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May 22 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
This week on 🎧 Reveal, we bring you episode 1 of the #WillBeWild podcast, an eight-part series that investigates the forces that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection and what comes next. revealnews.org/podcast/a-fami…
Reporters @AndreaBNYC and @ilyamarritz spent months investigating key figures like Guy Reffitt, a member of the Three Percenters and the first January 6th-er to stand trial. bit.ly/reveal-jan6 A courtroom sketch depicts Guy Reffitt (left) in federal cou
When Guy returned home after the Capitol riot, there were news stories about people being turned in to authorities.

Guy warned his son, Jackson, that if he turned him in, he’d be a traitor, and “traitors get shot.”

Jackson turned him into the FBI anyway. revealnews.org/podcast/a-fami…
To get a full picture of who Guy is, @AndreaBNYC and @ilyamarritz also spoke to his wife and daughter.

The case has divided their family. revealnews.org/podcast/a-fami…
As for Guy, he believes he had “every constitutional right to carry a weapon and take over the Congress,” according to a recording Jackson secretly took of his father.

⬇️ Tune in to hear more: revealnews.org/podcast/a-fami…

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There’s a building pressure for the company to change its workplace practices – even aside from the recent union win.

Here are a few recent developments: 🧵 revealnews.org/article/amazon…
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Our “My Neighbor the Suspected War Criminal” Reveal episode examines the United States’ thin record in bringing war criminals to justice. We found suspects rarely face charges for their alleged atrocities.

Here are six takeaways from the investigation: revealnews.org/article/takeaw…
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One former diplomat called the department’s failure to criminally prosecute suspects an “abdication of responsibility by the U.S. government.”
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May 11
🧵 Have you been following the mass protests in Sri Lanka?

Here’s what’s been happening – with a Reveal context:

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday after government supporters attacked protesters, unleashing widespread violence.
The protests are about Sri Lanka’s economic crisis – its worst since it gained independence in 1948.

▪️ There are shortages of food, fuel and medicines.
▪️ Rupee plunged to a record low last month, making it the worst-performing currency in the world.
▪️ Foreign debt is at $35B.
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May 9
Florida has 55 abortion clinics, more than seven other Southeastern states combined.

How did a state where Republicans have long controlled every major lever of power become an oasis for abortion?

Let’s take a look: 🧵revealnews.org/article/aborti…
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In 1980, voters made it one of the few states to enshrine an express right to privacy in its constitution. bit.ly/fl-abortion “Every natural person has t...
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May 7
📊 In a first-of-its-kind analysis, we examined 4,000 police call records for every abortion clinic in Florida from 2016 through 2021 and found that calls related to clinic harassment, disturbance and violence have doubled.

Our investigation: bit.ly/fl-abortion Bar chart of police service calls at abortion clinics in Flo
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Harassment at clinics is escalating. revealnews.org/article/aborti…
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Florida could be providing a glimpse of the future for places that keep abortion legal in a post-Roe world. revealnews.org/article/aborti…
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NEW: With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe, Florida is providing a glimpse of what could happen for states that keep abortion legal.

We found that police calls for abortion clinic harassment and violence in the state have doubled since 2016. revealnews.org/article/aborti…
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But the protest movement’s on-the-ground impact has been almost impossible to measure – until now. revealnews.org/article/aborti…
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