Professor/scholar of nexus of corruption, illicit finance, conflict, and national security. Military Veteran. Views are my own; likes are not endorsements.https://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mtodwhc3is2yThe 86 pg report repeatedly cites complaints from 2 x law schools in Puerto Rico. No other law schools or complaints mentioned. What’s the backstory and context of this? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/21/trump-administration-attacks-bar-associations-power-accredit-law-schools/22 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtodwhc3is2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mtoabe326k2y“We can build public institutions with teeth. We can replace the ‘good chaps’ theory of government with proper regulation of our politics. We can succeed where the US has failed” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoabe326k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3msxqyiqhrc2iThis sale should invite financial scrutiny. It’s possible that the Lakers are worth 25% more than last year, but globally, sports teams sales are notorious as means of kickbacks and corruption, and the Kushner family has a history… https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/business/joshua-kushner-lakers.html13 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxqyiqhrc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mslnbbdtdc26“Like DOGE, NDS is nested under the Executive Office of the President. Though the NDS website says that the group is hiring, there is little infor about the roles and seemingly no way to apply for the jobs from the website. NDS jobs also do not appear on USAJobs, the hiring portal for the fed govt.“ https://www.wired.com/story/national-design-studio-doge-recruiting/08 Aug 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslnbbdtdc26https://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mqc3eptue22wTrump Admin seems to have started to use the new powers from SCOTUS Slaughter decision to fire heads of Election Assistance Commission right before midterms https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/09/trump-ousts-members-of-bipartisan-election-commission-ahead-of-midterms-0099278310 Jul 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc3eptue22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mq635i444s2i@microso.com life hack for Office365 military subscription that you shouldn’t need: if you try to google or use Microsoft chatbot to get the 30% discount on Office365, it will send you to an AAFES page that has said “sold out” for years. These are the asinine steps you need to do:08 Jul 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq635i444s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mpye2thi5c2pIt seems that the Democrats are giving the Trump Admin a huge gift. If Democrats don’t quash this (and actions like it) quickly, they strengthen Republican narratives that Trump/Witkoff/Lutnick family deals aren’t corrupt but just how things are done. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/02/gillibrand-son-crypto-fund-investors-0098581106 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpye2thi5c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mptds5dn2s2qIn 1785, French King Louis XVI presented Founding Father Benjamin Franklin with a snuff box with 408 diamonds. Franklin took corruption concerns seriously and he asked Congress permission to keep it (as req’d under Art of Confederation). How times have changed. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/a-belgian-diamond-group-is-gifting-trump-a-lavish-ring-after-that-industry-won-tariff-relief04 Jul 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptds5dn2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mplgaugulc2mNot mentioned in this article was that Teddy Roosevelt was an anti-corruption crusader. Trump not so much. 💰💰💰 Consider this quote from Teddy Roosevelt to Congress in 1903 (h/t Harvard Prof Matthew Stephenson) 🧵1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/01/trump-honor-president-he-sees-peer-theodore-roosevelt/01 Jul 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplgaugulc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3moawmpm5u22p#ZacBrown is singing at UFC fight at White House today, saying he’s doing it for veterans. In Nov2014, I saw him sing at Concert for Valor for veterans. (Wikipedia excerpt below) Feels like Zac Brown in 2026 vs Zac Brown in 2014 is an allegory for what has happened to US & patriotism.14 Jun 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moawmpm5u22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mo67ain7ws24“Separately, Haney said, the group estimates that more than 100 FBI and DHS agents fanned across the state on Thursday and arrived at the homes of people affiliated with the collaborative. Haney said these agents demanded to talk to the residents. They did not have subpoenas or warrants, he added.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/fbi-searches-offices-ohio-voter-registration-group-seizing-computers/13 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo67ain7ws24https://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mnz5al4fmk2s“Over the weekend, plane spotters in the Washington area posted on X that they had caught the retrofitted jumbo jet [Qatari 747 bribe] in Trump’s new navy-red-gold colors arriving and departing Joint Base Andrews under the cover of darkness.” https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-ufc-white-house-south-lawn/11 Jun 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz5al4fmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mnrqzvkmgk2sThat former Rep Buyer had been a US Army JAG (attorney) and Sen Lindsay Graham is a retired Air Force JAG speaks not only about deep ethical issues in Congress, but also potential major ethical concerns in the US military even before SecDef Hegseth’s purges. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/politics/trump-pardon-stephen-buyer-insider-trading.html08 Jun 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrqzvkmgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jodi1994.bsky.social/post/3mnms65skys2m“FORMER MEMBERS OF the so-called DOGE have launched a startup to, they say, bring “DOGE for the private sector.” Their holding company, called Special, has backing from billionaire Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm a16z and several other former DOGE members.” https://www.wired.com/story/the-doge-boys-get-vc-funding-to-support-their-latest-enterprise/06 Jun 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:ptlgz5jpwyuvy2occbsb32c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnms65skys2m