Evan Loehle-Conger

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Following our investigation with The Frontier, an Oklahoma oil company has plugged a well that was potentially leaking toxic waste. We revealed that state regulators had approved the well in violation of rules meant to protect public drinking water. https://t.co/OCJJtGlR7e

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. https://t.co/xU02krDSOb

[Warren @swd2]

The entire Alabama republican delegation voted against building a bridge in Alabama. Joe Biden got the money approved. They built the bridge. Now Trump wants to name it after himself and republicans are making that a priority.

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

A Moms for Liberty activist and loyal Trump supporter is facing up to eight years in prison after she was found guilty on nine counts of election fraud last week. https://t.co/mnfmns3gJ0

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

President Trump is referenced in FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused him of sexual assault decades ago, yet three of those summaries are absent from the Justice Department’s public release of its Epstein files.
https://t.co/iINXihLTJz

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

JUST IN: A medicore September jobs report. The US economy added only 29,000 jobs in September (well below ~80k expected). On top of that, there were downward revisions: July was revised down to -10k and August to 133k.

Unemployment rate: 4.2% (up from 4.1% in August)

The biggest sore spot = wage growth of 3% in past year. That’s a new 5-year low and it’s wiped out entirely by ~3.4% inflation.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨BREAKING: Sarah Stevens wants a seat on North Carolina's Supreme Court, and audio from 2019 shows she is was more concerned about the finances of churches than child s*xual abuse survivors.

Debating a bill to extend the time limit for survivors to sue, Stevens said, "They are looking for those deep pockets." After listing settlements paid by school boards, a hospital, the Boy Scouts and Catholic organizations, she said those groups filed for bankruptcy "because it was all about money."

Stevens seemed far more worried about institutions than children. She said, "Apparently something happened on our watch, and we didn't know about it, we were held responsible," and she complained, "That's going to cause the insurance premiums to go up."

Her opponent is Democratic incumbent Anita Earls, a longtime civil rights lawyer.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors.
https://t.co/0JGqpVj7JW

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record. https://t.co/yoZrlG9fHx

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The richest 0.1% of Americans have more than doubled their immense wealth since 2019 — per WSJ.

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

A cashier making $35,000 a year pays a 14% effective federal tax rate.

Someone making $35,000 in capital gains pays $0.

Same income. Two completely different tax systems.

One punishes work. The other rewards wealth.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Unearthed records reveal Ken Paxton spent over $1.9 million in taxpayer dollars to take 275+ out-of-state trips to places such as California wine country, Caribbean resorts, and luxury European destinations.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

The American Bar Association laid out the receipts.

Major donors getting appointments. Companies donating millions, then seeing investigations disappear. Crypto interests pouring money into Trump-linked ventures, then getting pardons or regulatory relief. Foreign governments providing massive financial benefits, followed by favorable U.S. policy decisions.

The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.��
#PayToPlayPresident

[ProPublica @propublica]

Inside the Postal Service, deliberations on whether to comply with Trump’s mail voting plan stretched on for weeks.

Board members found the order alarming but feared Trump would respond to a direct challenge by firing them.
https://t.co/tD2BQHrYt3

[Katie Polglase @katie_polglase]

NEW: Jared Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza.

Reporting with @goodwinallegra and @MajliedePuyKamp

Edited by @timelfrink_dc

https://t.co/KfO7U4yiUp

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

After Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center, "gifts to the arts institution plunged 42% and donation pledges dropped more than 100%."

How is that second number bigger than 100%? Apparently because earlier pledges were withdrawn.

https://t.co/P8IKYFzoha

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: The U.S. was supposed to spend $40 billion to build internet in rural America, then Elon Musk got a huge chunk of that money redirected to Starlink.

He made hundreds of millions, while countless people still don't have good internet.

We went to Louisiana where kids can't do their homework, schools can't support their students, and businesses struggle without a reliable connection.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The Trump administration is airing campaign-style TV ads using money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, according to records. https://t.co/so3OQTiUV3

[ProPublica @propublica]

In a 50-page document for prosecutors, a former defense contractor CEO claimed that lobbyists, lawmakers and staffers helped him trade cash for contracts in a pay-to-play operation involving some of D.C.’s most powerful figures.
https://t.co/UKUScEbda2

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

https://t.co/gbEao0yFXT