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More eyeballs are on three pro-Trump ads paid for by the government, after Public Citizen filed a complaint with the GAO on Friday that the spending violates the Hatch Act.
There won't be penalties soon (GAO can only advise, and DOJ/Congress won't), but—
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Progressives first introduced the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act in August 2018. The bill would consolidate ethics oversight over federal officials in a new agency.
Dem House could have passed it in 2021–22. Dems have never given it a hearing.
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ALT title V section of Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (115th): https://www.warren.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/doc/Master%20Summary%20of%20Anti%20Corruption%20Act%20-%20FINAL.pdf
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Latest: True Anomaly, a satellite surveillance company backed by a JD Vance fund, just won a Pentagon contract. It could mean a big payday for Vance.
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JD Vance could make millions off his investment fund's backing of Pentagon contractors, we reported today in a new story.
House Dems could have passed the Anti-Corruption Act ending this in 2021. Party leaders have never given the ethics bill a hearing.
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NEW: JD Vance could bank millions from his stake in a VC fund that backs a satellite surveillance company awarded a Space Force contract.
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JD Vance's fund was launched with backing from billionaire Peter Thiel. The vice president gets paid more than half the fund's investment profits issued to managers. At @Sludge:
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Grade-A @Z_Everson joint on MS NOW tonight
ALT Post by Zach Everson on Trump Jr. defense investments
ALT Screengrab of “All In With Chris Hayes” segment w/ Rep. Raskin (09-25-26)
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David Moore retweeted
Come for the GitHub drama. Stay for the plan to use AI to make sure the government's core web design system is accessible, something that experts say is an ill-fated plan
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David Moore retweeted
Thanks to @chrislhayes for having me on last night to talk about our investigation into Susan Collins and the falsehoods her campaign has offered in response to our reporting.
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David Moore retweeted
NEWS: As @sama and other tech titans beg for AI regulations they’re not telling you they pressured regulators to kill a reporting rule that could have allowed the govt insight into the frontier models that are now wreaking havoc
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I asked Gov. Wes Moore @iamwesmoore last week if he had any views on Lina Khan's regulatory record. His office did not respond.
In a 2024 CNBC appearance, Moore had broadly sided with billionaire Reid Hoffman, who called for Khan to be dismissed—but Hoffman has changed his view.
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The question followed up on my reporting from June, about whether Moore, a former investment banker at Citigroup, had views on Khan's antitrust posture.
The office of @GovWesMoore would not comment on the record. They did not respond on Hoffman's change:
Where does Gov. Wes Moore stand on Lina Khan and antitrust?
In 2024, after Khan was criticized by billionaire Reid Hoffman, Moore spoke of a need for "different philosophies" than the Biden admin.
This week, we asked @iamwesmoore if he agreed with Hoffman's shift on Khan...
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The next person who interviews Ben Rhodes, @brhodes, can ask whether his colleague Jake Sullivan, @jakejsullivan, in the Dem foreign policy group National Security Action should be giving paid speeches to weapons contractors profiting from war in Gaza.
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David Moore retweeted
The committee that makes up the Brooklyn Democratic Party held a chaotic meeting Wednesday to elect its leadership team using controversial new voting rules, as an appeals court deliberated on the legality of their actions mere blocks away.
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Michael Kratsios, OSTP director, addressed the UN Security Council and rejected global AI governance.
Kratsios, who co-wrote the Trump admin's AI Action plan, is a former board member of the Foundation for American Innovation, @JoinFAI. He previously worked for Peter Thiel.
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A sizable audience saw our report today on Jake Sullivan's lucrative speeches to weapons makers after facilitating arms to Israel.
This work is only possible through our @Sludge subscribers, who band together to get all our stories for $100 a year, and keep us muckraking.
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David Moore retweeted
The big pay-to-play story from @propublica yesterday is continuing to roil the political news cycle. But it's worth a careful read for anyone who cares about corruption and American democracy. Two points stand out: propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
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