Katie McCaskey

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Continuous Curiosity | Media & PR 
Federation of American Scientists (FAS.org)
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Thank you @ProPublica.

"Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. #ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances."
https://www.propublica.org/article/search-527s-finances-pacs-database-political-spending

#FollowTheMoney #USPolitics

Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorer

Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances.

ProPublica
Now when you open the app formerly known as Twitter, more than half the posts are straight up disinformation - especially when it comes to the climate crisis. Delete your account and delete the app.

Scientists Warn: Up to 95 Million Americans Could Be Drinking Toxic, PFAS-Contaminated Water.

A new model estimates that up to 95 million Americans may use groundwater with PFAS contamination, largely unregulated in small public systems and private wells. #ClimateChange

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-up-to-95-million-americans-could-be-drinking-toxic-pfas-contaminated-water/

"This onslaught against the press will be destabilizing. Rather than wilt under the pressure, the news media needs to use the next two months to prepare for all the potential challenges we will face in 2025." https://www.cjr.org/political_press/donald-trump-wins-press-loses-devastating-media-assault.php
Trump Wins, the Press Loses

A second Trump administration is poised to be devastating to journalism.

Columbia Journalism Review

If Harris wins WI, MI, & PA, then she wins the Presidency.

A reminder to those who say "the popular vote will make the election controlled by only a few states," — that's the case. Abolish the Jim Crow white supremacist Electoral College & let 1 person truly equal 1 vote.

Worth repeating: Democrat Angela Alsobrooks defeats Larry Hogan in Maryland Senate race

She will be the first Black senator from Maryland and among a handful of Black women ever elected to the Senate.

I think it's probably a coin toss now. But at this point, no matter who takes office in January, I will never feel the same way about this country.

Never mind Dobbs. Never mind the insurrection and the racism and that he's an adjudicated rapist and the million other things that reaffirm that this country REALLY REALLY REALLY FUCKING HATES WOMEN.

Setting aside all that, I can't believe he's not now nor will he ever be in jail for this.

May every billionaire get what they deserve...

Tonight, I'm gonna spam you all with cute pictures of #Cats and #Kittens while we all stare nervously at the tv

Another one of Bob being super cute!

#CatsOfMastodon

everyone who understands how bad this is for climate collapse deserves a hug right now

@katie
#PostOfTheWeek (season 1):
The number of pedestrian deaths in the United States is skyrocketing. In 2022 traffic crashes killed 7,805 people on foot—that’s an 83 percent rise from 2009, and a 40-year high. The vast majority of those deaths involved a car colliding into a human.

In September, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took a significant step toward addressing the crisis of killer cars.