A Clean FISA Extension Is a Dirty Deal: Congress Is Being Asked to Rubber-Stamp the Surveillance Machine
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress nears a clean FISA 702 extension, and the surveillance state licks its chops at another year of warrantless shortcuts.
Kalshi’s Parent Portal: The New Clipboard for Sports Betting
United States – April 16, 2026 -Kalshi wants parents to upload ID even if you never click “bet,” and this author flags it as a grift in a lanyard: kids do not need tags.
Kansas just built a government to gift-wrap the Chiefs’ new stadium. Call it what it is.
United States – April 16, 2026 – Kansas lawmakers just greenlit a Chiefs stadium authority. Translation: taxpayers underwrite billionaires, again, with a fancier clipboard.
Paper Mills and Publish-or-Perish: Congress Wants Receipts for America’s Research Money
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress grilled paper mills and the publish-or-perish incentives that can reward fake science, and lawmakers hauled Retraction Watch into the h…
CMS Wants to ‘Kill the Clipboard.’ Fine. Just Don’t Kill Privacy With It.
United States – April 16, 2026 – CMS wants to kill the clipboard; fine, but do not kill consent or oversight while turning Medicare into a data pipeline.
The FY2027 NASA budget: starve the science, feed the spectacle
United States – April 16, 2026 – The White House wants to slash NASA science nearly in half, then act shocked when discovery dies and contractors cash out.
Congress and the Ethics Crisis: Slow Rules, Fast Panic
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress is colliding with its own ethics system: too slow to earn trust, and increasingly tempted to replace due process with floor-vote fury.
Congress Finally Notices the People Who Answer the Phones
United States – April 16, 2026 – Congress is moving fast on sex misconduct only because the exits got blocked, and resignation is still not the same thing as accountability.
Fingerprints Over Footnotes: DOJ Denaturalizes Gurdev Singh Sohal
United States – April 16, 2026 – The DOJ says it tore down a fraudulent citizenship scheme, because fingerprints do not care what name you wear, and hiding deportation history c…
Brick Tungsten: Mortgage Rates Ease to 6.30% While the Rent Seekers Still Hunt for Leverage
United States – April 16, 2026 – Mortgage rates cooled to 6.30% for the 30-year and 5.65% for the 15-year in Freddie Mac’s latest survey, but one week of relief is not the end o…
DOJ vs. NewYork-Presbyterian: The “Nonprofit” Price-Fixing Machine in a White Coat
United States – April 16, 2026 – DOJ says NewYork-Presbyterian used all-or-nothing contracts to block cheaper plans. The receipts read like extortion.
Courtroom Barbecue: The Endangerment Grift and Your Gas Bill
United States – April 16, 2026 – Tonight, courts wrestle with an EPA move undoing the 2009 endangerment finding, and the fight is spilling over into what you pay at the pump.
EPA Hit Snooze on PFAS Reporting. The Polluters Heard a Cash Register.
United States – April 16, 2026 – EPA just delayed PFAS reporting again, giving forever-chemical makers more time to hide the receipts and dodge cleanup.
HUD Tried to Fast-Track Faster Evictions. The Lawsuit Hit the Brakes. Now Watch Who Puts Their Foot Back on the Gas.
United States – April 16, 2026 – HUD moved to shrink eviction notice time for subsidized renters. A lawsuit forced a pause, but the machine is still humming.
The Mojave Mine Case: When “Streamlining” Starts to Sound Like Trespassing
United States – April 16, 2026 – A Mojave mine lawsuit tests whether “public lands” still means the public gets a say, not a shrug.
Rochester Check-Washing Grift Meets the Judge’s Grill
United States – April 16, 2026 – The DOJ just cooked a Rochester check-washing grifter for 18 months. Money talks, fraud walks, until the judge grills them.
Ticketmaster Got a Guilty Verdict. Now Make It Count.
United States – April 16, 2026 – A jury finally told the ticket giants to stop squeezing fans, but the remedy will decide if this is justice or a fee coupon.
The Jury Finally Put a Price Tag on Ticketmaster’s Monopoly. Now Make It Hurt.
United States – April 16, 2026 – A New York jury called Live Nation-Ticketmaster what it is: a monopoly. The remedy phase is where the grift either dies or respawns.
Trump Sells Tax Sugar in Las Vegas While Gas Eats the Paycheck
United States – April 16, 2026 – Trump hawks tip and overtime tax breaks in Vegas as war-driven gas prices claw back every dime, right at the pump.
Wall Street Near Records While Oil Stays Hot: Brick’s Freedom Sermon for April 16, 2026
United States – April 16, 2026 – Wall Street is hovering near record levels even as oil stays hot, betting the Iran war smoke will thin out before it hits everybody’s wallet.
Fine Arts Gives Trump’s Triumphal Arch a Green Light
United States – April 16, 2026 – The Commission of Fine Arts approved the concept design for Trump’s 250-foot Triumphal Arch, and now the idea moves one step closer to real engi…