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While the Department of Government Efficiency has taken aim at wasteful spending throughout the federal government, so far it has not set its sights on earmarks. The previous ban on earmarks that lasted from 2011 to 2021 brought $141 billion in savings, according to new analysis from OpenTheBooks.com. It’s a crucial area of waste that […]
Waste Of The Day: Earmark Ban Saved $141 Billion Over A Decade Read More »
The USDA’s effort to stamp out the virus has led to the loss of at least 166 million birds since the latest outbreak began in February 2022. The United States is entering its fourth year of a near-continuous outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza. Despite leadership changes at the country’s top agricultural and public
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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
Why Can’t the Pentagon’s Army of Budget Bean Counters Shoot Straight? Read More »
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
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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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
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
Trump Aid Freeze “May Force Stonewall To Cut Up Half Of Staff” (Who Is Stonewall?) Read More »
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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The Environmental Protection Agency recently discovered that the Biden administration awarded $2 billion to a climate group with ties to former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a fierce supporter of former President Joe Biden. The money was earmarked for Power Forward Communities — a nonprofit partnered with multiple left-wing groups founded by Abrams and
New CIA Director John Ratcliff said in written testimony, reported here for the first time, that the underlying evidence he’s seen doesn’t support predecessor John Brennan’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump win. Though even Donald Trump’s harshest critics now concede he may not be the “Russian agent” they once
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