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Republican Rep. Kevin Hern Appears to Have Tardy Stock Disclosures. His Office Disputes He’s Late. A House Ethics Committee calculation tool indicates that at least $4.2 million worth of the Oklahoma congressman’s personal stock trades were made a few days past a federal deadline.

Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), who's eyeing a Senate run to replace Sen. Markwayne Mullin, appears to have disclosed at least $4.2 million personal stock trades past a federal deadline. His office says he wasn't late.

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Daylight-Saving Changes Are Dead in Congress — For Now Lawmakers and lobbyists acknowledge clock changing will likely continue for the foreseeable future despite public outcry for new laws.

Congress continues to not make progress in ending time changes www.notus.org/policy/dayli...

NSA takes 12 years to send @jasonleopold.bsky.social an UNCLASSIFIED report on how the agency is (or, more accurately, isn't) addressing overclassification. 😬

The report doesn't quantify how much is overclassified, but a former director once quipped that a merry christmas email was top secret.

Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful In what appears to be a first in the country, legislation headed to the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) would prohibit public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capit...

Virginia lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

A Judge Is Again Ordering FEMA to Restore a Key Disaster-Prevention Program FEMA was hit Friday with a “motion to enforce” a court order after failing to restore a hazard-mitigation and disaster-prevention program mandated by Congress.

NEWS: A judge just ruled that FEMA has been flouting his court order to restore funding for disaster resilience.

The agency has 2-3 weeks to get in line and comply. Ofc, with Kristi Noem out the door, everything is even more chaos than usual.

Daylight-Saving Changes Are Dead in Congress — For Now Lawmakers and lobbyists acknowledge clock changing will likely continue for the foreseeable future despite public outcry for new laws.

Only 12% of Americans favor changing clocks twice a year.

But lawmakers and lobbyists say a bill that would make daylight savings time permanent is basically dead — for now.

NEW in @notus.com: www.notus.org/policy/dayli...

Presidential Libraries Are Black Boxes — And Not Just Trump’s Funding disclosure for these institutions is sometimes inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate, leaving the public in the dark.

ICYMI: The (very) secret lives of presidential libraries — and the lobbyists who love them. www.notus.org/money/presid...

Daylight-Saving Changes Are Dead in Congress — For Now Lawmakers and lobbyists acknowledge clock changing will likely continue for the foreseeable future despite public outcry for new laws.

Hate springing forward and falling back?

Then hate-read this news from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com.

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"Watson v. RNC: Six Flaws in the Argument that Federal Statutes Bar Mailing Ballots Through Election Day" #ELB Richard Bernstein goes deep into statutory interpretation questions.

“Watson v. RNC: Six Flaws in the Argument that Federal Statutes Bar Mailing Ballots Through Election Day” electionlawblog.org?p=154639

Drug Cartels Are Shifting Their Money Laundering to Crypto. Cops Can’t Keep Up A vast ecosystem supported by the gig economy has sprung up to clean all that cash.

“Drug Cartels Are Shifting Their Money Laundering to Crypto. Cops Can’t Keep Up”

Jessica Brice for @businessweek.bsky.social

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Presidential Libraries Are Black Boxes — And Not Just Trump’s Funding disclosure for these institutions is sometimes inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate, leaving the public in the dark.

A NOTUS review of federal records and library disclosure documents, coupled with interviews with more than 30 presidential library foundation donors, indicates that available information is routinely incomplete, inconsistent or inaccurate.
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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

"A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse"

@tomdreisbach.bsky.social for @npr.org

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.

Mullin, now set to lead homeland security, has had an interesting relationship with securities: www.notus.org/oklahoma/mar...

‘Insects, Rodents’: Trump’s New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations Records show officials issued five health code violations against Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, last November.

Hi, Mike. Please kindly cite the original @notus.com story that broke this news, which you'll find here: www.notus.org/health-scien...

‘Insects, Rodents’: Trump’s New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations Records show officials issued five health code violations against Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, last November.

Read the original story in @notus.com: www.notus.org/health-scien...

‘Insects, Rodents’: Trump’s New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations Records show officials issued five health code violations against Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, last November.

“‘Insects, Rodents’: Trump’s New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations”

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Presidential Libraries Are Black Boxes — And Not Just Trump’s Funding disclosure for these institutions is sometimes inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate, leaving the public in the dark.

Some corporate donors didn’t actually donate. Others did, but didn’t disclose as lobbying law required. The law, one government watchdog said, is “inadequate to the task.”

@notus.com cracks open the black boxes that are presidential libraries: www.notus.org/money/presid...

Trump Using Iran War to Pad His Political Committee Account A supporter who “stands with President Trump and our brave U. S. troops” should give money to Trump’s Never Surrender Inc. PAC, a new fundraising message states.

Here's how Donald Trump is today using the Iran war to raise money for his own political committee.

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‘Mass Confusion’: Government Texts Reveal Chaotic Response to Shutdown of El Paso Airspace One El Paso airport executive summed up the situation with the image of a cartoon bunny rabbit holding a walkie-talkie and remarking, “WTF.”

✈️ ICYMI: We obtained dozens of texts, chats and emails that together paint a picture of confusion, chaos and go-it-alone decisions among local government officials after the FAA shut down El Paso airspace last month.

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‘Insects, Rodents': Trump's New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations Records show officials issued five health code violations against Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, last November.

President Trump’s New York golf club was plagued by insects, rodents and “poorly constructed” rooms in “disrepair,” according to state health data reviewed by NOTUS.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/trump-golf-club-health-inspection-rodents-insects

DOJ Revokes Rules Restricting Partisan Activity by Political Appointees A new memo obtained by NOTUS claws back the stricter rules for political employees issued during the Biden administration.

🚨 Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded a Biden-era memo that restricted partisan activity by political appointees at the Justice Department, @notus.com's @josepagliery.bsky.social has learned. www.notus.org/courts/pam-b...

Yet another report finds that Kristi Noem has slowed the nation’s disaster response.

Remember that delayed search and rescue team for the devastating 2025 Texas floods? There’s more proof her review slowed them down

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The Defense Department spent $38,000,000 LESS on FOIA in FY 2025 than it did in 2024.

This is a 37% decrease.

Other agencies do not report nearly the same drop in spending, in fact many spent more in 2025 than 2024.

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RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee Appointee Has Called to ‘#StopTheShots’ Angelina Farella, a Texas-based pediatrician, has also called the RSV vaccine an “utter failure.”

Angie Farella, a Texas-based pediatrician, has called the RSV vaccine an "utter failure" and said the COVID-19 vaccine is "not safe nor is it effective.” On Friday, RFK Jr. appointed her to the CDC's vaccine recommendation committee. New from me:
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How James Talarico Won An Upset in Texas Talarico’s campaign was “highly professional but also very modern,” one Democratic strategist said. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s campaign, he added, “was very modern but not very professional.”

Talarico ran a campaign. Jasmine Crockett ran a partial one (at best). Tonight's result might not be much more complicated than that.

On how Talarico overcame a 17-point deficit in December and won the Texas Senate Democratic primary, w/ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social

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UPDATE: Trump says the US is already chartering flights and booking flights for Americans.

But I just called the hotline again, and it STILL begins with: “Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation.”

How is anyone supposed to understand that?

‘Insects, Rodents’: Trump’s New York Golf Club Hit With Health Code Violations Records show officials issued five health code violations against Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, last November.

President Donald Trump’s golf club in Westchester, N.Y., had some unwelcome guests last autumn, according to local health records.

All the ewww, from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com.

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‘Mass Confusion’: Government Texts Reveal Chaotic Response to Shutdown of El Paso Airspace One El Paso airport executive summed up the situation with the image of a cartoon bunny rabbit holding a walkie-talkie and remarking, “WTF.”

Nearly 100 text messages, group chat logs and emails obtained by NOTUS detail how unconfirmed reports about Mexican drug cartels, U.S. military operations and drone-zapping lasers swirled as officials struggled to obtain information from federal officials.
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‘Mass Confusion’: Government Texts Reveal Chaotic Response to Shutdown of El Paso Airspace One El Paso airport executive summed up the situation with the image of a cartoon bunny rabbit holding a walkie-talkie and remarking, “WTF.”

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained dozens of texts, chats & emails detailing in dramatic fashion how local officials in El Paso and New Mexico struggled to obtain even the most basic info from feds about why they shut down their airspace last month.

In @notus.com: www.notus.org/defense/el-p...