"Building Back Better" in excruciating detail. www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/...

#Trump Who is next? On the merits, there are two cabinet members worth firing ASAP: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The self-proclaimed secretary of war goaded Trump into making war on Iran, then disclaimed responsibility when the failed war had no strategic plan.

White House Seeks 40 Percent Increase in Military Spending

Explore this gift article from The New York Times then ask yourself should we be spending ridiculous amounts of money to destroy things or fix them. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

The Senate has passed a major housing reform bill. Here are 3 ways it could have a 'big impact' Through a series of smaller efforts such as solidifying disaster recovery programs, funding low-income home repairs and keeping rural housing affordable, experts say the legislation has the potential ...

At a time when there seems to be little common ground among lawmakers on Capitol Hill, a major housing bill approved by a wide majority of the Senate last month marked a rare showing of bipartisanship.
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How ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds helped ensure a swift post-COVID recovery Key takeaways The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law by President Biden in 2021, included $350 billion for states, cities, counties, territories, and tribal governments. These State and ...

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Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...

The 10 largest individual donations so far in the midterm elections? They total almost $300 million — and none of them came from a human being. Some of the origins can be deduced, but other checks came from a series of little-known nonprofits whose original donors will most likely never be known.

What to Do When a Person Won’t. Stop. Talking.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/w...

Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Video: Why Is the Labor Market Stuck? Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how a “low-hire, low-fire” labor market has left American job-seekers in a bind.

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After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests? Legal experts tell NPR five possible reasons that, despite the accusations made against rich and powerful people in the files, the DOJ has made no additional arrests. The big one? Lack of evidence.

www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n... a very good question!

Eight Trends Shaping 2026 Healthcare Costs - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker trends shaping state and federal healthcare and health insurance policy in 2026

Health care affordability is top of mind for many Americans, rising well above other necessities based on recent KFF polling.

Our policy explainer lays out the trends contributing to rising health care costs and the issues shaping the 2026 policy debates: https://on.kff.org/4thnpxR

A Preview of the Role Health Care May Play in the 2026 Election | KFF Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, this KFF issue brief examines the role health care has played in previous elections and what that may suggest about its potential role in 2026. KFF polls have cons...

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Textbook corporate greed.

Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

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Welcome to Major Questions The best way to show respect for the Supreme Court is to demand its reform.

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Ranked: The U.S. States Building the Most Data Centers This ranking shows which U.S. states will be future data center hotspots based on currently operating, under construction and announced projects.

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Have Trump's tariffs worked? This is where things stand a year after 'Liberation Day' It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised.

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A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.

Though Schwartz pleaded guilty to a $39M tax fraud scheme, prosecutors weren’t able to trace how funds moved through his 200+ accounts.

Trump’s pardon then wiped away Schwartz’s sentence — and likely any IRS effort to claw back the stolen taxes.

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Ranked: Where China Has Invested Most in the Last 20 Years Since 2005, Chinese companies have invested over $1.5 trillion overseas. Ten countries account for more than half that figure.

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DOJ - Fails to Prosecute most with the exception of Immigrants

It was bad enough the "Chicken Shit Club" used to only take on the cases the where sure to win, know they refuse cases were they might win based on who is being accused.

After Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Justice turned down a record number of cases. We did the analysis. www.propublica.org/article/trum... @kbmorales.bsky.social @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social

Half the World’s Oil Comes From Just Five Countries The U.S. led global crude oil production in 2025 at 13.58 million barrels per day, while the top 10 countries supplied more than 72% of output.

www.visualcapitalist.com/half-the-wor... keep in mind 30% of U.S. oil and gas are exported and only 60% of the oil we produce is used by U.S. refineries to produce U.S. Gas.

GovTrack.us - Legislator Misconduct Database

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Perpetrators of bribes, Insider trading and quid pro quo lobbying, side deals or ethics violations should all be held accountable. But not likely under this DOJ. Here is the GAO's 38 areas of High Risk for Fraud Waste and Abuse. www.gao.gov/high-risk-list

It's not my list. Also Looting America is to vague, do you mean fraud, waste, or abuse?

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Business Oregon has $125k for someone to tell us how innovative we’ve been for the last 5 years – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community Well. This is interesting timing. Business Oregon just put out an RFP seeking a consultant to evaluate and update Oregon’s 10-Year Innovation Plan, a plan originally produced by a consultancy…

For those of you keeping score at home, we're halfway through Business Oregon's "10 year Innovation Plan." And you know what that means, right…? That's right. More consultants.
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