Flynn McRoberts (@flynnmcroberts) 's Twitter Profile
Flynn McRoberts

@flynnmcroberts

Bloomberg News managing editor for investigations @business. Opinions are my own. Retweets don't imply endorsement.

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The Defense Dept gets paid about $30M a year from sales of military-grade ammo to civilians. Some of the most notorious mass shooters used those bullets. The latest in our series on how the US govt has helped fuel gun violence at home and abroad: bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…

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IMPACT. About a week after we published the story below, the VA asked mortgage servicers to pause foreclosing on veteran homeowners. For over six months. A huge reprieve for veterans facing foreclosure. Read here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Polly & Ann Choi 최주연

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The market monitor for the Texas power grid now says new requirements for backup resources increased wholesale costs by $12 billion. “This is the worst performance we’ve ever seen since the beginning of organized electricity markets" bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/ Naureen S. Malik

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Generic drugs are supposed to be affordable and safe. Instead, they’re cheap—but sometimes dangerous. ⁦Anna Edney⁩ and ⁦Riley Ray Griffin⁩ reveal why. Check out the latest in our Bad Medicine series bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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A deadly new trade in "Frankenstein" guns is leaving Latin American criminal groups better armed than authorities trib.al/gegc20a

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A gap in US law has enabled a deadly new business in ‘Frankenstein’ guns. Check out the latest in our series, ‘America: Global Gun Pusher’ bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… via @bbgvisualdata

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‘You cannot trust any of the quality specifications reports from Naprod, including the ones I submitted.’ Check out this remarkable investigation by ⁦Kendall Taggart 🕵🏼‍♀️⁩ and Priyanka Pulla, the latest in our Bad Medicine series bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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‘The right to bear arms in the United States does not mean that there is also a right to traffic those arms.’ Check out the latest in our ‘America, Global Gun Pusher’ series. ⁦Monte Reel⁩ bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

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A Bloomberg investigation linked US gun exports to rising crime rates around the world. The Biden administration is planning to crack down on those sales trib.al/V3PCKWH

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Multiple scoops here: A Bloomberg investigation linked US gun exports to rising crime rates around the world. The Biden administration is planning to crack down on those sales #impact Jessica Brice Michael Riley Michael Smith bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… via @bbgvisualdata

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A Bloomberg investigation linked US gun exports to rising crime rates around the world. The Biden administration is planning to crack down on those sales Read more: trib.al/HflRd7k

A Bloomberg investigation linked US gun exports to rising crime rates around the world. The Biden administration is planning to crack down on those sales 

Read more: trib.al/HflRd7k
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The Tom Renner Award goes to Bloomberg for "America, Global Gun Pusher," which revealed how the U.S. government profits from and promotes the sale of American guns around the world. bloomberg.com/news/storythre…

The Tom Renner Award goes to <a href="/business/">Bloomberg</a> for "America, Global Gun Pusher," which revealed how the U.S. government profits from and promotes the sale of American guns around the world. bloomberg.com/news/storythre…
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It's hard to read the final moments of Jordan DeMay's life. But we all should. Because kids are dying. bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

It's hard to read the final moments of Jordan DeMay's life. But we all should. 

Because kids are dying.

bloomberg.com/features/2024-…
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Days before my Businessweek cover story on sextortion dropped, Meta rolled out a new feature: automatically blurring nude photos shared by minors. And that’s a (pre-pub impact) move I hope all other social media platforms follow… 🎁 link here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Days before my <a href="/BW/">Businessweek</a> cover story on sextortion dropped, Meta rolled out a new feature: automatically blurring nude photos shared by minors. 

And that’s a (pre-pub impact) move I hope all other social media platforms follow… 

🎁 link here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…
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From the US to Ireland, migration is shaping the political narrative, and it's getting ugly: Five postcards from around the world, knitted together by Alan Crawford bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

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More impact following ⁦Bloomberg⁩ series on exports of semiautomatics. “The new regulations—the most sweeping in decades—also cut the length of export licenses from four years to one and give the State Department greater authority to block sales.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Roblox is the internet’s biggest playground for kids. On the Big Take podcast, Olivia Carville and Cecilia D'Anastasio tell host David Gura about the platform’s uphill battle against predators. trib.al/60RkyXp

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Pre-pub impact: Last week, after multiple inquiries from ⁦⁦Bloomberg⁩, Roblox announced it would change its default safety settings for kids. As of this fall, users under 9 will be restricted to games that feature mild violence, at worst. bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

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This might be the best piece of mainstream reporting on college football I have quite literally ever seen. bloomberg.com/news/features/…