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OPM Director Scott Kupor has publicly touted financial services company Robinhood’s work with the federal government. Kupor also just exercised seven-figures worth of Robinhood stock call options, new records show. Here’s what @notus.com has learned: www.notus.org/money/scott-...

OPM Director Scott Kupor Publicly Touted Robinhood. He’s Also an Investor.A Kupor spokesperson said government ethics officials didn’t require him to divest his investment in the financial services company.www.notus.org

In one of the nation’s hottest House races, the Democrat who’s touting her no-corporate-PAC-money pledge is benefiting from corporate PAC money in an indirect fashion, writes Avani Kalra of @notus.com www.notus.org/pennsylvania...

Paige Cognetti Refuses Corporate PAC Money. But Some Is Arriving Indirectly.The Democratic candidate in a hot Pennsylvania congressional race has accepted money from political groups that are themselves funded by corporate PACs.www.notus.org

“… ironically, when Congress tried to rein itself in 14 years ago, its solution only strengthened the folk wisdom that many lawmakers are getting rich off insider information.” — @daveweigel.bsky.social @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/07/2...

View: How Congress entrenched its own unpopularity by trying to rein in stock tradingThe STOCK Act, by forcing transparency, has created a perception of an unfixable institution.www.semafor.com

Throttle the “super” in super PACs? The state of Maine is trying. Via @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com : www.notus.org/money/citize...

Maine Makes Its Legal Case for Kneecapping Super PACsBut in federal court today, free speech advocates defended the right of political donors to make unlimited contributions to certain political groups.www.notus.org

A major D.C. law firm has offered more details about a theft from its political action committee. Via @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/arnold...

Major D.C. Law Firm Details Theft From Political CommitteeThe Arnold & Porter PAC told federal regulators a thief stole paper checks from mailboxes in Washington’s upscale Cleveland Park neighborhood.www.notus.org

A Trump meeting. A campaign donation. A presidential pardon for an old Jack Abramoff associate. Are they related? Reporter Avani Kalra of @notus.com lays out what happened over the course of a few days in Pennsylvania and D.C. www.notus.org/pennsylvania...

Megadonor Received Trump Pardon Three Days After Donation to Pennsylvania CongressmanRep. Ryan Mackenzie’s campaign says the lawmaker, who met with Trump days before, played no role in the pardon.www.notus.org

NEW: An email scammer posing as Chairman Ken Martin stole nearly $29,000 from the cash-strapped Democratic National Committee, which only managed to recover a portion of the lost funds. In @notus.com: www.notus.org/democrats/de...

The DNC Lost Nearly $29,000 to an Email Scammer Posing as Ken MartinThe Democratic National Committee caught the error, but only recovered a portion of the funds, an official said.www.notus.org

OUCH: In Michigan, a scam resulted in Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) losing $16,700 from a campaign committee. Scoop from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/mike-r...

Scammers Swindled Mike Rogers’ Senate Team Out of $16,700The Republican candidate in Michigan reported the “fraudulent transaction” to federal regulators.www.notus.org

One of Congress’ largest single STOCK Act violations in history — both in terms of trades and dollars — occurred last week. 💰 @notus.com has details: www.notus.org/congress/sen...

Sen. Alan Armstrong Violated STOCK Act With 700 Tardy Stock DisclosuresTaken together, the Oklahoma Republican’s financial trades are worth millions of dollars.www.notus.org

Two convicted fraudsters who are fighting with rapper Boosie Badazz over their efforts to land him a presidential pardon have just signed a *new* presidential pardon client. From @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/boosie...

Boosie Badazz’s Estranged MAGA Lobbyists Just Inked a New Trump Pardon ClientThe rapper has accused Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl of reneging on a promise to return $300,000 if they did not quickly secure a pardon.www.notus.org

ICYMI: A Republican senator has violated the STOCK Act by failing to properly disclose 700 personal financial trades that together are worth up to $16 million. A @notus.com exclusive: www.notus.org/congress/sen...

Sen. Alan Armstrong Violated STOCK Act With 700 Tardy Stock DisclosuresTaken together, the Oklahoma Republican’s financial trades are worth millions of dollars.www.notus.org

President Trump may have crapped on Canada over the terrible smoke stemming from Canadian forest fires. But as @annackramer.bsky.social of @notus.com writes, the U.S. "does not currently have enough resources to fight every wildfire with a full force." www.notus.org/climate-envi...

U.S. Firefighting Resources Are Already Maxed Out — And It’s Only JulyNational wildfire response coordinators are triaging across fires raging primarily in Oregon, Colorado and Washington.www.notus.org

NEW: Sen. Alan Armstrong (R-Okla.) failed to properly disclose *700* individual stock trades he made in late March, immediately after becoming a senator. Taken together, the trades are worth up to $16 million. In @notus.com: www.notus.org/sen-alan-arm...

Sen. Alan Armstrong Violated STOCK Act With 700 Tardy Stock DisclosuresTaken together, the Oklahoma Republican’s financial trades are worth millions of dollars.www.notus.org

ICYMI: Two Republican members of Congress — Dan Crenshaw and Laurel Lee — are the newest lawmakers to improperly disclose personal stock trades, @notus.com found. Comes on a week the GOP-led House passed a stock-trade ban bill. www.notus.org/money/dan-cr...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw Violated the STOCK Act — AgainThe Texas Republican failed to properly disclose personal stock trades as the House moved to ban lawmakers’ trades altogether.www.notus.org

As essential a story today as it was when it published. Do yourself a favor and read it.

NEW: Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) has violated the STOCK Act — again — after failing to properly disclose stock option trades in Meta. Comes the same week the House voted to ban lawmakers from trading stocks. In @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/dan-cr...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw Violated the STOCK Act — AgainThe Texas Republican failed to properly disclose personal stock trades as the House moved to ban lawmakers’ trades altogether.www.notus.org

BREAKING: House lawmakers pass stock-ban bill, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans to advance the legislation to the Senate. But prospects in the Senate are … dubious 🤨. Full details from @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/congre...

House Lawmakers Pass Bill Restricting Congressional Stock TradingBut it’s likely dead on arrival in the Senate.www.notus.org

The U.S. House will this evening vote on a congressional stock-trade ban bill. Here's what you need to know beforehand, in @notus.com: www.notus.org/congress/con...

A House Stock-Trade Ban May Finally Advance. The Senate Might Squash It.The bill doesn’t go as far as some lawmakers would like and faces a tough path forward in the upper chamber.www.notus.org

ICYMI: Pedro Allende is Homeland Security's undersecretary for science/tech. In May, Allende invested up to $50,000 in a tech-heavy stock fund that mirrors stock trades of congressional Democrats. The fund's manager tells @notus.com it's a conflict of interest. www.notus.org/money/dhs-un...

A Top DHS Official Is Mimicking Congressional Democrats’ InvestmentsThe official is investing in a fund that uses the ticker “NANC” — as in Nancy Pelosi.www.notus.org

Read every word of this story from @sam4tr.bsky.social of @notus.com. It’s a definitive American story for our moment. It will make you FEEL. www.notus.org/national/ame...

Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics ContestAmerica’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.www.notus.org