Theo Hockstader 🌲 (@theohockstader) 's Twitter Profile
Theo Hockstader 🌲

@theohockstader

Former @pogowatchdog and @public_citizen intern; former @mainedems field organizer in southern Maine; "a suspicious person" according to Buxton PD.

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calendar_today23-07-2020 20:51:02

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Lee Fang (@lhfang) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The WSJ documented over $50 billion in Medicare Advantage fraud -- insurers systemically diagnosing fake diseases in patients so they can overbill the gov. That is 100000x more than any of the silly sounding grants that go viral here.

Jennifer Griffin (@jengriffinfnc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dems on House Appropriations Committee ask why Sec Hegseth needs $137,297 for home repairs/paint for government residence, in light of DOGE efforts to save tax payer money? Letter below:

Dems on House Appropriations Committee ask why Sec Hegseth needs $137,297 for home repairs/paint for government residence, in light of DOGE efforts to save tax payer money? Letter below:
Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@wilson__valdez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just so people are aware this is a Trump appointee (appointed 3 weeks ago) and Antonin Scalia clerk, who is quitting because Trump demanded that they corruptly dropped the charges against Eric Adams.

Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an incredible resignation letter from SDNY prosecutor Hagan Scotten. It’s the type of thing you show your kids as an example of how to be.

This is an incredible resignation letter from SDNY prosecutor Hagan Scotten. It’s the type of thing you show your kids as an example of how to be.
Momentum Chaser (@electricfutures) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And despite applying most of the changes I called for in my original thread, they STILL CLAIM TO HAVE SAVED $55B. The savings listed dropped from $16.5B to $6.5B! If this is 20% of the total, like they also claim, the total would be $32.5B! (In reality still a huge overestimate!)

unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: The U.S. Treasury Department has said it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners, per Reuters

Momentum Chaser (@electricfutures) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ICYMI: In continuation of the Trump admin's Pro-Corruption agenda, the Treasury Department announced that it will no longer be making any effort to stop money laundering.

Rick Claypool (@rickclaypool) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brace yourself for the corporate crime spree-- My new Public Citizen report shows the Trump administration is already dropping & halting investigations & cases for alleged lawbreaking against scores of corporations. (Link in next post) 1/11

Brace yourself for the corporate crime spree--

My new <a href="/Public_Citizen/">Public Citizen</a> report shows the Trump administration is already dropping &amp; halting investigations &amp; cases for alleged lawbreaking against scores of corporations. (Link in next post) 1/11
Carissa Byrne Hessick (@cbhessick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It seems clear to me that when government officials use Signal, WhatsApp, private servers etc to communicate about government business, they are doing so in order to avoid transparency laws. That should be a scandal even if a reporter isn’t accidentally added to the group chat.

rohit (@krishnanrohit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This might be the first large-scale application of AI technology to geopolitics.. 4o, o3 high, Gemini 2.5 pro, Claude 3.7, Grok all give the same answer to the question on how to impose tariffs easily.

This might be the first large-scale application of AI technology to geopolitics.. 4o, o3 high, Gemini 2.5 pro, Claude 3.7, Grok all give the same answer to the question on how to impose tariffs easily.
Project On Government Oversight (@pogowatchdog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pres. Trump wants to cancel defense programs 15% over budget or behind schedule. Here’s a place to start: - F-35: $2 trillion - Sentinel missile: $140 billion - Constellation-class frigate: $14 billion Total: $2.2 trillion. Elon Musk's $2 trillion found! whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* (@hellgateny) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo-c…

Rick Claypool (@rickclaypool) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: 58 corporations facing federal investigations & enforcement lawsuits collectively gave $50 million to Trump's inaugural fund. Cases against 11 of these corporations have already been dismissed or withdrawn, and 6 have been halted.

NEW: 58 corporations facing federal investigations &amp; enforcement lawsuits collectively gave $50 million to Trump's inaugural fund.

Cases against 11 of these corporations have already been dismissed or withdrawn, and 6 have been halted.
Stephen Caruso (@stephenj_caruso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick has put roughly $1 million into Bitcoin, the largest investment by any member of Congress, as he sits on the committee charged with crafting rules for digital currency. coindesk.com/policy/2025/04…

Jason Paladino (@jason_paladino) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW with Drop Site: Waltz wasn’t on Signal during the cabinet meeting. He was using an Israeli intel-linked app used for extracting and archiving chats, staffed and founded by vets of IDF intelligence units. The CIA once called Israel its #1 counterintelligence threat. 🔗👇

🚨NEW with <a href="/DropSiteNews/">Drop Site</a>: Waltz wasn’t on Signal during the cabinet meeting. He was using an Israeli intel-linked app used for extracting and archiving chats, staffed and founded by vets of IDF intelligence units. The CIA once called Israel its #1 counterintelligence threat. 🔗👇
Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is wild. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from Четыреста Четыре

This is wild. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.  

from <a href="/404media/">Четыреста Четыре</a>
Sam Stein (@samstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This should, in normal times, be a disqualifying scandal, removing any element of trust from what they're doing notus.org/health-science…

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NOTUS: A NOTUS investigation found that the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence that the info coming from HHS can be trusted? LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues, but it does not negate the substance