Here's how judges have responded to lawsuits by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to get unredacted voter rolls from states. Case dismissed. projects.propublica.org/trump-doj-vo...
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Charles Ornstein
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Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: [email protected]. Posts are my own.
@charlesornstein.bsky.social@charlesornstein.bsky.socialThis is quite an amazing data interactive: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialNEW Paper Trail podcast episode: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialReally sad stories about food stamp theft in this story. Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t. www.propublica.org/article/food...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialNo one is covering Missouri government and politics these days like @jeremykohler.bsky.social. Read this: Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialNEW: Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency. by @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill w/ @texastribune.org
@propublica.orgReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.socialNEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen. It didn’t matter. They were all taken to an immigration detention center.
propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialOfficials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, made plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places. @elpasomatters.bsky.social
@annaleighclark.bsky.socialReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.socialImmigrants with harrowing accounts of domestic abuse were detained after contact with local police, sometimes after calling them for help. "I had suffered from domestic violence,” said one woman, whose daughter was still nursing when she was detained. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.”
propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialIs Bill Jones real? The Mystery of the Unknown Sailor Who Inspired Trump to Shake Up the Navy
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialNEW: These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead. @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @annaleighclark.bsky.social
propublica.orgThese Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump admi...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialThe ProPublica tips billboards are back up in DC. The subject; military spending!
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialNew Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them. With @elpasomatters.bsky.social @texastribune.org
@brianstelter.bsky.socialReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.social"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"
@dicktofel.bsky.socialReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.socialThis is huge loss for journalism, for public health, for society as a whole and not least for those of us who were privileged to know Helen
www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialSo sad. Such a loss. Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69 @statnews.com
@propublica.orgReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.socialNEW: After four witnesses recanted, a Pennsylvania man spent 20 years in prison insisting he was innocent of murder.
Records show his lawyer, to whom he wrote dozens of letters pleading for help, did little to help besides asking for more time.
with @inquirer.com
propublica.orgHe Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.Pennsylvania promises legal help to those who say they were unfairly convicted of crimes. Failed by a troubled system, some incarcerated people are left waiting years for their lawyers to act.
@mcbridetd.bsky.socialReposted by @charlesornstein.bsky.socialPeople Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialSilicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town Politics
@charlesornstein.bsky.socialThis feels icky. Courts Grapple With Problem of People Betting on the Outcome of Jury Cases