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1/ The #TechHearings looked at Facebook's attempts to stop election meddling – in part by making political ads more transparent.

Using our Political Ad Collector, we're publishing the interesting choices advertisers make when targeting ads to your feed.
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2/ When NYC proposed a law capping the number of @Uber cars, the ride hailing company spent $20,000 in Facebook ads to target anyone who liked Black Lives Matter.
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3/ Marsy’s Law.

The biggest political advertiser on Facebook that you may (or may not) have heard of. propub.li/2M467zv
4/ As the battle over Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination is debated on cable news, it’s also being fought in the Facebook feeds of North Dakotans.
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5/ Facebook’s recent update to political ads has pulled back the curtain for Democratic nominee @RichCordray who runs a pretend news page called “Ohio Newswire.”
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6/ Want to find out what political advertisers are targeting you for on Facebook?

So do we.

Help us by downloading the browser extension that will track the political ads that show up in your feed. propub.li/2Qc1ers

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1/ NEW: Federal authorities in VA announced today that 4 men have been arrested in connection with the violence at Unite the Right in Charlottesville in Aug. 2017. We’ve reported on 3 of those men before. We first identified Tom Gillen & Ben Daley in this video last October.
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1/ Using a theory of his own devising, Dr. Michael Holick is a go-to expert witness for parents accused of abusing their children. Many in the medical community are critical.

Watch arguments from both sides, from Dr. Holick, as well as Dr. John Leventhal:
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Sep 26, 2018
1/ You know that 49 people were killed in the shooting at Pulse nightclub.

What you don’t know: Even though police asked the Orlando Fire Dept. to come in and help get victims to safety and hospitals, paramedics stayed outside the club.

For hours.

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They didn’t have the right training.

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Specialized teams of medics, guarded by police, wearing bulletproof vests, would pull out victims before a shooter was caught.

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1/ Q: Who gets access to cutting-edge cancer medications in the US?

A: Mostly white people.

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We're thrilled with our first batch of projects, and now expanding our network to dig into statehouses. Have an idea? Apply by 9/14:

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In this thread, we will let our seven partner local reporters this year do the talking.
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