katyaschwenk.bsky.social
reporter at The Lever @levernews.com once alt-weekly writer
👤 Joined on 07 February 2024
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@katyaaaa.bsky.social@katyaaaa.bsky.social → @katyaschwenk.bsky.socialICE added $6.5 million to a detainee transportation contract in Pennsylvania in February 2026, according to improperly redacted records the agency posted to its FOIA library. The change more than doubled the monthly fee and raised guaranteed monthly mileage by 75 percent.
Show PostExcellent reporting from @katyaschwenk.bsky.social for @thelever.bsky.social on how Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a gas industry front group deploying former Democratic politicians to seed pro-fossil fuel positions among electeds, influenced Hochul's recent anti-environmental decisions.
Show PostProPublica is undertaking a project examining U.S. military spending, budgeting and contracting. Help us report this story: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Show PostThis is a big deal — and if you’ve been following the ICE warehouse story and are looking at the future of ICE’s detention space expansion, this is a crucial piece of the puzzle. Amazing reporting @katyaschwenk.bsky.social
Show PostFascinating story from Colleen Shaddox about activists shutting down ports where weapons are loaded onto ships bound for Israel. "If you spend two and a half years proclaiming solidarity, it gets to a point where you have to prove it" prospect.org/2026/06/23/a...
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