I recently learned someone is posing as me, trying to work people for info.
So I did some reporting of my own on what appears to be the latest evolution of online deception...
www.propublica.org/article/impe...
Posts by Jack Leonard
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish: Two Stanford researchers modeled how many people polio, diphtheria, rubella and measles would kill or disable if the U.S. lost the vaccines that prevent them. @propublica.org illustrated the results. projects.propublica.org/childhood-va...
This is horrifying. How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues, by @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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If you work in or have recently left the office of an inspector general, we want to hear from you.
INVESTIGATION: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues.
@propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social shows how long-forgotten plagues have roared back when access to vaccines or trust in them faltered. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation. The latest from @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...
Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...
Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With. By @propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules www.propublica.org/article/air-... By @propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
In response to a @propublica.org story this week, Democratic senators have launched an inquiry into a White House official who intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro. www.propublica.org/article/paul...
CLIMATE CHANGE: We tried to figure out how many people are expected to die as a result of Trump’s anti-green agenda: As many as 1.3 million. The latest from @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...
"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.
The Trump administration is rolling them back
By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
2/ As the story also makes clear, having two such mortgages is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing. But it is a standard the Trump administration has been using to go after its political foes.
Read our full story:
Post on X from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. The text says: "ProPublica's headline is the definition of fake news. I have NEVER claimed more than one primary residence! In 2007, I acquired a primary residence in NY upon leaving active duty. That was my primary residence for the next 17.5 years. My primary residence then changed to DC this past year when I become EPA Administrator. I completed the process by the book, notifying my mortgage companies, insurance company, and local government that my primary residence was changing. These fake news hacks knew this BEFORE posting their bogus claim, but they just couldn't help themselves." Below the post text is a screenshot of a ProPublica post that reads: "Trump has targeted political foes for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. But ProPublica found that at least three of the president's Cabinet members have done the same thing."
1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.
We’ve got the records 👇
Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been publicly silent on Trump dismantling efforts to combat climate change, pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to autism. By @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations. By
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...
RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
NEW: RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic. By @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
New:
The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...