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1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Barbara McQuade

   Opinion: The ‘war on fraud’ is targeting the wrong crimes (opens the original)

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   The Trump administration’s so-called war on fraud is, well, a bit of a fraud. The White House earlier this year launched a task force to eliminate fraud, helmed by Vice President JD Vance. The administration even gave those efforts their own government website — “The Fraud Tracker,” where you can find data about federal agencies that are “crushing fraud in your direct vicinity.” But the Department of Justice appears to be using its dwindling resources to prosecute the wrong kinds of people and c

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2. Article · Jul 7, 2026 · Barbara McQuade

   Opinion: The Supreme Court just gave the rich even more political power (opens the original)

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   The flow of money into U.S. politics is already harming democracy, and now, it’s about to get worse. The Supreme Court on June 30 struck down limits on campaign expenditures by political parties in coordination with candidates in a 6-3 decision that only continues the problematic trend started by Citizen’s United v. FEC. Without these limits, ultra-wealthy donors — and thus, special interests like the firearms and cryptocurrency industries — can essentially buy themselves favorable treatment by

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