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** CfA's November 22, 2019 Newsletter
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Thank you for your continued support of Campaign for Accountability (CfA). Here's an update on our latest work.



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Our Latest Work:
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* CfA Releases Documents Showing How Trump Admin Pulled Strings to Award Grant to Anti-Birth Control Group, Obria: On Thursday, CfA made public new documents shedding light on how officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services intervened to secure federal family planning funds, known as Title X funding, for Obria, an anti-abortion and anti-birth control group based in California. (Press Release ([link removed]) , Documents ([link removed]) )
* Watchdog Calls for Criminal Investigation of Google VP for Potentially Lying to Congress about Company Blacklists: On Thursday, CfA asked the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to refer Karan Bhatia, Vice President for Government Affairs & Public Policy at Google, to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation into whether Mr. Bhatia may have provided false testimony to the committee during a hearing concerning Google’s manipulation of search results. (Press Release ([link removed]) , Letter ([link removed]) )
* Watchdog Releases Legal Filings Showing Americans United for Life Involved in Doctored Planned Parenthood Videos: On Monday, CfA published court documents revealing that Americans United for Life, a 48-year old national anti-abortion organization, advised the controversial anti-choice front group Center for Medical Progress in its release of deceptively edited videos designed to harm Planned Parenthood. (Press Release ([link removed]) , Court Filings ([link removed]) )


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* Donate to CfA: Last year, CfA filed three ethics complaints against Congressman Devin Nunes documenting his deplorable conduct. Now he's filed a frivolous lawsuit against us to deflect attention away from his ethical lapses. Please donate to CfA and help us fight back!

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CfA In the News:
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* Americans United for Life Aided Propaganda Campaign Against Planned Parenthood: Rewire.News reported on the legal filings CfA found that show Americans United for Life aided Center for Medical Progress in its smear campaign against Planned Parenthood. (Rewire.News ([link removed]) , 11.20.19)
* CfA's Call for Investigation of Karan Bhatia: CfA's request for investigation of Google Vice President Karan Bhatia for potentially lying to Congress was included in the Politico Morning Tech newsletter (Politico Morning Tech ([link removed]) , 11.21.19)
* Facebook and Google's Funding of Nonprofits: Bloomberg Law talked to CfA's Daniel Stevens about big tech's funding of advocacy groups in Washington and how these groups are trying to shape debates over privacy. (Bloomberg Law ([link removed]) , 11.18.19)


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What We're Reading:
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* Google Changes Political Ad Policy: Google will no longer allow political advertisers to target voters based on their political affiliation. (The Guardian ([link removed]) , 11.20.19)
* Brooklyn Assemblywoman Sought $100k in Government Funding for a Non-Existent Think Tank: From the New York Post: "The state lawmaker elected to replace a politician busted for stealing Superstorm Sandy money has herself raised ethics questions — after trying to score $100,000 for a group that doesn’t exist". (New York Post ([link removed]) , 11.21.19)
* Tech As a Sewer of Bigotry: In a speech to the Anti-Defamation League, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen called social media "the greatest propaganda machine in history and the internet a "sewer of bigotry." (Anti-Defamation League ([link removed]) , 11.21.19)
* How a Beloved Clinic for Low-Income Women is Fighting to Stay Alive in the Trump Era: Public Health Solutions is one of the nearly 900 clinics that lost federal funding this year. Now it’s hanging by a thread. (Vox ([link removed]) , 11.22.19)


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Sincerely,

Daniel Stevens
Executive Director, Campaign for Accountability

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