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“U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children”

Health leaders urge de-escalation of conflict in Middle East, condemn attacks on healthcare and children Melissa Sweet writes: The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 13 attacks on healthcare in Iran and one in Lebanon,

Health leaders urge de-escalation of conflict in Middle East, condemn attacks on healthcare and children – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/health-leade...

ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.

NEW: ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases

OK, then, for easy access to recs, provide in an app (maybe called "Rec'd", if the name isn't taken:)). @ama-assn.org @healthjournalism.org @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @propublica.org

This could be built with speed and precision by independent health reporters, editors, researchers, and data nerds.

Also, on balance, are daily "stumbles" by other top politicians a warning to their respective party?

Doesn't feel like we're in the era of polished politics. If ALL CAPS and an attack on reality itself is acceptable to some, maybe in the messy marketplace of ideas we can get over nuanced hedging.

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Been saying this from his first "editorial" decision, which led to 250K+ subscribers leaving.

It seems his intent is not to save money or create a viable product but to show (an audience of one?) that he's willing to "catch and kill" a newspaper to bend a knee.

Hard to read this any other way.

FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution” The agency’s official safety alert comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up Starship tests. A recent ProPublica investigation found that explosions during previous Starship launches disrupted air traffic and ...

FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution,” by
@heathervogell.bsky.social and Agnel Philip

As I said on NPR this morning, @mprnews.org Minnesota Public Radio has done a fantastic job all month—has it only been a month?—covering the hardest of stories and often informing the whole country through reports heard on NPR.

For all directing skepticism at journalists (and it's fair to consider all messengers critically) please spend as much time evaluating your own biases.

Far too often I hear off-handed remarks about "bias" in media from people who in their next breath parrot a clearly BS talking point from a pundit.

A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.

Yesterday, when the government used taxpayer dollars to blast a full-volume narrative about the man federal agents had shot on the street, I remembered a quote from Lincoln.

He said that if you attack someone’s character without knowing if it’s true, that is the same as a lie.

Stunning. The Minnesota Bureau of criminal apprehension says they secured a judicial warrant to access the scene of today’s shooting but were denied access by Federal agents.

The National Rifle Association is also criticizing the administration for its evidence-free descriptions of a legal gun owner standing in the street with a phone.

How Trump Is Testing the Limits of the Presidency

How Trump Is Testing the Limits of the Presidency, via @nytimes.com

ICE tactics and training under scrutiny after Minneapolis shooting Policing experts say officer who fired fatal shots may have placed himself at needless risk by standing in front of Renée Good’s vehicle.

ICE tactics and training under scrutiny after Minneapolis shooting

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220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency New data offers the first clear view of the impact of the buyouts and firings.

220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency. AHRQ was gutted.

Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.

Nearly half of Trump-appointed experts involved in shaping the new dietary guidelines have financial ties to meat and dairy industries.

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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota Allegations a scientist doctored images in a paper on Alzheimer’s. Rachel Hardeman's resignation. An investigation into a pediatrician's reports of child abuse. The U saw a number of scientific scanda...

Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota via @carlelliott.bsky.social "Deny wrongdoing, stonewall reporters, punish dissenters and wait for it all to blow over." www.startribune.com/umn-professo...

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

I wrote this column about the aggressive pushback our reporters have received for doing their jobs.

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death “Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation

Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.

NEW! The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism, with @chronicle.com

Another banned word list--that includes the word..."women"

Also, the name of the organization is one letter away from being "sweat shop," and they seem to be OK with that, too.

U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.

Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.

People taking Ozempic are losing muscle mass — and it’s freaking them out Yes, there is a downside to GLP-1 drugs — if you aren’t careful.

GLP-1s and their rising popularity is forcing a reckoning with America's shortcut culture — especially as research mounts on one major downside of use.

@dylanlscott.bsky.social untangles it here in his latest @vox.com feature: www.vox.com/the-highligh...

What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco.

Powerful reporting on the impact of CDC cuts by @sarah-todd.bsky.social
What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/i... via @statnews.com