Eric Katz

@EricM_Katz

Government & policy reporter @washingtonsun covering how the federal government works. I occasionally tweet bad jokes. erickatz@washsun.com, Signal: erickatz.28

Joined October 2012

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Eric Katz @EricM_Katz 4d

NEW: Trump's new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, spent the last year+ going from agency to agency demanding they target Somalis in MN.

Billions of $$ frozen, law enforcement surged, bank transactions tracked. Read the full story on Miller's crack down: washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/ste…

www.washingtonsun.com How Stephen Miller’s Fixation on Minnesota’s Somalis Became a Full-Scale Crackdown The new White House chief of staff has spent the last year moving the federal government against one community in one state.

Eric Katz @EricM_Katz 6d

👀 Spotted outside Commerce Department headquarters this morning:

Eric Katz @EricM_Katz 6d

Really incredible original reporting here. Read the whole thing so you can sound smart.

@ec_schneider @Alex_Roarty @reesejgorman

Elena Schneider Verified account @ec_schneider 6d

NEWS - Inside the GOP cataclysm, from redistricting backfire to nightmare mid-Sept polling.

"The Trump coalition came apart at the seams."

& a secret DCCC polling program to save $10M in Sept

w/ @Alex_Roarty @reesejgorman
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Eric Katz @EricM_Katz Nov 3

Fascinating look at DOJ election monitor data here, full story below:

Jackie Llanos @LlanosJackie Nov 3

DOJ's expanded effort to send monitors to polling places is landing in Democratic-leaning areas, with a focus on counties with higher immigrant populations and minority voters, per @washingtonsun analysis with @adorathejourn and @andrewvandam

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Eric Katz @EricM_Katz Nov 2

NEW: The Education Dept's internal watchdog will soon be an employee who was, until recently, a middle school principal who never worked directly in the federal government.

Trump's permanent nominee for the role is a golf coach at the principal's school.

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www.washingtonsun.com Trump Picks a Recent Middle School Principal to Be an Agency Watchdog The Education Department’s pending acting inspector general has worked for the federal government only during the past three months.