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José Sepúlveda

@josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Social Video Producer at ProPublica. Previously at NBC/Telemundo/CNBC/Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald. Columbia J-School, UMich MT. 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 📍TX

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/02/2026
Ciji Graham’s is the seventh case ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman died after she was unable to access standard care in a state that has significantly restricted abortion. Read her story: propub.li/4r4VQr4
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/08/2025
📽️ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed. He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/09/2025
📽️ WATCH: Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit: propub.li/3I6nTFk
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/09/2025
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child. RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: propub.li/4nhXQua
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
📽️ Listen to our reporter Eli Hager, who spoke with former acting commissioner Leland Dudek for 15 hours and interviewed dozens of Social Security insiders, explain the untold saga of what happened when DOGE stormed Social Security. Read more: propub.li/3KUBsIL
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/10/2025
🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.” Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion. ➡️ More: propub.li/3JgEGWQ
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/12/2025
Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed. @maxblau.bsky.social on Sofi’s harrowing experience & why it’s vital to understand the perils H-2A workers face: propub.li/4jp9SAH
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/12/2025
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here's what you should know: propub.li/48KUw5Z
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/12/2025
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia. Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: propub.li/3MkJs6L
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/11/2025
📽️ WATCH: Our reporting has shown that recent policy changes at the VA are having an impact on working conditions and on patient care, but we need your help to understand the full picture. If you recently left the VA, here’s how you can reach us: propub.li/4oz9bWL
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
And one more of my latest for @propublica.org
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Another one of my latest videos for @propublica.org
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
My latest video for @propublica.org
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Idaho lawmakers and advocates like Manookian have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy and informed choice.
 But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion. Read @audreydutton.bsky.social’s story ⬇️ #idaho #medicalfreedom #maha #rfk
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Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
In April, the #Idaho Medical Freedom Act became law, making it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.” #LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2025
WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. ➡️ Read more: propub.li/4odsKnn
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The cuts amounted to $500 million in funds. Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The #USDA did not respond to questions or requests for comment. Read the story by Ruth Talbot and @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. My latest video for @propublica.org.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My latest video for @propublica.org.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
RFK Jr. has touted the new Autism Data Science Initiative, $50 million in research grants. But some experts fear the initiative will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.   RFK Jr. did not respond to requests for an interview. The original story by @fastlerner.bsky.social 👇
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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September. Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition. RFK Jr. cut her entire lab. My latest video for @propublica.org
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/09/2025
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Halimi worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland through his work with the U.S. Institute of Peace. But DOGE members falsely suggested that Halimi was part of a scheme where federal funds went to the Taliban. Story by: Avi Asher-Schapiro and @chrisbing.bsky.social
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi’s family members were taken by the Taliban and beaten after DOGE and Elon Musk exposed his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit. The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment. My latest video for @propublica.org.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Millions of Americans own the rights to oil and gas underground. Other states like #CO, #KS, #MI, #NV, #OK, #WV and #WY have taken action to restrict the costs that can be deducted from mineral owners’s checks. North Dakota is not one of them. www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.
At least seven states limit the costs oil and gas companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from. Here’s how North Dakota differs when it comes to protecting the interests of mine...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
State lawmakers did create a royalty oversight program to address conflicts btw mineral owners and companies. The program solved some concerns but it has failed to address what mineral owners say is their biggest concern: transparency about deductions. www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fail...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The majority of North Dakota's oil and gas is privately owned by about 300,000 individuals. Lawmakers have rejected efforts to rein in deductions for individuals while safeguarding state-owned royalties since 1979. The original stories by Jacob Orledge ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state,...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Oil companies in #NorthDakota are unfairly taking $millions in royalties for the oil and gas extracted from their lands, mineral owners say. @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com saw statements showing deductions as high as 50%! My latest video ⬇️
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
We’re going to continue reporting on Texas’ changing education landscape. If you are a teacher, parent, student or taxpayer, we want to hear about it. Go to this link to securely reach our reporters or contact us on Signal: 816-898-5462. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on Education
Texas’ education landscape is changing. Help our reporters understand what’s happening across the state.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Such practices typically violate state laws governing public and charter schools and could result in fines, removal from office or even state felony charges. But private schools operate largely outside these rules. The original story: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount. 📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
My latest video for @propublica.org
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
One of my latest videos for @propublica.org
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
My latest video for @propublica.org
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/06/2025
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org‬ @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/06/2025
NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers. By @maxblau.bsky.social
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He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.
The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental h...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2025
“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
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Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2025
Multiple nonprofits serving exploited children declined to speak on the record to ProPublica, fearing that doing so might undermine what chance they still had of getting potential grants. “Look at what happened to the law firms,” one official said.
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The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
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Emily Schwing @emilyschwing.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
By my count, I spent at least 40 nights in Newtok & Mertarvik over 2 yrs, interviewed over 70 people & hired an inspector to look at 7 homes built by 3 contractors. A dozen are less than 3 years old & moldy. 1 federal agency knew of problems in 2022. Another toured homes in 2023. Zero repairs made.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2025
NEW: Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades.
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How Tech Company Recruiters Sidestep Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
My latest for @propublica.org
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025
#ICYMI: Disclosure forms show that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling. 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
One of my latest videos for @propublica.org!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2025
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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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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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/04/2025
WATCH: The reality TV cop show "The First 48" played a role in the conviction of a Minnesota man who spent 16 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. At least, that's what a report from the Minnesota attorney general's office says. 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/03/2025
WATCH: ProPublica is keeping a list of who works for DOGE, and we recently added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66. We’ve also been reporting on who is in charge. Is it Elon Musk and his lieutenants, or is it an obscure bureaucrat named Amy Gleason? 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Who’s Running DOGE: Elon Musk or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?
Did you know? ProPublica is keeping a list of who works for the Department of Government Efficiency, and we recently added 20 names to our tracker, bringing ...
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Here is all of @propublica.org’s reporting on the Department of Government Efficiency. www.propublica.org/topics/depar...
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Investigative Reporting on DOGE from ProPublica.
Read the latest doge investigations from ProPublica.
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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
WATCH: Did you know? ProPublica is keeping a list of who works at #DOGE. We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason? 📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social 🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Who’s Running DOGE: Elon Musk or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?
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