{"id":57307,"date":"2025-08-02T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=57307"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:16:06","slug":"dekleptocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/02\/dekleptocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dekleptocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dekleptocracy Alliance is a 501c(4) out of Austin Texas.\u00a0 There is also a Dekleptocracy Project out of Virginia which is a 501c(3). But they are, if not the same thing, at least related, because the email I want to share from Kristofer Harrison has both.<\/p>\n<p>I would give you a link to the full text, but there isn&#8217;t one. So all i can do is quote the email.\u00a0 I am including a link to donate, but not asking anyone to. There is of course a bunch of information on the Dekleptocracy websites\u00a0 on what else they do. Here&#8217;s the email:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The anti-corruption tool they&#8217;re terrified of is almost complete<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-LOGO.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-LOGO-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-LOGO-150x36.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When a corrupt official cuts a shady deal and walks away unscathed, it&#8217;s not an accident.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful have built our country this way by design, free from accountability and oversight.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve made it a point to hollow out our newsrooms and outgun our local watchdogs.<\/p>\n<p>We here at the Dekleptocracy Alliance are taking back control \u2014 permanently.<\/p>\n<p>For months, we&#8217;ve been developing a first-of-its-kind anti-corruption tool that will track public corruption wherever it rears up in towns, counties, and cities across America.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an early preview:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DKA-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DKA-image-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DKA-image-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DKA-image-1-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this tool, you can directly contribute to solving real problems in your community, making a tangible difference.<\/p>\n<p>This system consolidates reports and local stories that otherwise slip through the cracks. It flags shady deals. It builds case files. It connects the dots between campaign donations, no-bid contracts, sudden zoning changes, and government favors that just don&#8217;t add up.<\/p>\n<p>Once we launch it, you&#8217;ll be able to search, follow, and act on those patterns yourself.<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll give it to you for free on release; we just need help to get it over the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/dekleptocracy-action-c2g?refcode=20250730_corruption_tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HELP US BUILD THE TOOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tool will help power the work of journalists, watchdog groups, honest public officials&#8230;and pissed-off citizens who are done letting this stuff slide.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine walking into your next town hall open forum armed with the data you can pull up on this dashboard:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dka-image-2-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re 80% finished with the tool now, thanks to the help of supporters like you, and we&#8217;re itching to go live.<\/p>\n<p>The corrupt don&#8217;t deserve to stay hidden, and now they won&#8217;t be able to.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Kristofer Harrison<br \/>\nPresident, Dekleptocracy Alliance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dekleptocracy Alliance is a 501c(4) out of Austin Texas.\u00a0 There is also a Dekleptocracy Project out of Virginia which is a 501c(3). But they are, if not the same thing, at least related, because the email I want to share from Kristofer Harrison has both. I would give you a link to the full <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/02\/dekleptocracy\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}