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Associate Editor, ICIJ; veteran Pentagon & Capitol Hill editor/reporter; former Harvard Crimson sports columnist; ex-lot boy at the CBS Hawaii 5-0 studio. No DMs please. https://www.icij.org/journalists/richard-h-p-sia/

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Apr 28

NEW: Previously unseen Chinese records spanning nearly 20 years offer details about China’s playbook for cracking down on dissent overseas. And 100+ people in 23 countries who've criticized China's policies tell us they were targeted by Chinese authorities. #ChinaTargets www.icij.org/investigatio...

Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ

Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6d

Reminder: Best reporting on Harvard v Trump is consistently in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

Today: Why the fed shutdown freezes Trump's ability to *appeal* the fed court ruling that went 100% against him and ordered admin to start releasing funds.

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Government Shutdown Could Put Harvard’s Funding Lawsuit on Pause | News | The Harvard Crimson

Wednesday’s government shutdown could stall Harvard’s federal funding lawsuit, halting the case before District Judge Allison D. Burroughs can enter a final judgment — and before President Donald Trum...

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The FACT Coalition @factcoalition.bsky.social · 7d

In the wake of catastrophic funding cuts, the IRS is bleeding personnel. Our tax laws are only as strong as our ability to enforce them, and without sufficient enforcement resources, corporate tax avoidance will only worsen.

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IRS Attorney Exodus Gives Companies a Leg Up in Court Cases

The IRS and Justice Department are bleeding tax lawyers, suggesting it will take longer to resolve disputes in court and raising concern the government will recover less money from taxpayers than it s...

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: Five years after @icij.org published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration plans to rollback significant anti-money laundering rules and delete data on U.S. companies from a new federal "beneficial ownership" database. www.icij.org/news/2025/09...

FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ

Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: Trump administration walks back significant anti-money laundering rules spurred by ICIJ’s FinCEN Files investigation. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org

FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ

Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Sep 7

National Gardeners in action on the home front! Who did this?

Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Sep 6

This brought to mind that infamous Boston Globe headline, “More Mush From The Wimp.”

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · Sep 6

Trump quotes without his face or voice. At the last cabinet meeting Trump talked about Democrats or transgender people maybe traps? Maybe crime? It’s hard to know. The quote is unedited and 100% accurate.

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The FACT Coalition @factcoalition.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's no surprise that the global financial crime watchdog, FATF, will be prioritizing benficial ownership registries in their next round of evaluations. Criminals rely on U.S. shell companies to hide their illicit profits. To avoid a negative evaluation, the US must improve.

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Zorka Milin @zorkamilin.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Working families tax plan"?

Because I guess "big multinational corporations tax plan" isn't catchy enough?

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · Sep 4

As @andykroll.bsky.social previously reported, a senior IRS attorney warned officials in February that using “performance” failures to justify the mass firings was “false,” because the administration hadn't conducted any assessments to make such a judgment.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW: US Treasury watchdog finds that of the 7,315 IRS workers terminated by DOGE, just 43 were documented underperformers. Almost 50% of the fired employees had been appraised as working at or above expectations. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org

Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 28

ICYMI: ‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions www.icij.org/investigatio...

‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions - ICIJ

From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior Intellexa figures are back online after a sanctions-induced slowdown.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 27

These guys should be home with their families.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨The National Guard is now picking up trash in D.C. These images will not make recruiting brochures.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW: Canada to announce new foreign interference watchdog to fight transnational repression #ChinaTargets www.icij.org/investigatio... via @icij.org

Canada to announce new foreign interference watchdog to fight transnational repression - ICIJ

Just months after ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, the country has confirmed that countering foreign influence is an “utmost priority” for the government.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 19

Bravo, Robert Redford! 🥳🎂🎉

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 19

Redford, 89 years old today.

“All the President’s Men” (1976) owes its existence to him — buying the film rights, developing a script and cajoling a reluctant Woodward & Bernstein.

I thought it was “a great character study,” he said — but for months, “they didn’t return my calls.”

Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 9

NEW: Datashare, the document research platform behind @icij.org’s #PandoraPapers and other groundbreaking global investigations, has been relaunched with a new streamlined design — free for all, especially journalists and researchers. www.icij.org/inside-icij/...

Datashare redesign makes research tool more powerful, more accessible for all - ICIJ

Datashare, the document research platform behind the Pandora Papers and other groundbreaking global investigations, has been relaunched with a new streamlined design.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 8

One of the reasons for this travesty: The majority white population thought Asians looked alike. Life magazine ran a feature showing Chinese Americans wearing labels saying “I’m Chinese” to aboid getting swept up in the government’s dragnet.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 8

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 8

NEW: A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is seeking to stem the flow of dirty money through the art market with legislation that would regulate art dealers and auction houses under the Bank Secrecy Act. #PanamaPapers www.icij.org/news/2025/08... via @icij.org

New US bill aims to clamp down on money laundering through art holdings - ICIJ

The proposed Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions.

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 8

An excellent choice!

Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 7

Since April, a 25.6 ounce canister of Maxwell House French Roast coffee, which my local groceries (in a Washington suburb in Maryland) used to put on sale for $5.99 to $8.99, has a sale price of $12.99 to $17.99. When not on sale, the regular retail price is now a whopping $22.99!

Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 5

ICYMI: China is among the worst perpetrators of transnational repression in the United Kingdom, increasingly persecuting dissidents who have sought refuge in the country, according to the U.K. Joint Committee on Human Rights. #ChinaTargets www.icij.org/news/2025/08... via @icij.org

Parliamentary committee labels China ‘flagrant’ perpetrator of transnational repression on UK soil - ICIJ

A new report details how China and other authoritarian regimes are increasingly targeting critics who sought refuge in the country.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Aug 2

I was 6 when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded in 1967, so my whole conscious life has been enriched by its work.
So many thanks to the good and creative people who worked hard to try and educate and enlighten us all.

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James North @jamesnorth7.bsky.social · Aug 2

Try this, #NYTimes:

"Chancellor Hitler Has Been on a Winning Streak. But Lashing Out Over the Continued Presence of Jews in Germany, He Displayed His Volatile Side"

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · Aug 2

This 🧵!!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Aug 1

Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · Aug 2

I want PBS and NPR, not a 90,000 square-foot ballroom in the White House.

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