J. David McSwane
@davidmcswane
Reporter, @propublica. “Laugh out loud funny” - WashPo. Author, PANDEMIC, INC. Order here: http://bit.ly/pandemicinc DM for signal. [email protected]
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths… 🧵
Honestly, it's nice to work for a news organization that doesn't do opinion at all.
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too…
NEW: “They don’t want oversight. They don’t care about civil rights and civil liberties.” Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Civil Rights Office Freezes 600 Cases propublica.org/article/homela… @davidmcswane @HannahAllam
Oh, hi, Texas! Sure miss y’all #txlege dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
New: The Montana hospital that fired Dr. Thomas C. Weiner turned over thousands of pages of documents, but members of the board say they were unaware of them. propub.li/4bTHQJR
In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism. propublica.org/article/propub…
Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-friendly politicians in the Senate. propublica.org/article/gun-ow…
ProPublica just obtained a remarkable directive to those remaining at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then ... "Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
End of an error. Gannett can't spell name of paper it just sold. It's the Austin American-Statesman. Not the Austin-American Statesmen. Glad to see Gannett leave town. Expecting better things from new owner Hearst. @statesman news.google.com/search?q=Ganne…
An effort by Senate Republicans to shut down projects they call “woke” would end not just diversity programs but vast fields of research on social science, climate change and medicine. One scientist called the censorship “very frightening.” propublica.org/article/ted-cr…
DC is a funny place. One day, you're 21, living in a group house in georgetown. You've got a 40-something year old random roommate and you're not quite sure why he lives there? but he's out of town a lot Fast forward, he's the head of USAID. And the trips suddenly make sense
NEW: USAID Dismantler Peter Marocco Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy propublica.org/article/usaid-… by @BrettMmurphy @annabarryjester
.@keribla's astonishing short documentary film, I AM READY, WARDEN, is up for an Oscar tonight. So proud of you, Keri!! 🏆 imdb.com/title/tt315569…
Gun lobbyists gave Cambridge Analytica a trove of data on gun owners derived from warranty cards, voter rolls, hunting licenses and other sources. Here’s how Cambridge used the info to drum up support for the gun industry’s preferred candidates. propublica.org/article/gun-ow…
Hearst cannot arrive in Austin soon enough to wrest the Statesman away from Gannett formerly known as GateHouse. Using once robust local newspapers to create viral click farms to sell networked digital advertising is not an audience-focused strategy.
A pregnant Kylie Kelce announced Thursday that Peppa Pig's mother Mummy Pig is pregnant with her third piglet, due in the summer. statesman.com/story/entertai…
Strong piece by Seely Swan Pathfinder editor (& former @mtfreepress wildfire reporting intern) @keelyinezlarson about some of the wildfire mitigation projects halted in NW MT due to the fed funding freeze & @MontanaDNRC's stop work order. $450k in that area alone. #mtpol #mtnews
The Pathfinder's take on the federal funding freezes. Various Seeley-Swan & Blackfoot Valley nonprofits were told to stop federally-funded work, a majority of those projects focused on fuels mitigation & wildfire mitigation. seeleylake.com/story/2025/02/…
By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino had spent months investigating for-profit psychiatric hospitals. They soon found her story epitomized the crisis inside these facilities.
Some news on the Dr. Thomas Weiner story. I've confirmed that a criminal inquiry is underway. Still, the state of Montana has renewed his medical license. w/ @mtfreepress
New: Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice. propub.li/4h3z3pA
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. (Pub. 2021) propublica.org/article/the-se…
Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts. We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s. propublica.org/article/propub…