Caitlin Kovalkoski

Policy junkie in pursuit of change to make this world a better place 🇺🇸 Keep the Faith 💙 Opinions are my own; RT =/= endorsements. She/her.

[David Gilbert @daithaigilbert]

WIRED continues to lead the reporting on what's happening inside the US government right now.

A 25-year-old Musk acolyte now has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

https://t.co/kcB7AqWxEJ

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis has found.

The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. https://t.co/LYUfyr4jwo

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

I haven’t actually seen a single piece of evidence of fraud and waste discovered by DOGE at USAID so far. all the examples have just been people mad about democracy promotion and health programs in foreign countries? which, like, you can disagree with, but that’s not fraud

[Caitlin Kovalkoski @CAKovalkoski]

And Census data is used in so many instances to determine the formulas for block grants (transfer payments) to states and localities. This is all connected back to why they went after the Treasury BFS payment portal first.

[Max Ghenis @MaxGhenis]

The @uscensusbureau has taken down American Community Survey microdata.

Thankfully @nikhil_woodruff had a local copy, so we now store it on @ThePolicyEngine servers.

[Rep. Kim Schrier, M.D. @RepKimSchrier]

Why does the richest man in the world have a backdoor into our government?

I am alarmed and you should be too - there is no reason Elon Musk should have access to your Social Security & Medicare information. Period.

https://t.co/Jqkxph3J5g

[Fernand R. Amandi @AmandiOnAir]

Why in hell did we spend billions of taxpayer dollars to fund the CIA, FBI and NSA to ‘protect national security’ if they allowed this to happen in real time when there were multiple published news reports documenting it happening years and months prior?👇🏼
https://t.co/ZNxhyUlkFa

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

This is a defamatory lie easily debunked by public financial reports.

As a DOGE Special Government Employee, your financial reports should be public too.

As a government contractor who rakes in billions from taxpayers, do you have a conflict of interest waiver? Let’s see it.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

AOC tonight hosted an IG live. It’s gotten over 1 million views (& counting). She talked like a normal human & answered questions from the audience. Like her or not, AOC is one of our best communicators. Every Democrat in Congress should be doing the same. Flood. The. Waves.

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

🧵 If you've been hearing about Trump firing 17 Inspectors General and wondering what their roles are and why this matters, you're not alone.

Here’s a simple breakdown of what IGs do, the significance of these firings, and the potential implications for the future. (1/15)

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

One more selfie for the road. We love you, America.

[Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @SenLBR]

I was proud to host a roundtable today with @TradeGov’s @Grant_T_Harris and representatives from Delaware's life sciences and business sectors to discuss our supply chain resiliency efforts and my bipartisan legislation, the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act.

[ITA @TradeGov]

📣 ITA's Supply Chain Center Recruitment Event is on February 28! Don't miss your chance to explore career opportunities in U.S. economic policy development on #supplychain resiliency. Sign up to secure your spot and unlock a world of possibilities! https://t.co/LJz6M6YT42

[Caitlin Kovalkoski @CAKovalkoski]

@caitleg Calling it now: she’ll be the top US export in 2024 for the international tour. (And I can’t wait to see her at Liverpool after having such FOMO from the US tour!)

[ITA @TradeGov]

On Saturday, the @WCO_OMD elected ITA’s Ian Saunders to serve as its next Secretary General. Ian will be a thoughtful, inclusive, & transformative leader of the global customs community. Congratulations, Ian! See Under Secretary Lago’s statement: https://t.co/crENyiXYeH

[ITA @TradeGov]

Congratulations to Ian Saunders on his election as the new Secretary General of the @WCO_OMD! Your colleagues and friends at ITA and around the world look forward to your visionary and inclusive leadership! See Under Secretary Lago’s statement:
https://t.co/crENyiXYeH #IANSG

[Secretary Gina Raimondo @SecRaimondo]

One year since the Dobbs decision and the impact has been devastatingly clear:

One in three women of reproductive age now live in a state where an abortion ban is currently in effect — and countless women are being denied essential medical care.

It’s unacceptable.

[Caitlin Kovalkoski @CAKovalkoski]

And look at those @WashSpirit additions! 🫶🏻⚽️🇺🇸

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄!

We asked a few friends to help with this year’s World Cup roster announcement 🤩

Visit https://t.co/sLCJ8RhiOx for full details 🇺🇸

[Jesse Lee Archived @JesseLee46]

Not sure what was unclear about Biden’s letter to the Speaker, but:

[ITA @TradeGov]

1/3 ITA Under Secretary Marisa Lago is on the ground in Vietnam! Today, she met with 🇻🇳's Central Economic Committee to highlight @CommerceGov's priorities on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity #IPEF & discuss opportunities to strengthen 🇺🇸-🇻🇳 bilateral trade.

[Caitlin Kovalkoski @CAKovalkoski]

@caitleg Pics of the woman-peacock or it didn’t happen 😂