Claims by a local sheriff's office that crime was rising in Herrin, IL was used to justify increasing police presence. The data doesn't align with that claim.
Aaron
Aaron
@probablywriting.bsky.social
Working to cover the Southern Illinois investigative journalism gap. reliableresource.substack.com
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For years, the FDA quietly allowed substandard foreign manufacturers to ship drugs to the U.S. from factories the agency had officially banned. We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers 👇
Those living in censored countries use dot-onion web addresses to reach websites blocked by local authorities. After cancelling or allowing their dot-onion addresses to lapse, Twitter and the @nytimes.com didn't offer a replacement. #darkweb #twitter #censorship
Oklahoma to institute a political loyalty test for teachers coming from California and New York. The test is designed by PragerU.
The New York Times and Twitter never explained their reasoning for ending access to their dot-onion web addresses, which helped many get around their home country's censorship of the websites.
MY NEW ARTICLE: Internal Email Shows Vandalism FBI Wouldn't Disclose While Pursuing Charges Against Protestors
Conservative influencers have been promoting raw milk as a health food. Now, 21 people in Florida, including children, have fallen ill from drinking raw milk. This was due to Shiga-toxin producing E. Coli not being pasteurized out, among other bacteria that caused illnesses.
The CBO's OBBBA estimate rose to $4.1 trillion added to the deficit. The real cost might be as high as $5 trillion.
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As @wsj.com noted in a great opinion piece today, the new 15% tariff on Japanese cars is lower than the 25% tariff American car makers will pay to import parts from Canada and Mexico. Those who cheered on Trump's tariff policies may now be those who are most hurt by them.
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Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.
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Republican Rep. James Comer used a digital signature to send out letters and subpoena notices related to the Biden autopen investigation, @ryanobles.bsky.social reports.
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USA TODAY: Journalist still in custody after covering protests, immigration raids Salvadoran journalist, Mario Guevara, arrested while covering a #NoKings protest, is still being held by #ICE despite an immigration judge's order to release him.
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The data on same-sex marriage bans if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell might be more surprising than many realize.
#NEWS: The full data on Southern Illinois school suspensions, with some schools having much higher rates than others.
One school issued over 800 suspensions with an enrollment of just under 400, leaving it with a 206% suspension rate, an outlier even among outliers.
A southern Illinois high school suspended half of students during the school year. Here's the data on Southern Illinois school suspensions, in 6 charts.
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Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.
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Mike Lee Stresses He Would Have Posted Same Thing If Own Family Savagely Murdered
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In Carbondale, IL, right now, the U.S. Attorney and FBI are investigating anti-Trump protestors for "vandalizing" a federal building. The problem? Local media went to the federal building the next day and couldn't find any evidence of vandalism anywhere on, in, or near the building.
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oh crazy, it is as if protests have consistently hurt trump since 2017
Brand-new polling from YouGov out this AM finds Trump's actions re: LA underwater. Double-digit disapproval on sending in Marines. This should be a reality check for those people arguing the protests inherently help Trump bc his immigration approval # is positive. today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
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What killed the TED Talk? A lot of things, but mostly TED. #substack
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Some thoughts from me after graduating college on how to survive.
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