Great journalism job alert for DC-based journos! Come work with me and our small but mighty investigative team doing vital accountability reporting on the federal government! Please share with folks who’d be interested: pogo.breezy.hr/p/994a94987d...

Today's Government Accountability Office report on ICE's Camp East Montana is scandalous: - Evidence of a homicide was destroyed or went missing - Detainees with HIV and diabetes were not given treatment plans - Cells were filthy and only cleaned weekly - A guard lost a loaded gun in the facility

More alarming reports emerging about the nation's largest ICE detention facility, Camp East Montana, located in my hometown, El Paso, TX. Read on for some of the shocking details from the GAO report that was published today [THREAD] files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...

David Venturella is being tapped to run ICE He's a former GEO Group executive, who went from ICE to GEO & back to DHS last year @pogo.org has been keeping tabs on Venturella & the ICE-GEO revolving door for a while Notable coverage: www.pogo.org/investigates...

Camp East Montana is the nation’s largest ICE detention facility, but its current medical provider has a yearslong paper trail of poor management and substandard medical care. Follow along to learn more ⬇️

Thank you @eldiario.es for translating and republishing our investigation! diario.mx/amp/el-paso/...

Despite lawsuits, deaths, and MANY allegations of medical neglect, the medical provider at Camp East Montana is in having its most lucrative year by far, with $1.8 billion in federal contracts in FY 2026. Read our new investigation about the company: www.pogo.org/investigates...

Our latest investigation is a must-read:

In March, ICE fired the contractor running Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso amid deaths, a measles outbreak, and allegations of substandard medical care. Quietly, the facility kept on using the same medical provider. Read our latest: www.pogo.org/investigates...

Proud to have played a small role in this absolutely vital reporting by @cnn.com through sharing local records we obtained on deaths in ICE custody www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/u...

This week, @pbsnews.org talked to POGO Investigates' @ziembavision.bsky.social about her reporting on military housing ⬇️

Check it out: @ziembavision.bsky.social of POGO Investigates went on @pbsnews.org to talk about her reporting on serious problems in military housing:

“The military knows that this is a big problem….[The Army‘s Operation Counter Mold tried] to battle mold in military housing & figure out a way to tackle it more comprehensively. But when it comes to data, we're really lacking in accurate data that would convey the true scale of the mold problem”🧪🛟

Military families are sounding the alarm about the presence of toxic mold in military housing. It’s an issue that has long been making service members and their families sick. https://to.pbs.org/4tEvmhc

My first time on national TV — thanks for having me @pbsnews.org !

The latest from POGO Investigates: Lobbying firms w/close ties to the Trump administration are signing new clients who want access to Venezuelan oil.

“The growing line of Venezuela-related lobbying by Trump-linked firms underscores the view that getting favored treatment from U.S. agencies entails gaining access to top U.S. officials through people with insider access” The latest by @schwellenbach.bsky.social 🛢️ www.pogo.org/investigates...

The Perfect Rose on Los Feliz Blvd on @kcrw.com yesterday — thank you to the kind listener who sent this my way!

Just a perfectly normal update on gas prices in downtown LA

Hear @ziembavision.bsky.social's first new song in five years, the folk-rock epic "The Perfect Rose"

“I hear elements of the Weather Station, the War On Drugs, and Bruce Hornsby in there, and the way Kladzyk sings the word "California" is pure Joni.” Joni is always there 🕊️ — thanks @stereogum.com

This expansive and searching song was born on a long drive from NYC to LA, and I think a bit of that endless road is still alive inside of it. My song The Perfect Rose is now yours. too.fm/bbyljx2

Looking for a weekend read? Dive into the story of military families fighting to hold a housing empire accountable, the latest from @ziembavision.bsky.social:

In the Texas lawsuits against Hunt Military Communities, all of the families reported issues with mold and health problems that they linked to substandard housing. 15 families reported losing or having to replace belongings, and 16 families dealt with rodent or insect infestations.

"Even the DOD doesn’t appear to know which rules or laws apply in some cases." A new collaborative investigation into a privatized military housing empire with @ziembavision.bsky.social from @pogo.org:

This shocking tale shows how hard Texas military moms - and an attorney/veteran- are fighting to improve family base housing. So far, they’ve been blocked from safety/health protections available to other tenants. A @texasobserver.org @pogo.org collaboration www.texasobserver.org/privatized-m...

Texas military families are fighting to hold Hunt Military Communities accountable, saying it is systematically under-maintaining homes & intentionally misleading families who live in them. Read @ziembavision.bsky.social's latest, reported in partnership with @texasobserver.org:

The wonky world of privatized military housing continues to prove endlessly fascinating. Read the new deep dive investigation into a El Paso-based military housing empire and the Texas families fighting for justice, co-published with @texasobserver.org www.pogo.org/investigates...

I got a tip yesterday that migrants in detention are having a hard time using ICE’s hotline to report sexual assaults happening within detention facilities. So I decided to call up the hotline myself. Here’s what I learned. [THREAD]

Just a casual summer 2016 lunch with senior advisor to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the former PM of Israel, then-Russian rep to the UN, and Jeffrey Epstein

In a House hearing yesterday, AG Pam Bondi was questioned about Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. We reported on these ties last week.

Yet ANOTHER senior White House official (and billionaire) in the Epstein files: 100s of docs show financial ties btw Pentagon Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg’s company Cerberus and Epstein www.pogo.org/investigates...

Emails in the Epstein files suggest that Jeffrey Epstein maintained a business relationship with Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm formerly led by Dept. of Defense Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg. Read the full story at POGO Investigates: https://bit.ly/46sUWMD

BREAKING: Pentagon Dep. Sec. Feinberg and the company he co-founded appear in 100s of docs in Epstein files, including personal emails sent by Epstein & whistleblower emails alleging a vast money laundering scheme involving Feinberg’s company. www.pogo.org/investigates...

Great scoop on Trump’s #2 official at the Pentagon from the #EpsteinFiles by my @pogo.org colleague @ziembavision.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigates...

NEW FROM POGO’S INVESTIGATIONS DESK: Hundreds of documents in the newly released Epstein files shed light on Epstein’s connections with a private equity firm formerly led by Dept. of Defense Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg. Read @ziembavision.bsky.social's latest: https://bit.ly/46sUWMD

BREAKING: Pentagon Dep. Sec. Feinberg and the company he co-founded appear in 100s of docs in Epstein files, including personal emails sent by Epstein & whistleblower emails alleging a vast money laundering scheme involving Feinberg’s company. www.pogo.org/investigates...

what a godawful day for journalism, following a great many other godawful days for journalism

Newly obtained texts between Border Patrol agents reveal their strategies for how to get away with using force against migrants. Absolutely vital new investigation by my colleagues @schwellenbach.bsky.social @marenmachles.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigates...

ICE Inspections Plummeted as Detentions Soared in 2025 - by my @pogo.org colleague @ziembavision.bsky.social & Isabel Del Mastro www.pogo.org/investigates...

🚨READ @pogo.org's FIRST INVESTIGATION OF 2026🚨: ICE detention facility inspections plummeted in 2025, even as detention rates—and deaths in ICE custody—surged. By @ziembavision.bsky.social and Isabel Del Mastro www.pogo.org/investigates...

As ICE detention numbers skyrocketed last year, oversight inspections of detention centers dropped sharply. Read my new investigation, authored in collaboration with American University’s investigative reporting workshop. www.pogo.org/investigates...

Some actual facts about fentanyl traffickers for no reason in particular: 86.2% are U.S. citizens 43.1% have little or no prior criminal history Data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

New letter from lawmakers raises alarms on diminished trust in the Pentagon’s ability to conduct meaningful oversight of privatized military housing.

New national survey of more than 3k military families at 57 installations confirms many of the problems in privatized military housing I’ve identified in past reporting persist and are widespread. changetheairfoundation.org/mold-in-the-...

"Somehow calling a female reporter 'piggy' was only the second-most offensive anti-press utterance to come out of the president’s mouth in recent days." Read our statement: freedom.press/issues/press...

Congrats to our senior investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social for winning an EPPY in community service reporting for her investigation on mold in military housing! https://www.eppyawards.com/

Whomsoever follows me on here for the musical bizness, please know that I am playing so many new songs tomorrow night in the city of angels with an actual backing choir of angels. Very serious about this.

Baby’s first national journalism award

NEW: A DHS "self-deportation" contract worth up to ~$1 billion was "unlawful, rushed, and noncompetitive," per a lawsuit. It went to a firm w/ no prior fed contracts whose CEO earlier worked w/ a top DHS official involved in the award www.pogo.org/investigatio...