*Another* member of the U.S. House has violated the STOCK Act amid a bipartisan call in Congress to ban lawmakers from buying and selling individual stocks. New in @opensecrets.org: www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09...

Great piece by @davelevinthal.com on how ICE and CBP is stonewalling journalists on FOIA requests -- and more. www.cjr.org/analysis/ice...

Current state of affairs on the CDC's website for data on pregnancy risks. This data is used to try to reduce infant mortality.

Timely piece from @davelevinthal.com One difference between ICE and CBP during the first Trump administration and the second is that both are now designated security agencies. This puts them in the same category as the FBI and gives them more leeway to hide info from FOIA re agency personnel.

New: The Trump family is now worth an estimated $10 billion, having nearly doubled its net worth since last year’s election. @danalexander21.bsky.social, @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com

NEW: I interviewed 24 journalists about their interactions in 2025 w/ ICE & Border Protection. What they together described: unanswered #FOIA requests, a functionally useless media office and a nearly impenetrable black box of info. In @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/analysis/ice...

Ryan Fitzpatrick reflected on why he fell in love with the Bills fan base. “We’re kind of the same,” he said. “We are gritty and have been knocked down at times and have a true love and passion for the Bills and football, and we take a lot of pride in it.”

Do you have secret words or phrases with your parents or siblings that have stuck around since childhood? Many families have an intimate, group-specific dialect known among linguistic experts as “familylect” or “familect.”

Why didn't the Biden administration pursue the case further? In part, it's because much of what was previously considered fraud and bribery is now legal, thanks to the Roberts Supreme Court. Way more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

ICYMI: A Democratic congresswoman from Oregon was late disclosing 217 stock trades in violation of a federal conflicts-of-interest and transparency law. In @opensecrets.org: www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09...

Scoop by @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social and @carolleonnig.bsky.social: Trump's DOJ shut down a bribery investigation into "border czar" Tom Homan. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

One of Congress’ most active stock traders tells @notus.com‬⁩ that she’s quitting stock trading. Rep. Julie Johnson’s decision comes as a bipartisan coalition in Congress is advancing bills that would ban congressional stock trading altogether. www.notus.org/congress/jul...

Feel like this bears repeating— Donald Trump's net worth has increased by $3 billion in the past 12 months, mostly due to crypto. Anyway, how's your day?

“So far for 2025, the Trump Organization has posted to hire 31 foreign temporary workers for its winery.”

Rep. Byron Donalds received mercy after two arrests. Now, he’s making sentences tougher for D.C. youth. www.notus.org/congress/byr...

Employees at the General Services Administration are scrambling to lease offices to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country.

SCOOP: Pam Bondi called @ericswalwell.bsky.social after he said DOJ refused to prosecute death threats against him “Hopefully there’s some action,” he said But other House Dems claim DOJ hasn’t prosecuted threats against them — and they don’t trust Bondi to do it now www.notus.org/congress/bon...

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) was a teenage criminal. Courts showed him mercy. Now, he wants to throw the book at youthful offenders in D.C. Donalds tells @notus.com's @emilykennard.bsky.social that his own story and his D.C. anti-crime quest aren't related. www.notus.org/congress/byr...

Since we're talking about Trump and the media a lot today, this in @notus.com from last week. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

ICYMI: The office of Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) — one of Congress’ most prolific stock traders — tells me the congresswoman is dumping all of her individual stocks. www.notus.org/congress/jul...

One of Congress’ most prolific stock traders is exiting the stock-trading game. www.notus.org/congress/jul...

With all things Trump/Epstein back in the news, surprised this back-in-the-day video of Trump fondling a cross-dressing Rudy Giuliani hasn't made the rounds more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guve...

NEWS: Amid calls to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, one of Capitol Hill's most prolific traders — Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) — tells @notus.com she's voluntarily quitting the stock-trade game. www.notus.org/congress/jul...

NEW: Democratic firm SKDK has agreed to run a bot farm on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and other social media sites for the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to "flood the zone" with pro-Israel messages. readsludge.com/2025/09/15/d...

Rep. Val Hoyle, who supports legislation banning lawmakers from making stock transactions, was late disclosing 217 of her family's trades. www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09...

NEW: A two-term Democratic congresswoman from Oregon who wants to ban lawmakers and their families from buying and selling stocks is the latest member of Congress to violate a conflicts-of-interest and financial transparency law. In @opensecrets.org: www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/09...

Kash Patel will this morning testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here’s why the issue of donuts could come up. 🍩 www.notus.org/policy/kash-...

I was on We Decide with @jflannys.bsky.social alongside the fabulous @davelevinthal.com this morning You can listen to me get angrier than I've ever gotten on-air here: wbai.org/archive/prog...

Can a government expenditure be “mission-critical” and “nonessential” and the same time? At the Department of Homeland Security, @emilykennard.bsky.social of @notus.com found 130+ instances where travel expenditures didn’t quite add up. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

The mystique of Charlie Kirk — and what we're not talking about. My conversation today with @jflannys.bsky.social and @laurajedeed.bsky.social on @wbai.org. davelevinthal.substack.com/p/the-mystiq...

And if someone asks Patel a question about Krispy Kreme, this is why: www.notus.org/policy/kash-...

In a related matter: www.notus.org/congress/con...

NEW: Children and niblings of Trump allies including RFK Jr., Chris LaCivita, and Susie Wiles are landing lucrative lobbying jobs, helping clients like Novo Nordisk and GEO Group secure wins from Trump's administration. readsludge.com/2025/09/15/t...

Only one country has more civilian guns than people. www.smallarmssurvey.org/database/glo...

ICYMI: 17 Democratic members of Congress have asked the Trump inaugural committee to explain — per a @notus.org exclusive — why‬⁩ several corporate donors gave significantly more money to the Trump inaugural than the Trump committee itself reported. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

How do Americans typically react when they hit a paywall on a news site? 1% pay 11% try to get the article for free 32% give up 53% look for info elsewhere

LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later. Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website. Many implications for knowledge 🧪

The Gulf of Secrecy and Bewilderment davelevinthal.substack.com/p/the-gulf-o...

Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross wants to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks — so much so that he’s co-sponsored a bill aiming to do just that. Just one problem: www.notus.org/money/donald...

If you read one news article today, make it this one from @iamnickreynolds.bsky.social of @postandcourier.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/politics/mar...

I was not familiar with nbc news’s “cost of denial” series but the work Ellison Barber (terrific journalist, a better friend/human) has done for it seems to be yielding some positive action youtu.be/OX6WeFnwI0I?...

💸NEW: "Trump Media General Counsel Sold Every Share He Could—Becoming Second Insider To Cut Stake" me, for @forbes.com

ICYMI: What happened behind the scenes in government when Donald Trump declared that he would rename the Gulf of Mexico. A @notus.org exclusive: www.notus.org/donald-trump...

Reps. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) have violated the STOCK Act with tardy financial disclosures, according to a @notus.org review of congressional financial documents. www.notus.org/money/donald...

DNC says it was a hoax call.

GONE GULFING: Documents @notus.org obtained via #FOIA shed new light on internal confusion and a de facto press blackout over Donald Trump's "Gulf of America" push. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

17 Democrats in the U.S. House — including several top Trump antagonists such as @raskin.house.gov @scanlon.house.gov & @benniethompson.bsky.social — are demanding Trump's inaugural committee release more financial info, citing "discrepancies" identified by @notus.org www.notus.org/donald-trump...

Nadine Menendez was sentenced to more than four years in prison for participating with her husband and former U.S. senator Bob Menendez in a corruption scheme to obtain expensive gifts and bribes including gold bars, a luxury car and $1 million in cash.

Congress Is Facing Escalating Political Violence — And Doesn’t Know How to Stop It www.notus.org/congress/cha...

UPDATE: Following publication of this article, the 2024 financial disclosure for Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) appeared in the U.S. House's disclosure database. HOWEVER: It did not include publishing and financial details for either of two books Nehls has written, which federal ethics law requires.