WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105963) entitled "Capitol Attack - Federal Agencies' Use of Open Source Data and Related Threat Products Prior to Jan. 6, 2021". Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "Federal agencies obtained and shared social media posts and other publicly available information--referred to in this report as "open source data"--on potential criminal activity prior to January 6, 2021. Al  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet issued the following testimony by Fix the Court Executive Director Gabe Roth involving a hearing on April 27, 2022, entitled "Building Confidence in the Supreme Court Through Ethics and Recusal Reforms": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on ways we can build confidence in our highest court via more exacting ethics and recusal standards. There's clearly a lot that needs to be fix  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids introduced legislation to improve foster care services and mental health supports for at-risk LGBTQ+ youth. The Pride in Mental Health Act has been endorsed by the Congressional Equality Caucus, The Trevor Project, Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, and GLSEN. A CDC survey of American teenagers release  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following response to the Supreme Court leak. The recent leak from the Supreme Court should alarm all Kansans - it's a shocking attack and intimidation on our nation's justices and an apparent attempt to hijack the Court's decision-making process. In this case, it shows how radical the far left has become on the issue of abortion - calling for taxpayer-funded abortion up  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion leaked last night. The majority opinion, written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, states that the court is favored to overturn the 1973 Roe V. Wade court ruling. "Yesterday, an initial draft U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced legislation to bar federal funds from being used to establish a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security. "The Biden administration wants a government agency dedicated to cracking down on what its subjects can say, an idea popular with Orwellian governments everywhere. This board is unconstitutional and un-American--my bill puts a stop to  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS), Mike Lee (UT), Mike Braun (IN), Steve Daines (MT), and Kevin Cramer (ND) today sent a letter to the Chairman of the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board in response to Disney's latest campaign to embed left-wing sexual politics in its children's programming, requesting they update their guidelines to include ratings on content related to gender dyspho  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) in introducing legislation to bar federal funds from being used to establish a Disinformation Governance Board at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "Idahoans are rightfully concerned with the Administration's latest attempts to brazenly establish a federal propaganda panel under the guise of countering disinformat  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing legislation to bar federal funds from being used to establish a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security. "The Administration has created a 'Disinformation Board' in the name of protecting the U.S. from threats. However, the real threat to our democracy is giving unelected bureauc  more