ICYMI: Democracy Restored Files Conflict of Interest Board Complaint Over Zohran Mamdani’s SignalGate
In case you missed it, Democracy Restored filed a complaint with the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB), asking it to investigate the alleged use of an official Signal messaging account by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s staff to coordinate messaging campaigns with social-media influencers that promoted the New York City mayor’s agenda, all on the taxpayer’s dime.
The ‘Office Space’ Question That Sent a Federal Bureaucrat into a Meltdown
“What would you say you do here?” This is the seminal line of Mike Judge’s classic movie Office Space that has permeated American culture from its release. The line has become synonymous with the film itself but has now become the dreaded question that career federal employees do not want to hear – and will call for criminal investigation over.
Mamdani hit with complaint over communications with influencers
A Texas-based government watchdog group has filed a complaint against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his administration’s use of taxpayer money on social media influencers in an effort to sway public support for his lefty agenda.
Democracy Restored Exposes the Left’s Lawfare Consortium in New Report
Today, Democracy Restored (DR) released a new report that exposes a secret, well-funded, and coordinated national campaign by the Left to target conservative attorneys with lawfare and barfare.
Lawfare Report
Democracy Restored Lawfare Report
Conservatives and GOP senators plot fight against Democratic ‘barfare’ with all-day DC summit
Conservative organizations and Republican senators will gather on Wednesday in Washington to organize a response to what they describe as “barfare,” the use of attorney disciplinary proceedings to punish lawyers for representing President Donald Trump and his allies.
ICYMI: Democracy Restored Calls on DHS to Review Microsoft Contracts Over Former FBI Official’s Role
In case you missed it, government watchdog Democracy Restored sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin calling for a department review its federal contracts with Microsoft.
Watchdog urges DHS to review Microsoft contracts over ex-FBI official’s ‘shadow government’ remark
A new letter from a government watchdog urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to review the department’s contracts with Microsoft, citing the company’s employment of a former FBI official who once said she was “basically running a shadow government across the FBI.”
Federal Employees Don’t Get to Defy the President
Imagine that a longtime employee—say, a self-regarding TV journalist unhappy with his network’s new direction—berates and insults his new boss in a staff meeting. That employee can and should get fired for insubordination. A TV network is beholden to its viewers, its advertisers and, most of all, its shareholders. It has a responsibility to remove obstacles, including underperforming or insubordinate employees, to deliver value to each of those groups as best it can. That’s the reality for three-quarters of U.S. workers—even our most pompous newsmen.
Bar Complaint Filed Against Judge Sparkle Sooknanan Over Role in Biden DOJ Weaponization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 30, 2026democracyrestored.org Filing seeks investigation into alleged professional misconduct tied to biased enforcement of FACE Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Restored today filed a bar complaint against U.S. District Judge for the...