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Journalist with a coding habit at . Help run . Cricket, congress & campaign finance. Not a Detroit Piston. derek.willis@propublica.org

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Joined April 2008

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  1. A better choice than these: Napoleon the leaner Napolean the bleeder Napolean the guy who invaded Russia oh god

  2. Gonna amend my answer to "first big news story" question: honestly, it's Elvis Presley's death.

  3. We, too, are a company going about our business.

  4. Retweeted
    31 minutes ago

    One big difference between 2013 and now? 2014 bill that let parties raise $300K+ for special funds for building, legal & convention expenses

  5. Replying to

    NRCC's June 30 cash figure of $33.6M is ~3X what they had in June 2013:

  6. NRCC's June wasn't best ever for fundraising, raised $7.5M, but had $33.6M in cash, which is tops for them:

  7. DCCC also had a record off-year June, raising $10.7M & ended month with $21.2M in cash:

  8. Replying to
  9. RNC spent $10.6M in June, most ever in that month in an off-year. Still has $44M in cash, also most at that point:

  10. How long until the "Americans for Better Slogans" super PAC is formed?

  11. Understanding the bill: a congressional luxury.

  12. The folks at are looking for an experienced data editor:

  13. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    what if instead we invested in transportation between coastal and *non*-coastal cities?

  14. Happy , everyone! Filings due today from PACs & many party cmtes. See them at Itemizer:

  15. Our military still disposes of munitions via open burns, despite Congress banning local governments from doing so:

  16. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    ⚡️ So proud of on her first major launch . Is the military burning toxic waste near you?

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