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Happy April Fools Day! (No joke.)
Good afternoon from Washington, where I just watched a procedural effort to block allowing new parents to vote by proxy fail in the House of Representatives. Welcome to new subscribers! Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said legislative action for the rest of the week is cancelled as a result.
A Signal Truth: Posts that Conduct Public Business are Public Records.
Good morning from Washington, where the cherry blossoms are at peak bloom and I am at peak lividity about public records. I wanted to share a short reflection today. More on Sunshine Week, soon. Yesterday, I published a post from the archives, sharing an interview in which the former Chief
What #SignalGate means for transparency & accountability — and what Congress & the Justice Department should do now.
Good afternoon from Washington, where I’m watching a historic scandal unfold in real-time. I’m sorry to have been out of pocket for a bit, dealing with family and medical issues. That ends today. I'm glad to see more folks subscribing to Civic Texts these last weeks:
Weaponized transparency at DOGE makes a mockery of good governance
Good afternoon from rainy Washington, where I’ve been mourning on behalf of the thousands of civil servants across the United States and around the world who have been fired over the past 48 hours. Glad to see more new subscribers today: welcome. Breaking the backbone of good government Additional