Featured Press Archives - Property of the People https://propertyofthepeople.org/category/featured-press/ The records of government are the property of the people Wed, 18 Jul 2018 05:17:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://propertyofthepeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Property-of-the-people-Avatar-White-Backdrop-32x32.png Featured Press Archives - Property of the People https://propertyofthepeople.org/category/featured-press/ 32 32 We’ve Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties https://propertyofthepeople.org/2018/07/18/weve-found-16-1-million-in-political-and-taxpayer-spending-at-trump-properties/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:39:03 +0000 https://propertyofthepeople.org/?p=979 Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too.

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]]> Government Employees Spend Your Money at Trump Hotels https://propertyofthepeople.org/2018/07/18/government-employees-spend-your-money-at-trump-hotels/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:36:18 +0000 https://propertyofthepeople.org/?p=977 Shortly before President Trump took office, his lawyer promised Trump would forgo any profits his hotels made from foreign governments. There was no similar pledge for money earned from federal government employees, state officials, or anybody else who might be seeking to curry favor. And a lot of that money is coming from you, U.S. […]

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]]> Donald Trump’s son linked to £10,000 US State Dept payments to Turnberry resort https://propertyofthepeople.org/2018/07/18/donald-trumps-son-linked-to-10000-us-state-dept-payments-to-turnberry-resort/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:33:29 +0000 https://propertyofthepeople.org/?p=975 The US State Department has spent more than £10,000 in relation to trips by Eric Trump to Turnberry hotel and golf course, which is owned by his father.

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]]> What’s Under the Gravestone? https://propertyofthepeople.org/2018/04/08/whats-under-the-gravestone-the-secretive-fbi-video-surveillance-initiative-you-havent-heard-of-yet/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:54:51 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=276 When you’re using the internet or your cellphone or basically any electronic device that depends on wireless or internet-based connections to communicate with other machines, there’s a chance the U.S. government is collecting that data.

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]]> Exclusive: Defense Dept. charged nearly $140,000 at Trump branded properties https://propertyofthepeople.org/2018/04/08/exclusive-defense-dept-charged-nearly-140000-at-trump-branded-properties-2/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:47:12 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=271 Defense Department employees charged just over $138,000 at Trump branded properties in the first eight months of Donald Trump's presidency, according to a CNN review of hundreds of records.

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]]> Trump White House Logs Document Drug Industry Visitors, Meetings https://propertyofthepeople.org/2017/11/21/trump-white-house-logs-document-drug-industry-visitors-meetings/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:59:31 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=282 Drug company executives were among the many visitors to the White House complex this year, according to visitor logs published Tuesday by ProPublica after a nonprofit transparency group, Property of the People, successfully sued the Trump administration to release the records.

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]]> Here Are the White House Visitor Records the Trump Administration Didn’t Want You to See https://propertyofthepeople.org/2017/11/21/here-are-the-white-house-visitor-records-the-trump-administration-didnt-want-you-to-see/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:55:49 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=279 The Trump White House tried to block public access to visitor logs of five federal offices working directly for the president even though they were subject to public disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act

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]]> New Hotel Act would ban federal agencies from doing business with Trump hotels https://propertyofthepeople.org/2017/09/19/new-hotel-act-would-ban-federal-agencies-from-doing-business-with-trump-hotels/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:01:33 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=285 Democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation that would ban federal officials from spending any taxpayer-funded travel expenses at Trump-owned properties or locales owned by other senior government officials.

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]]> What Is Trump Hiding At Mar-a-Lago? https://propertyofthepeople.org/2017/09/17/what-is-trump-hiding-at-mar-a-lago/ Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:03:06 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=288 Despite a court order to release a list of all of the visitors to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort since the Inauguration, the Justice Department’s list contained only 22 names, and was sent at the last minute on Friday afternoon, nearly half an hour after a deadline that had already been extended by a week.

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]]> Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club https://propertyofthepeople.org/2017/09/15/taxpayers-billed-1092-for-an-officials-two-night-stay-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-club/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:08:53 +0000 https://www.propertyofthepeople.org/?p=291 The bedroom suites at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, available only to members and their guests, feature hand-painted Moorish ceilings, antique Spanish-tiled mosaics and sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean.

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