René Kladzyk
@ziembavision.bsky.social
Journalist and music-maker 🕸 investigative reporter for
@pogo.org
⛲️ shares music as Ziemba 💌 tips: rene.kladzyk@pogo.org
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René Kladzyk
@ziembavision.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Howdy all 😎
I'm an investigator at the @pogowatchdog.bsky.social, where I report on the federal government and expose government waste, corruption and abuse of power. I put together a starter pack for government watchdogs.
Please reply with suggested additions to this list!
go.bsky.app/64DsYHt
I'm an investigator at the @pogowatchdog.bsky.social, where I report on the federal government and expose government waste, corruption and abuse of power. I put together a starter pack for government watchdogs.
Please reply with suggested additions to this list!
go.bsky.app/64DsYHt
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Congrats to our senior investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social for winning an EPPY in community service reporting for her investigation on mold in military housing! https://www.eppyawards.com/
Home - Eppy Awards
www.eppyawards.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congrats to our senior investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social for winning an EPPY in community service reporting for her investigation on mold in military housing! https://www.eppyawards.com/
Whomsoever follows me on here for the musical bizness, please know that I am playing so many new songs tomorrow night in the city of angels with an actual backing choir of angels. Very serious about this.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Whomsoever follows me on here for the musical bizness, please know that I am playing so many new songs tomorrow night in the city of angels with an actual backing choir of angels. Very serious about this.
Baby’s first national journalism award
Big news! @ziembavision.bsky.social won a @milreporters.bsky.social Award for Investigative Reporting, for her incredible series on oversight failures in military housing.
Read this essential investigation:
Read this essential investigation:
“Operation Counter-Mold”: The Hidden Battle in Military Homes
Newly obtained documents reveal the scale of the military’s mold problem amid a gaping hole in federal standards.
www.pogo.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Baby’s first national journalism award
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NEW: A DHS "self-deportation" contract worth up to ~$1 billion was "unlawful, rushed, and noncompetitive," per a lawsuit. It went to a firm w/ no prior fed contracts whose CEO earlier worked w/ a top DHS official involved in the award
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Massive DHS "Self-Deportation" Contract Challenged as Secretive and…
The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.
www.pogo.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW: A DHS "self-deportation" contract worth up to ~$1 billion was "unlawful, rushed, and noncompetitive," per a lawsuit. It went to a firm w/ no prior fed contracts whose CEO earlier worked w/ a top DHS official involved in the award
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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POGO investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social discusses surveillance and how it could be used to target people based on gender identity and sexual orientation on the TransLash podcast:
This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social sits down with @kredburn.bsky.social and @ziembavision.bsky.social to discuss the DHS rolling back limitations on surveillance based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
POGO investigator @ziembavision.bsky.social discusses surveillance and how it could be used to target people based on gender identity and sexual orientation on the TransLash podcast:
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This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social sits down with @kredburn.bsky.social and @ziembavision.bsky.social to discuss the DHS rolling back limitations on surveillance based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
September 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social sits down with @kredburn.bsky.social and @ziembavision.bsky.social to discuss the DHS rolling back limitations on surveillance based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia
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NEW! A top White House official has a $2 million to $10 million stake in Palantir. That official's office is playing a key role in the gargantuan Golden Dome missile defense program, which Palantir is seen as likely to benefit from - more @pogo.org
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Gold Rush: Top Trump Officials’ Silicon Valley Ties
The Golden Dome missile defense project could be a “slush fund” for tech companies like Palantir — and for high-level officials with financial stakes.
www.pogo.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW! A top White House official has a $2 million to $10 million stake in Palantir. That official's office is playing a key role in the gargantuan Golden Dome missile defense program, which Palantir is seen as likely to benefit from - more @pogo.org
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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Israel has killed more journalists in the last 22 months than were killed worldwide in the preceding three years. Now we add 6 more to that total.
Palestinian journalists are #NotATarget. They are the last eyes and ears for the world in Gaza, and must be protected. cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Palestinian journalists are #NotATarget. They are the last eyes and ears for the world in Gaza, and must be protected. cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
August 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Israel has killed more journalists in the last 22 months than were killed worldwide in the preceding three years. Now we add 6 more to that total.
Palestinian journalists are #NotATarget. They are the last eyes and ears for the world in Gaza, and must be protected. cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Palestinian journalists are #NotATarget. They are the last eyes and ears for the world in Gaza, and must be protected. cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Seeing a lot of coverage about the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s deadly aid sites, but no coverage so far that mentions that GHF’s exec chairman, Johnny Moore, is the former assistant to Jerry Falwell, the father of Christian Zionism
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has received tens of millions from the U.S. to distribute aid in Gaza.
Since it started operations, the number of locations in Gaza where residents could receive aid has plummeted from around 400 to four sites.
Since it started operations, the number of locations in Gaza where residents could receive aid has plummeted from around 400 to four sites.
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
theintercept.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Seeing a lot of coverage about the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s deadly aid sites, but no coverage so far that mentions that GHF’s exec chairman, Johnny Moore, is the former assistant to Jerry Falwell, the father of Christian Zionism
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As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved.
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
July 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved.
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally allow them to eat and rest.
cpj.org?p=499042
It still blows my mind that Israel has barred any foreign journalists from entering Gaza and reporting on what is happening for over 20 months.
July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It still blows my mind that Israel has barred any foreign journalists from entering Gaza and reporting on what is happening for over 20 months.
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🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir
Over a dozen Trump appointees in the White House and Department of Homeland Security have owned stock in the controversial company raising privacy concerns across the political spectrum.
www.pogo.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🚨 NEW from me: Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration crackdown, has a financial stake of up to a quarter million dollars in Palantir, a key ICE contractor. Experts cite conflict of interest concerns
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Read it @pogo.org:
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Poem by Parnia Abbasi, born 2002, killed today by Israeli strikes on the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran, along with her family, all civilians.
Poem obtained via Pamenar Press, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq.
Poem obtained via Pamenar Press, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq.
June 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Poem by Parnia Abbasi, born 2002, killed today by Israeli strikes on the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran, along with her family, all civilians.
Poem obtained via Pamenar Press, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq.
Poem obtained via Pamenar Press, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq.
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Big news! After our reporting from @ziembavision.bsky.social about the "clearly neglected" state of barracks at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, renovations to improve the housing there are now in the works:
$53M Andersen barracks improvements to start in about 5 months after scathing comments
A $53 million contract to improve the barracks at Andersen Air Force Base will be awarded and break ground within the next five months, an Air Force top brass told
www.guampdn.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Big news! After our reporting from @ziembavision.bsky.social about the "clearly neglected" state of barracks at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, renovations to improve the housing there are now in the works:
An update! The Air Force has now announced $53 million in planned barracks improvements at Andersen AFB following our coverage of the poor conditions service members are living in there.
I think it’s worth noting that the same dire barracks conditions that prompted the Navy Secretary to evacuate sailors and Marines did not elicit the same response from the Air Force: 430 airmen and soldiers continue to live in these barracks.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Navy Secretary "Appalled" by Barracks Conditions in Guam
Newly obtained photos reveal the “clearly neglected” conditions inside Guam barracks that prompted an uproar by Navy officials.
www.pogo.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An update! The Air Force has now announced $53 million in planned barracks improvements at Andersen AFB following our coverage of the poor conditions service members are living in there.
A reminder, researchers have consistently found that undocumented immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens.
www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1...
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find
In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.
www.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A reminder, researchers have consistently found that undocumented immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens.
www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1...
www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1...
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
I think it’s worth noting that the same dire barracks conditions that prompted the Navy Secretary to evacuate sailors and Marines did not elicit the same response from the Air Force: 430 airmen and soldiers continue to live in these barracks.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Navy Secretary "Appalled" by Barracks Conditions in Guam
Newly obtained photos reveal the “clearly neglected” conditions inside Guam barracks that prompted an uproar by Navy officials.
www.pogo.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I think it’s worth noting that the same dire barracks conditions that prompted the Navy Secretary to evacuate sailors and Marines did not elicit the same response from the Air Force: 430 airmen and soldiers continue to live in these barracks.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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🚨BREAKING: Top House Homeland Security Democrats led by @benniethompson.bsky.social launch probe of ICE deportation flights contractor CSI Aviation and its subcontractors citing reporting by @pogo.org & @propublica.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🚨BREAKING: Top House Homeland Security Democrats led by @benniethompson.bsky.social launch probe of ICE deportation flights contractor CSI Aviation and its subcontractors citing reporting by @pogo.org & @propublica.org
Thank you to @starsandstripes.bsky.social for picking up the story!
Major problems with Guam housing prompted the Navy secretary to open new barracks ahead of schedule and triggered a worldwide review of Navy housing conditions, according to a report released this week by a government watchdog.
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
www.stripes.com/branches/nav...
Mold, corrosion at Guam barracks spark worldwide Navy housing inspections
Major problems with Guam housing prompted the Navy secretary to open new barracks ahead of schedule and triggered a worldwide review of Navy housing conditions, according to a report released this wee...
www.stripes.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thank you to @starsandstripes.bsky.social for picking up the story!
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❗LEAKED U.S. Navy pics and emails of "clearly neglected" conditions inside military barracks in Guam made their way to my colleague @ziembavision.bsky.social who's out with a banger @pogo.org investigation this A.M.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Navy Secretary "Appalled" by Barracks Conditions in Guam
Newly obtained photos reveal the “clearly neglected” conditions inside Guam barracks that prompted an uproar by Navy officials.
www.pogo.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
❗LEAKED U.S. Navy pics and emails of "clearly neglected" conditions inside military barracks in Guam made their way to my colleague @ziembavision.bsky.social who's out with a banger @pogo.org investigation this A.M.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Internal photos and emails by Navy leadership reveal the dire conditions in Guam barracks that sparked an uproar.
“I actually thought the buildings were condemned when we pulled up to them,” Navy Secretary John Phelan told me.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“I actually thought the buildings were condemned when we pulled up to them,” Navy Secretary John Phelan told me.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Navy Secretary "Appalled" by Barracks Conditions in Guam
Newly obtained photos reveal the “clearly neglected” conditions inside Guam barracks that prompted an uproar by Navy officials.
www.pogo.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Internal photos and emails by Navy leadership reveal the dire conditions in Guam barracks that sparked an uproar.
“I actually thought the buildings were condemned when we pulled up to them,” Navy Secretary John Phelan told me.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“I actually thought the buildings were condemned when we pulled up to them,” Navy Secretary John Phelan told me.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Much much MUCH rarer
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: read our investigation into drug seizures from migrants, which are much rarer than the administration's rhetoric would suggest.
Migrant Drug Seizures by Border Patrol Incredibly Rare, Data Shows
Despite political rhetoric suggesting migrants are fueling drug seizures, a detailed review shows just how infrequently Border Patrol agents seize drugs from migrants.
www.pogo.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Much much MUCH rarer
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Incredible investigation by my colleagues @ziembavision.bsky.social and Julienne McClure analyzing publicly available CBP data to show, despite rhetoric from politicians trying to create a link between migration and a drug crisis, that only 11 people out of 5.8 million were caught carrying fentanyl.
Out of the 5.8 million migrants stopped by Border Patrol during a three year period, only 11 were caught carrying fentanyl.
Our new investigation for @pogo.org shows just how INCREDIBLY RARE it is for migrants to bring drugs across the border.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Our new investigation for @pogo.org shows just how INCREDIBLY RARE it is for migrants to bring drugs across the border.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Migrant Drug Seizures by Border Patrol Incredibly Rare, Data Shows
Despite political rhetoric suggesting migrants are fueling drug seizures, a detailed review shows just how infrequently Border Patrol agents seize drugs from migrants.
www.pogo.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Incredible investigation by my colleagues @ziembavision.bsky.social and Julienne McClure analyzing publicly available CBP data to show, despite rhetoric from politicians trying to create a link between migration and a drug crisis, that only 11 people out of 5.8 million were caught carrying fentanyl.
To put it another way, the odds of dying from a bee sting are FAR greater than the odds of Border Patrol finding a migrant carrying fentanyl across the border.
Out of the 5.8 million migrants stopped by Border Patrol during a three year period, only 11 were caught carrying fentanyl.
Our new investigation for @pogo.org shows just how INCREDIBLY RARE it is for migrants to bring drugs across the border.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Our new investigation for @pogo.org shows just how INCREDIBLY RARE it is for migrants to bring drugs across the border.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Migrant Drug Seizures by Border Patrol Incredibly Rare, Data Shows
Despite political rhetoric suggesting migrants are fueling drug seizures, a detailed review shows just how infrequently Border Patrol agents seize drugs from migrants.
www.pogo.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
To put it another way, the odds of dying from a bee sting are FAR greater than the odds of Border Patrol finding a migrant carrying fentanyl across the border.