Absolute must read: The Milkman
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. by @anniewaldman.bsky.social
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildfires, while still owning stock in the company. @abestreep.bsky.social
NEW: A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One, by @abestreep.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 How Washington works: An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr. @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm.
You may have heard of it.
RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers.
It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide.
And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick.
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Pay attention to trade publications like Oil Price as the war drags on:
“The world oil system will start to experience ‘operational stress’ in June — the point at which … price volatility becomes extreme, rationing begins in the most exposed markets, and the margin for error drops to near zero”
This is just wild! "I've put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered."
The Milkman, by @anniewaldman.bsky.social
NEW: Donald Trump Jr. invests in a co. trying to build an oil refinery in the U.S.
Then the richest man in Asia invests... in the same company.
Then... his co. gets policy concessions from the Trump Admin.
@josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
ICYMI: A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, @wbur.org and @propublica.org found.
Good to read this story about how @nickbowlin.bsky.social partnered with @rcfp.org to unlock records he needed to investigate oil and gas in Oklahoma:
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
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Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
www.propublica.org
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.
