The RepresentUs Blog

The New Era of Corruption in America

By The RepresentUs Team Oct 15 2026
When most of us hear the word "corruption," we picture a crime drama like Narcos or The Sopranos, a criminal slipping cash to a crooked politician so they both get rich. That's part of the story, but it's not the whole thing. A lot of real-world corruption never involves an envelope of cash changing hands in a parking garage. It looks more boring, and more legal, than that. Which is exactly what makes it dangerous.

Flock is watching us, but who’s watching Flock?

By The RepresentUs Team Sep 14 2026
Flock Safety is a company that makes camera systems for police departments, mainly cameras that automatically read and log license plates, but also other surveillance tools. Flock has installed more than 120,000 of these cameras in 49 states, and it links them all together into one giant, searchable nationwide network. That means a police department in one city can often search footage and data collected by cameras in a totally different city or state with agency agreements.

What is the Stop Insider Trading Act?

By The RepresentUs Team Mar 5 2026
The President is right to point out that Congressional stock trading is a problem, but the bill that he and his allies are pushing hides the problem instead of solving it.