Trump's SEC is going after fewer Wall Street crimes The agency released long-delayed data that confirmed a steep drop in enforcement.

I know there is a lot happening <gestures wildly at all this> but we should all be worried that America's main Wall Street watchdog quietly announced last week that it is prosecuting way fewer financial crimes: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Senators demand Bill Pulte explain allegations from Mother Jones story Our reporting uncovered a strange donation made by Pulte's charity.

@dfriedman.bsky.social and I recently published a story about a mysterious donation by Bill Pulte's charity that might have been funneling money to help Donald Trump. Today @warren.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov are demanding answers from Pulte himself: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

And because I will never ever stop loving print—read it here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My @motherjones.com investigation with Fault Lines into deadly births at Steward's for-profit hospitals just got nominated for an Emmy?! I'm still in awe that @atwaheed.bsky.social @lailaalarian.bsky.social took a chance on turning this into film. Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkE...

Nothing to see here!

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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation? It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

Why did Bill Pulte's charity give $65,000 to a supposed nonprofit, "One World Love LLC," that doesn't seem to exist? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation? It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

From me and @dfriedman.bsky.social: Why did Bill Pulte’s charity give $65K to a nonprofit that doesn’t seem to exist? The recipient may actually be an LLC with ties to Trump’s lawyers. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation? It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.

SCOOP from @h-lev.bsky.social + @dfriedman.bsky.social:
In 2023, Bill Pulte's charity donated $65K to a nonprofit called One World Love LLC. But records show One World Love is tied to a law firm that represented Trump in his efforts to prove election fraud and avoid paying damages after January 6.

Tresasury Sec Scott Bessent just told the House Financial Services Committee that there will be a Super Bowl ad this weekend for the new Trump accounts for babies. Who is paying for that pricey commercial?

A secret family office is quite something. Wow.

Wow, this story. It is so telling of the news landscape we live in that a not-so-mini bank bailout seems to be happening as we speak and...almost no one has noticed.

Eight Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants from Newmark J-School - Newmark J-School Eight veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism.

I am so thrilled and grateful to get this funding from the McGraw business journalism fellowship @newmarkjplus.bsky.social to keep reporting on for-profit healthcare with @acleek.bsky.social !

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Why you should care about Trump’s war on the Fed "Jay Powell is not corrupt. The people prosecuting him are."

I talked to @jasonfurman.bsky.social about the Trump admin's decision to launch a first-in-history criminal inquiry into Fed chair Jay Powell—and what happened in other countries when leaders compromised central bank independence. (Tl;dr it wasn't good!) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The administration is freezing $10B in child care and anti-poverty funding in five states—putting care for hundreds of thousands of working-class families at risk.

Cuts or delays this large will strain providers, disrupt quality care for children, and could force working parents out of their jobs.

YES. Thayer Street businesses need our $ right now and East Side Pockets is the absolute GOAT. My go-to order is a gyro-falafel combo wrap! Also low-key the best waffle fries in Providence.

Providence people - I’m working on a story about how residents first learned about the Brown shooting. Word of mouth, social media, official alerts? Feel free to DM me if you’re willing to share your experience (would need to use your full name)

Thank you Phil!

Thank you! And what an incredible photo

Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

may be biased because she's a friend, but this piece by @h-lev.bsky.social is the best piece I've read summing up the mood in Providence right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

And if I may—I deliberately put a lot of links to local coverage into this piece, from The Providence Journal especially. In moments like these, please read and subscribe to the local journalists doing this work! www.providencejournal.com/live-story/n...

The longer that the Brown shooter goes un-caught, the more room there will be for the spread of conspiracy theories, misinformation, AI junk, and all manner of racist/xenophobic speculation.

This worries me. And we're already seeing it.

Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

A lovely, sad, and haunting piece about Providence and Brown University—before and after the shooting—from @h-lev.bsky.social.

Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.

As a Brown alum and Providence resident, I have been trying to find the right words to capture the vast grief layered across this community and the people who love it. In the end, I’m not sure if it’s really, fully possible to articulate. But I tried: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Poppy Alexander, an attorney who specializes in matters that involve cutting-edge financial frauds, including those involving cryptocurrency, said that niche memecoins are almost always pump-and-dump schemes: “The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.” A report from crypto-tracking company Solidus Labs published this year echoes this assessment: It found that 98.6 percent of the memecoins launched on the exchange where $ZACK was started were pump-and-dump schemes.

Why does it matter that Pulte promoted $ZACK to his 3 million followers on X? As one expert told @h-lev.bsky.social, "The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched.”

Bill Pulte promoted a memecoin run by an influencer facing fraud charges “Getting involved in that space,” said one expert, “is not the best sign of sound financial judgment.”

NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: Inside the curious case of FHFA head Bill Pulte and the memecoin $ZACK www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Bill Pulte promoted a memecoin run by an influencer facing fraud charges “Getting involved in that space,” said one expert, “is not the best sign of sound financial judgment.”

New from me: The mysterious tale of Bill Pulte and a memecoin named after Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

With news that there is no suspect in custody for the Brown shooting, Providence isn't just a grieving city. It's an *anxious and scared* grieving city.

A dreadful time.

And all of this is magnified for folks at/affiliated with Brown U.

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