For our latest interview, @americalabs.org and I spoke with former Rep. Brian Baird, who is a defender of Congress, promoter of public service, and clinical psychologist, about member security and the toll of January 6. It's an audio and transcript interview for those who need more podcast
This is so much fun. Stephen Colbert, back on public access in Monroe... 11 years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTX...
Just a reminder that Ari Fleischer is a terrible human being.
I'm glad one of my first public pieces was 1) on this subject and 2) coauthored with you! www.thebulwark.com/p/making-it-...
Thank you @pkcapitol.bsky.social and @535news.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to talk about spending on Congress and the recent court opinion on member pay. It's a fundamental truth that we get what we pay for -- and we deserve better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W16...
It was very kind of the @opengovpartnership.org to write about my work to open up government (and use a photo from when I was much younger). Many people keep showing up, year after year, in support of U.S. government transparency, and I'm inspired by them.
www.opengovpartnership.org/stories/thos...
Whoah. As @hoyer.house.gov is arguing to member COLA, court issues opinion that says (cursory look) 27th amendment stops approps from varying pay in the way it has for 15 years. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On Wednesday the House made fateful decisions regarding funding for the legislative branch. I was there until just before midnight watching the proceedings. Should GAO be cut? What about member security? Sexual harassment?
Read about it here: firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/restarting...
I have long had feelings on this. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Americans loathe Congress. Cockroaches, traffic jams, and colonoscopies have higher favorability ratings. Important decisions are endlessly delayed...
In March 2026, at the OGP’s Washington D.C. offices a short distance from the US Capitol, I met Daniel Schuman, a man who had spent fifteen years quietly transforming how Congress shares information w...
