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Eric Umansky
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Eric Umansky
@ericuman
**Now at @ericumansky.bsky.social.**
Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. Co-founder @DocumentCloud. Editor of Trump, Inc. podcast. (RIP) Hangs with @sarapekow.
- A 16-yr-old boy died in Border Patrol custody. He had the flu They didn't take him to the hospital They didn't release him They didn't even seem to check on him as he was dying on the floor of his cell, contrary to the govt's account We have the video
- What a guy. @elonmusk is making sure to fire people at Twitter before part of their year-end compensation *kicks in on Tuesday.* nytimes.com/2022/10/29/tec…
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe author of the Tweet is taking an excerpt out of context, and interpreting a conditional as a certainty. nytimes.com/2022/10/29/tec… Mr. Musk has, without details or explanation, personally denied this part of the story. msn.com/en-us/news/tec… - NEW: Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property. The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales. Thomas didn't disclose anything. Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal. propublica.org/article/claren… By @JustinElliott @js_kaplan & @Amierjeski
- So we got Trump Org tax documents. And you know what they seem to show? Fraud.
- I want to tell you a story about body cameras and *Derek Chauvin* What Chauvin did to George Floyd, kneeling on his neck, was his move. He had done to others. It was all recorded by body cams. But the footage was kept secret. And Chauvin was left unpunished [short THREAD]
- BREAKING: Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, threatened to punish students who reported being raped. An official told us he was just fired for raising concerns. He called it “conspiracy of silence.” propublica.org/article/the-li… By @Hannah_Dreyfus
- Republicans embraced the politically convenient line that Ford simply misremembered who attacked her. Except scientists say that’s not a thing. One researcher “could not recall a single case of a sexual assault victim misremembering a known attacker.”
- In NYC, where adult vax rate in nearly 90%, there were zero COVID deaths yesterday. Across the US, there were 789.NYC doesn't require vaccination, but makes it very hard to participate in public life without one. Hence the adult vax rate is nearing 90% and COVID mortality rate is very low.
- Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief 👇🏼 Senegal is testing people and giving results within 4 hours. Senegal’s per capita income is less than $3,000.
- I reported today that the NYPD has been *throwing out* cases of police misconduct *without even looking at the evidence* Under the current commissioner--who just got his phone seized by the feds--they've been doing it even more 400+ cases just this year
- Israel dropped almost as many bombs in Gaza in one week as the U.S. did in Afghanistan in one year -- the heaviest year. Gaza is 141 sq miles. Afghanistan is 252,071 sq miles. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/…
- A 11-year-old boy, who’s Black, called 911 Police came to his house & shot him. “His words were, ‘Why did he shoot me? What did I do?’” his mom said. There’s body-worn camera footage But police won’t release it. They won’t even show it to the family.
- Jesus, the outbreak around Seattle was only found bc enterprising researchers found a way to *get around the CDC.* statnews.com/2020/03/03/was…
