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A FOIA Files SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets #FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-14/elon-musk-s-doge-wants-to-be-notified-about-foias?srnd=undefined
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💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a HUGE score
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-22/putin-s-assassination-targets-revealed-in-declassified-memo?srnd=undefined
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NEW via FOIA: Arlington National Cemetery has released the incident report after Trump and his campaign staff visited the cemetery in August and a person who works at Arlington filed a report alleging they were shoved by one of Trump's staffers.
Much is still heavily redacted under a law enforcement exemption and ongoing law enforcement proceedings
FULL REPORT: https://www.rmda.army.mil/readingro
📊 Post engagement
17
Avg engagement / post
0.3%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: A FOIA Files SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets #FOIA Requests at A · 45 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.75 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
19×
Follows 340 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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🔥 Top post
A FOIA Files SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Targets #FOIA Requests at Agency Under its Purview
DOGE also wants to be notified when there’s any attempt at oversight from Congress, inspectors general, even the Government Accountability Office
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/20…
NEW FOIA Files EXCLUSIVE: I obtained more 800 pages of Kash Patel's emails (and thousands more are coming) during his stint at ODNI, which offer some insight into how he might lead FBI & use his position to settle political scores
https:/…
💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a…
But the most interesting records in the cache are the summaries of Walton’s interview with the #FBI that took place in 2000, long after the Hearst case ended, or so it seemed. By that point, Walton had already retired from the #NBA and was…
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!
When Bill Walton—NBA Hall of Famer, broadcaster and Deadhead—died in May I filed a FOIA request for his FBI file. I just got the docs. They reveal how Walton got caught up in the FBI's probe of the Patty H…
Hi. Over the next 4 yrs my newsletter, FOIA Files, w/play an impt role in informing the public about what's going on behind the scenes at federal govt agencies. It w/still be a battle obtaining docs but I guarantee you I will.
Sign up fo…
The best way to support my FOIA work is by signing up for a FREE subscription to my weekly newsletter, FOIA Files
https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/foia-files
Link to the documents
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rb6X.vIarX3o/v0
Obama met with reporters three days before Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 17, 2017, for an off-the-record conversation. A transcript of the meeting -- which was never reported under the ground rules agreed upon by the journalists -- was incl…
From the FOIA Files archives
Obama told reporters in his last days as president that he wasn’t worried about a single Trump term, but was concerned about a “sustained period” of political norms being undermined if he served 2 terms, accord…
NEW FOIA Files newsletter!
This week, to briefly avert your eyes from what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election, I’m going to do something a little different: highlight a Cold War-era document that was obtained by other frequent …
NEW via FOIA: Arlington National Cemetery has released the incident report after Trump and his campaign staff visited the cemetery in August and a person who works at Arlington filed a report alleging they were shoved by one of Trump's sta…
💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a…
But the most interesting records in the cache are the summaries of Walton’s interview with the #FBI that took place in 2000, long after the Hearst case ended, or so it seemed. By that point, Walton had already retired from the #NBA and was…
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!
When Bill Walton—NBA Hall of Famer, broadcaster and Deadhead—died in May I filed a FOIA request for his FBI file. I just got the docs. They reveal how Walton got caught up in the FBI's probe of the Patty H…
Hi. Over the next 4 yrs my newsletter, FOIA Files, w/play an impt role in informing the public about what's going on behind the scenes at federal govt agencies. It w/still be a battle obtaining docs but I guarantee you I will.
Sign up fo…
The best way to support my FOIA work is by signing up for a FREE subscription to my weekly newsletter, FOIA Files
https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/foia-files
Link to the documents
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rb6X.vIarX3o/v0
Obama met with reporters three days before Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 17, 2017, for an off-the-record conversation. A transcript of the meeting -- which was never reported under the ground rules agreed upon by the journalists -- was incl…
From the FOIA Files archives
Obama told reporters in his last days as president that he wasn’t worried about a single Trump term, but was concerned about a “sustained period” of political norms being undermined if he served 2 terms, accord…
NEW FOIA Files newsletter!
This week, to briefly avert your eyes from what is shaping up to be a hotly contested election, I’m going to do something a little different: highlight a Cold War-era document that was obtained by other frequent …
NEW via FOIA: Arlington National Cemetery has released the incident report after Trump and his campaign staff visited the cemetery in August and a person who works at Arlington filed a report alleging they were shoved by one of Trump's sta…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
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A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 17 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.8× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
49/100
Fair
- Est. 78% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
78%
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
High
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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Investigative Reporter at Bloomberg News. "#FOIA terrorist." Band Tshirt hoarder. Punk. RISE ABOVE. Signal 213-270-4334 (Opinions are mine)
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