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Scoop — The Federal Bureau of Investigation @FBI today executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, two sources confirm to @Fla_Pol.
"They just left," one source said.
Not sure what the search warrant was about.
TBH, Im not a strong enough reporter to hunt this down, but its real.
I spoke to Marita a couple of years ago for @enemymagazine, and her husband Kris is still in prison now. Not how they imagined spending their eighties.
https://t.co/mpunUYHqVf
Before it has even officially started publishing, the new @BaltimoreBanner has already brought about change at the top of one Maryland agency. Its pre-launch reporting on the macabre backlog of bodies waiting weeks for autopsy led to the resignation of the Chief Medical Examiner.
If you want to know what's going on with Kris Maharaj, here's a piece I wrote about it a while back for @enemymagazine: https://t.co/mpunUYHqVf
@stephenfry ain't wrong! (Is he ever?!)
1/ Our newsroom uses WhatsApp to communicate with undocumented immigrants in NYC. Here's how it works and what we've learned. 🧵+ THREAD
https://t.co/XuQebuKNv1
Our latest interview is out!
We spoke with @yrlamb about her recent piece in @belt_magazine that makes clear why the climate crisis can't be separated from issues of race and class.
Check it out: https://t.co/klI5XG3rD8
@yrlamb @belt_magazine @TexasObserver@mtnstspotlight 3) @BaltimoreBrew has this great (if infuriating) story about what's plaguing the city’s broken water system: Too many consultants.
https://t.co/eAqXfeOORV
I’m not sure people fully appreciate this. Hartford Courant newsroom over time:
1990s: ~400 people
2018, when I started: ~85 people
Nov. 2019, when a certain hedge fund first invested: 72 people
Today: 36 people
Are you in need of housing aid, or do you have the means to help those who do?
@just_shelter has compiled more than 600 organizations across the U.S. that provide:
— housing assistance
— legal aid
— tenant rights resources
— education & advocacy
https://t.co/D0elDkto3D
"The power dynamics between the staffing agency, the [poultry] plant, and its undocumented workforce are ripe for exploitation."
@IBWellsSociety fellow @TheTinaVasquez exposes the abuse for @scalawagmag and @typeinvestigate:
https://t.co/D153NFawOZ
Our latest interview is out!
@KassieMcClung has been investigating one man's death in an Oklahoma jail for nearly two years.
@readfrontier is now suing to bring to light a jail video that allegedly shows corrections officers killed him.
https://t.co/8Wbdcbm2rs
In this week’s newsletter:
Leonard Parker, a Black veteran, was killed by the police. The police released three sentences about the shooting. We spoke with @sunherald reporter @IsabelleTaft about their reporting that revealed what really happened.
https://t.co/Ris5FuY8un