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Tikulengezabe. Kodi muli ndi chidziwitso chilichonse cha momwe zinthu zomwe sizinaphatikizidwe zinaphatikizidwira pamndandanda wa zinthu zomwe sizikuyenera kulipidwa? Mutha kulankhulana ndi Robert Faturechi wa Signal pa 213-271-7217.
Purezidenti Donald Trump atalengeza za misonkho yatsopano kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, White House idatulutsa mndandanda wa zinthu zoposa 1,000 zomwe sizidzalipidwa msonkho.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe zili pamndandandawu ndi polyethylene terephthalate, yomwe imadziwika kuti PET resin, thermoplastic yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mabotolo apulasitiki.
Sizikudziwika bwino chifukwa chake kampaniyo sinapatsidwe zilango, ndipo ngakhale akuluakulu amakampani sakudziwa chomwe chinayambitsa zilangozo.
Koma kusankhidwa kwake ndi kupambana kwa kampani ya botolo ya Coca-Cola Reyes Holdings, imodzi mwa makampani akuluakulu achinsinsi ku US, omwe ali ndi abale awiri omwe apereka ndalama zambiri ku mabungwe a Republican. Posachedwapa kampaniyo idalemba ntchito kampani yolimbikitsa anthu yomwe imagwirizana kwambiri ndi boma la Trump kuti iteteze mitengo yake, malinga ndi malipoti.
Sizikudziwika ngati kukakamiza kwa kampaniyo kunathandiza pa pempho loti anthu achotsedwe. Reyes Holdings ndi olimbikitsa ake sanayankhe nthawi yomweyo mafunso ochokera ku ProPublica. Nyumba Yoyera nayonso inakana kupereka ndemanga, koma olimbikitsa ena a makampani anati akuluakulu aboma anakana pempho loti anthu achotsedwe.
Kuphatikizidwa kwa ma resin osafotokozedwa bwino pamndandandawu kukuwonetsa momwe njira yokhazikitsira mitengo ya boma la US ilili yosamveka bwino. Okhudzidwa kwambiri akukhalabe mu mdima chifukwa chake zinthu zina zimayikidwa misonkho pomwe zina siziyikidwa. Palibe chifukwa chomveka bwino chofotokozera kusintha kwa mitengo yamitengo. Akuluakulu aboma apereka zambiri zotsutsana pankhani ya mitengo yamitengo kapena angokana kuyankha mafunso aliwonse.
Kusowa kwa kuwonekera poyera pankhaniyi kwadzetsa nkhawa pakati pa akatswiri amalonda kuti makampani ogwirizana ndi ndale angapeze ufulu wolipira msonkho m'nyumba zawo.
“Zingakhale ziphuphu, komanso kusadziwa bwino ntchito,” anatero katswiri wothandiza anthu pankhani ya misonkho ponena za kuikidwa kwa utomoni wa PET mu misonkho. “Kunena zoona, zinali zofulumira kwambiri moti sindikudziwa ngakhale amene anapita ku White House kukakambirana mndandandawu ndi aliyense.”
Mu ulamuliro woyamba wa Trump, panali njira yovomerezeka yopempha kuti anthu asamalandire misonkho. Makampani adatumiza ma fomu ambirimbiri akunena kuti zinthu zawo ziyenera kuchotsedwa misonkho. Mafomuwo adalengezedwa poyera kuti njira yokhazikitsira misonkho iwunikidwe bwino. Kuwonekera bwino kumeneku kunalola akatswiri a maphunziro kuti pambuyo pake afufuze ma fomu ambirimbiri ndikupeza kuti opereka ndalama zandale a Republican anali ndi mwayi wopeza misonkho yambiri.
Mu nthawi yachiwiri ya Trump, pakadali pano, palibe njira yovomerezeka yopempha kuchepetsedwa kwa mitengo. Akuluakulu a mafakitale ndi olimbikitsa anthu kugwira ntchito mobisa. Bungwe lofalitsa nkhani la Wall Street Journal sabata yatha linati "kusamveka bwino kwa ndondomekoyi" ndikofanana ndi "maloto ochokera ku dambo la Washington."
Lamulo la akuluakulu lomwe linalengeza za misonkho yatsopano ya Trump lidzapangitsa pafupifupi mayiko onse kupatsidwa msonkho wa 10%, ndipo kuchotsedwako kumatanthauzidwa kuti ndi zinthu zomwe zili m'magawo a mankhwala, semiconductor, nkhalango, mkuwa, mchere wofunikira, ndi mphamvu. Mndandanda womwe uli m'munsimu ukufotokoza za zinthu zomwe sizingachotsedwe.
Komabe, ndemanga ya mndandanda wa ProPublica inapeza kuti zinthu zambiri sizinali zoyenera m'magulu akuluakulu awa kapena sizinali zoyenera konse, pomwe zinthu zina zomwe zinali zoyenera m'magulu awa sizinasiyidwe.
Mwachitsanzo, mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe sizingawonongedwe ku White House umakhudza mitundu yambiri ya asbestos, yomwe nthawi zambiri siimawoneka ngati mchere wofunikira ndipo ikuwoneka kuti siili m'gulu lililonse la zinthu zomwe sizingawonongedwe. Mchere womwe umayambitsa khansa nthawi zambiri umaonedwa kuti ndi wosafunikira pa chitetezo cha dziko kapena chuma cha US koma umagwiritsidwabe ntchito popanga chlorine, koma bungwe la Biden's Environmental Protection Agency linaletsa kutumiza zinthuzi kunja chaka chatha. Boma la Trump lanena kuti likhoza kubweza zina mwa zoletsa za nthawi ya Biden.
Mneneri wa bungwe la American Chemistry Council, gulu la mafakitale lomwe kale linkatsutsa chiletsochi chifukwa chingawononge makampani a chlorine, anati gululo silinapemphe kuti asbestos isachotsedwe pa misonkho ndipo silikudziwa chifukwa chake idaphatikizidwa. (Makampani awiri akuluakulu a chlorine sanatchulenso pamafomu awo owululira kuti adapempha kuti apereke misonkho.)
Zinthu zina zomwe zili pamndandanda zomwe sizili zoletsedwa koma sizowopsa kwambiri ndi monga ma coral, zipolopolo, ndi mafupa a cuttlefish (zigawo za cuttlefish zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati zowonjezera chakudya cha ziweto).
Utomoni wa PET suli m'gulu lililonse la zinthu zomwe sizikugulitsidwa. Akatswiri amati boma mwina limaona kuti ndi chinthu champhamvu chifukwa zosakaniza zake zimachokera ku mafuta. Koma zinthu zina zomwe zili ndi miyezo yotsika sizikuphatikizidwa.
"Tinadabwa monga wina aliyense," anatero Ralph Wasami, mkulu wa PET Resin Association, gulu la amalonda a makampani a PET. Iye anati utomoniwu suli m'gulu la anthu osaloledwa pokhapokha ngati pali ma phukusi a zinthu zimenezo.
Zolemba zikusonyeza kuti mu kotala lachinayi la chaka chatha, pafupifupi nthawi yomwe Trump adapambana chisankho, kampani ya Coca-Cola Reyes Holdings idalemba ntchito Ballard Partners kuti alimbikitse misonkho. Mu kotala loyamba la chaka chino, pafupifupi nthawi yomwe Trump adalowa utsogoleri, zolemba zikusonyeza kuti Ballard adayamba kulimbikitsa Dipatimenti Yamalonda, yomwe imakhazikitsa mfundo zamalonda, kuti alimbikitse misonkho.
Kampaniyi yakhala malo ofunikira kwambiri kwa makampani omwe akufuna kugwira ntchito ndi boma la Trump. Yakhala ikulimbikitsa kampani ya Trump, bungwe la Trump, ndipo antchito ake akuphatikizapo akuluakulu aboma monga Attorney General Pam Bondi ndi Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Woyambitsa kampaniyo, Brian Ballard, ndi kampani yosonkhanitsa ndalama zambiri ya Trump yomwe Politico yaitcha kuti "wolimbikitsa kwambiri ku Washington kwa Trump." Iye ndi m'modzi mwa anthu awiri olimbikitsa kukweza ndalama ku kampaniyi omwe adalimbikitsa kuti Reyes Holdings ipereke msonkho, malinga ndi zolemba za boma.
Chris ndi Jude Reyes, abale a bilionea omwe ali kumbuyo kwa Reyes Holdings, nawonso ali ndi mgwirizano wapamtima ndi ndale. Zikalata zowululira zachuma za kampeni zikusonyeza kuti ngakhale kuti apereka ndalama kwa anthu ena omwe akufuna kukhala a Democratic, zopereka zawo zambiri zandale zapita kwa a Republican. Pambuyo pa kupambana koyamba kwa Trump, Chris Reyes adaitanidwa ku Mar-a-Lago kukakumana ndi Trump pamasom'pamaso.
Kuchotsedwa kwa utomoni wa PET sikuti ndi phindu lokha kwa Reyes Holdings, komanso ndi phindu kwa makampani ena omwe amagula utomoniwu kuti apange mabotolo, komanso makampani opanga zakumwa omwe amaugwiritsa ntchito. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, CEO wa Coca-Cola adati kampaniyo isintha mabotolo ambiri apulasitiki chifukwa cha misonkho yatsopano pa aluminiyamu. Dongosolo limenelo likhoza kulephera ngati misonkho yatsopanoyi ikhudzanso thermoplastics. Zolemba zowululidwa zikuwonetsa kuti kampaniyo idalimbikitsanso Congress kuti isavomereze misonkho chaka chino, koma zikalatazo sizikufotokoza mfundo zomwe zili m'nkhaniyi, ndipo kampaniyo sinayankhe mafunso ochokera ku ProPublica. (Coca-Cola yayesa kulankhulana ndi Trump, popereka ndalama zokwana $250,000 kuti alowe m'malo mwake, ndipo CEO wake adapatsa Trump botolo la Diet Coke, soda yomwe amakonda kwambiri.)
Gawo lina lomwe lachita bwino kwambiri pankhani yochepetsa mitengo yaposachedwa ndi ulimi, womwe umaphatikizapo mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi feteleza.
Bungwe la American Farm Bureau Federation, lomwe ndi gulu lolimbikitsa zaulimi, posachedwapa lalemba kafukufuku patsamba lake lawebusayiti poyamikira kukhululukidwa pang'ono kwa zinthu zomwe zaperekedwa ndipo linati kukhululukidwa kwa udzu ndi potashi “ndi ntchito yolimba yomwe mabungwe a zaulimi monga American Farm Bureau Federation amachita” komanso “ndi umboni woti mawu a alimi ndi alimi amagwira ntchito bwino.”
Pali katundu wina wambiri wochokera kunja womwe sungagwere m'gulu lililonse la katundu wosalipira msonkho, koma ukhoza kugwera m'gulu la katundu wosalipira msonkho ngati wafotokozedwa bwino.
Chitsanzo chimodzi ndi sucralose wokometsera wopangidwa. Kuphatikizidwa kwake kungapindulitse kwambiri makampani omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwalawa mu zakudya ndi zakumwa. Koma sucralose nthawi zina imagwiritsidwanso ntchito mu mankhwala kuti azikoma kwambiri. Sizikudziwika ngati White House idavomereza kulowetsedwa kwake chifukwa cha kuchotsedwa kwa mankhwala kapena pazifukwa zina.
Magulu akuluakulu omwe adalandira ziphaso anali makamaka mafakitale omwe boma la US linkafufuza za misonkho yomwe ingachitike mtsogolo pansi pa ulamuliro wake wokhazikitsa misonkho kuti ateteze chitetezo cha dziko.
Nkhani yomwe mwangowerengayi yapangidwa ndi owerenga athu. Tikukhulupirira kuti ikulimbikitsani kuti muthandizire ProPublica kuti tipitirize kuchita utolankhani wofufuza womwe umavumbula mphamvu, umaulula zoona, komanso umasinthadi zinthu.
ProPublica ndi chipinda chofalitsa nkhani chopanda phindu chomwe chimadzipereka ku nkhani zosalowerera ndale, zozikidwa pa mfundo zenizeni zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphamvu zikhale ndi udindo. Tinakhazikitsidwa mu 2008 poyankha kuchepa kwa malipoti ofufuza. Takhala zaka zoposa 15 tikuwulula kupanda chilungamo, ziphuphu, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika — ntchito yomwe ndi yochedwa, yokwera mtengo, komanso yofunika kwambiri ku demokalase yathu kuposa kale lonse. Popeza tapambana mphoto ya Pulitzer kasanu ndi kawiri, tayambitsa kusintha kwa maboma aboma ndi am'deralo, makampani, mabungwe, ndi zina zambiri, pamene tikusunga chidwi cha anthu pakati pa malipoti athu.
Mavuto ake ndi aakulu kuposa kale lonse. Kuyambira pa makhalidwe abwino m'boma mpaka pa thanzi la kubereka mpaka pa vuto la nyengo ndi zina zotero, ProPublica ili patsogolo pa nkhani zofunika kwambiri. Mphatso yanu idzatithandiza kuti anthu omwe ali ndi mphamvu adziŵe mlandu ndikusunga chowonadi pafupi.
Lowani nawo othandizira oposa 80,000 mdziko lonselo polimbikitsa utolankhani wofufuza kuti udziwitse, ulimbikitse, komanso ukhale ndi zotsatira zabwino kwamuyaya. Zikomo chifukwa chopangitsa ntchitoyi kukhala yotheka.
Lumikizanani nane kudzera pa imelo kapena njira yotetezeka kuti mundipatse zambiri zokhudza boma la federal komanso bizinesi ya Trump.
ProPublica ikuyang'ana kwambiri madera omwe amafunika chisamaliro chachikulu panthawi yachiwiri ya ulamuliro wa Donald Trump. Nazi zina mwa nkhani zomwe atolankhani athu adzayang'ana kwambiri - komanso momwe angafikire kwa iwo motetezeka.
Dziwani zambiri zokhudza gulu lathu la atolankhani. Tipitiliza kugawana madera omwe tikufuna kuwunikira pamene nkhani zikupita patsogolo.
Ndimakamba nkhani zokhudza thanzi ndi chilengedwe komanso mabungwe omwe amawalamulira, kuphatikizapo Environmental Protection Agency.
Ndimakamba nkhani zokhudza chilungamo ndi ulamuliro wa malamulo, kuphatikizapo Dipatimenti Yoona za Chilungamo, maloya aku US, ndi makhothi.
Ndimakamba nkhani zokhudza nyumba ndi mayendedwe, kuphatikizapo makampani omwe amagwira ntchito m'magawo awa komanso oyang'anira omwe amayang'anira.
Ngati mulibe upangiri kapena nkhani inayake, tikufunikirabe thandizo lanu. Lembetsani kuti mukhale membala wa Federal Worker Resource Network yathu kuti mulumikizane nafe nthawi iliyonse.
Akatswiri omwe adawunikanso malamulo a ProPublica adapeza zolakwika zambiri zomwe zimasokoneza dongosololi zomwe zimawunikira momwe boma la Trump likuloleza luntha lochita kupanga kuti lichepetse ntchito zofunika kwambiri.
Zolemba zomwe CNN yapeza zikusonyeza kuti wantchito ku Dipatimenti Yoona za Boma yemwe alibe chidziwitso cha zachipatala adagwiritsa ntchito AI kuti adziwe mapangano a VA oti athetse. "AI inali chida cholakwika kwambiri," anatero katswiri wina.
Thomas Fugate, yemwe anali atangomaliza chaka chimodzi ku koleji popanda chidziwitso chilichonse cha chitetezo cha dziko, anali mkulu wa Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Dziko yemwe ankayang'anira likulu la boma lolimbana ndi ziwawa zachiwawa.
Kuukira kwa purezidenti pa zoyesayesa za kusiyanasiyana kwasokoneza ntchito za ogwira ntchito m'boma ophunzira kwambiri — ngakhale kuti ntchito zina zomwe adataya sizinali zokhudzana mwachindunji ndi mapulani aliwonse a DEI.
Malinga ndi zolemba za Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Dziko, akuluakulu a boma ankadziwa kuti anthu oposa theka la anthu 238 omwe anathamangitsidwa m'dzikolo analibe mbiri yaupandu ku United States ndipo ankangophwanya malamulo okhudza anthu osamukira kudziko lina.
Micah Rosenberg, ProPublica; Perla Treviso, ProPublica ndi The Texas Tribune; Melissa Sanchez ndi Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica; Ronna Riskes, Rebel Alliance Investigations; Adrian Gonzalez, Fake News Hunters, Meyi 30, 2025, 5:00 AM CST
Pamene White House inasintha antchito ndi ndalama kuchokera ku ntchito zotsutsana ndi zigawenga kupita ku kuthamangitsidwa kwa anthu ambiri, mayiko anavutika kupitirizabe ntchito zotsutsana ndi zigawenga zomwe Washington inkathandizira. Zotsatira zake zinali njira yochepetsera pang'ono yomwe inasiya madera ambiri osatetezeka.
Thomas Fugate, yemwe anali atangomaliza chaka chimodzi ku koleji popanda chidziwitso chilichonse cha chitetezo cha dziko, anali mkulu wa Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Dziko yemwe ankayang'anira likulu la boma lolimbana ndi ziwawa zachiwawa.
Zolemba zomwe CNN yapeza zikusonyeza kuti wantchito ku Dipatimenti Yoona za Boma yemwe alibe chidziwitso cha zachipatala adagwiritsa ntchito AI kuti adziwe mapangano a VA oti athetse. "AI inali chida cholakwika kwambiri," anatero katswiri wina.
Ngakhale kuti pali milandu, kufufuza, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito kudzipatula ngati chilango kwa ana, Richard L. Bean akadali mkulu wa malo osungira ana omwe ali ndi dzina lake.
Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, ndi Mariam Elba, ProPublica, June 7, 2025, 5:00 am ET