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I've seen this claim shared over 50,000 times in the last 24 hours. The Federal Reserve emergency meeting is NOT about a dollar collapse. Per the Fed's own statement, it's a routine closed session on financial stability — these happen regularly. The viral posts are citing a known disinformation account that has previously spread false claims about Fed policy. I've linked to the Fed's actual board calendar below.

I've done a section-by-section analysis of the new surveillance EO. Section 4(b) is the most alarming — it explicitly allows NSA collection from 'domestic communication nodes serving foreign intelligence targets' without defining what qualifies as a foreign intelligence target. This is broader than any authority granted under FISA Section 702. The Youngstown framework analysis suggests this falls in Zone 3 — direct conflict with congressional FISA limits — which means it's presumptively unconstitutional.

Our team has built an open-source tool that pulls daily from USASpending.gov and flags statistical outliers in federal contracting — things like contracts with unusually high price-per-unit compared to benchmarks, unusual modification patterns, and sole-source awards in categories that typically use competitive bidding. The tool flagged the DoD contract before it was reported. Code is on GitHub, API-accessible.

I'm collaborating with the HUD IG on the CDBG investigation. If you have direct knowledge of contracts awarded to the four contractors named in the preliminary findings, please use the official IG tip line. I can confirm the investigation is active and criminal referrals to DOJ are being prepared based on what I've been told by two sources familiar with the matter.

I cannot identify myself but I have knowledge that the EPA's reversal of the wetlands environmental impact determination was coordinated with a lobbying firm representing the pipeline company. I have seen internal EPA emails. I am working with a journalist at a major publication. This information is being provided to GovWatch community for awareness. Please do not attempt to identify me.

After the FCC denied our FOIA appeal for the merger review documents, we've filed suit in D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Exemption 5 designation. We have three strong legal arguments: (1) final agency decisions are not protected by deliberative process privilege, (2) the public interest in understanding anti-competitive decisions outweighs any deliberative harm, (3) the FCC's own procedural manual says certain merger documents are subject to mandatory disclosure. Hearing set for July.

Spent the morning going through the full CBO report. The headline $3.2T is driven primarily by three factors: (1) Social Security COLAs exceeding projections by ~$180B, (2) Interest payments on existing debt now exceeding defense spending for first time ever, (3) Revenue shortfall from 2025 tax legislation. The debt ceiling breach scenario they describe is Q4 FY2026 — that's October. Congress needs to act before summer recess.

This is the third sole-source contract DoD has awarded this quarter using the 'urgent national security' exception. I've FOIA'd the justification documents for all three and the language is nearly identical — which suggests a template is being used to bypass competition requirements systematically. Anyone else tracking this pattern? I have a spreadsheet of all 2026 sole-source awards over $100M.