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(Thread) Almost 2 years ago, I wrote a @pogo.org investigation about discrepancies in how the Bureau of Indian Affairs tracks deaths in custody. It raised flags about due diligence in its procurement process for the review of these deaths. Well, it looks like today we finally have some answers...

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The position of @pogo.org on congressional stock trading is spot-on: "If you're trading on inside info, you're not a public servant—you're a day trader with a security clearance." Ban congressional stock trading. Now. www.pogo.org/testimonies/...

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🚨New @pogo.org investigation by @ziembavision.bsky.social: An Ethiopian migrant died in January from untreated HIV at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona, which has long been singled out for inadequate medical care and detainee deaths www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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Guards allegedly assaulted a shackled immigrant on a 2022 deportation flight. ICE and the company employing the guards were required to report the incident but didn't. How many other similar incidents have been covered up? www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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"Difficult to pin down": In the months since DOGE's creation, its reach and power have steadily expanded while its mission, structure, leadership, personnel and funding have remained hazy www.pogo.org/analysis/wha...

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🚨WE'RE HIRING: @pogo.org is looking for a temporary (3 months) editor to help us expose waste, corruption, abuse of power, and other instances where the government fails to serve the public pogo.breezy.hr/p/5481016a20...

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Great analysis by @sarahturb.bsky.social: President Trump has slashed the staff of 3 key oversight and accountability offices at DHS. That just leaves the Inspector General, who has a track record of misleading Congress and ignoring misconduct and abuses www.pogo.org/analysis/who...

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Take a few minutes to read these 2 important pieces by @pogo.org: 1) Congress is abdicating its duty to serve as a check on the executive www.pogo.org/analysis/whe...; 2) Trump is consolidating power by undermining the courts. Lawless deportations are the latest salvo www.pogo.org/analysis/a-b...

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We have filed a preliminary injunction in our lawsuit over DOGE's record preservation policies. We are asking Judge Boasberg to issue a preliminary injunction demanding that DOGE preserve records according to the Federal Records Act while the case is pending.

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If anyone is wondering why the El Salvador renditions are hitting me especially hard, a thread of publications I have worked on about post 9/11 torture, which started when I was still in law school and learned about the rendition of Maher Arar from JFK airport to a Syrian prison

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President Trump's defiance of a federal court's order to halt the removal of people under the Alien Enemies Act ought to be a 5-alarm fire. A president who does not follow the law makes us all less free. The courts and Congress must meet this moment: www.pogo.org/analysis/a-b...

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New at the POGO Store: Coffee mugs for starting your day and sustaining our work. Shop now: shop.pogo.org

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🚨Another big scoop from @pogo.org investigator @schwellenbach.bsky.social: CSI Aviation, the company getting billions of dollars running deportation flights, was involved in one of the most infamously botched immigrant removal flights www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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A big congrats to POGO's @ziembavision.bsky.social for receiving an honorable mention in the SABEW Best in Business Awards. Check out the excellent investigation on how soldiers have paid the price for the Pentagon's decision to privatize military housing www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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BREAKING: Several senior OPM officials have deeper financial ties to Elon Musk than previously known. One holds as much as $5 million in stock in a Musk company. Another owns up to $250K in Tesla stock www.pogo.org/investigatio... by @schwellenbach.bsky.social

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If President Trump puts Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins in charge of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the watchdog office "will become a trap" for VA workers who report employment-related misconduct www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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“DOGE is one romance scam away from a national security emergency.” newrepublic.com/post/191759/...

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Elon Musk wants to know five things you did to justify your existence (as a federal employee) last week. But anyone can email him at: [email protected] You know what to do...

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Republican lawmakers are realizing that the DOGE plan to slash & burn its way through the federal government might not have been such a great idea after all. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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So far, I've found 3 resources that are keeping track of DOGE team members: - ProPublica: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do... - Revolving Door Project: therevolvingdoorproject.org/reportedly-d... - Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Need more proof of how utterly reprehensible Twitter/X has become? The company just agreed to pay President Trump $10 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed over his account suspension in 2021 (a lawsuit Twitter won at the trial level—can you say "bribe"?). www.cbsnews.com/news/x-reach...

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The disgusting personal attacks on my colleague @veritasdhg.bsky.social after his testimony in Congress are why I have all but given up on the rancid cesspool that Twitter/X has become under Elon Musk. If you agree, please consider supporting my organization, @pogo.org, at give.pogo.org/a/donate

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A #PaperTrail story: Meet the members of DOGE, Elon Musk's team of employees and allies who are throwing entire swaths of the federal government and its programs into disarray projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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Will Elon Musk's DOGE teams use the government's data systems to benefit Musk’s business interests? How thoroughly were DOGE members vetted? @pogo.org senior investigator @schwellenbach.bsky.social explores the "shadow government" of "Shadow President Musk" www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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Happy birthday to #TheBunker! Today marks 5 years of our flagship defense newsletter, written by award-winning journalist Mark Thompson. Subscribe today to the wisecracking cheat sheet on what's happening at the Pentagon, delivered Wednesdays. bit.ly/42PY9ES

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In Today's #PaperTrail: - 91% of Air Traffic Control Facilities are Understaffed; - DOGE: The Young and the Inexperienced; - 2024 Was a Bad Year for Army Aviation; - and More. Read and subscribe ➡️ bit.ly/3CLnc1h

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A #PaperTrail top story: Months before Wednesday’s fatal midair collision in D.C., lawmakers dismissed safety warnings and passed an industry-backed measure to increase flights at Reagan National Airport. www.levernews.com/before-d-c-a...

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Schedule F, President Trump’s first term effort to replace federal workers with partisan lapdogs, is back with a new name: Schedule Policy/Career. @jdspielberger.bsky.social explains why this new policy is even WORSE www.pogo.org/analysis/the...

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"While the U.S. is not yet a banana republic, last week a five-sided fruit stand rose alongside the Potomac." - Mark Thompson's take on new Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in this week's #TheBunker www.pogo.org/newsletters/...

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Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a history of racist and sexist online comments and insistence on loyalty to Donald Trump, is now general counsel at the federal government's human resources agency. Story by @schwellenbach.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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From this week's Paper Trail newsletter: Family members of January 6 prisoners are "terrified" about the fallout from Trump’s blanket pardon. With a single pen stroke, Trump might have reinvigorated the militia movement and other extremist groups www.wired.com/story/capito...

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Firing career federal workers without citing a performance or conduct-related reason is incredibly troubling. This move could have a chilling effect in the federal government, deterring whistleblowers from coming forward. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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Our Danielle Brian joined NBC Nightly News to discuss the ethical concerns with President Donald Trump's newly launched crypto meme coin www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

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We’re gearing up for the years ahead by releasing our top priorities for the 119th Congress. The overarching focus: Actionable steps for restoring Congress’s role as THE essential check on the Presidency and the Supreme Court. ➡️

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Among the latest (last?) round of President Biden's pardons: renowned civil rights and human rights leader Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

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Revolving Door on Steroids: Since 2012, private prison company GEO Group has hired SEVEN former top officials at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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ICE's top contractor, GEO Group, is expected to profit from Trump's immigration crackdown. Days before the election, ICE's top official in charge of detention left to work for GEO - one of many to go through the revolving door @pogo.org breaks the news www.pogo.org/investigatio...

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) might be overlooking a key source of savings: government contractors. @pogo.org executive director Danielle Brian explains: federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/...

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Hegseth says he wants to reform the acquisition process at the Pentagon. We've got plenty of ideas for that, like preventing defense contractors from price-gouging the government on spare parts.

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Today in the #PaperTrail: The stock portfolios of dozens of members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024: D lawmakers were up 31% and Rs up 26% (the S&P 500 was up 25%). Many members also have conflicts between their stock holdings and their legislative work thehill.com/business/507...

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Calling all Hill staffers: POGO, the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, and The Lugar Center are hosting a 2-day intensive Boot Camp Feb. 19-20 on the art and practice of oversight and investigations. Apply by January 22: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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DHS and DOJ have released a 137-page report on their use of biometric tech - giving us new insights into this largely secretive branch of government surveillance.

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