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Documented @ItsDocumented

2 weeks ago

Part of the Leo network—Consumers' Research + the Alliance for Consumers—hired 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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2 weeks ago

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. bit.ly/49Eoc4L

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Documented @ItsDocumented

3 weeks ago

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/investigations…

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2 months ago

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 “a blank check” when it came to demolishing trans rights for kids across the country. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

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2 months ago

In new audio posted by the American First Policy Institute and analyzed by @ItsDocumented - AFPI calls children’s care the “low hanging fruit” to “get the win where they can” on dismantling trans care for people across the United States. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

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2 months ago

(2/2) Steve Centorino followed up his “blank check” remarks by saying, “I’m almost hesitant to say this, but it was clear I could not be too aggressive.” Read the story in @GuardianUS: theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

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Documented @ItsDocumented

2 months ago

(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 “a blank check” when it came to demolishing trans rights for kids across the country.

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Documented @ItsDocumented

2 months ago

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 “low hanging fruit.” They’re not done. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

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Documented @ItsDocumented

3 months ago

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/climat… @propublica

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

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 founded—while also sitting on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees.

Roger Sollenberger @SollenbergerRC

11 months ago

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-united-…

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Andy Kroll @AndyKroll

11 months ago

Last fall, @propublica and @ItsDocumented broke the story that @russvought, Trump’s current budget chief, said he wanted to put gov't bureaucrats “in trauma.” Now, we're investigating the full extent of his impact on the federal government. And we need your help… 🧵 1/

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

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.

Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

Trump’s push for Coca-Cola to use cane sugar could be a windfall for one of his billionaire megadonors. Jose “Pepe” Fanjul and his sugar empire, Florida Crystals, have poured millions into Trump’s campaigns — and have been racking up wins since Trump's return to office. 🧵

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

New FEC reports prove that Trump pardoned tax cheat Paul Walczak just weeks after his mother gave $1 million to Trump’s super PAC. Remind me again how donations to “independent” groups like super PACs cannot lead to corruption?

Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

a year ago

This is an astonishingly corrupt transaction involving a $1 million fundraiser for an “independent” entity that the Supreme Court promised us would not lead to corruption.

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

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/mu…

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

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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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

11 months ago

“It 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,” I told @NOTUSreports. A few thoughts: 🧵

NOTUS @NOTUSreports

12 months ago

Kyrsten Sinema isn’t running for office, but her campaign committee spent more than $391,000 between March 31 and June 30, according to FEC filings. notus.org/money/kyrsten-…

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

12 months ago

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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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

12 months ago

— The Trump administration is refusing to defend a campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidates—after GOP committees sued to overturn it, and despite objections from Democratic committees. 6/

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

12 months ago

The Trump admin’s 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. 🧵 1/

David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold

12 months ago

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/…

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Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer

a year ago

This does nothing to reduce the deficit—but it gives billionaire megadonors a sigh of relief. propublica.org/article/jeff-y…

Zorka Milin @ZorkaMilin

a year ago

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