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Jul 29 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
In today's #PaperTrail:

➡️More Missing Text Troubles for DHS Watchdog
➡️The Looming Monkeypox Threat
➡️Pelosi’s Semiconductor Stake
➡️and much more!

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The struggle for limited resources as thousands of at-risk gay and bisexual men try to get vaccinated, tested and treated during the growing #monkeypox outbreak has exposed deep disparities in the gay community, reports @FenitN
washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07…
This week brought news that federal prosecutors are probing former President Trump’s actions in trying to overturn the 2020 election. The DOJ seized phone records of Trump’s top aides
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
"Gross Misconduct": @akela_lacy reports senior officials at the U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta and the Bureau of Prisons knew of serious problems at the facility FOR YEARS and failed to address them theintercept.com/2022/07/26/atl…
"New, untested abortion bans have made doctors unsure about treating some pregnancy complications, which has led to life-threatening delays and trapped families in a limbo of grief and helplessness," writes @carriefeibel npr.org/sections/healt…
Evangelical college Liberty University's online operation earns substantial revenues through the GI Bill, reports @AlecMacGillis, but it continues racking up complaints from veterans propublica.org/article/libert…
Revolving Door Keep on Turnin': FDA tobacco scientist Matt Holman landed a job with tobacco giant Philip Morris International. It's PMI’s second high-profile FDA hire in recent months, reports @BethMarieMole arstechnica.com/science/2022/0…

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On Nat'l Whistleblower Day, it’s important to recognize reprisal whistleblowers sometimes face, & fight to end it. Recent example: DHS IG repeatedly impeded & delayed investigations into whistleblower retaliation—which may have set the stage for #Jan6. pogo.org/investigation/…
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Oct 26, 2021
In today's #PaperTrail:

Biden Rejects More Trump Privilege Claims;
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Feb 18, 2021
Today, POGO is releasing our Baker’s Dozen: 13 sets of policy recommendations for Congress and the White House. These recs range from issues we have championed since 1981, to a new and growing focus on equity and fairness in our justice system.
You can read all the details at the link here pogo.org/report/2021/02… or get the overview of each recommendation in the 🧵 below ⬇️
Promoting Accountability When Government Officials Commit Wrongdoing: there are a number of policies we must instate to hold law enforcement accountable and strengthen civil rights.
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Feb 17, 2021
Face recognition tech is flawed and biased against people of color and women. Even if it worked as designed, it would be a nightmare. That’s why POGO joined this letter calling for a federal moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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Aug 28, 2019
1/ Our @adamzagorin & @schwellenbach report in @YahooNews that @TheJusticeDept's felony case against Monsanto was reduced to a misdemeanor after the company’s lawyer appealed to fmr Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein’s office: bit.ly/2ZBeRrq

Here’s why this is concerning...
2/ “A teaspoon of methyl parathion would kill you.”

Not far from Hawaiian beachside resorts on a windy day in July 2014, Monsanto sprayed much more than that—despite the fact that the pesticide had been banned from use since the end of 2013. bit.ly/30GANia
3/ After EPA investigators & federal prosecutors became aware of Monsanto's practice, a U.S. attorney’s office planned to charge Monsanto w/ a felony violation of the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act: bit.ly/2Hv1gaU
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Apr 3, 2019
1/ Today, @SenateCommerce approved former AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers' nomination to lead @NOAA—without a confirmation hearing—before the full Senate vote: bit.ly/2WJ0L25

Here's why we think Myers' potential confirmation poses serious ethical concerns...
2/ As our @LPetersonDC reported last December, Myers led a company that profited from NOAA's weather data: bit.ly/2YFmwSi

If weather data is privatized—as Myers proposed in the past—lives could be put at risk if the public can’t freely access warnings on disasters.
3/ In fact, Thomas Fahy—AccuWeather’s lobbyist—has shepherded along Myers’ Senate confirmation, and has other clients with business before the agency.

This makes their financial interests "one and the same," according to @CampaignLegal's @brendan_fischer: bit.ly/2YFmwSi
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