North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )
Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....
The Delusion of Advanced Plastics Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
Turns out even the most "advanced" modes of plastics recycling are bullshit, just as 40+years of plastics recycling efforts before them.
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds ( www.propublica.org )
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor ( www.propublica.org )
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Will Allow More Aggressive Homeless Encampment Removals ( www.propublica.org )
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds ( www.propublica.org )
In one instance, he flew on June 29, 2021, from the East Coast to San Jose, California, and returned home later that day...
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says | ProPublica Investigation ( www.propublica.org )
Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business. Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National Nuclear Security Administration, among others....
Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers ( www.propublica.org )
The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out. ( www.propublica.org )
We’re Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September ( www.propublica.org )
He did not send questions to the White House ahead of time, nor did he get approval for the topics to be discussed during the interview....
Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act ( www.propublica.org )
Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says ( www.propublica.org )
Archived version...
Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter ( www.propublica.org )
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State ( www.propublica.org )
Last year, representatives of New Mexico’s oil industry met behind closed doors with the very groups with which they typically clash — state regulators and environmentalists — in search of an answer to the more than 70,000 wells sitting unplugged across the state. Many leak oil, brine and toxic or explosive gasses, and...
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes ( www.propublica.org )
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead ( www.propublica.org )
Whistleblower Says Microsoft Dismissed Warnings About a Security Flaw That Russians Later Used to Hack U.S. Government ( www.propublica.org )
Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why. ( www.propublica.org )
Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter ( www.propublica.org )
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