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Jessica Lussenhop

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Investigative reporter for ProPublica covering Minnesota and the Midwest. [email protected] AKA 伍德贞 https://www.propublica.org/people/jessica-lussenhop

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good morning friends, I've got some ✨ news ✨ www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

Jessica Lussenhop to Host Forthcoming ProPublica Weekly Podcast

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 13h

This morning, @annaleighclark.bsky.social dropped this, about how one Michigan county's medical director wants to remove fluoride from the water, in part because he believes it "mask[s] the dental problems created by our neglect of poor dietary choices.” www.propublica.org/article/mich...

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 15h

Last week, my colleagues @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social and @mariamelba.bsky.social had this stunning story about people trying to follow President Trump's directive to self-deport... but finding that the program to help immigrants do so is mired in chaos www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 15h

Don't even know where to start sharing the most recent stories on ProPublica.org — if you're not waking up and checking every morning, you're missing out. Let's start here: due to an "extraordinary number of violations" the penalty is going to be... reduced? www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 6d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 6d

Well, today @deldeib.bsky.social has a very helpful explainer. Here's what an external review is, how it works, and how you can use it to help to get coverage of your own medical care: "Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal... That’s all you have." www.propublica.org/article/heal...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 6d

There's been a huge response to my brilliant colleague @deldeib.bsky.social's most recent story about a doctor and a couple who stood up to an insurance company denial of mental health treatment. But people also asked, "Wait, what is this external review process?" www.propublica.org/article/ment...

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope

After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 7d

I don't understand or like LinkedIn. I just got a message, allegedly from the editor in chief of a student newspaper, that said, "Hello my name of ◼️◼️◼️◼️. You don't hi?" No, I don't hi.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

Then you also find out which of your friends actually reads 🤭

Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

Oh I LOVE that

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

What am I supposed to do with old business cards? I am an immigrant's kid, I catastrophize everything and I think business cards felt like some kind of talisman against ruin: I have a JOB. Now I'm middle aged, no one uses business cards anymore, and I can't keep schlepping them from city to city.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

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Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

Some additional behind-the-scenes info on how the text messages were vetted. Thrilling to watch national news orgs following Andy Mannix's reporting in the @startribune.com — and a reminder to support your local newspaper!!! www.startribune.com/editors-note...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

You ever have days where it's like: I have always been on the phone. I was born on the phone. I will die on the phone. I have never not been on the phone.

a black and white drawing of a person in handcuffs holding a cellphone

Alt: a black and white drawing of a person in handcuffs holding a cellphone

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 9d

Re-upping with a gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 10d

Wild scoop from the Minnesota Star Tribune, which includes a high-ranking Homeland Security official calling Kash Patel a “giant douche canoe” www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 11d

"A former Chicago police officer...has admitted he lied under oath dozens of times... Over more than a decade, he repeatedly blamed an ex-girlfriend for stealing his car and racking up the tickets — and each time, the story was bogus." But wait, that's not all: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key w...

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14d

Will you send our petition for a fair contract to your 5 closest friends?
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 13d

They should let the StudBudz livestream the shutdown from Congress.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 15d

"ProPublica’s mission is impact. I don’t think any of us expected we’d help bring it about with my video. The question now is what will the government do the next time something like this happens." www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse

I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive beha...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18d

An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.

You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?

SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.

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On March 21, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem shut down the office and fired most of the 150-person staff. As a result, about 600 civil rights abuse investigations were frozen.

“All the oversight in DHS was eliminated today,” one worker texted after the announcement that they’d been fired.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 18d

This is EXTRAORDINARY impact, driven by the Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalism of @deldeib.bsky.social. At a time when so much is being dismantled, it is incredible to see something like this launching to improve health outcomes for moms and babies: www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate

Clinical teams across the country are forming a five-year, $37 million consortium to research stillbirth, a long-neglected public health concern. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 19d

"Some efforts, like his letter to the Hazelwood School District, amounted to little more than a press release. Others ended in defeat, with judges calling his arguments unpersuasive or 'absurd' or, in one case, dismissing them without comment." www.propublica.org/article/andr...

“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War

Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy...

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 20d

Cool. 😎

Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @alikodjak.bsky.social · 20d

Spotted on the DC Metro today! @propublica.org