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Keith Rutter retweeted
#FOIA is under attack by @ENERGY. Backlogs are not good, but clearing them out by tossing requests not even 1 year old isn't the answer. Voice opposition by 9/15/25. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2…
Keith Rutter retweeted
.@ENERGY is proposing to close out #FOIAs filed before 10/1/2024, unless the requester reaches out to the agency. Notice will be provided to requesters, but this IS an effort to prevent information from getting to the public. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2…
Keith Rutter retweeted
To be clear 90% of all this wouldn't be a problem if CONGRESS DID ITS JOB. Justice Jackson is right. This is an imperial executive embracing an imperial judiciary filling the void left by a feckless Congress.
While this ruling takes no clear position on the constitutionality of the admin's birthright citizenship EO, it's still dangerous.
Limiting ways people can be protected from authoritarianism facilitates the very trampling of the Constitution #SCOTUS has a duty to stop.
Keith Rutter retweeted
While this ruling takes no clear position on the constitutionality of the admin's birthright citizenship EO, it's still dangerous.
Limiting ways people can be protected from authoritarianism facilitates the very trampling of the Constitution #SCOTUS has a duty to stop.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted a partial stay of nationwide injunctions issued by district courts against President Trump's executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship.
abcnews.link/khPn8U6
Keith Rutter retweeted
NEW: Stephen Miller has invested in between $100,001 and $250,000 of stock in Palantir, a tech company woven into the operations of ICE.
Miller isn't just legislating the abuse of immigrants. He's profiting off of it.
@schwellenbach of @POGOwatchdog: pogo.org/investigations/step…
Keith Rutter retweeted
This is unacceptable.
A senior Justice Department official openly talking about their plans to disobey court orders is a serious threat to our democracy. nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/po…
Keith Rutter retweeted
Replacing nonpartisan civil servants with partisan yeasayers is dangerous.
Per POGO's @jdspielberger:
“This elevates loyalty to an individual president over the oath of office and the best interests of the public.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Keith Rutter retweeted
🎉"Bad Watchdog" just won a podcasting award from the Society for Features Journalism! @WeAreSFJ wrote "the series feels essential given the current news about immigration and deportation" and "good watchdog reporting like this never goes out of style"😊featuresjournalism.org/blog/…
Keith Rutter retweeted
To celebrate #EarthDay, the National Security Archive last year published a set of records revealing how high-level Nixon officials debated climate change and the impacts of sea-level rise, extreme temps, and fossil fuel consumption. Click here to read: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-b…
Keith Rutter retweeted
President Donald Trump has implemented a series of actions and policies that have further consolidated power in the presidency.
And Congress has just let this happen.
This is a big mistake — Congress must claw back its power from the executive branch. pogo.org/analysis/where-is-c…
Keith Rutter retweeted
As DOGE seeks confidential tax data, the IRS's top lawyer "will be replaced by Andrew De Mello," the Post reports
De Mello was ensnared in a federal probe focused on misconduct by DHS inspector general Joseph V. Cuffari. Details in the 🧵
washingtonpost.com/business/…
Keith Rutter retweeted
A big congrats to POGO's René Kladzyk 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 bit.ly/4b9cMV7
Keith Rutter retweeted
BREAKING: Remarkable work by @schwellenbach (again)
NEW: Records obtained by POGO reveal new details about OPM staff ties to Elon Musk's businesses.
3 OPM employees that have been involved in DOGE efforts have financial stakes in Musk's companies or are on a leave of absence from one.
Read the full story: bit.ly/3Fc6SaZ
Keith Rutter retweeted
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Keith Rutter retweeted
NEW: Records obtained by POGO reveal new details about OPM staff ties to Elon Musk's businesses.
3 OPM employees that have been involved in DOGE efforts have financial stakes in Musk's companies or are on a leave of absence from one.
Read the full story: bit.ly/3Fc6SaZ
Keith Rutter retweeted
We share @SenWarren & @SenDuckworth concerns: Did Trump’s Air Force Secretary nominee improperly influence a satellite contract in a way that benefited Musk?
Conflicts of interest in government contracting undermine trust & security. #Accountability
breakingdefense.com/2025/02/…
Keith Rutter retweeted
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Keith Rutter retweeted
A WIN for protecting the head of the whistleblower protection office in Dellinger V Bessent!
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Keith Rutter retweeted
Very classless by @elonmusk. @POGOwatchdog does an amazing job as watchdog.
POGO is deeply troubled that Elon Musk amplified an attack on our expert witness who testified before Congress today. Our executive director Danielle Brian issued the following statement: bit.ly/3CS4Mft
Keith Rutter retweeted
Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette is one of the better watchdogs in the Washington DC nonprofit world and has always been super helpful whenever I've reached out to him for help on a story. He's one of the rare few that isn't afraid to scrutinize pols on the right AND left
Blind director of watchdog group funded by George Soros testifies that he does not see widespread evidence of government waste
notthebee.com/article/blind-…
