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Weekly Spotlight: A Costly Miscalculation

Weekly Spotlight: A Costly Miscalculation

Delivered to our subscribers on Saturdays, the Weekly Spotlight is a roundup of POGO's latest work and announcements. Sign up...

September 14, 2024

Weekly Spotlight: Ginni Thomas sides against ethics

Weekly Spotlight: Ginni Thomas sides against ethics

This week, ProPublica reported that Ginni Thomas privately applauded religious-rights group First Liberty Institute for countering the widespread calls to reform the Supreme Court, writing in an email to the group that they had “filled the sails of so many judges.”

September 07, 2024

Weekly Spotlight: Thomas (unwittingly) Makes the Case for Court Reform

Weekly Spotlight: Thomas (unwittingly) Makes the Case for Court Reform

We got news this week of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose yet another expensive and unethical gift: This time, it was a round trip from Hawaii to New Zealand in 2010 on billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow’s private jet.

August 10, 2024

Weekly Spotlight: Stop the Trades

Weekly Spotlight: Stop the Trades

On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on legislation that would ban members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependents from trading stocks

July 13, 2024

Weekly Spotlight: Add to Queue

Weekly Spotlight: Add to Queue

In case you missed it, our award-winning investigative podcast Bad Watchdog returned for a second season this week.

June 22, 2024

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  • The Bridge

    The inner workings of our government can seem hard to follow. That’s why POGO created The Bridge: It offers a way into oversight, one topic — and one easy-to-read newsletter — at a time.

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  • The Bunker

    Both pro-troop and pro-taxpayer, The Bunker offers military intelligence for the rest of us. POGO’s Mark Thompson breaks down what you need to know about all things Department of Defense.

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  • The Paper Trail

    Easy to click and easy to follow, The Paper Trail is a curated collection of the government news you need to know.

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