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Nancy Hicks

@nancyhicks.bsky.social
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Black Lives Matter, Native American Lives Matter, Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ I support public education & M4A. Science is my religion. I love birds. VOTE! NO DM’s

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 02/10/2026
Trump’s nominee for Education Department IG has defended Trump's mass firing of IGs, saying: “If a new administration comes in and says we want all of our own IGs, that's fine." That's a problem. IGs are supposed to operate with political independence.
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Trump’s new Education IG nominee continues dizzying run of leadership changes at the watchdog office
Mark Priebe — the nominee, who recently served as acting inspector general at the Education Department — has defended the president’s mass firing of inspectors general and appears to have supported…
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 02/10/2026
President Trump tried to unilaterally cancel funds for programs supporting refugees and asylees, minority business development and housing counseling assistance. That's not allowed. We lay out what you need to know about Trump's "pocket rescissions":
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Three things you need to know about Trump’s “pocket rescission” proposal - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump's proposed so-called “pocket rescission,” which attempts to claw back $810 million in funds appropriated by Congress, is illegal.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
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Kash Patel Caught With Suspected Double Agent at Alina Habba’s Wedding
The FBI director was spotted in a photo with an FBI informant suspected of being a double agent.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 02/10/2026
On this day in 1930, white neighbors attacked the Colorado home of seven Black women while they were inside. The women had recently integrated the area but were forced to flee and relocate after the attack.
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Oct. 2, 1930 | Seven Black Women Attacked For Moving into White Neighborhood in Colorado
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stroke victims are often given leg braces to help them walk.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
The “reef effect” of offshore wind in action.
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Gone Fishing at the Offshore Wind Turbines - The National Wildlife Federation Blog
Recreational anglers and conservationists gathered for a weekend of fishing, community, & camaraderie at a series of offshore wind projects.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Right, it's not that I disagree that some of the people sentenced to execution are monsters -- many of them are! -- it's that I disagree that we all should be monsters too.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Perry: "What's the Department of Justice's standard for opening a criminal investigation against a person?" Whalen: "Probable cause." Perry: "No, that's for bringing charges."
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
so the DOJ lawyer who is trying to discourage a judge from appointing a special prosecutor to look into the DOJ's misconduct during the Broadview Six case doesn't know the DOJ's standard for opening a criminal investigation and needs to be told what it is by the judge
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Democrats have formally demanded that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) investigate the Trump administration’s use of taxpayer dollars to produce and air ads promoting Trump before the midterm elections. substack.com/profile/2357...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Jaime Raskin has formally demanded that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) formally investigate the T...
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's JD Vance in Florida with a full-on racist dog whistle, telling a crowd that Democrat Angie Nixon should "get the hell out of [America]" because she supports Socialist principles that help us all, like Social Security, and Medicare, law enforcement, and safe roads.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration began sending $500 refunds on Wednesday to more than 950,000 Obamacare enrollees who are earning more than 400% of the federal poverty line in order to attempt to buy stupid people's votes before this election. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who stands to benefit
The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/10/2026
As the Trump admin continues its attacks on voting rights, the OMB now wants to change spending rules to prohibit federal grant money from being spent on voter registration drives, which could compromise disabled and elderly Americans' ability to vote.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to…
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Overwhelmed by where to start on the Democratic donation front? My latest helps break down a strategy for watching and donating to US House races in a way that help Democrats win back a majority. shero.substack.com/p/lets-keep-...
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Let’s Keep the Democratic Fundraising Haul Going
House Majority PAC (HMP) and House Majority Forward (HMF) — House Democrats’ chief outside groups — raised a staggering $230 million in their third-quarter of fundraising (Q3), their best quarter ever...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J.D. Vance has been a breathless supporter of Neo-Nazis at home and abroad, promoting their fascist ideas and ideology to a jaw-dropping degree. But he has the fucking nerve to say someone tied to *socialists* doesn't belong in America. *You* are the un-American ideologue, you goose-stepping dork.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Trump owned between $2.9 million and $9.5 million in investments in companies that owned, operated or provided infrastructure for data centers at the end of 2025, according to CREW analysis. Meanwhile, his admin promoted data centers—potentially padding his bottom line.
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As Trump promotes data centers, he holds millions in data center stock - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump owned millions in investments in companies owning, operating or providing infrastructure for data centers at the end of 2025.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/10/2026
The people profiting from war should not be the people making the policy decisions about the war. We're looking at you, Jared Kushner.
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/10/2026
The IRS just abandoned its efforts to reassign about 1,500 HR and IT employees with no relevant experience to help process tax returns. Now, the employees are being transferred again to a new internal consulting office, the purpose of which is unclear.
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The IRS Is Reshuffling Staff Without Telling Them Why
The tax agency tried to turn more than a thousand HR and IT staffers into tax processors. That failed. Now they’re being assigned to a team that remains a mystery.
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 01/10/2026
On this day in 1939, a Sampson County, North Carolina, sheriff arrested two Black people for helping a 21-year-old Black man named Andrew Troublefield avoid being lynched by a white mob of 500 people.
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Oct. 1, 1939 | Two Black People Arrested for Helping Black Man Avoid Lynch Mob
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
More important than the “structure of the Constitution” here is the structure of the Court — an institution captured years ago by fossil fuel billionaires. The fossil fuel billionaires are putting it to profitable use.
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Big Oil has an audacious request for the Supreme Court
What on Earth is the “structure of the Constitution”?
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Executing prisoners is not a legitimate power of government, despite its long and barbaric history, and we should put an end to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Tennessee woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday night before state officials suspended the execution and had her taken to a hospital for medical care. It was the second botched execution for the state this year. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽‍♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Check your registration, make a voting plan to vote ASAP, be a multiplier, bring 3+ friends with. Be a poll worker or campaign volunteer. Virginia, Minnesota, Mississippi & Michigan are voting NOW. As of today, minus your earliest voting day ...
midterms in 33 days

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 30/09/2026
By raking in $2.2 billion last year, President Trump made the equivalent of a presidential salary about every two hours. And he made the median American's annual income about every 10 minutes.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 30/09/2026
OSC just resolved five Hatch Act cases involving federal employees. So why are we still waiting for them to resolve six of our complaints against senior Trump appointees? 🤔
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OSC must resolve pending Hatch Act complaints - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
OSC has yet to resolve six of CREW’s complaints against senior Trump-appointed officials for violating the Hatch Act.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall."
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are there any old heads still working in news who can remember the firestorm a racist utterance in the WH like this would’ve kicked up.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What emerges when you take a deep breath is a picture of what we all know by now to be true. This is not a president who is committed to governing, to public service. This is a smash and grab, and we are the victims. joycevance.substack.com/p/flooding-t...
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Flooding the Zone
Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his...
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20 while attempting to flee. If convicted Garces-Perez faces up to 20 years in prison. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: Trump proposed rescinding $810 million for programs supporting refugees and asylees, minority business development, housing counseling and more—just five days before the funds were set to expire. That’s illegal. Here are three things the public should know about the “pocket rescission.”🧵
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 29/09/2026
The White House recently released another ad in a series of videos that it calls “public service announcements.” It’s yet another example of the Trump administration illegally using federal funds and authority as a tool of partisan electoral politics and retribution.
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Nancy Hicks @nancyhicks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A must read for women and men.
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Zora T. Pike @dandel10n27.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Not all men. Just these men.
September 29, 2026
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump told reporters outside the West Wing on Tuesday that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology to "self-police.”
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Mini-Me's Sarcastic "Right..." Reaction
ALT: Mini-Me's Sarcastic "Right..." Reaction
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: We just sued DHS and USCIS to compel it to respond to our records request seeking evidence behind the Trump admin's claims about noncitizen voting. Given the upcoming midterms, the public needs answers immediately.
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CREW sues for records on noncitizen voting numbers  - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The federal government must respond to CREW’s requests seeking records underlying the Trump administration’s claims about noncitizen voting.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is one of the most painful things you’ll ever see and you should absolutely see it
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Judge Amir Ali of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ruled that the Trump administration cannot condition anti-terrorism funds to state and local governments on how they administer elections. More: substack.com/profile/2357...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
Judge Amir Ali of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ruled that the Trump administration cannot condition anti-terrorism funds to state and local governments on how they admi...
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton sentencing remarks today on the campaign trail: "The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what...they served 60 days." I put this on a loop for you because you simply won't believe it.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Justice Alito has recused himself from a significant dispute that will be argued in just one week and the last-minute notice combined with the recusal despite the seemingly relaxed attitude of many Conservative Justices makes this interesting. More: substack.com/profile/2357...
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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)
Justice Alito has recused himself from a significant dispute that will be argued in just one week, on Monday, Oct. 5, the first day of the 2026/27 term. The last-minute notice combined with the recusa...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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Trump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.
In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
When the massive Pentagon and its immense Defense Industrial Base are incapable of predicting this (even with Ukraine’s Patriot demand signal), something is very badly wrong. This is a system failure. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 28/09/2026
In the lead up to the midterms, the Trump admin is undertaking an anti-democratic effort to use the authority of the executive branch to illegally engage in politics and tip the scales for preferred states and candidates. We’re demanding accountability.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 28/09/2026
Just flagging that the two Trump admin staffers now running Oval Office operations who were allegedly involved in mishandling classified documents last term also got $20k and $45k in cash gifts from Trump last year.
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Oval Office operations run by alleged Trump classified documents co-conspirator - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump loyalists Walt Nauta and Chamberlain Harris were implicated in mishandling classified records. They're running White House operations.
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