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✿ social video editor @ProPublica.org ✿ formerly USA Today, CNN, VICE, Refinery29

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, including renting out a private island. National security experts say it raises an urgent question: What motivated Kremlev to spend a fortune cultivating the connection?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/08/2026
(Content warning: sexual abuse, violence) Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit: the rape of bestselling author Alice Sebold. When he was exonerated in 2021, many were incensed at how long it had taken to fix the injustice. But the story doesn't end there.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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. 🧵👇
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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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/03/2026
WATCH: Fourteen-year-old Ariana spent more than 45 days at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. In January, we asked detainees whether their children would be willing to write letters or draw pictures about their experiences. Listen to Ariana tell her story: 📽️ @joannashan.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/02/2026
📽️ WATCH: We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas. Listen to what kids told reporter @micarosenberg.bsky.social about their life in detention — and the things they’ve lost and left behind. Read more: propub.li/4toqME6
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/01/2026
Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found. On Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET, we’ll be on Reddit taking your questions about the continued fallout of slashing aid for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. 📌 Save the date:
Collage of ProPublica reporter Anna Barry-Jester (top left), photographer Peter DiCampo (top right) and reporter Brett Murphy holding up pieces of paper about an upcoming Reddit AMA on the downfall of USAID. The AMA is to be held in r/IAmA on Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET. The account answering questions is u/propublica_.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/01/2026
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
"Arnoldo had filmed much of the incident, but agents had taken his phone. He used Find My to locate the phone — at a vending machine for used electronics miles away, close to an ICE detention center. The footage, which ProPublica has reviewed, backed the family’s account of the chase."
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/01/2026
NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2025
Inside a New York City federal immigration courthouse, ProPublica reporter @tilleckert.com watched an ICE agent slam a woman, Monica Moreta-Galarza, to the ground as she begged for her husband to not be taken away. Listen to Eckert tell what happened.
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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 26/09/2025
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2025
📽️ Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs. Agents broke the window and slammed Daniel Flores-Martinez to the ground while his wife and children sobbed: propub.li/3IbPftA
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/09/2025
Are you someone who has been or could be affected by imminent ICE raids in Chicago? Do you have friends, family members or neighbors who have been or could be? If you have information you can share, please reach out to @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social on Signal or WhatsApp at 872-444-0011.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
Do you work at the Office of Management and Budget? Do you know someone who does? Are you a current or former federal worker with information that you can share about Russell Vought? If the answer to any of these is "yes," please contact @andykroll.bsky.social www.propublica.org/tips/
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Endless gratitude to Scott for letting us share his story. ❤️‍🩹 Produced and edited by moi
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/06/2025
NEW: Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets. With @azluminaria.org‬
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Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight
ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. But advocates warn such…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/05/2025
For our story on a cancer drug that costs nearly $1,000 for each daily pill, art director Lisa Larson-Walker handmade several pill-shaped ceramic piggy banks, stuffed them with cash — then smashed them with a sledgehammer in the middle of the office. Go behind the scenes with this short video:
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Behind the Art: Why Is Cancer Drug Revlimid So Expensive?
When ProPublica reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication, Revlimid, cost the same as ...
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
One of my fave productions to date. Run don't walk to watch Jake break down his complex investigation into DOGE and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a super accessible, digestible and illuminating way. ⤵️
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Congrats to these Pulitzer Prize-winning rockstars! 🎥: Katie Campbell ✂️: yours truly
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/04/2025
#ICYMI: Under Wisconsin law, transgender people who want to change their names have to publish their old & new names in a newspaper. @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social explains why families & advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as Trump has attacked trans rights. 📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Farewell to the GOAT 😭🫶👋
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Listen to @propublica.org reporter @tchristianmiller.bsky.social break down his investigation on this groundbreaking verdict that exposes how insurers try to wield power over doctors and other health care providers. 🎥 by yours truly
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/04/2025
NEW: Of the 7,837 disputed procedures in the lawsuit, involving 1,680 patients, Blue Cross paid this breast cancer center about 9 cents on the dollar, paying $43M on invoices totaling $500M. Some 60% of the claims weren’t reimbursed at all.
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Workers at one of the US's largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Labs facility is engaging in unsanitary practices. Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.
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The U.S. Defended the Overseas Business Interests of Baby Formula Makers. Kids Paid the Price.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2025
In 2018, Trump tweeted: "Because of Tariffs we will be able to start paying down large amounts of the $21 trillion in debt that has been accumulated." That’s not how it played out. (Published 2021)
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Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/03/2025
#ICYMI: One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
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How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Great video on abusive and secretive NYPD unit led by "the mayor's besties"
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Read the full story by the man the myth the legend @ericumansky.bsky.social ⤵️
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Read and watch the brilliant @emilyschwing.bsky.social show us just how bad things are inside Alaska's rural public schools, and how it's impacting the predominantly Alaska Native students they serve. ⤵️ 📰 KYUK, @propublica.org, @npr.org 🎬 produced & edited by moi
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Alaska Has Ignored Hundreds of Requests to Fix Its Crumbling Public Schools
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Only tripped once filming this 😌🎥
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Oncologist Connected to Trail of Patient Harm and Suspicious Deaths
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/02/2025
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Maternal health experts who reviewed ProPublica’s findings say Texas' abortion ban is the only explanation they could see for the sudden jump in sepsis cases. ⤵️ ✍️ Lizzie Presser, Kavitha Surana, @andreasuozzo.com, Sophie Chou 📈 @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/02/2025
📢 ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network! These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: propub.li/41270AQ Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇
Map of the U.S. titled “ProPublica’s ‘50 States Initiative’ Eligibility.” The 40 states in blue are eligible to submit a project for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. The ten states in the cross-hatched pattern—Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Tennessee, Georgia, New York, Connecticut, Maine and North Dakota—have already been selected and are not eligible.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025
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%. propub.li/43487Tj
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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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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
How to contact @propublica.org using @signal.org www.propublica.org/tips/#signal
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How to Contact ProPublica Securely — ProPublica
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I've got a thing FOIA 💕
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/02/2025
WATCH: EPA employees expressed a mixture of fear, resignation and quiet defiance as they faced the painful decision to stay or go. “We feel terrorized,” said one of the more than 20 current EPA employees who talked to ProPublica. 📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social
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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left their jobs. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an a...
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
& a short video of @pratheekrebala.bsky.social and my story by the masterful 🙏 @carissaqmb.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRnZ...
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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New: A glimpse inside the EPA, where the 20+ workers I spoke with are sad, terrified, resigned and, in not a few cases, really, really mad. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA ...
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
So much attention has been paid to Elon's college-age DOGE bros. But @propublica.org's roundup of 20+ members of Musk's demolition crew shows that it's largely comprised of alleged adults, including Katie Miller (wife of Trump whisperer Stephen Miller) projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
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Spokesperson
In December, during the transition, Trump named Miller, who served in the first administration as a press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, as one of the first members of DOGE. She is the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. After reports that DOGE personnel accessed internal USAID data, Katie Miller defended the group, saying that “no classified material was accessed without proper security clearances.”Stephanie Holmes, 43
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Holmes is running human resources at DOGE, according to government workers who have been in meetings with her. A former lawyer with Jones Day, a firm that frequently represents Trump, she was previously the chief people officer at Oklo, a nuclear energy company chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. She also ran her own HR consulting firm, BrighterSideHR, which advised companies to pursue “non-woke” approaches to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.Brian Bjelde, 44
Senior Adviser
Connected to: Office of Personnel Management
Musk link: Vice president of people operations at SpaceX
Bjelde is a longtime SpaceX employee who’s spent more than 20 years at the company, according to his LinkedIn profile, where he’s had a variety of jobs, including as managing director of the “food services group.” He previously worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He’s been referred to in press reports as a “top DOGE Lieutenant,” working at OPM to slash head count. CNN previously revealed that Bjelde had informed OPM staff of a plan to cut 70% of the agency’s workforce. The New York Times reported that Bjelde helped Musk cut staff at Twitter following its takeover.Anthony Armstrong, 57
Senior Adviser to the Director
Connected to: Office of Personnel Management
Musk link: Worked on Musk’s purchase of Twitter
Armstrong is a technology banker at Morgan Stanley who worked on Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter — since rebranded as X — in 2022. He has been given an influential role at OPM, which handles personnel issues across the federal government. Since Trump took office, OPM has spearheaded the new administration’s efforts to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and roll back telework and remote work policies.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/02/2025
NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe. ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/02/2025
NEW: More than 300 career employees at the EPA have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections. By @fastlerner.bsky.social & @pratheekrebala.bsky.social
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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA…
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Federal workers! Come spill your tea at our tip line 🫖⤵️ ⭐ing: our EIC, Steve 🎬: moi
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Carissa Quiambao @carissaqmb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Everyone should follow @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social's reporting ⤵️ 📽️: moi
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