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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

After the Biden administration clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work. @alecmac.bsky.social

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“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking

After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigr...

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Worth reading. Another undoing of actual progress.

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Alec MacGillis @alecmac.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

One factor in the recent homicide decline was the Biden admin's clampdown on gun trafficking. Now, the Trump admin is pulling back on several fronts, raising odds that the flow of illegal guns will rise, with ill effects down the line. My latest @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/how-...

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“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I don’t think this is a particularly hot take. As we keep telling a particular federal agency, wearing a mask generally indicates cognizance of guilt and an intent to do something illegal. Protest works best when done confidently and unashamedly

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours

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Chris Kuang @chriskuang.com · 15/06/2025

Great reporting by @alecmac.bsky.social and another example of how policy implementation diverges from policy intent. Obviously the answer here is more legal pathways (and higher/no caps) for people to permanent residency and citizenship.

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Dr's Smite and Evil, Inc. 🧬🦋🧪 @porgs.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

this is so dystopian

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Benj @splatterthought.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

An informative read. Some remarkably candid quotes, a bit of history, a broken system, congressional negligence, and lobbyists.

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Adam Griffin @adamgriffin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Used to work for a company that did this—they kept ALL their positions open on their website to “fill the bench” just in case someone left, and regularly interviewed for roles they weren’t actually hiring for. When I questioned the tactic, I was told I wasn’t being a “team player.” 🙃

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Mary Beth Williams @mbwilliams.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Propublica's reporting, as always, is exceptional. I hope it leads to further discussion of the harm H1-B visas cause hundreds of thousands of young Indians—mostly men—trapping them in underpaid, exploitive positions, at a time recent (mostly male) college tech grads experience high unemployment.

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Alec MacGillis @alecmac.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Every Sunday, the print classifieds in metro newspapers are full of listings for tech jobs that aren't actually open. It's a window into a deeply flawed corner of US immigration law that hurts both US and foreign workers, yet has endured for decades. I decided to explore further:

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Some more examples of disappearing data, via @alecmac.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

They’re obeying in advance is what they’re doing.

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Alec MacGillis @alecmac.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Fascinating: Ozempic has totally disrupted the dynamic of group dinners out, when many people in the group barely feel like eating.

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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

As Congressional Republicans push for Medicaid work requirements, here’s how it’s going in Georgia: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to manage the country’s only Medicaid work requirement program — and sell it to the public. Only 3% of those eligible have enrolled.

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The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public

Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.

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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

NEW from @propublica.org: Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Elon Musk while helping DOGE gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which regulates Musk's businesses. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X

Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

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