Why Can’t the Pentagon’s Army of Budget Bean Counters Shoot Straight?

o crack down on Pentagon spending, the Defense Department adopted a program in 2015 to track spending on lodging and entertainment. But so few officials used the Visa government travel charge card that nearly 4 million card transactions worth $1.2 billion couldn’t be reviewed in enough detail to check for misuse, abuse, and fraud, the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector […]

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DOGE’s Key Revelation: A Federal Budget Made Into A Maze Impervious To Reform

As Elon Musk and his tech team urge their fellow Americans to become “domestic auditors” to help rein in federal spending, people have been encouraged to use the Treasury Department’s usaspending.gov website to identify and track government finance. However, usaspending.gov is wrong in the biggest picture. The total spending across “all agencies,” as recorded at usaspending.gov, appears

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Analysis Of Trump – Zelensky “Free-For-All” From Two Real “Experts” On What And Why It Happened

We each drew our own conclusions about Friday’s Oval Office “free-for-all” between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski. I watched it live. When the Legacy Media pundits began to spin their “realities” to their loyal minions, I was curious to see and hear how my thoughts compared to theirs. Needless to say, mine were

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Saturday Bullet Points: March 1, 2025 (Special Edition)

We usually publish our bullet points every Saturday, recapping the week’s biggest stories. Today’s offering is different. Throughout February, each day brought many revelations about the Trump Administration’s “hit the ground running” activities. I don’t have to explain to anyone that we probably have never had a single month in history with more important happening

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The Democrats’ Hypocritical Constitutional Crisis

The U.S. Court of Appeals just averted a constitutional crisis — Democrats should be relieved. That it came from blocking yet another attempt by former President Joe Biden to shift billions in debt from college students to the general taxpayer should make no difference to those with such acute constitutional concerns, right? On Feb. 18,

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Five Takeaways From Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting

President Trump hosted the first cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. Top officials gathered in one place to field questions for roughly an hour. Trump addressed his administration’s efforts to drastically slash the size of the federal workforce, the conflict in Ukraine, and tariffs, among other topics. He was joined by Cabinet officials

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Anti-Trump Think Tanks Rake In Millions From Taxpayers For “Virtual Exchanges” In Africa, Women’s Empowerment Conference In Saudi Arabia

Federal agencies have awarded nearly $50 million over the past four years to the Aspen Institute and the Atlantic Council—well-funded liberal think tanks which between them boast 50 donors who have given them at least $1 million—for projects that include a $6 million program to provide “virtual exchanges” for students in the Middle East, and

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Trump Aid Freeze “May Force Stonewall To Cut Up Half Of Staff” (Who Is Stonewall?)

Employees at the LGBTQ+ charity are left “shellshocked” after being told only roles with dedicated funding are safe after the U.S. president’s decision Many American companies have removed their diversity, equity and inclusion policies since President Trump took office Stonewall could be forced to cut up to half of its staff after President Trump’s decision

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How USAID Squandered Billions In Haiti And Around The Globe

DOGE wants to see where our tax dollars go, and we should let them. No surprise that the “government industrial complex” will resist every effort to bring transparency and accountability to how those funds are spent when the system is ripe with problems. I’ve had first-hand experience with USAID and other international aid organizations, such

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