the stories the mainstream news slept through.
Your Car Spies On You And Rats You Out To Insurance Companies
Even if you’re paying for the product, you’re still the product.
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Boeing Whistleblower Dies by Suicide Amid Involvement in Lawsuit with Company
John Barnett, a whistleblower who had been involved in a lawsuit against Boeing, died of an apparent suicide, according to officials in South Carolina.
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone.
The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death
Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.
Leaked Documents Show Pro-Israel Bias At Major Newswire
Editorial guidelines from Agence France-Presse obtained by Declassified instruct its journalists to present information that accommodates Israeli government sensitivities without requiring similar context for Palestinians.
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage
Body camera video equivalent to 25 million copies of “Barbie” is collected but rarely reviewed. Some cities are looking to new technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.
We Found That Landlords Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Rent Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.
After a ProPublica investigation, U.S. senators introduced a bill to curb “price fixing” linked to rent-setting software. “Setting prices with an algorithm is no different from doing it over cigars and whiskey in a private club,” said one sponsor.
48,000 Companies Sent Facebook Data on a Single Person
A Consumer Reports study found that thousands of companies contribute to Facebook’s data stores on each person.
Moderna Surveillance Operation Targeted Independent Media Voices
The second part of our investigation shows how Moderna carefully monitored and attacked voices questioning mandates, industry profiteering, and the efficacy and safety of childhood vaccinations.
Gonzalo Lira, critic of Zelensky, ‘tortured to death’ in Ukraine prison
Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American blogger and a critic of US and Ukraine presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky, has died in a Ukrainian prison after he was “tortured” and denied medical treatment.
Secret Recording Shows NRA Treasurer Plotting to Conceal Extravagant Expenses Involving Wayne LaPierre
Audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals, in real time, the gun lobbying group enacting a plan that would conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines and other luxury expenses connected to its longtime CEO for a decade.
CEOs Pay for Advanced Copies of Questions at Senate Hearings
Corporations and powerful elites facing investigations can pay lobbyists for an inside scoop, Twitter File documents show.
Nancy Pelosi and Husband Made 7 Figures off a Single Stock Trade
Nancy Pelosi disclosed a 7-figure bet on NVIDIA over the Christmas holidays — despite recent efforts to ‘permanently ban’ lawmakers from trading stocks.
Housing Is A Labor Issue
The eternal labor September bodes well for the American housing crisis.
Moderna is Spying on You
Exclusive Moderna documents show how the vaccine maker is monitoring online discourse and partnering with an NGO with a history of censoring social media.