Latest posts tagged with #FoIA on Bluesky
Big: The White House initially blocked distribution of the FBI's intelligence report on supposed Iranian threats to the US, but we got it. And we shared it w/ @reuters.com @tedhesson.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social. #FOIA www.reuters.com/world/us/int...
Chicago paid $300M in CPD lawsuits in 2025—and the City still hides key litigation data. We filed FOIAs to make this info public. Transparency matters. Details here: https://f.mtr.cool/yrgxcnxmws
#FOIA #PoliceAccountability #ChicagoJustice
Video of 2018 #JAllenJones Prison Death
STILL SUPPRESSED
@nedlamont.com @agwilliamtong.bsky.social @blm860.bsky.social
6 Months After #CourtOrder
#RightToKnow #FOIA @ctexaminer.bsky.social
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VCOG All Access News, 4/8/26: police file settlement; embezzlement/audit; loss of confidence; data center NDAs #FOIA
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Lauren's not exaggerating - FBI thought about prosecuting me for filing 'too many' #FOIA requests about dead FBI agents.
JUST IN: Judge losing patience w/DOJ's missed deadlines in Democracy Forward #FOIA suit for emails, texts & DMs from Ed Martin's service as acting US Attorney for DC. Judge Amir Ali (Biden/DC) orders ramp-up to 500 pages processed per month. "Internal consultations" don't count
VCOG All Access News, 4/7/26: records destroyed in #FOIA case?: history lessons; another investigative report
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Chicago paid $300M in CPD lawsuits in 2025—and the City still hides key litigation data. We filed FOIAs to make this info public. Transparency matters. Details here: https://f.mtr.cool/qsquczsixa
#FOIA #PoliceAccountability #ChicagoJustice
“Members of Elon Musk’s private security team were deputized as federal agents last year even though some lacked the required training and law enforcement experience.”
US marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, newly released government emails say
#FOIA
VCOG All Access News, 4/6/26: Tangier's finances; paying the legal bills; course syllibi; Presidential Records Act #FOIA
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, afraid of honesty, is changing the Freedom of Information Act to block requests of his Ministers and their staff, and so that even existing requests already in process can be dropped.
Sme of the things which would never have been uncovered under this new law:
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grazie a #DanielaRanieri,
per aver citato il mio libro #IlPotereSegreto e grazie per la sua intelligente rassegna stampa!
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Il mio libro è ora disponibile in versione completamente aggiornata al rilascio di #JA e nuove scoperte con battaglia legale #FOIA
In light of the number of appeals pending with this office. we do not wish to expend our verv limited resources on matters which are no longer of particular interest Accordingly, unless we hear from you by May 4, 2026, we will assume that you are no longer interested and close this appeal. If vou remain interested in having us process this case, please contact me by return email. Thank you for your consideration. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services
Like many other #FOIA requesters, I routinely receive letters from federal agencies questioning whether I am still interested in my older FOIA requests (yes I am)
This is the 1st time I rec'd a letter asking if I am still interested in my FOIA appeal
The FOIA struggle is real
Chicago paid $300M in CPD lawsuits in 2025—and the City still hides key litigation data. We filed FOIAs to make this info public. Transparency matters. Details here: https://f.mtr.cool/dzskiffhds
#FOIA #PoliceAccountability #ChicagoJustice
Nope.
🚫NOT The Law 🚫
#LibraryOfCongress #ArchivePresidentialRecords. #FOIA
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An EPA attorney said staff behind a dissent letter were free to speak out and advised against “retaliatory” moves
That legal advice was shared around the agency
Later, many of them were suspended — or fired
See the emails I got under #FOIA
More here:
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
#FOIA4eva
JUST IN: 2nd Circuit remands long-running @radar_online #FOIA suit for Epstein files, back to District Court. So Judge Gardephe in SDNY will have to decide whether DOJ's Epstein files releases included everything releaseable under #FOIA. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
“Classified” doesn’t always mean dangerous.
So why do we accept it without question?
Full conversation on government secrecy > kpfa.org > Flashpoints
#KPFA #FOIA #Journalism @freedom.press
Chicago paid $300M in CPD lawsuits in 2025—and the City still hides key litigation data. We filed FOIAs to make this info public. Transparency matters. Details here: https://f.mtr.cool/oljwlymgko
#FOIA #PoliceAccountability #ChicagoJustice
VCOG All Access News, 4/1/26: audits & their public release; public notice & Digital Gateway; true cost of government services #FOIA
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No! JUST IN: Judge Timothy Kelly declines Trump admin's bid to dismiss suit claiming HHS shuttering of #FOIA office broke law by halting requests. But he doesnt resolves case and wants updated record. Doc:
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JUST IN: Judge Timothy Kelly declines Trump admin's bid to dismiss suit claiming HHS shuttering of #FOIA office broke law by halting requests. But he doesnt resolves case and wants updated record. Doc:
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
Our executive director @rshapiro.bsky.social discussing our latest: The Trump administration is targeting ICE tracking apps and their developers as security threats, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @newyorker.com. #FOIA www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Thank you @joycewhitevance.bsky.social for keeping #noem ‘s reign of terror front & center. #DHS continues to ignore my #FOIA demanding proof she paid to rent the Coast Guard house. #corrupt #grifters #freeloaders
VCOG All Access News, 3/31/26: canceling p-cards; you should've let me un-quit; ethical violation for budget comments? #FOIA
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¿Qué es lo que la NASA no quiere que leamos? Tras una larga disputa por la transparencia, han salido a la luz nuevos detalles sobre el informe del James Webb que la agencia presentó al Congreso de EE.UU... #jwst #nasa #jameswebb #foia #censura
Más info en 👇
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Cop to Victim accusing them of being at fault:
"...if we have to come out here again, it won't end so well for you."
#FOIA #FUCKTHEPOLICE
MO fodder for the comedians?
The purpose of the #FreedomOfInformationAct ( #FOIA) is to ensure government transparency AND promote democratic accountability by giving #WeThePeople the legal right to access federal agency records.
Just clarifying the REAL reason for the bureaucratic shuffle dance.
Chicago paid $300M in CPD lawsuits in 2025—and the City still hides key litigation data. We filed FOIAs to make this info public. Transparency matters. Details here: https://f.mtr.cool/vwkifruhee
#FOIA #PoliceAccountability #ChicagoJustice
The Trump administration is targeting ICE tracking apps and their developers as security threats, as revealed in intelligence documents we obtained and shared with @newyorker.com. #FOIA www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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