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Anna Maria Barry-Jester

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Public health journalist with ProPublica

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Nicole Foy handle.invalid · 18h
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

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Charles Ornstein charlesornstein.bsky.social · 22h
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Jessica Lussenhop handle.invalid · Feb 3
The Minnesota Star Tribune is hiring an investigative reporter — it's an incredibly important time for this kind of journalism (like, no doy). Apply here: recruiting2.ultipro.com/STA1013/JobB...
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theandrewgreen theandrewgreen.bsky.social · Jan 26
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Sarah Kaplan sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · Jan 26
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ProPublica propublica.org · Jan 26
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....

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Anne Applebaum anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 25
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF

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Cengiz Yar cengizyar.com · Jan 24
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Corey Johnson coreygjohnson.bsky.social · Jan 23
Following I and @shaw.al's investigation, an ethics watchdog group is seeking an investigation into whether Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche broke federal conflict-of-interest law. www.propublica.org/article/todd...
Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ

A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more ...

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ProPublica propublica.org · Jan 19
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Keri Blakinger handle.invalid · Jan 16
Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left). Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there. Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):

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Nicole Foy handle.invalid · Jan 15
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Megan O'Matz megomatz.bsky.social · Jan 14
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ProPublica propublica.org · Jan 14
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
- Mike Masnick masnick.com · Jan 14
  Not the key part of this story, obviously... but they *sold* his phone? WTF?
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Nicole Foy handle.invalid · Jan 13
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester handle.invalid · Jan 9
"I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way." - Becca Good www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

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maxblau maxblau.bsky.social · Jan 9
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 jaspar.bsky.social · Jan 9
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ProPublica propublica.org · Jan 4
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Melody Joy Kramer mkramer.bsky.social · Jan 3
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ProPublica propublica.org · Dec 30, 2025
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester handle.invalid · Dec 17, 2025
NEW: Inside the Trump administration’s man-made hunger crisis in the world’s third largest refugee camp. After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:

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Jesse Eisinger jeisinger.bsky.social · Dec 17, 2025
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Perry Bacon perrybaconjr.bsky.social · Dec 16, 2025
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Chris Morran themorrancave.bsky.social · Dec 15, 2025
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester handle.invalid · Dec 15, 2025
As the Trump administration gutted USAID this year, officials, including Marco Rubio, said over and over that lifesaving operations would continue around the world and that nobody had died because of the cuts.

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Cengiz Yar cengizyar.com · Dec 1, 2025
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Jesse Eisinger jeisinger.bsky.social · Nov 25, 2025
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country. And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes www.propublica.org/article/how-...
- Yashar Ali 🐘 yasharali.bsky.social · Nov 25, 2025
  NEWS The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
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Anna Clark annaleighclark.bsky.social · Nov 5, 2025
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Megan O'Matz megomatz.bsky.social · Oct 28, 2025
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Jeremy Kohler handle.invalid · Jun 27, 2025
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Megan O'Matz megomatz.bsky.social · May 29, 2025
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Annie Waldman handle.invalid · May 19, 2025
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ProPublica Guild propublicaguild.org · May 20, 2025
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ProPublica propublica.org · Mar 31, 2025
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Charles Ornstein charlesornstein.bsky.social · Mar 28, 2025
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester handle.invalid · Mar 28, 2025
@propublica.org is looking to hear from researchers who have recently lost NIH grants: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.

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