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Tom Scheck 
Investigative Reporter for APM Reports. Contributor to Markeplace and NPR News. Former reporter at MPR News. DM for signal tscheck at apmreports.org
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| Quote | 1,283 | 15.2% |
| Reply | 1,045 | 12.4% |
| Tweet | 281 | 3.3% |
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| URL | 2,248 | 26.6% |
| Photo | 408 | 4.8% |
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| #mprraccoon | 22 | 0.3% |
| #covid19 | 17 | 0.2% |
| #breaking | 17 | 0.2% |
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| gop | 152 | 1.8% |
| investigation | 151 | 1.8% |
| officials | 143 | 1.7% |
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| because | 127 | 1.5% |
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.2/2..vaccines to broader categories of Minnesotans – including Minnesotans 65 years of age and older.
1/2 Looks like today's @mnhealth press conference will be newsy. Just in: "Following significant changes in federal guidance on vaccine distribution earlier this week, (MDH) today informed hospitals, health care systems and other vaccination partners that they can provide...
The @Marketplace media production team has been coming in the office for 10 (!) months so the rest of us don't have to.
First APMG leadership wouldn't give them hazard pay, now they don't want them to be in @mplaceunion? I can't understand it.
First APMG leadership wouldn't give them hazard pay, now they don't want them to be in @mplaceunion? I can't understand it.
As expected, MN delegation splits along party lines on impeachment vote. Democrats McCollum, Omar, Craig, Phillips support; Republicans Emmer, Stauber, Hagedorn, Fischbach oppose.
For history, the @AP FLASH:
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Donald Trump impeached by US House for incitement of insurrection at Capitol; 1st US president impeached twice
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Donald Trump impeached by US House for incitement of insurrection at Capitol; 1st US president impeached twice
U.S. House has impeached President Trump for inciting deadly riot at U.S. Capitol; first president to be impeached twice.
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Superfund sites are some of the most polluted places in the country, and more than 9,000 subsidized housing properties sit within a mile of one.
Our investigation with @theintercept shows govt has failed to inform many residents of potential threats. apmreports.org/story/2021/01/…
Our investigation with @theintercept shows govt has failed to inform many residents of potential threats. apmreports.org/story/2021/01/…
People across the country are getting a break on their rent, but @fastlerner and I found they're paying for it with their health. Poor families, seniors are living in nation’s most polluted places — and the government has done little to protect them. (1/6) apmreports.org/story/2021/01/…
Thousands of public housing residents live near the most polluted places in the nation and the government has done little to protect them
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The kicker on this is everything: “Those papers are the property of the people of the United States. They paid for them with their national treasure and the blood of their sons, and they have a right to it.’”
I've seen enough. Jon Ossoff (D) defeats Sen. David Perdue (R) in GA's other Senate runoff. #GASEN
Democrats win control of the Senate.
Democrats win control of the Senate.
We are not taking requests for special sessions, at this time. Please. happy birthday @tomscheck
I hate it when @tomscheck one-ups me. pic.twitter.com/3LVQRASKID
Happy Birthday @tomscheck !!
Curtis Flowers might still be on death row if not for the work of an investigative podcast. Tomorrow, Sharyn Alfonsi talks with Flowers, the reporters who helped free him, and the prosecutor who pursued him for more than two decades. cbsn.ws/3pO9oqZ
If you just watched the @60Minutes segment on Curtis Flowers, a black man tried six times for the same crime by the same white prosecutor, and want to learn more, check out Season 2 of our podcast @InTheDarkAPM podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-…
In the Dark on Apple Podcasts
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If you're new to the podcast because of @60Minutes, welcome! Here's the best place to start learning about Curtis Flowers' case: apmreports.org/episode/2018/0…
S2 E1: July 16, 1996
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Breaking news: The Marketplace staff — on-air, online and behind the scenes — is unionizing with @sagaftra!
Let’s do the numbers: more than 70% of us signed our union recognition petition, and today we delivered it to management.
Here’s why we’re organizing. #WeMakeMarketplace
Let’s do the numbers: more than 70% of us signed our union recognition petition, and today we delivered it to management.
Here’s why we’re organizing. #WeMakeMarketplace
We looked through dozens of arson/riot cases charged by US Attorney's Office in MN related to civil unrest this summer. They do not support claims from President Trump and Attorney General William Barr of an organized "antifa-led" attack startribune.com/court-records-…
Court records, FBI contradict Trump's claims of organized 'antifa-led' riots in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death
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Minn. Sen. Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications mprnews.org/story/2020/12/… via @mprnews
After a Times investigation found that a central figure in the "Caliphate" podcast is a fabulist, the paper is issuing a correction. Dean Baquet is sitting for an interview. And the main reporter, Rukmini Callimachi, is being reassigned. nytimes.com/2020/12/18/bus…
More than half of absentee ballots cast in Fulton County in November were placed in drop boxes. Now, Georgia Senate Republicans want to ban the boxes, based on unsupported fraud allegations. wabe.org/georgia-voters…
This is an incredible piece of journalism —->
Desperate at "Death Ridge": How North Ridge Health and Rehab became the site of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak in Minnesota — and one of the largest nursing home outbreaks in the nation. strib.mn/3m1oMyD
State Board of Pardons has commuted the sentence of Myon Burrell to 20 years, he was serving life for shooting death of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards in 2002. Significant issues have been raised about his trial and sentencing. He's expected to be released tonight under supervision.
President-elect Joe Biden’s message tonight in prime-time address:
“Democracy prevailed.”
“It is time to turn the page.”
“I will work just as hard for those of you who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
“Democracy prevailed.”
“It is time to turn the page.”
“I will work just as hard for those of you who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
As prescribed by state law and Minnesota's popular vote, @JoeBiden receives all 10 Minnesota Electoral College presidential votes; @KamalaHarris gets all 10 vice presidential votes.
Cool job alert: Apply to be the next executive director of @IRE_NICAR by Jan. 15! (I deleted an earlier, pre-caffeine Tweet with the wrong deadline.) This is a great opportunity to lead the world's best journalism training org. ire.org/ire-begins-sea…
👇 Thorough explainer here on how Mark Zuckerberg's money was used to help elections run smoothly.
Facing rising costs, more than 40 Georgia counties received grants from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to help run the November election during a pandemic. Thanks to @tomscheck for joining to discuss APM Reports' findings on how it all played out. wabe.org/grants-help-ge…
Grants Help Georgia Counties Weather Pandemic, But Questions Linger About Private Money In Elections | 90.1 FM WABE
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NEW: More than 40 attorneys general and the U.S. government are preparing to file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Wed, alleging the tech giant engaged in unlawful, anticompetitive tactics to buy or kill off its rivals and solidify its dominance
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When we founded @IBWellsSociety, we refused to fund/ support investigative fellowships because for journos of color, they rarely end with an actual job. Instead, we've decided to fund the 1st yr of a permanent new investigative position @AP. I am SO proud of this. Please apply.
Check out our latest @apmreports investigation- we look into how private funding from a nonprofit fueled by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg helped the presidential election run surprisingly smoothly apmreports.org/story/2020/12/…
For his part, Zuckerberg said there is nothing political about the donations. “Voting is the foundation of democracy," he wrote in a FB post. It's how we express our voice and make sure our country is heading in the direction we want..." facebook.com/zuck/posts/101…
The problem is that people will begin to wonder if strings are attached. It’s happening now in the criticism of Zuckerberg and CTCL. Is Zuckerberg doing this for the public good or is he trying to whitewashing criticism over how Facebook handles misinformation?
Still, there are worries private money will set a precedent. Some worry the money could be considered tainted even if there are no strings attached. "I don’t think elections should be public/private partnerships," said Rachael Cobb, a political science professor at @Suffolk_U.
But we analyzed voter data in PA, GA and AZ. Registration increased at similar rates regardless of whether counties got grants. The number of voters for Joe Biden increased at a greater rate than the rate for Republican voters, regardless of whether a county received a grant.
Conservative groups and those that work to restrict access to voting continue to criticize the private grants. They say the money helped turnout voters for Joe Biden. Those groups are making Zuck’s bucks and CTCL part of the larger boogeymen of the election.
Dallas County, Texas, spent $250,000 on food for election workers. They also requested $10 million to buy a building. pic.twitter.com/uoxMh0Q741
In Minneapolis, the city spent $300k to rent 70,000 square feet at the Minneapolis Convention Center. They needed it to safely social distance while processing mailed ballots. mprnews.org/story/2020/12/… pic.twitter.com/XNZxhUZVA0
Some places received grant awards that were more than their entire 2020 election budgets. In Kenosha, Wisconsin, grant money was more than 4 times the city’s ‘20 election budget. pic.twitter.com/2wXbU6ST3b
Howard, with the Brennan Center, said the grants also allowed communities to fund their “dream election.” It allowed them to do things they wouldn’t normally do. For example, Coconino, AZ used its money to set up early voting on the Navajo Indian Reservation for the first time.
Georgia used part of its $60,000 grant to buy extension cords to space out voting machines. Philadelphia, PA spent $14,000 on ink alone.
While some of the money went to essentials (increase in worker pay and PPE), some bought equipment to process the massive increase in mailed ballots. pic.twitter.com/5pw8Jnt6M5
We asked for grant agreements and interviewed election directors. They told us they needed help because Congress failed to deliver a second payment. “Congress really failed our election officials,” said @LizlHoward with the @BrennanCenter.
Since @HelloCTCL wasn’t talking and the money came from a tech titan, our team wanted to know how the money was being spent. So @geoffhing, @sabby_robinson, @gracie_stockton and I started requesting the grant agreements. apmreports.org/story/2020/12/…
But CTCL's CEO @tianaej said recently that the grant money rivaled the $400 million distributed through the CARES Act in March. “In about eight weeks, we granted funds to over 2,500 election departments across the county in 49 states,” she said. youtube.com/watch?v=DRSS73…
says the grants were aimed at helping ensure elections were safe and secure during the pandemic. The group declined interview requests, so we don’t know where the money was spent or how much.
is one of more than 2,500 communities to receive a grant. Here’s a map of the jurisdictions that received a grant, according to @HelloCTCL This interactive map from APM Reports shows all grants and known funding. Click on a city or county to see what they got pic.twitter.com/IfljF4I2if
The county also bought high-speed printers & envelope sorters. It took them 36 hours to count 150,000 ballots. W/out the equipment & manpower, it would have been a week or more, Turner said. "Honestly, I don’t know what we would have done without [the grant]," he said.
But they also needed money. And that’s where @HelloCTCL came in. The Chicago nonprofit gave @chescogovt a $2.5 million grant to fund everything from pay hikes for workers to body cameras to monitor ballot collection. pic.twitter.com/VuOJZF9puI
Election Administrators, their staff and volunteers are the unsung heroes of the election. As @geoffhing pointed out, they had to think critically about managing an election during a pandemic.
