—so she’s pushing to militarize ICE.
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American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal data shows. https://t.co/bNfnZ0DBxA
propublica.org
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh...
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.@ShawnMcCreesh reports on the Kennedy Center: “Audiences are staying away. Internal sales figures obtained by The New York Times showed ticket sales down by about 50 percent from the same period last year during one typical week in October. Dozens of employees, many with decades
nytimes.com
A Trumpian drama has been playing out inside the performing arts center all year. It has been damaging for business.
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways: First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices. Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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