New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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It's been hard to do my job this year. Being back reporting — and in print again — means more than I can say. Please spend some time with my story about a Trump administration crackdown on faculty speech at West Point, and one professor's lonely rebellion. wapo.st/4fo0lts

This is outstanding reporting but be warned: a really, really hard read.

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · 3w ago

A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social

A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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Please read this story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social.

Jo Yurcaba@joyurcaba.bsky.social · 3w ago

Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Over a two-day hearing, nearly a dozen witnesses — nine women and two men — testified in graphic detail about how Joe Campbell, a longtime Pentecostal preacher, groomed and abused them when they were children in the 1970s and ’80s.

They say their pastor abused them as children. This week, they confronted him in court.

Following an NBC News investigation, nearly a dozen witnesses testified that Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher, groomed and sexually abused them in the 1970s and ’80s.

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NYT nails it.

"The criminal case against Campbell began after an investigation by NBC News. ... The state began pursuing criminal charges following a May 2025 article and documentary that chronicled years of alleged sexual abuse by Campbell and repeated failures by church leaders to stop him."

They say their pastor abused them as children. This week, they confronted him in court.

Following an NBC News investigation, nearly a dozen witnesses testified that Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher, groomed and sexually abused them in the 1970s and ’80s.

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Happy pub day, @pamelacolloff.bsky.social! Trust me, you’ll want to order a copy of this one: bookshop.org/p/books/catc...

Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

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Security camera footage obtained from local businesses showed individuals who are believed to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounding a car and pulling the driver onto the street, in events connected to the fatal shooting of a man in a coastal town in Maine on July 13.

Have you noticed it can cost hundreds of dollars for a family bowling outing? Thank private equity. @spettypi.bsky.social reports. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Wall Street goes bowling for profits, driving up the price of a middle-class pastime

Fueled by private equity investments, Lucky Strike Entertainment went on a buying spree and now owns more than 1 in 10 American bowling alleys.

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The OBBBA was signed on July 4th a year ago. This is a great summary of some of the changes it will make. The SNAP changes (4 million lost coverage and counting) are already happening. Medicaid changes were timed to occur after the midterms, but may be even worse.

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · last mo.

One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country. At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.

“In Jim Comey’s misguided attempt to preserve the independence of the FBI, he set in motion a series of events that has basically undone the 50 years of reform and traditions and independence that had been carefully carved out and guarded since Watergate." — @vermontgmg.bsky.social

The Comey effect: 10 years ago, an FBI news conference changed America

“It is hard to think of another single event in the last decade that has had such far-reaching and sweeping and unintended global consequences as Jim Comey’s press conference,” said one historian.

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“There was … a violent effort to rip up the sealant.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Q: Was this part of the pool already damaged? Hearn maintains the sealant was already partially moved and it looks the same as it did before he arrived. PIRRO: You know, I'm not going to get into the evidence. Come to the trial. Come to the grand jury and you can testify.

Trump is now talking about his Washington construction projects *more often* than topics like wages and health care He invoked his DC building projects on nearly 80% of days in June analysis with @ence.bsky.social and Lydia Sidhom

“Once all of the law’s major provisions are fully phased in, Congressional Budget Office estimates show, the poorest households will end up with roughly $1,200 less each year on average, while the wealthiest Americans will gain about $13,600.”

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · last mo.

One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country. At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.

One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country. At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America

President Donald Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill” a year ago. It unleashed the biggest ever rollback of federal programs serving the poor, while extending trillions of dollars in tax breaks disp...

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This is well worth taking the time to read

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · last mo.

For a half-century, U.S. policy has pushed to keep disabled Americans out of institutions. Now Rebecca Anger and many others fear that era could be coming to an end. Here's my latest on the Trump administration's growing attacks on Medicaid-funded home-care programs.

Important reporting, careful and beautiful writing, and devastating details about what’s at stake for those losing Medicaid support and with the Trump admin abandoning the right of disabled Americans to live at home

Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · last mo.

For a half-century, U.S. policy has pushed to keep disabled Americans out of institutions. Now Rebecca Anger and many others fear that era could be coming to an end. Here's my latest on the Trump administration's growing attacks on Medicaid-funded home-care programs.

For a half-century, U.S. policy has pushed to keep disabled Americans out of institutions. Now Rebecca Anger and many others fear that era could be coming to an end. Here's my latest on the Trump administration's growing attacks on Medicaid-funded home-care programs.

Paralyzed at 7, she fought for the life she wanted. Medicaid cuts threaten to take it away.

For a half-century, U.S. policy has pushed to keep disabled Americans out of institutions. Now Rebecca Anger and others fear that era could end.

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Wow, this piece by @pamelacolloff.bsky.social: Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...

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A 57-year-old North Carolina mother is in knots over student loan repayment changes adopted in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and going into effect this week. She estimates her monthly student loan payments could jump from $150 to $713. www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is bringing a big set of student loan changes

Starting Wednesday, many student borrowers may tackle higher repayment requirements, fewer program options and greater loan limits.

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I just noticed that HHS Civil Rights office has deleted its webpage about the Supreme Court's 1999 landmark Olmstead decision, which guaranteed the rights of disabled people to live in their homes rather than being institutionalized. It was live on May 25. Now it's "PAGE NOT FOUND"

“For ICE to come to me over a social media post just feels very 1984 to me,” she said. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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The government has a formula that decides whether safety rules are worth passing. And that formula was rewritten to put a new price on your life: zero dollars. #PublicHealth #EPA #News #Trump #climatechange

Trump, per a GOP source, wanted to talk at a recent meeting about his own D.C. building projects rather than legislation to bring down home prices nationwide. “I don’t care about housing,” he said. Now he’s refusing to sign the bipartisan bill.

Trump cancels plan to sign major housing bill as he fights with Congress over the SAVE Act

Just hours before heading to Capitol Hill, Trump called the big, bipartisan housing bill Republicans hope to run on in the fall “of minor importance.”

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After days and days of news coverage and footage showing workers pouring harsh and highly corrosive chemicals into the algae-filled Reflecting Pool, the president would like you to believe that vandals were the ones who did it.

America 250: Former Olympian David Hearn Arrested for Touching the Reflecting Pool

Former Olympian David Hearn Arrested for Touching the Reflecting Pool amid Trump’s Claims of Vandalism

David Hearn was arrested for destruction of government property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19, but claims he only touched a piece of pool liner that was already detached. Presiden...

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Other professional sport organizations might fine an athlete for smearing Michelle Obama like Josh Hokit did -- but the UFC has an "anti-woke" reputation to protect that allows its stars to praise Hitler and spout homophobic hate.