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Jesse Drucker

@jessedrucker.bsky.social

Reporter for @nytimes. jesse(dot)drucker(at)nytimes(dot)com. DM for Signal or Whatsapp. Writing a book on the US tax system. https://www.nytimes.com/by/jesse-drucker

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 9mo ago

Behind the gleaming megaproject of Saudi Arabia’s capital subway, migrant workers from South Asia allegedly faced exploitation, abusive working conditions, and meagre wages while constructing the decade-long project. www.occrp.org/en/news/amne...

Amnesty Report Details Abuse Behind Saudi Arabia’s Metro Project

Behind the gleaming megaproject of Saudi Arabia’s capital subway, migrant workers from South Asia allegedly faced exploitation, abusive working conditions, and meagre wages while constructing the decade-long...

occrp.org

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · last yr.

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist

Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

washingtonpost.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · last yr.

Der Spiegel found mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth on the internet. Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use. 😳

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

spiegel.de

David Enrich@davidenrich.bsky.social · last yr.

In which Sarah Palin goes hunting for a defamation case that she can use to shoehorn herself back into the national conversation. MURDER THE TRUTH excerpt in @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/news/story/s...

Sarah Palin Is Eyeing More Than Just Money in Her ‘New York Times’ Defamation Suit

In his new book, ‘Murder the Truth,’ David Enrich chronicles how the former Alaska governor ensnared the paper in a long and winding legal battle that could overturn decades of Supreme Court precedent...

vanityfair.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘Surrounded by his students as he sat at the piano, Messiaen would speak as much about “the dances of planets and atoms”, and the poetry of Breton and Éluard, as he did about music.’ Adam Shatz on Messiaen’s mystical, deeply Catholic compositions: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · Wash out your ears: Messiaen’s Ecstasies

While few would question Messiaen’s importance in 20th-century music, his religious modernism has always been met with...

lrb.co.uk

David S. Mitchell@dsmitch28.bsky.social · last yr.

New report from @equitablegrowth.bsky.social today on tax avoidance among large, complex partnerships! equitablegrowth.org/research-pap... (as featured in @politico.com's Morning Tax!) While not the biggest (or most troubling) news of the day, I say this deserves a thread!

Tax avoidance among large, complex partnerships in the United States

The rise of large, complex partnerships in the real estate and finance industries has meant an explosion in tax avoidance strategies.

equitablegrowth.org

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · last yr.

If you are a public servant, or know one, this may be useful. A new organization, the Public Service Alliance, is offering advice on privacy and cybersecurity, physical safety, access to legal counsel and more. thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...

Strengthening America Through Service: Announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA) - Public Service Alliance

Today, we’re announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA), a nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening America by supporting the people who serve it.  PSA is founded on a simple yet profound...

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