William Turton
@WilliamTurton
Reporter, ProPublica. Focused on the Department of Government Efficiency. Contact me on Signal: 804-295-7201 [email protected]
SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE propublica.org/article/trump-…
ANOTHER ONE: Records show a paid political advisor to Elon Musk is simultaneously helping to undo the CFPB for DOGE, earning up to $1M from a Musk LLC while helping dismantle an agency that regulates his boss’s companies. propublica.org/article/doge-e…
This story somehow fails to mention that before he was Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal lawyer.
NBC News: Lawyer representing multiple Epstein victims says they've yet to hear from the Department of Justice. The news comes as the Deputy Attorney General says he will try and meet with convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
I’ve done this hike a couple times. Pretty fun
With Finn atop Camelback in Phoenix this morning.
Read the @Renee_Dudley scoop that started this ⬇️ propublica.org/article/micros…
Update on DOD’s cloud services
The Trump administration is starting to turn over personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the country. A report by ProPublica found the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access to…
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE apnews.com/article/immigr…
“If this program is implemented in its current form, it’s extremely likely that incorrect addresses will be given to DHS and individuals will be wrongly targeted.” propublica.org/article/trump-…
Microsoft “Digital Escorts” Could Expose Defense Dept. Data to Chinese Hackers propublica.org/article/micros…
A must read story by my @propublica colleagues. The IRS is building a vast system to share tax records with ICE and just last month the immigration enforcement agency requested the addresses of 7.3 million taxpayers. propublica.org/article/trump-…
The Trump admin sees IRS tax data as a key source of information to help deportation agents locate undocumented immigrants. We got our hands on the blueprint the shows how millions of addresses could be ported from tax forms into the hands of ICE. propublica.org/article/trump-…
New: @propublica “has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an ‘on demand’ process allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport.” Scoop by @WilliamTurton @Bing_Chris @AASchapiro propublica.org/article/trump-…
Our story from last week >>> Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint propublica.org/article/doge-e…
New: At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk's companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them. propub.li/3HC6nbu
BOMBSHELL: The Pentagon helped spread UFO myths for a generation. When a new DoD investigation dug up the military’s role, the Air Force pushed for a coverup. With the mighty @aviswanatha wsj.com/articles/WP-WS…
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI to Help Kill Veterans Affairs Contracts propublica.org/article/trump-…
.@elonmusk Please tweet something nice about President Trump tonight.
Trump Administration Knew Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No U.S. Crime Convictions propublica.org/article/trump-…
You might be on to something
Anyone else find it suspicious that: NBC News has 9M followers NYTimes has 55M WaPo has 19M CNN has 63M MSNBC has 5M TIME has 19M And yet they all seem to get less engagement than an account like mine? @X should investigate to see how many of their followers are fake. Agreed?
NEW: Behind closed doors, the Trump administration has mounted a “maximum pressure” campaign on a poor African democracy. The objective: push the country to help Elon Musk's Starlink business. w/ @BrettMmurphy @JustinElliott @Amierjeski propublica.org/article/trump-…