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On Tuesday morning, I posted on social media a private memo from Kathleen Sgamma that revealed criticism of Donald Trump from within his own circle. Trump is well known to demand absolute loyalty from his nominees. By Thursday afternoon, just hours before her confirmation hearing, Kathleen Sgamma withdrew her nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management. It has been widely reported that it was the memo that forced her out.

This article was produced in partnership with The Guardian. In May 2024, a flashy ad went viral on social media warning that “across the country, there are real cases of fraud and abuses of the [election] system that have eroded our trust”. The ad pledged that “whistleblowers” who shared evidence of election fraud “will be rewarded with payment from our $5m fund”.

In May 2024, a flashy ad went viral on social media warning that “across the country, there are real cases of fraud and abuses of the [election] system that have eroded our trust”. The ad pledged that “whistleblowers” who shared evidence of election fraud “will be rewarded with payment from our $5m fund”. This reward was courtesy of a just-announced group, the Fair Election Fund, which has deep connections to Elon Musk’s political network, according to materials obtained by Documented.

At a Los Angeles church in October 2023, Jenny Donnelly, a Christian entrepreneur and charismatic preacher, addressed a room full of women with a lofty idea. “Why don’t we send a million women into the school boards?” The audience had convened to hear Donnelly, a multi-level marketer-turned rising star on the Christian right, offer her vision for a conservative movement of moms determined to push back against policies like LGBTQ+ inclusion and abortion rights.

Cleta Mitchell's 2025 legislative wish list includes the following priorities: Addressing the nonexistent threat of non-citizen voting, with policies that impact the voting rights of U.S. citizens Killing bipartisan efforts to protect election workers from harassment Expanding the "discretion" of right-wing election officials to block certification Targeting the voting rights of U.S. citizens in the military and based overseas Further loosening the rules around thinly-sourced, activist-driven...

We wanted to tell you about Fieldnotes, an exciting new organization launched by some of our former Documented colleagues. Fieldnotes is a new watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry at a time when corporate interests and polluters are preparing an unprecedented attack on climate policy and U.S. regulatory agencies.

Leading figures on the Christian right have seized on an unlikely hero in their campaign against secular government: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an antifascist theologian and pastor who resisted the Nazi regime before he was executed in 1945.

“In Trauma”: A key Trump adviser says a Trump administration will seek to make civil servants miserable in their jobs. Military: In private speeches, he laid out plans to use armed forces to quell any domestic “riots.” 1776 and 1860: He likened the country’s moment to those fractious periods in American history.

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s appearance at a far-right Christian revival tour last month may have broken tax and election laws, experts say. On Sept. 28, Vance held an official campaign event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Courage Tour, a series of swing-state rallies hosted by a pro-Trump Christian influencer that combine prayer, public speakers, tutorials on how to become a poll worker and get-out-the-vote programming.

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