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17 Oct 2024
Thank you to @LastWeekTonight for covering @ItsDocumented's resources on noncitizen voting and mass voter challenges led by a well-funded network of MAGA conspiracy theorists. Watch the full segment here: youtube.com/watch?v=CkK3W0lOā¦
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The right's new climate battle? Liability lawsuits. And unsurprisingly, Leonard Leo's network of right-wing orgs is at the forefront of this fight.
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Jun 10
Part of the Leo networkāConsumers' Research the Alliance for Consumersāhired Varidon Strategies, a firm founded by Heritage Action alum, to get state legislators to pass model bills protecting oil & gas companies that could be held liable for their role in the climate crisis.
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Several climate liability laws passing in state legislatures across the country, shielding the fossil fuel industry from local climate lawsuits, are linked to none other than right-wing operative Leonard Leo and his sprawling influence network. documented.org/investigationā¦
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A former Trump staffer who used to work on gender issues for the admin bragged at an America First Policy Institute event held in March that the president wrote him āa blank checkā when it came to demolishing trans rights for kids across the country. theguardian.com/us-news/2026ā¦
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In new audio posted by the American First Policy Institute and analyzed by @ItsDocumented - AFPI calls childrenās care the ālow hanging fruitā to āget the win where they canā on dismantling trans care for people across the United States. theguardian.com/us-news/2026ā¦
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(1/2) A former Trump staffer who used to work on gender issues for the administration bragged at an America First Policy Institute event held in March that the president wrote him āa blank checkā when it came to demolishing trans rights for kids across the country.
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(2/2) Steve Centorino followed up his āblank checkā remarks by saying, āIām almost hesitant to say this, but it was clear I could not be too aggressive.ā
Read the story in @GuardianUS: theguardian.com/us-news/2026ā¦
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New in @GuardianUS: American First Policy Institute is a powerful, deep-pocketed think tank working closely with the Trump administration. Their first order of business was to dismantle trans rights for kids - the ālow hanging fruit.ā Theyāre not done. theguardian.com/us-news/2026ā¦
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Apr 7
Audio we obtained from inside ALEC's national policy summit reveals a coordinated effort by groups funded by Leonard Leo's network to shield fossil fuel companies from climate litigation. propublica.org/article/climaā¦ @propublica
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7 Aug 2025
Rep. Cory Mills, already under investigation by House Ethics for financial disclosure and conflict of interest issues, allegedly received "SACKS OF CASH" from the defense contractor that he foundedāwhile also sitting on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees.
5 Aug 2025
NEW: Florida GOP committeewoman Lindsey Langston has filed for a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills, her ex, after filing a police report alleging harassment & threats to release sexual videos of her and harm future boyfriends. Me @DropSiteNews dropsitenews.com/p/miss-unitā¦
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5 Aug 2025
Last fall, @propublica and @ItsDocumented broke the story that @russvought, Trumpās current budget chief, said he wanted to put gov't bureaucrats āin trauma.ā
Now, we're investigating the full extent of his impact on the federal government. And we need your helpā¦ š§µ 1/
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1 Aug 2025
Sugar giant Florida Crystals gave Trump's super PAC another $2 million earlier this year, right around the time that Trump began pushing Coca-Cola to replace high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar.
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Trumpās push for Coca-Cola to use cane sugar could be a windfall for one of his billionaire megadonors.
Jose āPepeā Fanjul and his sugar empire, Florida Crystals, have poured millions into Trumpās campaigns ā and have been racking up wins since Trump's return to office. š§µ
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1 Aug 2025
New FEC reports prove that Trump pardoned tax cheat Paul Walczak just weeks after his mother gave $1 million to Trumpās super PAC.
Remind me again how donations to āindependentā groups like super PACs cannot lead to corruption?
29 May 2025
This is an astonishingly corrupt transaction involving a $1 million fundraiser for an āindependentā entity that the Supreme Court promised us would not lead to corruption.
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15 Jul 2025
Although the FEC has said former candidates cannot use leftover campaign funds for personal use, the Commissioners have divided when campaign funds have been transferred to a leadership PAC, where they say the personal use rules don't apply. fec.gov/files/legal/murs/765ā¦
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15 Jul 2025
Herschel Walker's old Senate campaign spent $20K to charter a private jet on January 20, the same day that Trump was inaugurated in DC.
It looks like a striking example of "zombie campaign" funds being improperly used for personal benefit.
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15 Jul 2025
āIt is hard to see how Sinema can credibly argue that luxury hotels, meal expenses, and extensive air travel are connected to her candidacy or officeholder duties, given that she is no longer a candidate or officeholder,ā I told @NOTUSreports. A few thoughts: š§µ
14 Jul 2025
Kyrsten Sinema isnāt running for office, but her campaign committee spent more than $391,000 between March 31 and June 30, according to FEC filings.
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11 Jul 2025
Each move, in isolation, might be defensible. But taken together, they reveal a pattern: empower MAGA-aligned groups and donors, and disempower everyone else. This is not principled policymaking, but instead part of an effort to tilt the playing field. (end)
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11 Jul 2025
ā The Trump administration is refusing to defend a campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidatesāafter GOP committees sued to overturn it, and despite objections from Democratic committees. 6/
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11 Jul 2025
The Trump adminās move to let churches engage in partisan politics is part of a broader strategy to loosen the rules when it benefits MAGA allies, and tighten them when it hurts the opposition. š§µ 1/
8 Jul 2025
NEW: IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit -- granting them an exemption from a 70 year-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt groups.
nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/poā¦
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17 Jun 2025
This does nothing to reduce the deficitābut it gives billionaire megadonors a sigh of relief. propublica.org/article/jeff-ā¦
16 Jun 2025
RIP US Department of Justice Tax Division
zeroed out in the new DOJ budget memo
Cutting prosecutions of tax cheats is one of the most short-sighted and least efficient moves any government can make
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