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“A steady longwave of open government advocacy, transparency demands, & tech analysis. Substantive, consistent, & focused on the public’s right to know.”— @Grok
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Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Access to information is a human right ✊🏻
Access to information is a human right ✊🏼
Access to information is a human right ✊🏾
Access to information is a human right ✊🏿
#RightToInfo #AccessToInfoDay
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
New: The Trump administration has spent more than $1M in public funds so far to boost the president on the airwaves.
Experts including a Bush WH ethics lawyer said it likely violates federal laws against propaganda & political activity by gov’t staff. nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/po…
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
As I told @baylisswagner of the @nytimes here, this could be an impeachable offense. @POTUS has no right to use taxpayer money for campaign ads.
Congress has expressly prohibited government sponsored political propaganda, which is dangerous for democracy.
nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/po…
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
A million dollars of taxpayer funds. Blatantly illegal.
New: The Trump administration has spent more than $1M in public funds so far to boost the president on the airwaves.
Experts including a Bush WH ethics lawyer said it likely violates federal laws against propaganda & political activity by gov’t staff. nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/po…
15 truths about @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s lies, as observed by @DDale after a decade of fact-checking the hurricane of mistruths & deception:
cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…
No politician has lied like Trump in modern US history.
Trump lies more in emergencies & crises.
Media outlets repeat Trump’s lies without correction or context.
Many people care about Trump lying.
Some his supporters like his lies, if they help their “side.”
Unfiltered, “authentic” speech helps Trump be viewed as more honest.
Trump’s most damaging lies are about prices.
Just saw this ad on an NFL game. There are many US .gov websites & services that a @potus could inform the American people about on the cable & broadcast airwaves, like @HealthCareGov or @FluGov or a new .gov, but this looks like flagrant waste & abuse of taxpayer dollars.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
One of the heroes of American journalism is this Canadian, who has single-handedly researched and catalogued thousands of lies by our president.
I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Thanks @RichardGrenell for drawing more attention to this important article. Gift link here:
wsj.com/articles/kimberly-gu…
An anonymous quote is not “an amazing detail”.
The real detail is that it didn’t happen and everyone involved said it didn’t happen.
The other amazing detail is that the WSJ reporter is a Huffington Post alum….which everyone knows means Democrat activist. She’s one of the most anti-Republican activists in the game.
Read any piece she’s written….its rinse and repeat.
The fact that you think anonymous attacks are “detailed” says it all.
What would the United States be like without the five freedoms in the First Amendment?
People who have lived, worked, studied in, or visited nations without constitutional protections the freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, & petition can tell us.
This @1stForAll exhibit helped folks at the #1AFest understand why our First Amendment matters.
On #ConstitutionDay, remember to support everyone who defends the Constitution against those who violate it.
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
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Alexander B. Howard retweeted
World News Day is a day to recognise what goes into journalism: the questioning, investigating, and explaining; the dogged persistence to get to the truth.
CPJ defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. #ChooseTrustedJournalism #WorldNewsDay #WND26 #WND2026
Alexander B. Howard retweeted
Kimberly Guilfoyle has puzzled government officials across the region with her extensive efforts to involve Christos Marafatsos, a 39-year-old former produce seller turned Greeks for Trump chairman.
Marafatsos has attended so many of her meetings that some foreign officials mistook him for her chief of staff. Instead, he’s a top lobbyist for a company she’s been promoting—a fact he often doesn’t disclose, including in meetings with government officials.
wsj.com/articles/kimberly-gu…
I went to #1AFest at @TheWharfDC & celebrated the constitutional rights every person in the USA has under the 1st Amendment:
💟freedom of religion
🗣️freedom of speech
📰freedom of the press
👥freedom of peaceable assembly
🤳freedom to petition government for redress of grievances
Great to see @1stForAll continue to build on the success of #1AFest, in partnership with @wamu885.
The more we all learn about the constitutional freedoms that every human in the USA has under the Constitution, the more secure in our rights we’ll all be:
constitution.congress.gov/br…
I appreciated @1stForAll & their partners created an event that celebrates expression & supports civic education about the First Amendment for all ages today.
I hope they + @wamu885 engage more politicians, press, & activists from around DC to assemble & petition for redress.