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Chicago-based ProPublica Reporter covering the Midwest. Reach me at vernal.coleman@propublica.org or on Signal: vcoleman91.99
Trump admin says everything is hunky-dory at the VA.
But we found that the number of doctors at VA has dropped each month since Trump took office.
Nurses are way down too
We got the records.
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
by @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social and me.
NEW: Doctors and Nurses Reject VA Jobs Under Trump, by @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
Update
Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica” @ericumansky.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
The senators are calling for a federal watchdog to investigate the Trump administration’s killing of hundreds of VA contracts. Among their concerns: ProPublica revealed DOGE used artificial intelligen...
ProPublica obtained records showing how a DOGE software engineer with no health care or government experience created an AI model to identify contracts to kill at the VA.
@bxroberts.org takes us through what we learned when we asked experts to review the model’s underlying instructions and code ⤵️
That ProPublica story leading to some real impact in Congress. Another great one by @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Following a ProPublica investigation into how DOGE had developed an error-prone AI tool to determine which VA contracts should be killed, a trio of lawmakers said the Trump administration continues to...
NEW: Following a ProPublica investigation into how DOGE had developed an error-prone AI tool to determine which VA contracts should be killed, a trio of lawmakers said the Trump administration continues to “stonewall” their requests for details.
By @bxroberts.org & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Following a ProPublica investigation into how DOGE had developed an error-prone AI tool to determine which VA contracts should be killed, a trio of lawmakers said the Trump administration continues to...
“I think that mistakes were made,” said Sahil Lavingia, who worked at DOGE for nearly two months, about the AI tool he developed. “I’m sure mistakes were made. Mistakes are always made.”
By @bxroberts.org and @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to g...
THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.”
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/
That’s a lot of presumption. But even if you’re right, the solution to the issue you’re presuming exists is for people to read the whole article. Or rather, to read more carefully.
If reading this article informed your opinion of the actions it describes, then it is not irrelevant.
