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Byron Tau

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Byron Tau

@ByronTau

🧐 investigative reporter at the @ap in dc. author of 'means of control' bit.ly/buyMoC. signal: byrontau.01

washington, d.c.

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/m…

Joined September 2008

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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Feb 27, 2024
It's publication day for Means of Control. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/m… Here it is at every stage. From left to right: June 2021 book proposal, Jan 2022 outline and reporting plan, October 2022 first draft, Fall 2023 galley and then the finished book. On shelves today!
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Feb 5, 2025
I looked at these contracts and I have my own fun fact. This is occurring because agencies (not just USAID) are buying subscriptions to Politico's Pro editorial product, not because Politico is getting grants or other federal funding.
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Feb 5, 2025
Fun Fact: @politico received USAID funds. Everything makes sense now.
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Jun 13, 2025
When I used to bartend at the Cheesecake Factory on Wisconsin Avenue NW way back in the day, a woman once asked me to put on C-SPAN because "her amendment" was on the floor.
Daniel
@growing_daniel
Jun 13, 2025
Sports bars exist. There should be bars for Monitoring the Situation
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Dec 15, 2023
Replying to @lastpositivist
Also
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Feb 5, 2025
Replying to @ByronTau
This is true of every media outlet with a subscription model.
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Nov 5, 2024
Without further ado, here is Version 1 of Election night NEWSROOM DINNERS. As you can see, I've let a lot of my broadcast sources wither. If you are with ABC, NBC (DC) or Fox, I would like to know what you're eating. DMs are open. Further updates possible
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Aug 1, 2024
It brings me great pleasure to have removed this sign from my window. Welcome home, Evan.
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Oct 23, 2024
NEW: We watched as privacy advocates geofenced an abortion clinic in Florida, where the procedure remains legal, and identified specific devices that came from Alabama, where it is not. Inside the wild world of phone tracking data for sale.
It’s Possible to Track Someone’s Personal Phone to an Abortion Clinic. And It’s Legal Too.
From notus.org
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Apr 30, 2024
NEW: Border communities in Texas have purchased a technology that tracks people through their Bluetooth and WiFi signals. It can track you through your wireless earbuds. The product is called Trafficatch & it's integrated into license plate reader systems
War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets
From notus.org
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Jun 13, 2025
Replying to @ByronTau
If it's quiet and you ask nicely and there isn't some major sporting event that drew a crowd, any bartender worth his or her salt will change the channel for you to C-SPAN or Al-Jazeera or whatever your heart desires.
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Feb 25, 2025
NEW with @BrianSlodysko: 21 DOGE staffers resign rather than help use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services," according to a resignation letter obtained by the AP. Musk has largely tried to keep technical talent at DOGE.
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
From apnews.com
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Jul 24, 2025
Between us @etuckerAP and I have probably read as much as anyone without a security clearance about the 2016 Russia investigation. We look at Gabbard's latest claims and find them unsupported (and in some cases contradicted) by the documents she released:
Gabbard's claims of an anti-Trump conspiracy are not supported by declassified documents
From apnews.com
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Oct 24, 2024
Corporate PR for @Intuit berated a journalist for asking a tough but fair question about the company's lobbying against free online tax filing (!) ...and then demanded that the outlet delete that part of the podcast (!!!)
Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode
From theverge.com
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Byron Tau
@ByronTau
Jul 31, 2024
Refreshing to see CNN covering Supreme Court deliberations citing to anonymous sources — and I mean this sincerely. It is one of three branches of government that should be covered as aggressively as any other part of our government.
Exclusive: How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority | CNN Politics
From cnn.com
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