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Ken Schwencke

@schwanksta.com
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Senior editor of @propublica.org's data journalism teams. Super gay. Sometimes printmaker.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 29/09/2026
Fresh update to our Habeas case tracker: More than 83,000 immigrants have filed cases challenging the legality of their detention so far since Jan. 2025. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
A screenshot of the ProPublica Habeas tracker showing a big 83,328 — the number of cases filed since Jan. 2025.
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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 28/09/2026
“There is a lot of malnutrition going on in these raccoons due to a diet that is very, very high in tortilla chips,” said Nessie O’Neil, a raccoon biologist and lead author of the study. —https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/raccoons-toys-cozumel-mexico-research.html
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On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)
Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: @propublica.org has a Chrome and Firefox plugin that allows you to grab your data from FanDuel and DraftKings. If you use it, you can upload your data to us to help us to continue investigating how these sites induce people to keep betting. projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail, ProPublica has learned. by @jenafifield.bsky.social @peterelkind.bsky.social
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Do you or someone you know use DraftKings or FanDuel? You can help @propublica.org continue to report on these apps by sharing your data with us. In some states, you can request it. But we also built a browser extension to help download your own data! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
That’s so weird. Same. You can email me at ken.schwencke@propublica.org at least!
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Feel free to DM! One thing we are looking to understand is when/if people get incentives, which you can often see in the data itself (Crown Cash, matching deposits, etc). For our analysis, it would be great to not just see data from problem gamblers, but from people who bet more casually as well
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Thanks, Peter -- if you'd like to, I believe you can download your activity from Pikkit and upload it to us here: projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
We're working on getting into the Chrome and Firefox add-on stores, but for now you can download it and load it into your browser temporarily, and upload the resulting file(s) to us on this page. Also, we named it Collector Gadget. 🔍
A screenshot of a browser extension called Collector Gadget on a FanDuel page showing a "Collect my history" button.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 26/09/2026
Do you or someone you know use DraftKings or FanDuel? You can help @propublica.org continue to report on these apps by sharing your data with us. In some states, you can request it. But we also built a browser extension to help download your own data! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
projects.propublica.org
Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 24/09/2026
Listen, you can’t just say my colleagues at @propublica.org are wrong and not have us correct you. www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And don’t sleep on the part where we bust Cleta Mitchell (yes, that one) for helping to hatch a campaign finance cover-up:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 20/09/2026
I do sort of a bad job of posting things at instagram.com/kensprints
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 20/09/2026
I used Claude to build software that helps me do color separation, halftoning, and layer editing for screen prints. It rocks. It has made me a better artist and it’s customized to my workflow.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 18/09/2026
I have so many peoples' locations and vice versa, just for fun.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The logic of other venue owners joining Kraft in banning Macklemore over concerns about antisemitism is hard to follow while Kanye West — who released a song entitled “Heil Hitler” just 18 months ago — continues to tour unabated.”
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18/09/2026
This is excellent. And much better for one of the city's most renowned avenues than simply offering multi-line through traffic.
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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 16/09/2026
they gotten open the schools and teach people how to use the emergency cord on the trains already (you almost are never gonna want to use it)
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Also, ProPublica has been tracking the volume of cases filed in federal courts amid the Trump administration’s push for mass deportations. Track the latest stats here: projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I joined ProPublica in January, I have been tracking the massive surge in petitions by immigrants to contest their detention. When I looked closer at the data, I found HUGE disparities in the time it takes certain judges to resolve these cases. THREAD ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 14/09/2026
You know how having a parent pay for your wedding means they will usually desire a say in how it goes and may hold it over your head after? Well, here's this. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Donald Trump Jr. didn’t pay for much of his three-day Bahamas wedding extravaganza. Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, did. Must read!
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 12/09/2026
All the frontier models run on company hardware right so it’s like ok wow scary hit the power switch
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Steve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026
that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 11/09/2026
Upon reading the other replies they were Puma, not adidas, and I can co-sign
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 10/09/2026
Darn Tough are incredible in ways Bombas could never. I also got a ton of cheap Adidas socks recently for almost nothing. It may have been a sale but they’re great and I now have so many socks.
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michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From now on, when someone asks "How does XYZ computer thing work?" I'll just respond with this helpful diagram Anthropic made
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026
NEW: In 2020, Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz was involved in a car crash that left three people dead. ProPublica reveals how a Dominican moneylender helped to ensure that the young star was not prosecuted.
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How Oneil Cruz Walked Away From a Deadly Crash With a Fixer's Help
When an accident involving top prospect Oneil Cruz left three dead on a darkened road in the Dominican Republic, secret payoffs helped rescue his career and launched a shadowy business empire.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 09/09/2026
Ugh Al is hallucinating again 😔
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 09/09/2026
I was talking to someone the other day and my apple watch accidentally transcribed a few seconds of what I said and texted it to someone random. Do not want my conversations taped and transcribed thank you.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 09/09/2026
A new analysis by @propublica.org’s @andreasuozzo.com & Angel Philip shows that deaths from ectopic pregnancy are on the rise — and it’s worse in states with abortion bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Something remarkably telling in how the majority (left) and dissent (right) ascribe the actor undertaking the demolition project. Much easier to ignore illegality if you imagine the conduct as that of the whole fed govt. The president doesnt even show up as an agent at all in the majority's opinion.
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404 Media @404media.co · 27/08/2026
The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.
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Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute
The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: These local jails in Florida were supposed to detain immigrants for only up to 72 hours, per DHS. One woman was rebooked 10 times, spending a cumulative 26 days in jail.
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 27/08/2026
Two Florida jails were rebooking immigrants every 72 hours — shackling them and driving them over to a holding room and back again — in order to skirt federal rules. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CBS Miami got the actual grand jury report implicating Ashely Moody and Ron DeSantis in stealing Medicaid funds to put into political campaign. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...
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Grand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope Florida
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New: in leaked audio, Flock's CEO Garrett Langley tells cops that a story we wrote about Flock being used to track a woman who self-administered an abortion is "entirely false." He's lying. The audio shows how Flock speaks when doesn't think comments will be public www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-i...
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Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case
Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 25/08/2026
There was a flyer posted on our door the other day for a meeting about the block party and I fear I must use this crop of it as a work meme
A colorful crop of a flyer with balloons that says 
IMPROMPTU 
MEETING
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 25/08/2026
NOT FUCKING DOLLY
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21/08/2026
I still think this is a brilliant idea. If VW could bring back the van, Volvo can bring back the 240
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 21/08/2026
you couldn't boo me off of this site for my AI use if you tried
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 20/08/2026
oh no you're all doing AI discourse again
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 19/08/2026
A sheriff's office in Louisiana just fired a Flock-misusing deputy known as DJ Bulletproof (the media outlet was us, btw) www.wdsu.com/article/loui...
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. —
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has terminated an employee accused of improperly using Flock cameras for personal use.

According to JPSO, on Aug. 17, a member of the media contacted JPSO about the allegations of improper use.

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Sheriff Joseph P. Lopinto directed an internal investigation and found that the employee used a Flock camera to search a single license plate several thousand times over the course of several years.

Sources confirmed to WDSU that the former employee's name is Nathan Rome, who is also a popular deejay known as "DJ Bulletproof."
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“When you pulled her over, did you know it was her?” “Yes” “Did you have a legal reason to pull her over?” “No”
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michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Re-reading the Msft taxonomy on model failures. This one on parasocial relationships is undervalued screenplay material: Lonely accountant becomes romantically involved with the internal AI finance agent. The two execute a heist. Drive off into the sunset. Bonnie and Claude.
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