Tag: Ethics

Former Writers for The Post Millennial Raise Concerns About the Right-Wing Outlet

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Former Writers for The Post Millennial Raise Concerns About the Right-Wing Outlet

Heading into the 2020 presidential election season, The Post Millennial made inroads with far-right U.S. audiences, publishing attacks on journalists and aligning itself with the far-right movement, issuing a torrent of inflammatory smears against LGBTQ equality, racial justice, and anti-fascism. The first installment in RWW’s investigative series into The Post Millennial revealed that the outlet intersected with the far-right early in its inception despite presenting itself as center-right, its writers repeatedly violated the site’s own stated ethics policies, and leadership at the site maintained murky ties to conservative political campaigns. Our second installment examined the outlet’s oddly close relationship with far-right collaborator and disinformer Jack Posobiec, whose false reporting the outlet has defended and on whose perceived enemies the site has published attacks.

Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over

Some within the Trump administration have espoused giving the president near-absolute control over the federal workforce, a step that could backfire anytime the White House is held by the opposing political party. According to an internal 2017 White House to-do list, first mentioned by the New York Times and obtained by POGO, one Trump appointee proposed exploring legal theories that the “president [has] inherent authority to dismiss any federal employee,” unconstrained by whistleblower and other statutory protections passed by Congress. That would mark a break with the way America’s system of government has functioned for over a century.

“What exactly will this mean for us”: EPA Office Lost After IG Shake Up

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“WHAT EXACTLY WILL THIS MEAN FOR US”: EPA OFFICE LOST AFTER IG SHAKE UP

Eighty-three pages of correspondence illustrate an agency watchdog caught off guard, with next to no warning from the White House, coming up with plans on the fly. Not only had Trump weakened oversight of both EPA and DOD, he effectively removed Fine as Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), creating a void of leadership overseeing the government’s coronavirus response. As a pandemic grips the nation, and the massive governmentwide relief effort including EPA and  DOD faces scrutiny over policy rollbacks and misuse of taxpayer funds, none of these IG offices has a leader that can devote their full energy to oversight of its programs.