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Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: "Thank You So, So, So ...

Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: "Thank You So, So, So ...

In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute's Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came fro…

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Inside Project 2025's Secret Training Videos

Inside Project 2025's Secret Training Videos

"Eradicate climate change references"; only talk to conservative media; don't leave a paper trail for watchdo…

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In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the "Devil Is Real" and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the "Devil Is Real" and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of …

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Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Chan...

Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Chan...

The little-known charity is backed by famous conservative donors, including the families behind Hobby Lobby a…

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'Get the right cases to the supreme court': inside Charles Koch's network

'Get the right cases to the supreme court': inside Charles Koch's network

Billionaire's web of rightwing groups works to bring cases to court that could undermine core functionings of…

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Inside the "Private and Confidential" Conservative Group That Promises to "Crush Liberal Dominanc...

Inside the "Private and Confidential" Conservative Group That Promises to "Crush Liberal Dominanc...

A few months ago, Leonard Leo laid out his next audacious project. Ever since the longtime Federalist Society…

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Our Tweet Ended Kathleen Sgamma’s Bid to Lead Trump Public Lands Agency

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By Nick Surgey Verified
| Documented.net
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.
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'Put them in trauma': Inside a key MAGA leader’s plans for new Trump agenda

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By Molly Redden Verified, Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey Verified
| Tucson Sentinel Verified
ProPublica and Documented This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. “In trauma”: A key Trump adviser says a Trump administration will seek to make civil servants miserable in their jobs.
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Introducing Fieldnotes

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By Nick Surgey Verified
| Documented.net
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.
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Awards

2025 Toner Prize - Finalist

2025 - National Political Reporting

First presented in 2011, the Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting highlight and reinforce quality, fact-based political reporting—work that illuminates the electoral process, reveals the politics of policy and engages the public in democracy. They are named after Robin Toner, who covered five presidential campaigns, scores of Congressional and gubernatorial races and most of the country’s major political figures during her nearly 25-year career at The New York Times. A 1976 graduate of Syracuse University, Toner earned a bachelor’s degree as a dual major in journalism from the Newhouse School and political science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

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Sidney Award

2021 - June Award

The Sidney is awarded monthly to an outstanding piece of journalism that appeared in the prior month. Ari Berman of Mother Jones and Nick Surgey of Documented received the June 2021 Sidney Award for exposing the conservative dark money campaign to suppress the vote. Surgey obtained a leaked video of a private meeting with donors in April 2021 where Heritage Action, a sister organization of the Heritage Foundation, bragged about crafting voter suppression laws in the states and their efforts to defeat the federal voting reform package H.R. 1. In the video, Heritage Action executive director, Jessica Anderson, boasts that the organization actually drafts anti-voting bills for legislators, or launders its model legislation through shills to lend “that grassroots, from-the-bottom-up type of vibe.”

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