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Jennica Pounds (née Humphrey) also known as DataRepublican is a prominent conservative political commentator and social media influencer based in the United States.
An engineer by training, she was advisor to Elon Musk and his DOGE.
She is known for posting political content on X , frequently expressing support for Republican Party policies and candidates including President Donald Trump.
Her role as a high-profile political influencer drew national media attention.[1][2].
Early life
[edit]Jennica Pounds is a software engineer from Utah. She has stated she was drawn to programming after feeling cut off from other career paths due to being deaf.[3][4] Pounds She graduated from Gardner–Webb University and completed a graduate degree in computer science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.[5][3] Pounds married her husband Brent Justin Pounds, a former officer of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, in 2008.[5][6] The couple moved to Utah from Seattle in 2019 looking for a better environment to raise their family, where they opened Spirits of the Wasatch Distillery.[6][3][7] She previously worked at Amazon and eBay, and was at one point the director of software engineering for Snap.[5][3][4] In 2022, Pounds was based in Florida.[4]
Career
[edit]Jennica Pounds built a substantial online following focusing on conservative politics, institutional relationships, and tracing the flow of money through grants, charities, and non-governmental organizations[6] She frequently posted reports, visualizations, and data leaks targeting left-leaning groups involved in protests and activism.[8]
Pounds's content has been viewed by multiple right-wing political figures, including Elon Musk, Vice President JD Vance, and Utah Senator Mike Lee.[6] Musk in particular has encouraged people to follow her X account and made decisions as part of the Department of Government Efficiency based on her posts. In particular, he cut $229 million worth of federal payments to Global Refuge, a faith-based non-profit which helps immigrants and refugees settle in the US which was 95% funded by taxpayers.[6][3] Lee has also regularly shared Pound's posts and called her "a gift to America".[6][3]
Pounds remained anonymous under the DataRepublican username until February 25, 2025, when she revealed herself after a user on Facebook identified her through the deaf community.[6] Rolling Stone published an article about her revealed identity the next day.[6][3] Following the Rolling Stone article, Pounds's distillery was targeted with negative reviews and the family removed her sons from their elementary school to stay in Florida until the resulting effects of the article subsided.[3]
She maintained a close working relationship with DOGE officials[6]. She announced she resigned from her job to pursue DOGE-adjacent efforts full-time.
Prominent conservative figures and influencers voiced their support for her, including Nicole Shanahan and Charlie Kirk
Her role as a high-profile political influencer drew national media attention.[1][2]
Pounds posted leaked information of immigrant rights organization Siembra NC after it was hacked in February 2026.[8]
A June 2026 Fox News report on a group of organizers protesting the Delaney Hall prison cited Pounds among other right-wing accounts for infiltrating the group.[8]
Pounds was a member of the Pentagon press corp until June 2026.[8][9] She was hired by the Department of Defense in July 2026 as a "special government employee".[10][11] In July 2026, she claimed credit for a honeypot operation against a Nigerian hacker, who she claimed had targeted right-wing media personality Hugh Hewitt.[8] In August 2026, she released DSA Explorer, a database tracking people affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America.[12][10] In another August 2026 post, she accused under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs Sarah B. Rogers of attempting to entrap her into publishing government secrets.[11][10] Rogers denied the claim and Pounds later said that she regretted "making a public spectacle".[11]
She was one of the first to post leaked data from a hack on NoBlogs in September 2026.[8] She later posted a visualization, titled Trumpblogs, mapping the leaked data on her website.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Pounds has been deaf since childhood.[4][6][3] She has stated she is autistic, making communication via sign language difficult. She has also stated she is nonverbal.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Gedeon, Joseph (30 August 2026). "Documents leaked by Trump official to bolster a conspiracy show 'absolutely nothing'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- 1 2 Timotija, Filip (27 August 2026). "How an inside 'scoop' revealed Pentagon links to pro-Trump influencer". Yahoo News Canada. The Hill. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brigham, Tomco (2025-03-12). "Doxxed by Rolling Stone, Utah's 'DataRepublican' tells us what she's discovered". Deseret News. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Why This Software Engineer Believes The Future Of AR Will Be Deaf-Led". Bustle. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 "Jennica Jane Humphrey, Lieutenant Brent Justin Pounds". Hendersonville Times-News. Oct 7, 2007. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Marchant, Brock (2025-03-09). "Meet the Utah software engineer and distillery co-owner giving notes to Elon Musk and DOGE". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- ↑ "Sasquatch, Whiskey, and the Craft of Distilling at Spirits of the Wasatch". Utah Stories. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Frances, C. (2026-09-10). "Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left". The Intercept. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- ↑ "Hegseth hired conservative influencers who amplify his 'warrior ethos' mantra: report". The Independent. 2026-08-31. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 Olmsted, Edith (August 28, 2026). "Pentagon Refuses to Identify Staffer Tracking Democratic Socialists". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- 1 2 3 Lamothe, Dan; Copp, Tara (2026-08-30). "Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
- ↑ Gedeon, Joseph (2026-08-30). "Documents leaked by Trump official to bolster a conspiracy show 'absolutely nothing'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-09-11.
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