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Jul 11, 2022 16 tweets 5 min read
I run @ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer, so I spend a lot of time with tax-exempt organization data.

But there’s a large group of these organizations for which we don’t get any data, because they aren’t required to submit tax returns: Churches.
propublica.org/article/family… So when a source sent a document showing that the IRS had reclassified the Family Research Council, a right-wing policy think tank that opposes abortion and LGBTQ rights, as an “association of churches,” I wanted to know more. A screenshot of the Family Research Council's letter explain
May 18, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Over the weekend, the total number of tests on Vermont's its COVID-19 dashboard *dropped* by about 1,500, from 23,205 to 22,276.

Why? @healthvermont
says those totals used to include serology testing; they no longer do.

#covid19vt

vcgi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashbo… Why does that make sense? Because if you test positive for antibodies, you don't get counted as an active case, but prior to May 16th, your test *would* have gotten counted in the total number of tests.