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  A REMINDER OF THE OVERSIGHT OF POGO THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED....  You can subscribe to their reports on their WEB SITE.   Our government is in crisis. The fundamental rights guaranteed to you by the Constitution are under attack. The checks and balances that form the foundation of our three-branch system have fallen out of equilibrium. The guardrails against executive overreach are faltering.   2026 is bound to bring new challenges. As we prepare for what lies ahead,  your support will help determine what we accomplish next .  In all this uncertainty, we know that a donation is not a small ask this holiday season. To convince you that your investment is making a real difference, here’s a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished just this year.  Some of our biggest hits:   Taking DOGE and the president to court:   When the Trump administration declared that DOGE was not subject to the Federal Records Act, effectively shielding its records from...

  President Trump is bringing down the weight of the Justice Department on those who dare to question him, disagree with him, or hold him accountable.  This is not normal. This is authoritarianism. We cannot ignore the signs. In a display that abandoned all pretense, President Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi to persecute former FBI Director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and New York Attorney General Letitia James in a series of posts on Truth Social on Saturday. He called them all “guilty as hell.”  What are they guilty of?  Comey led an investigation into Trump’s first presidential campaign’s ties to Russia back in 2017.  Schiff led the first impeachment trial against the president during his first term and served on the committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.  James has pursued lawsuits against both the president and the administration over everything from the Trump Organization’s business pra...

  Meet the ICE Contractor Running Deportation Flights (Illustration: Ren Velez / POGO) Business is booming for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) top deportation flight contractor. It’s a company with deep political ties — including hosting a Trump campaign rally last fall — and links to high-profile controversies, some of which POGO is revealing for the first time. Read the breaking investigation on pogo.org. — POGO Contribute Project On Government Oversight 1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 United States