Oliver Laughland
@oliverlaughland.bsky.social
US Southern Bureau Chief and Investigations Correspondent - The Guardian Presenter of the news documentary series Anywhere But Washington
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner - by @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/5-qu...
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner
I toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told me about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal gover...
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“It was mindless, gutter politics. It felt to Duncan that after three decades of fighting to clear his name in the courts, he was now being forced to do it again in public.” My profile of the extraordinary Calvin Duncan, his historic run for office & the Maga effort to eradicate his victory
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand
Calvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’
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Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️
This framing, from one of the better-read political newsletters, reads like a parody of cronyism. But it isn’t.
"When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined."
Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘crossing a red line’ over lifting of Folarin Balogun’s red card ban
Uefa has hit out at Fifa’s decision to lift US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension for Monday’s last-16 tie with Belgium
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Ultimately what has happened at this World Cup risks changing football for ever. Decisions made on the field may not count any longer, influence of the big powers over sport now impact what happens on the pitch and before that we had a unilateral decision that has divided the game into four quarters
Trump called Infantino on Wednesday to get Balogun's red card lifted. Nice to ride alon with Tyler Pager on what will be seen (and is) in many parts as one of the biggest scandals in World Cup history. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
Trump Asked FIFA to Review Balogun’s Suspension. He Is Now Eligible to Play.
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Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary,Trump wanted to erase any “disparaging” history in the national parks. We documented + visualized the vast scale of this unprecedented censorship campaign. Very proud of this months-long team effort for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks
Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public lands
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‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of fees
Guardian investigation: Renters at apartment buildings operated by industry giant Greystar complain they’re deluged by ‘unfair’ and ‘inflated’ fees. The company denies these claims
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Good news! I'm joining the Guardian US climate team next month. I'm excited to have a home among such badass journalists and at the only major news publication that doesn't take fossil fuel advertising. Send me tips.
"There’s a strange mismatch between soccer as it actually exists throughout the United States and the red-meat Americana of Fox’s World Cup coverage, and no one better embodies this incongruence than the network’s resident carrot"
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
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make america have kidney failure again! when they find that their raw milk is contaminated with E. coli, campylobacter, or listeria... they *make cheese* with it?? the donald j. trump administration: pioneers in diarrhea governance. www.propublica.org/article/mark...
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm. You may have heard of it. RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers. It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide. And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick. 🧵👇
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered,” he acknowledged. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.” An astounding, beautifully written profile of the US’s largest Raw milk farm owner and MAHA darling Mark McAfee, by @anniewaldman.bsky.social
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
propublica.org
Really lovely piece by my colleague @bryanagraham.bsky.social, who watched Game 1 of the NBA finals with some of the men incarcerated on Riker’s island
‘The whole of New York is stressed right now’: how Knicks finals fever reached Rikers Island
Inside New York’s notorious jail complex, nearly 2,000 incarcerated people watched Game 1 together, arguing calls, roasting celebrity fans and sharing in a rare citywide moment
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New: Senator Ron Wyden has written to HHS and the non-profit operators of a proposed family and child ICE detention center in Alexandria, Louisiana - expressing concerns over conflicts of interest, environmental contamination, & “the absence of a public process” in the center’s planning
Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center
Ron Wyden tells of ‘grave concerns’ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facility
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In 2023, we found dozens of doctors were making millions of dollars performing risky – and possibly unnecessary – vascular procedures on patients. Earlier this month, a government watchdog broadly confirmed our findings, recommending CMS take action. www.propublica.org/article/vasc...
More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds
A newly released report, which was based on a study that launched in 2024 following a ProPublica investigation, flags nearly 140 doctors across the country with "concerning" billing patterns.
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We interviewed a Civil Rights activist who was tear-gassed in 1965 when he marched for voting rights in Selma. Charles Mauldin was 17 then. “Having people like ICE treat people the way we were treated 61 years ago, it’s horrible,” he said. A DHS spokesperson called his comparison "disgusting."
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo agoNEW: Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3mo agoEnrique Tarrio told PBS News he believes he is owed "somewhere in the mid-tens of millions" of dollars from the fund. Tarrio pointed to time spent in solitary confinement and what he said was FBI meddling in his defense preparation during his trial. https://to.pbs.org/4dZxuL2
Trump surgeon general pick sells a supplement that contains an ingredient prohibited by the US military and which health experts have warned can cause liver damage. Amazon opened an investigation into the products after the Guardian inquired whether they comply with its policies on supplement sales
Trump’s pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
Amazon opens an inquiry into Nicole Saphier’s product compliance following Guardian inquiry. White House says she will be a ‘powerful asset’ for Maha agenda
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Mississippi’s governor just called Bennie Thompson’s time in Congress a “reign of terror.” Who, precisely, is terrified here? And of what, or whom? My new column for @us.theguardian.com on what the post-Callais redistricting wave is actually building.
The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter | Jamil Smith
New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history
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The @us.theguardian.com has an excellent new video podcast! Congratulations to colleagues @cartersherman.bsky.social Kai Wright @rachump.bsky.social @jmenjivar.bsky.social and team First episode is here: youtu.be/k6iGsCJBsmo?...
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil'
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Exclusive: In letter 40 lawmakers demand the FAA address allegations of mistreatment of immigrants and the ‘urgent need for transparency’
Democrats express ‘grave concerns’ over secretive ICE deportation flights
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A core statement of facts made by Samuel Alito in his decision overturning the VRA simply isn't true. He got the mistake from the DOJ. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Supreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ
Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found
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horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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With this bridge struck, how will people still living south of the Litani continue to get access to aid, food, & medicine? How will hospitals replenish their medical supplies? The bridge was described to us as a lifeline by local officials and health workers An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4mo agoBREAKING: Israel carries out two air strikes on the Qasmiyeh Bridge in southern Lebanon, the last bridge linking Tyre and Sidon, destroying it completely, according to Lebanese media.
This is a fascinating and revealing examination of Pete Hegseth’s particular sect of Calvinist evangelicalism, by @joolia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran
The Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?
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Three years ago, Mississippi rolled back its strict school vaccine rules after a lawsuit funded by a Texas-based group called ICAN. In a Guardian investigation, I examined the close ties RFK Jr. has to ICAN's CEO and lawyer, and how the change ICAN brought is affecting children in Mississippi
As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died
The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr
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