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Feb 17, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
As numerous transportation crises continue to unfold and @SecretaryPete is seemingly nowhere to be found, many are asking: where is Private Jet Pete?

Well, let's take a look at his calendar we obtained...

(thread🧵) .@SecretaryPete may not have had time to address various transportation issues because that would've gotten in the way of his two-hour “equity training”:
Mar 21, 2022 8 tweets 5 min read
REMINDER: A secretive liberal dark money network, led by @ArabellaAdvisor, is the main force driving Biden's Supreme Court pick.

(thread) Despite @SenWhitehouse's assurances that dark money played no role in the process, all the major liberal dark money players have been involved...

Sep 8, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
🚨 BREAKING: @CDCgov tightened masking guidelines after threats from powerful teachers union, new emails that we obtained show.

It's all politics, not science, with the Biden administration.

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foxnews.com/politics/cdc-t… The new emails show even further coordination between the White House and teachers unions just weeks after reports highlighted the extent the unions had influenced the administration's messaging on school reopenings...

nypost.com/2021/05/01/tea…
May 26, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
REPORT: We've received new CDC documents, that we will release over the coming days...

But the continued redactions leave more questions than answers.

The American people deserve transparency.

(thread) On Feb. 9th 2021, the WH COVID Response Team's Deputy Director for Strategic Comms emailed @CDCDirector & Dr. Fauci the "latest Tough QA"..."ahead of announcements."

This portion has been redacted.

What announcements happened in press briefings following that? Glad you asked...
May 17, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
REPORT: CDC's second-in-command Anne Schuchat is stepping down.

She's on numerous emails we discovered through FOIA, showing how AFT colluded with CDC to politicize the "science" that kept schools closed and kids stuck at home.

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politico.com/news/2021/05/1… Schuchat stepping down is unexpected, seeing as a "senior health official said Schuchat was in the running to become the agency’s director under the Biden administration before the position went to Walensky."

politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
Mar 3, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
SCOOP: Despite the Biden administration & liberals claiming to be against dark money,

Their nominee for the head of HHS, Xavier Becerra, has a history of working with dark money groups, according to documents obtained via a California Public Records Request.

(thread) On December 6, 2017, Becerra participated in an environmental roundtable with dark money groups, including:

- Center for American Progress,

- Natural Resources Defense Council,

- League of Conservation Voters,

- Environmental Defense Fund,

- Ocean Conservancy,

And more...
Mar 2, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
REPORT: "Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's health department director is set to receive a $155,506 payout after his sudden resignation in January, and his departure still has not been explained."

We think we may know why...

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foxnews.com/politics/michi… In late April, we demanded details about Governor Whitmer’s contract with a Democratic data firm ⤵️

americansforpublictrust.org/news/apt-reque…
Mar 1, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
SCOOP: The dark money gang is getting back together...

Turns out, if confirmed, the Biden administration won't be the first time Xavier Becerra and Neera Tanden have met and worked together.

(thread) According to government documents received via a California Public Records Request,

On December 12, 2018, then California AG, Xavier Becerra, met with President of the liberal dark money group CAP, Neera Tanden, in Washington to discuss the "national landscape."