ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. This is what they wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps

Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

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After Capital One shut down hundred's of Trump Org accounts, Trump sued, alleging the decision was politically motivated. But Capital One says the accounts were actually closed following a money laundering investigation. #CapitalOne #Trump #money #lawsuit #moneylaundering

Corey Lewandowski had no official role at DHS. But he personally signed government contracts anyway. Then he lied about it under oath. This is the culture Trump has created: Get close to power. Use it. Cash in.

Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterday

Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

So that’ll be nearly $1 billion between sale and operations for 1600 beds.

Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 14h ago

Breaking: CoreCivic has announced they've sold the 1,600 bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minn., to the U.S. through the Department of Homeland Security for $495.6 million. CoreCivic will still manage the facility, which is expected to start receiving ICE detainees this fall.

@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social love the Group Chat!

After Trump lost in 2020, Flynn threatened a “shooting civil war” and urged Trump to suspend the Constitution and declare martial law so the military could conduct a new election. That’s the kind of person who got $1.25 million of your money. 3/4🧵

Michael Flynn calls for Trump to suspend the constitution and declare martial law to re-run election

‘Only then can the winning candidate be accepted as legitimate’

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🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

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In case you missed it, read our recent investigation:

The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.

The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show th...

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An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)

An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.

An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...

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“Paying down the debt”

Dr. Annie Andrews Releases Statement on South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate Debate holycitysinner.com/politics/dr-...

Dr. Annie Andrews Releases Statement on South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate Debate

Following Monday’s South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary debate, Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, released the following statement:

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Max Miller: "Sure, I'm a violent domestic abuser.. But Trump taught us we could get elected anyway and become rich & powerful. And never face Justice."

WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Jon Husted gave $2.5 billion in out-of-control tax breaks to giant corporations to bring 226 data centers to our state. Now, he’s blaming Ohioans for their higher utility bills.

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The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.

They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...

Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November

County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.

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11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.

An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May)

We just got back from Delaney Hall and we can confirm that Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo died on Saturday while in ICE’s custody. More on what we heard today at Delaney:

Imagine claiming your god is behind powerful and wealthy people stripping food assistance, healthcare, USAID, environmental protections, food protections, terrorizing immigrants, and senseless wars, then getting so offended when people reject your god.

“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die,” said attorney Frank Ssekamwa about the U.S. demand to access the health data of millions of Ugandans. “It’s the essence of digital colonialism.”

Tax filings reveal that anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell paid DHS official Heather Honey $72,000 for consulting and research services in the 2025 fiscal year. Honey's DHS appointment has drawn ire as it put a longtime election conspiracy theorist at the helm of a key election oversight position.

Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money

Heather Honey, a Dept. of Homeland Security elections official, received nearly $200,00 from an election denier fund for consulting services.

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Excellent article from the Smithsonian: "Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It’s Margaret Rossiter’s Lifelong Mission to Fix That' The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten #MatildaEffect

Women Scientists Were Written Out of History. It's Margaret Rossiter's Lifelong Mission to Fix That

The historian has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten

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Ethics panel: ‘Substantial reason’ to believe GOP’s Edwards violated sexual harassment rules

A spokesperson for the North Carolina Republican has dismissed the claims as “baseless allegations.” The House Ethics Committee disagreed.

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Devastating article about the wanton damage done to people falsely charged with assaulting federal law enforcement officers in the year since they took over D.C. (By 24-year-WaPo veteran.) news.bgov.com/white-collar...

A Year After DC Federal Surge: Cases Dropped, Lives Uprooted

In the weeks that followed President Trump’s order last August to send the National Guard into Washington, federal prosecutors filed more than two dozen cases charging people with assaults on federal ...

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Happy Market Manipulation Monday - brought to you by the most corrupt family in American history. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Why Wall Street Firms Are Paying $100,000 a Month for a Fast Track to Trump Posts

Traders who already monitor the president’s pronouncements with automated systems can pay for an ultrafast feed. At least five firms have signed up.

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People are skipping heart tests, delaying surgeries, and showing up uninsured in emergency rooms because Republicans decided it was a good idea to make health coverage EVEN MORE UNAFFORDABLE.

Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

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