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Liz Hempowicz Nov 15, 2022

Really excited to share our new @pogowatchdog report. In it, we explain how the Constitutional provision disqualifying individuals who participated in insurrection against the government after taking an oath of office from holding public office in the future can be enforced today, and how the January 6th Committee can help with their final report. https://www.pogo.org/report/2022/11/the-constitutions-disqualification-clause-can-be-enforced-today

The Constitution’s Disqualification Clause Can Be Enforced Today

Legal processes at the state and federal level can be used to ensure that those who engage in insurrection do not serve in public office. The January 6 Select Committee can aid these efforts by offering some key findings in its final report.

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Liz Hempowicz Nov 13, 2022

@chemoelectric this is actually very helpful though! I didn’t realize I had to press the button, I just assumed they all collapsed. 🤦‍♀️

Liz Hempowicz Nov 13, 2022

Caffe Neko Nov 11, 2022

Dear Twitter ex-pats. When we all flounced out of Twitter loudly proclaiming we were going to Mastodon this sent a message to trolls, nazis that they could set up servers & come here.

If anyone gets harrassed with hatespeech pls note that that is not the culture of Mastodon. Please report & block those users. If you notice a pattern from the same weird domain, block that domain, write a post of the server name w/ a hashtag fediblock so your server admin can follow up & block it for everyone.

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Liz Hempowicz Nov 13, 2022

@chemoelectric oh no, they made the switch too?!?

Liz Hempowicz Nov 13, 2022

Introduction: (what a polite platform!)

I’m an attorney focused on anti-corruption and pro-democracy policy at @pogowatchdog, where I’ve been for eight hectic years. I’ll mostly be posting about what we’re working on, but I cope with the frustrations of this work with a healthy dose of snark and sarcasm. Also pictures of my very cute dog.

Liz Hempowicz Nov 12, 2022

Pretty sure I’ll get the hang of this sooner rather than later. But in the meantime, good people of Mastodon take advantage of @pogowatchdog’s action center and tell the White House to step up efforts to track federal spending so we can better address waste/fraud and demonstrate community impact. https://www.pogo.org/action-center/actions/tell-the-white-house-we-need-to-know-where-our-tax-dollars-go

Tell the White House: We Need to Know Where Our Tax Dollars Go

Without better tracking of federal awards spending, Americans have no way of knowing where our tax dollars end up. Tell the White House to fix the reporting system for federal awards.

Project On Government Oversight