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NEW: Kristi Noem’s firing is a welcome development, but the Trump admin’s many salacious scandals aren’t going anywhere. We unpack the Trump admin’s latest corrupt actions and how they imperil all of us in our latest Corruption Calendar newsletter:
The military-industrial complex is a disaster multiplier in our era of climate change and interlocking crises. In this week's newsletter, we revisit a past report on the gross corruption of the defense contracting system and the cascading harms of making war in a warming world.
4/ CISA, the agency responsible for federal cybersecurity, is guilty of exposing sensitive data, and its capacity to properly function hampered by staffing cuts and unreliable leadership. Simply put, our personal data is not safe with this administration
3/ This administration has shown itself to be incapable of safely handling sensitive material. Our Social Security data was shared on a cloud server with known security risks; DOGE agents put taxpayer info at risk when accessing Treasury Department systems
2/ The Trump admin has been consolidating data from across federal agencies into a single, centralized database. All your info in one place not only increases chances of misuse by our government, it weakens safeguards against foreign adversaries as well.
NEW: The federal government has your Social Security number, your medical records, your tax returns, your voter data, and much more personal information.
The Trump administration is sharing it illegally, and they're handling it carelessly. 🧵
This is what we mean when we say DOGE lives on through Russell Vought.
A right-wing ideologue is single-handedly imposing a deadly austerity regime.
Billions of dollars in federal disaster money has been tied up by Noem's $100k grant approval rule.
Now, Trump is releasing $5B in overdue aid, but not to CA, IL, MN, & CO—Democratic-led states w/ governors Trump has maligned.
Using disaster relief as a political weapon is unconscionable.
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@gelliottmorris.com latest piece of data-driven journalism also makes a similar argument against Democratic Party passivity
A screenshot preview of the Revolving Door Project's latest Watchdog Weekly newsletter. Title: Righteous Incivility Trumps Silent Defiance; Subheading: Voters are increasingly calling “bullshit” on opposition tactics that prioritize institutional norms over populist antagonism.
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Hakeem Jeffries' appeals for decorum-friendly disruption at the State of the Union looked more like cowardly acquiescence than stoic defiance.
Glad to see @emorwee.bsky.social's coverage of Alito's majorly unethical maneuver on the oil industry's behalf.
As I explored for @prospect.org, Alito isn't the only Justice whose ties to the oil industry make a blanket recusal from these fossil fuel petitions the only ethical option.
This is OMB Director Russell Vought's DOGE in action.
And as we argued last year, it's going to kill a lot of people: prospect.org/2025/03/19/2...
The abundance clique has an AI problem. Beyond being funded by Silicon Valley, the ecosystem features an array of tech libertarians, a smattering of technofascism, and no answers for our anti-AI moment. Read @dylangyauchl.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com!
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Another example of why our highest court shouldn't have the lowest ethics standards. As our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social has covered in @prospect.org, Justice Alito's extensive oil holdings should have propelled him to sit out from considering this case. And he's not the only justice with such ties.
AI companies, data centers, and other Big Tech firms stand to benefit greatly from the deregulatory Abundance Agenda.
A true affordability agenda is not possible until corporate elites who have schemed against the American people are held accountable.
Trump has set up his own organization to plaster MAGA-sanctioned messaging throughout America's semiquincentennial celebration.
The Trump administration is deploying artificial intelligence to analyze sensitive data about Americans, incorporating it into essential public services, and even replacing fired federal workers with AI.
Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership are undermining the party's efforts to stand against Trump's corruption.
America cannot begin to heal itself until DOGE personnel are held accountable for their roles in destroying essential public services.
Read more in our new report.
The Chamber of Commerce's support for repealing the EPA's endangerment finding is yet another example of corporate America actively endorsing Trump's radicalism.
History will remember Doug Burgum as an obedient sycophant of a would-be dictator -- and by far the worst Secretary of the Interior in American history.
Trump is now embarking on a crusade to MAGA-fy America's past, via a hostile takeover of the federal government’s America 250 celebrations.
Read more from our Toni Aguilar Rosenthal in @thenation.com.
Trump's FEMA is still delaying urgently-needed disaster relief aid.
Check out our interactive map and tracker to learn more.
To create a durable affordability agenda, Democrats must embrace widespread anger at corporate power.
Elon Musk may have left the Trump administration, but DOGE's mission to destroy the federal government is still being carried out by OMB Director Russell Vought.
For corporations and foreign governments, ensuring Trump’s personal enrichment has become the primary means of advancing policy in Washington.
The Chamber of Commerce — and its members like Meta, State Farm, and Pfizer — are willing to gut the EPA and poison the planet if it means greater profits for the oil and gas industry.
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