“the rare investigative reporter who was truly a likable soul”

'He saw the work that he did as a duty and didn’t feel he deserved any special praise or attention for having done the work.”

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Nothing like a masterfully done obit
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One of Jared Kushner's handful of investors includes Terry Gou, a founder of Foxconn.

While in gov't, Kushner had been credited for helping Foxconn win up to $3 billion in tax subsidies.

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NEW: Trump’s lawyers told the court that no one would give him a bond.

Then he got a lifeline from a billionaire. But his lawyers didn't tell the judges.

That may be an ethics violation.

Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski:

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New: Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges.
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“We’re thrilled with this ruling,” said Sarah Matthews. “It recognizes that the military’s current guidelines clearly fail to ensure public access as required by Congress. That’s huge and should be a wake-up call to the Department of Defense'
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Hell of a push notification

#FreeEvan

As the rest of the world knows, this problem is hardly new; it just feels new to us.

8 years ago Heidi Blake and John Templon showed what prop betting does to tennis and it ain’t pretty.

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Via the Reliable Sources newsletter: This is the stop-in-your-tracks front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal, marking the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention (cnn.it/3TBLHme)

My ask today is that you take seventy seconds to watch this and one more to share it widely. It’s been one year.
#iStandwithevan #FreeEvan

In case after case, officers intentionally earned the trust of parents, created opportunities to get kids alone and threatened repercussions for broken silence. Unlike teachers and priests, they did it all while wielding the power of their badges and guns.
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🎉🎉🎉

Almost 3 years ago I’d just gotten back to work from maternity leave and was in that panicked phase of figuring out my next story when I got connected with an immigration advocate in Michigan. She told me about a fatal fire in a house for dairy workers…

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A refreshing way to write about agencies investigating themselves.

'The review instead retreats behind paragraphs of heavy legalese that do little to disguise the lack of accountability.'

nytimes.com/2024/02/26/us/…

.Kavitha Surana takes you inside the internal debates of a Hospital Abortion Committee where the law has severely restricted the procedures.

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.@ProPublica is hiring an immigration reporter.

Apply!

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According to interviews with U.S. and Mexican officials and documents reviewed by @ProPublica, the $$$ was provided to campaign aides in return for a promise that a López Obrador administration would facilitate drug traffickers’ criminal operations.

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“Whistleblowers are often the lifeblood of investigative journalism.”

“They deserve protection not prosecution.”

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