Sia At The Game
@rhpsia.bsky.social
Associate Editor, ICIJ; veteran Pentagon & Capitol Hill editor/reporter; former Harvard Crimson sports columnist; ex-lot boy at the CBS Hawaii 5-0 studio. No DMs please. https://www.icij.org/journalists/richard-h-p-sia/
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Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
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NEW: Russia is using sensitive high-tech gear it secretly acquired from European, U.S. & Asian firms to protect its nuclear submarine fleet, according to #RussianSecrets, a new cross-border probe exposing how the Kremlin’s procurement program remained hidden for years. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Having slept on it, it’s really set in that the Blue Jays loss last night was one of the most gutting pro sports losses I can remember. Absolutely brutal. My heart goes out to 🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Having slept on it, it’s really set in that the Blue Jays loss last night was one of the most gutting pro sports losses I can remember. Absolutely brutal. My heart goes out to 🇨🇦
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
What a giant in the jazz universe! Like Max Roach, no one will ever match him in skills (drums & piano), musicality, compositional talent & his ability to occupy so many musical worlds, from Chicago's AACM to electric Miles & Keith Jarrett's legendary trio. I will sorely miss his creative genius.
Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What a giant in the jazz universe! Like Max Roach, no one will ever match him in skills (drums & piano), musicality, compositional talent & his ability to occupy so many musical worlds, from Chicago's AACM to electric Miles & Keith Jarrett's legendary trio. I will sorely miss his creative genius.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Shocking, really, to read the @nytimes.com obituary for the East Wing. But we need to work to ensure there is not soon an obituary for our entire Democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
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October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Shocking, really, to read the @nytimes.com obituary for the East Wing. But we need to work to ensure there is not soon an obituary for our entire Democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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The child is a child - even an animal.
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The child is a child - even an animal.
NEW: Russia is using sensitive high-tech gear it secretly acquired from European, U.S. & Asian firms to protect its nuclear submarine fleet, according to #RussianSecrets, a new cross-border probe exposing how the Kremlin’s procurement program remained hidden for years. www.icij.org/investigatio...
Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
www.icij.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
NEW: Russia is using sensitive high-tech gear it secretly acquired from European, U.S. & Asian firms to protect its nuclear submarine fleet, according to #RussianSecrets, a new cross-border probe exposing how the Kremlin’s procurement program remained hidden for years. www.icij.org/investigatio...
NEW: U.N. report on transnational repression reveals new allegations of China’s targeting of Chinese and Uyghur human rights activists outside its borders, echoing findings from @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation earlier this year. www.icij.org/investigatio...
China's targeting of human rights activists grows: UN report
A new report recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries and underscores ICIJ’s reporting on Beijing's tactics to silence critics abroad.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: U.N. report on transnational repression reveals new allegations of China’s targeting of Chinese and Uyghur human rights activists outside its borders, echoing findings from @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation earlier this year. www.icij.org/investigatio...
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“.. Journalists from the undersigned defense trade publications will not sign this new policy.”
Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.
@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.
@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“.. Journalists from the undersigned defense trade publications will not sign this new policy.”
Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.
@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Military Times
Defense News
Aviation Week
Breaking Defense
Defense Daily
Defense One
Inside Defense
USNI News.
@militarytimes.bsky.social
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
A very sad day for press freedom. But it’s a reaffirmation that most of the defense/national security press corps choose to resist pressure to become Pentagon or military mouthpieces.
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A very sad day for press freedom. But it’s a reaffirmation that most of the defense/national security press corps choose to resist pressure to become Pentagon or military mouthpieces.
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Solidarity is the only way
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.
The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?
The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sorry to harp on this, but another almost-unbelievably terrible unsigned editorial from WaPo. This one has a crucial "tell" that Murdoch's Fleet Street team is in full control.
The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?
The tell: Would any US writer refer to Trump as "the American," the way the WaPo does in passage below?
ICYMI: Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli armed forces, leaked US documents reveal. These ties may now play an important role in overseeing the nascent ceasefire in Gaza. www.icij.org/news/2025/10... via @icij.org
Arab states deepened military ties with Israel while denouncing Gaza war, leak reveals - ICIJ
Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ICYMI: Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli armed forces, leaked US documents reveal. These ties may now play an important role in overseeing the nascent ceasefire in Gaza. www.icij.org/news/2025/10... via @icij.org
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Reminder: Best reporting on Harvard v Trump is consistently in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Today: Why the fed shutdown freezes Trump's ability to *appeal* the fed court ruling that went 100% against him and ordered admin to start releasing funds.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Today: Why the fed shutdown freezes Trump's ability to *appeal* the fed court ruling that went 100% against him and ordered admin to start releasing funds.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Government Shutdown Could Put Harvard’s Funding Lawsuit on Pause | News | The Harvard Crimson
Wednesday’s government shutdown could stall Harvard’s federal funding lawsuit, halting the case before District Judge Allison D. Burroughs can enter a final judgment — and before President Donald Trum...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reminder: Best reporting on Harvard v Trump is consistently in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Today: Why the fed shutdown freezes Trump's ability to *appeal* the fed court ruling that went 100% against him and ordered admin to start releasing funds.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Today: Why the fed shutdown freezes Trump's ability to *appeal* the fed court ruling that went 100% against him and ordered admin to start releasing funds.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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In the wake of catastrophic funding cuts, the IRS is bleeding personnel. Our tax laws are only as strong as our ability to enforce them, and without sufficient enforcement resources, corporate tax avoidance will only worsen.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
IRS Attorney Exodus Gives Companies a Leg Up in Court Cases
The IRS and Justice Department are bleeding tax lawyers, suggesting it will take longer to resolve disputes in court and raising concern the government will recover less money from taxpayers than it s...
news.bloombergtax.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In the wake of catastrophic funding cuts, the IRS is bleeding personnel. Our tax laws are only as strong as our ability to enforce them, and without sufficient enforcement resources, corporate tax avoidance will only worsen.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
ICYMI: Five years after @icij.org published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration plans to rollback significant anti-money laundering rules and delete data on U.S. companies from a new federal "beneficial ownership" database. www.icij.org/news/2025/09...
FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ
Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ICYMI: Five years after @icij.org published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration plans to rollback significant anti-money laundering rules and delete data on U.S. companies from a new federal "beneficial ownership" database. www.icij.org/news/2025/09...
NEW: Trump administration walks back significant anti-money laundering rules spurred by ICIJ’s FinCEN Files investigation. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org
FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ
Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEW: Trump administration walks back significant anti-money laundering rules spurred by ICIJ’s FinCEN Files investigation. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org
National Gardeners in action on the home front! Who did this?
September 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
National Gardeners in action on the home front! Who did this?
This brought to mind that infamous Boston Globe headline, “More Mush From The Wimp.”
Trump quotes without his face or voice. At the last cabinet meeting Trump talked about Democrats or transgender people maybe traps? Maybe crime? It’s hard to know. The quote is unedited and 100% accurate.
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This brought to mind that infamous Boston Globe headline, “More Mush From The Wimp.”
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It's no surprise that the global financial crime watchdog, FATF, will be prioritizing benficial ownership registries in their next round of evaluations. Criminals rely on U.S. shell companies to hide their illicit profits. To avoid a negative evaluation, the US must improve.
September 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's no surprise that the global financial crime watchdog, FATF, will be prioritizing benficial ownership registries in their next round of evaluations. Criminals rely on U.S. shell companies to hide their illicit profits. To avoid a negative evaluation, the US must improve.
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"Working families tax plan"?
Because I guess "big multinational corporations tax plan" isn't catchy enough?
Because I guess "big multinational corporations tax plan" isn't catchy enough?
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Working families tax plan"?
Because I guess "big multinational corporations tax plan" isn't catchy enough?
Because I guess "big multinational corporations tax plan" isn't catchy enough?
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As @andykroll.bsky.social previously reported, a senior IRS attorney warned officials in February that using “performance” failures to justify the mass firings was “false,” because the administration hadn't conducted any assessments to make such a judgment.
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As @andykroll.bsky.social previously reported, a senior IRS attorney warned officials in February that using “performance” failures to justify the mass firings was “false,” because the administration hadn't conducted any assessments to make such a judgment.
NEW: US Treasury watchdog finds that of the 7,315 IRS workers terminated by DOGE, just 43 were documented underperformers. Almost 50% of the fired employees had been appraised as working at or above expectations. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org
Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ
A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
NEW: US Treasury watchdog finds that of the 7,315 IRS workers terminated by DOGE, just 43 were documented underperformers. Almost 50% of the fired employees had been appraised as working at or above expectations. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org
ICYMI: ‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions www.icij.org/investigatio...
‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions - ICIJ
From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior Intellexa figures are back online after a sanctions-induced slowdown.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
ICYMI: ‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions www.icij.org/investigatio...