Abbey White

mostly tired freelance journalist | asme finalist, glaad media award nominee, NAEJ, SoCal, NLGJA winner | tips: [email protected]

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Trump repealed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violated the law, invited revoked dealers to reapply and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work, while ATF referred fewer gun-trafficking charges to prosecutors. https://t.co/qPC4ujR6ba

[ProPublica @propublica]

A federal tool to identify noncitizens on voter rolls keeps making mistakes.

“This is not ready for prime time,” a county clerk in Missouri said. “And I’m not going to risk the security and the constitutional rights of my voters for bad data.”
https://t.co/6Foi3AzhGA

[Claire Harrison @claireison99]

Here's the proclamation.

[Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr]

Ok, I spoke with graduating high school senior Santiago Campos about his decision to call out the network (CBS News) that funded his scholarship. He said he felt an obligation to acknowledge criticisms of the network.

“I knew it was kind of what I had to do,” he told me. “I felt like I couldn’t just accept the scholarship and also ignore just how wrong the direction of CBS is going."

https://t.co/ibgSgRDZAh

[ProPublica @propublica]

Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.

Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
https://t.co/7y3nQ5Opwy

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

For low-budget filmmakers- since you have friends and time- you can figure out how to do a lot more in your movies this way than w CGI. Someone will say otherwise, but they aren't comparing what it takes to get CGI that looks of comparable quality. I Love Boosters is out now.

[Asher Lehrer-Small @small_asher]

After Uvalde, Texas undertook an ambitious effort to station a police officer at every school.

Since then, students have been tackled, pepper sprayed and Tasered. Many episodes began over minor infractions like breaking dress code or vaping.

Our report: https://t.co/kSJ6lFudqo

[Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice]

The USDA terminated a multi-million dollar grant meant to help farmers of color secure land. The Biden-era program was designed to addressed historic discrimination.

24 organizations joined a lawsuit suing the agency, demanding to reinstate the funds.

https://t.co/FkeHHKDUbU

[ProPublica @propublica]

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
https://t.co/ywkwOgjVab

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

“Fearing for the unborn baby, Gyasi said she would rather be deported than not have enough food. She was provided food once she signed a deportation order, the lawyers say.”

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

The US Justice Department is seeking the names, addresses, and banking information of Reddit and X users, ratcheting up efforts to identify social media critics of government deportation efforts. https://t.co/7juwC4RkJo

[ABC News @ABC]

The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions “partisan propaganda.” https://t.co/0IhIU0SwWo

[Zito @_Zeets]

Genuinely ruined the internet

[ProPublica @propublica]

A longtime researcher of gun trafficking said the ATF’s new rules tell gun retailers to “do whatever you want.”

“My take is that this ATF is more interested in protecting the industry than in the American public.”
https://t.co/vvC1wkxOIi

[Corey Atad @CoreyAtad]

really says it all lmao

[ProPublica @propublica]

The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes.

In 2024, we found the IRS concluded in a long-running audit that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on a failed Chicago tower.

That audit could have cost him more than $100 million.
https://t.co/Ydj6qFjM0E

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: U.S. citizen Leonardo Garcia Venegas appeared before Congress after he was held twice by immigration agents. Even though his story went viral, and top immigration officials have claimed citizens are not being arrested, he was detained a third time. https://t.co/rWifn2Go2R

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Dog attacks, zip-tied families, cash and cars lost. New accounts from 17 men, women and children who have filed formal claims after being detained in a late-night raid paint a violent and terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ actions. https://t.co/o1jIxTJYMw

[ProPublica @propublica]

Former DHS leaders say the number of children who’ve been exposed to tear gas and pepper spray under Trump indicates something is seriously broken in the department.

One called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
https://t.co/3svK3z9Ohc

[Drew Taylor @DrewTailored]

Might be worth noting that the man responsible for the digital marketing of this movie and many of the key plays that made it so successful was recently let go from the company. But hey. https://t.co/XgIJgn1Aip