Charles Ornstein

Proud of this team. Sad the season has come to an end. #onepride

As the Legislature gathers for a special session, this story is particularly relevant. Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Take Action on Flooding propublica.org/article/texas-… @LChurchilll @lomikriel w/ @TexasTribune

NEW: Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Take Action on Flooding propublica.org/article/texas-… @LChurchilll @lomikriel w/ @TexasTribune

Antitrust and the Anti-Vaxxers, an editorial by ⁦@WSJopinion⁩ wsj.com/opinion/childr…

Multi-million contracts & purchase orders documents published in the Florida Accountability Tracking System reveal the big business of building and operating Alligator Alcatraz and help explain why the site is very expensive and its $450M annual price tag miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

BREAKING: In our lawsuit with @Public_Citizen, the judge just ruled that the Office of Management and Budget must restore its website that shows how it is spending taxpayer dollars. The judge had some strong words for OMB about the illegal removal of the site:

An Orlando Sentinel analysis shows 55% of ICE detainees in Lake, Osceola and Seminole County jails were arrested after traffic stops for common infractions like speeding, broken tail lights and expired tags. Less than 20% were charged with violent crimes. orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/20/orl…

🧵NEW: For years, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he did not need to disclose more about his real estate interests to state ethics regulators. Of the 10 properties he or his blind trust own — most purchased in the last five years — he'd only ever listed four. #txlege

How Trump Killed Cancer Research Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.

How Trump Killed Cancer Research Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research. wired.com/story/how-trum…

🚨🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨🚨 Together with an awesome crew, I've got a fun new paper analyzing whether hospital acquisitions of physician practices raise prices by lessening competition. @stuartcraig Aristotelis Epanomeritakis, Joe Martinez, Matt Grennan, @ProfFionasm, and…

Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps @WSJ wsj.com/politics/polic…

Atlanta’s Growth Streak Has Come to an End ⁦@WSJ⁩ wsj.com/economy/atlant…

Millions Stolen, Death Threats: Should Banks Do More to Fight ‘Pig Butchering’? wsj.com/finance/regula…

Really wild how there are two housing markets now. If you live in the northeast or Midwest, prices are rising, everywhere around you. If you live in the south or west, prices are falling, everywhere around you. And if you live in Florida, the bottom’s falling out.

"The many ways that Americans now consume podcasts — actively and passively, sometimes with another device in hand, sometimes without — bears an obvious similarity to the way Americans consume television." That's because they basically are TV! nytimes.com/2025/07/20/sty…

The @FLSERT pulled all Alligator Alcatraz contracts off the state's public contracts website after reporters asked probing questions about the payments. The contract cover sheets were reposted Saturday but not the pages containing greater detail.

Her mother decided to take her off life support and donate her organs. A surgeon made an incision in her chest and sawed through her breastbone. That’s when the doctors discovered her heart was beating. She appeared to be breathing. nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/… by @brianmrosenthal