Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in #CECOT
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We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in #ElSalvador by the #Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
#News #HumanRights#Prison#Immigration#Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: #Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
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We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before #Trump took office.
#ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
#News#Government #HumanRights #Police#Courts#Politics
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular #SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.
#News#Tech#Cybersecurity#Government#Safety #privacy
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity
Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular #SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.
#News#Tech#Cybersecurity#Government#Safety #privacy
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: #Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
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We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before #Trump took office.
#ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
#News#Government #HumanRights #Police#Courts#Politics
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/
#Parents say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases #schools have refused to provide needed services.
#News#Government #Education#Kids
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in #CECOT
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We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in #ElSalvador by the #Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
#News #HumanRights#Prison#Immigration#Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump
Merz says he won't put pride flags on Bundestag for pride. So BVG (the Berlin public transportation company) put pride flags all over the Bundestag station 😂
Division of society and alienating those of the public who don't want or can relate with this.
It's one thing to be proud of someone or something, but it's a totally different story when a minority tries to force their beliefs over the majority of a country.
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.
#News#Microsoft#Tech #Technology#Defense#Government#DOD#Cybercrime
A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#Tech #Technology#Microsoft#Cybersecurity#Cybercrime#Government
Data manipulation within the US Federal Government [1]
👉Government datasets modified without notice.
▪️We gathered metadata from the US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and Veterans Affairs database harvest sources [... ] that were modified between Jan 20 and March 25, 2025.
▪️We found that 114 (49%) of the 232 included datasets were substantially altered.
⭐SOME CHANGES⭐
- “Social determinants of health” to “non
medical factors”
- “Gender” to “sex”
- “female details” column deleted
▪️The agencies involved have not issued any statements confirming or explaining these changes [...]
▪️Despite Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's (Department of Health and Humana Services) calls for “radical transparency”, unlogged data manipulation moves away from meaningful transparency.
▪️Only 15 (13%) of the 114 altered datasets logged or otherwise indicated that the change had occurred.
[1] 🌐https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01249-8/fulltext
@publichealth @psychology @sociology @datascience #publichealth #datascience #science #research #health #government #criticalthinking #hhs #cdc #va @bicmay
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