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Nick Penniman

@nick_penniman

Founder & CEO of the democracy group @IssueOneReform. Former publisher, editor, reporter. Author of “Nation on the Take.” Human, not bot.

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Congress is starting to wake up. Sen. Thom Tillis is absolutely right: an organizer and inciter of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack should NOT be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

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Without consent of Congress this gift is unconstitutional. Trump Taking a Gift Plane from Qatar Is an Ethics Nightmare | US News Opinion usnews.com/opinion/articl…

Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: A China-linked technology company has secured funding to buy as much as $300M in $TRUMP, the Trump memecoin that channels profits directly to the Trump family. GD Culture Group has noted that it might be influenced by demands from the Chinese gov't. nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/…

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Can contributions to super PACs be corrupting? Issue One Senior Research Director Michael Beckel explains: "For our government to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, it cannot be for sale to the highest bidder." thereformcompass.substack.com/p/when-are-big…

Can contributions to super PACs be corrupting? Issue One Senior Research Director <a href="/mjbeckel/">Michael Beckel</a> explains: "For our government to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, it cannot be for sale to the highest bidder."
thereformcompass.substack.com/p/when-are-big…
Jonathan Haidt (@jonhaidt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The list of states going phone-free in K-12 schools is expanding, with 4 added just in the last 2 weeks! Well done NY, OK, GA, AL. news.ballotpedia.org/2025/05/16/fou… Here's the current map:

The list of states going phone-free in K-12 schools is expanding, with 4 added just in the last 2 weeks! 
Well done NY, OK, GA, AL. 

news.ballotpedia.org/2025/05/16/fou…

Here's the current map:
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Note that the head of DHS, which controls six law-enforcement agencies: 1) Didn't know what habeas corpus is. 2) Then, once it was explained to her, said the president has the right to suspend it. Which isn't what the Constitution says.

Richard W. Painter (@rwpusa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As I said here: “This gives the appearance that DOGE is pressuring agencies to use software to enrich Musk and xAI, and not to the benefit of the American people.” Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Breaking Rules to Install Grok in Government newrepublic.com/post/195690/el… via The New Republic

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Republicans slipped a provision into their big spending bill that would limit the power of federal judges to hold people in contempt, potentially allowing Trump and his administration to violate court orders without consequence. Michael Gold nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

Senator Rand Paul (@senrandpaul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tariffs are taxes, and the power to tax belongs to Congress. Our Founders were clear: tax policy should never rest in the hands of one person. Tariffs not only drive up costs for American families but also trample on the Constitution. It’s time Congress reasserts its authority

Mike Pence (@mike_pence) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and tariffs. Article 1, Section 8 provides that the Congress “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.” The president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without

The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and tariffs. Article 1, Section 8 provides that the Congress “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.” The president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without
Andy Kaczynski (@kfile) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump just nominated Paul Ingrassia to run the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for “martial law” to keep Donald Trump in office following his loss in the 2020 election. He's 29.

Trump just nominated Paul Ingrassia to run the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for “martial law” to keep Donald Trump in office following his loss in the 2020 election. He's 29.
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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite. telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/0…

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WIN for keeping our elections secure from misinformation: The U.S. District Court in NH has approved a consent agreement to protect citizens from the use of AI technology to "intimidate, threaten, coerce, or deceive voters."freespeechforpeople.org/federal-court-…

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“The presidency was allowed to balloon into a quasi-monarchy because Congress surrendered its spine. Reform must begin with Congress reclaiming its role.” -- Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker, 1974

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“A majority of parents wish that social media in general, and Facebook and Instagram in particular, had never been invented. For X and TikTok, the percentage was 62 percent, which was higher than for alcohol and equal to guns.” nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opi… via @NYTOpinion

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Advocates, survivors, and lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill today to honor hundreds of young lives lost to the harms of unchecked social media companies. Despite bipartisan support from Congress and the American people, we continue to fight the persistent tech lobby for justice