Will Craft

BREAKING: Records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit shows that despite record number of pregnant women are in detention, ICE has lost count of the number of miscarriages. A Deleted Data/Immigration/Guardian investigations collab

US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. With the midterm elections fast approaching, here’s what the data shows us about Trump’s second term so far. 🧵

thanks wsj

The @transjournalists.org fundraiser is 10% to its goal already. I'm fundraising to support the org, and I'll match up to $500 in donations. Let's keep up the momentum! donorbox.org/digging-our-...

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The unit economics here are frankly shocking they're so good. This is wildly stronger than I expected tbh.

The only material adjustment to GAAP operating losses was SBC (this is totally standard practice).

*ANTHROPIC FILES PUBLICLY FOR US IPO www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

Coastal cities swing left, sparsely populated interior swings right

With 83% of the vote counted nationwide, Lula has stretched his lead to 2.8 million votes. That's a lead of 51.4% to 48.6%. That puts him on track for a victory that could be larger than his 1.8% win four years ago, which would be an immense comeback. He's even up in Minas Gervais now, by 0.6%.

Lula leads Brazil runoff election with 51.09% of the votes after 75.24% of the votes counted

News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.

In some parts of Louisiana, these part-time elected officials have found a way to make their cases extraordinarily profitable, a new investigation by The Guardian revealed. Here’s columnist Faimon Roberts’ take. bit.ly/4soXAwD

Faimon Roberts: Investigation’s findings should prompt change to LA's Justice of the Peace system bit.ly/4yFKfS6

I have spent a lot of time reporting on eviction court, but this detail in @theguardian.com's investigation of Louisiana's justice of the peace courts is truly jaw-dropping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Spent some time this last year with researchers blowing down homes to understand cost effective ways to protect their residents from dangerous storms. Full story here: grist.org/housing/at-t...

In the case I observed, Justice Miley ruled to evict a single mother who had recently lost her infant son in a car accident and fell behind on rent due to extreme grief. I later found out she lived in apartment outside his legal jurisdiction - but he had already unlawfully ruled against her.

This justice, Mark Miley, was recently reprimanded for “regularly and knowingly” hearing cases outside of his jurisdiction, which boosted his income. The Republican state legislature then changed the law to expand his territory. I then observed in his court, and found he was *still* he doing it.

A small detail from our investigation into Louisiana's Justice of the Peace courts. One Justice, who personally earned close to $300,000 in filing fee revenue last year - much of it from evictions - also offered our photographer a cash gift as they left a shoot.

And an update, as of last night's filings, on the scale of outside money in key senate races

An update on party-coordinated expenditures this cycle, as of last night's filings Since the NRSC v. FEC Supreme Court decision removed limits in June, parties have spent more than $300mn in coordination with candidates More context here: as.ft.com/r/e68e4dd9-b...

one guess as to what I am tracking

Theres a million lil details in our investigation on the Louisiana justice of the peace courts, but this one sticks with me. One court, covering 30k renter households, has the 3rd highest eviction rate in the country. And this makes some people a lot of money: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Oliver is on a murderous run, covering parts of the south abandoned by most media, local and national. Follow him and check out the past week of stories alone.

. @theguardian.com has published a nine-month investigation of a Louisiana's "justice of the peace courts," whose judges have a financial incentive to order tenants' evictions, with or without adequate evidence. @oliverlaughland.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social @annie-flanagan.bsky.social

3,500 handwritten financial disclosure forms. 11,000 pages of manually scanned eviction records. A lot of verification and data crunching. My colleague @wcraft.bsky.social has written a detailed methodology unpacking how we investigated Louisiana's justice of the peace courts:

The Guardian spent 9 or 10 months on our justice of the peace investigation. A total of 15 people worked on it at one point or another. 11,000 pages of court records, responsible AI tools, and a custom-made browser extension: read all about how we got it done

The Guardian spent 9 or 10 months on our justice of the peace investigation. A total of 15 people worked on it at one point or another. 11,000 pages of court records, responsible AI tools, and a custom-made browser extension: read all about how we got it done

Lesley Wilson faced eviction after calling the police on her abusive partner. The hearing was held in an unusual venue: the back room of a public library. Her former partner was allowed to testify against her over the phone. Our investigation into Louisiana's 'feudal' eviction courts continues:

We also have a very detailed methodology about how we reported our whole series today, including links to get the data: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Day 2 in the justice of the peace courts series: 'Broussard “threatened” to charge Wilson three months’ rent as a bond if she appealed his decision and delayed the eviction'

“Without question, the Louisiana justice of the peace system has failed its citizens, yet no one seems to be taking action.” Via: @us.theguardian.com by @oliverlaughland.bsky.social, Will Craft and @annie-flanagan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

NEW: I have spent 9 months examining Louisiana's unique Justice of the Peace system, which hands down thousands of evictions a year and pays its judges almost entirely through filing fees they collect One earned over $400,000 last year Experts say the system is "blatantly unconstitutional"

Extraordinary investigation by @oliverlaughland.bsky.social and @wcraft.bsky.social, looking at the arcane justice of the peace system in Louisiana, where justices earn a fee for every eviction they process. One justice processed 86 evictions in 36 minutes. All but one resulted in eviction

“The fact that it is flowing directly into the pockets of independent judges, combined with a lack of oversight over these courts, means it is like the wild west,” said Hannah Adams with the National Housing Law Project. Such impressive data work from @wcraft.bsky.social in this investigation.