Kevin Bogardus
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Kevin Bogardus
@kevinbogardus.bsky.social
· Mar 21
I’m a reporter at E&E News where I cover agencies and the federal workforce
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
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And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations.
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E&E News: On eve of Trump deadline, Colorado River talks still going
It is unclear whether negotiators will come up with even the broad outline of a deal by Tuesday, which the Trump administration set as the cutoff for an initial agreement.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And in the meantime, the clock ticks down on the Colorado River negotiations.
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Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social
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E&E News: Shutdown deal puts RIF sword back into scabbard, for now
The Interior Department has indicated officials were working on layoffs that would include more than 2,000 employees.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mass layoffs on hold for now @deptofinterior.bsky.social, if shutdown deal moves. From @michaeldoyle10.bsky.social
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Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
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Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
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Legal immigrants face loss of Obamacare help, threatening insurance markets
The GOP megabill stripped subsidies from hundreds of thousands of green card holders and other legal migrants. Experts predict ripple effects for citizens.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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China is reportedly behind the newly disclosed hack of the Congressional Budget Office, and it may still have access to some CBO systems: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
Congressional Budget Office hacked, China suspected in breach | CNN Politics
The Congressional Budget Office has been hacked, potentially exposing its communications with the offices of lawmakers, according to an email sent to congressional staff this week and obtained by CNN.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
China is reportedly behind the newly disclosed hack of the Congressional Budget Office, and it may still have access to some CBO systems: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
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Figuring prominently in this effort is a former line prosecutor & law school classmate of US Attorney Reding Quinones. This lawyer, Scott Strauss, was forced out as a fed prosecutor over attempts to investigate 2020 voter fraud conspiracy but now may be returning to DOJ.
SCOOP: Inside the Miami US attorney’s office readying grand jury probes into DOJ officials/special counsel’s offices who investigated Trump:
- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
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- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (1)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Figuring prominently in this effort is a former line prosecutor & law school classmate of US Attorney Reding Quinones. This lawyer, Scott Strauss, was forced out as a fed prosecutor over attempts to investigate 2020 voter fraud conspiracy but now may be returning to DOJ.
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SCOOP: Inside the Miami US attorney’s office readying grand jury probes into DOJ officials/special counsel’s offices who investigated Trump:
- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (1)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
SCOOP: Inside the Miami US attorney’s office readying grand jury probes into DOJ officials/special counsel’s offices who investigated Trump:
- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
- recruiting lawyers
- election conspiracist’s possible return
- MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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I bought Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie. (Yes, this is real.) www.theomnicosm.com/i-bought-tac...
Review: I bought Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie. (Yes, this is real.)
You have a very limited amount of time to eat this ‘Friendsgiving flex.’
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November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I bought Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie. (Yes, this is real.) www.theomnicosm.com/i-bought-tac...
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Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
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Totally missed @toddwoody.bsky.social wrote a great story about this already!
Also: The authors analyzed data from a 2022 test mining operation conducted by The Metals Company, which has already applied for a license to mine under Trump admin.
A gift link:
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Also: The authors analyzed data from a 2022 test mining operation conducted by The Metals Company, which has already applied for a license to mine under Trump admin.
A gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Seabed Mining Disrupts Fisheries, Researchers Find
Scientists analyzed data from a test mining operation to document threats to small marine organisms key to the health of commercially valuable seafood like tuna.
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Totally missed @toddwoody.bsky.social wrote a great story about this already!
Also: The authors analyzed data from a 2022 test mining operation conducted by The Metals Company, which has already applied for a license to mine under Trump admin.
A gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Also: The authors analyzed data from a 2022 test mining operation conducted by The Metals Company, which has already applied for a license to mine under Trump admin.
A gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🪨 A @natcomms.nature.com paper out today delivers a new warning about Trump's push for deep-sea mining.
🦐 The discharge waste from #deepseamining — if allowed to be done at commercial scale — will "likely to disrupt midwater food webs."
👇More here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🦐 The discharge waste from #deepseamining — if allowed to be done at commercial scale — will "likely to disrupt midwater food webs."
👇More here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🪨 A @natcomms.nature.com paper out today delivers a new warning about Trump's push for deep-sea mining.
🦐 The discharge waste from #deepseamining — if allowed to be done at commercial scale — will "likely to disrupt midwater food webs."
👇More here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🦐 The discharge waste from #deepseamining — if allowed to be done at commercial scale — will "likely to disrupt midwater food webs."
👇More here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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November 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
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November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Ten years after leaders adopted the landmark Paris climate agreement, it faces promise and peril. It doesn't help that one of its original advocates is now trying to tear it apart.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ten years after leaders adopted the landmark Paris climate agreement, it faces promise and peril. It doesn't help that one of its original advocates is now trying to tear it apart.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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AI should be a tool for our human reporters to use. It shouldn't replace them
No Slop in our Shop!
No Slop in our Shop!
We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
AI should be a tool for our human reporters to use. It shouldn't replace them
No Slop in our Shop!
No Slop in our Shop!
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We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We stand together with InsiderUnion and BIUK_Union for journalistic integrity and job security. Join us in telling @axelspringer.bsky.social NO SLOP IN OUR SHOP!
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Almost Half of U.S. Imports Now Have Steep Tariffs www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Almost Half of U.S. Imports Now Have Steep Tariffs
President Trump has transformed U.S. trade policy. Here's how much of his tariff agenda is under threat at the Supreme Court.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Almost Half of U.S. Imports Now Have Steep Tariffs www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BREAKING: Prop 50 passes in California.
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
BREAKING: Prop 50 passes in California.
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
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A federal judge just ordered the White House to restore sign language interpreters at all briefings conducted by Trump or Leavitt.
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A federal judge just ordered the White House to restore sign language interpreters at all briefings conducted by Trump or Leavitt.
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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
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The new format for presidential interviews....
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The new format for presidential interviews....