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Where Objectivity Yields to Journalistic Ornamentation
Where Objectivity Yields to Journalistic Ornamentation

Why the Lobbyists Still Get the Front Row

By Brick Tungsten
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
I’ve got no quarrel with representative democracy in principle. The whole point was to let more folks be in the room without everybody crowding…

No Riders, No Excuses

By Harlan Quill
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
One law. One vote. That is not a revolutionary demand; it is the minimum standard for pretending a legislature is doing adult work. If…
TagsAccountability, Congress, government, Legislation, Public Policy

Keep It in One Piece

By Brick Tungsten
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
I’m a simple man with a simple rule: if a law can’t stand up straight without a suitcase full of extras, it ought to…
TagsCongress, Government Process, Legislation, Lobbying, Omnibus Bills, transparency

Democracy, Now With a Login Screen

By Harlan Quill
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
If democracy arrived in 2026, the first surprise would not be that people had too many opinions. We already knew that. The surprise would be that no one had ever built a serious place for those opinions to go.
Tagsbureaucracy, civic tech, Congress, democracy, government, lobbyists, money in politics, policy, public participation, transparency, United States

Big Money Out, Public Media In

By Hugh Jass
Posted in Economy, Politics
Democracy gets strange when the loudest voice in the room turns out to be the one with the biggest ad budget. We are told…
Tagsbillionaires, dark money, democracy, media influence, money in politics, public media

Let the Voters Write the Ending

By Moses Pray
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
In a healthy republic, the people ought to choose the goal and leave the fine print to the hired scribes, not the other way…
TagsCivic Life, corporate influence, democracy, lawmakers, Public Power, Workers

America First, Invoice Later

By Justin Jest
Posted in Economy, Politics
America First industrial policy is supposed to arrive wearing a hard hat and humming the national anthem, not dragging a grant folder with international…
Tagsaluminum tariffs, America First, corporate power, foreign ownership, industrial policy, Lobbying, Oklahoma, public subsidies, taxpayer money, Trump

The Ballot Printer Ate My Democracy

By Holden McGroin
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
Maryland’s mail-in ballot mix-up became outrage fuel because the rumor machine can turn a vendor error into a democracy heist before the printer cools down.
Tagsballot printing, election rumors, mail-in ballots, Maryland elections, Trump, voting misinformation

The Watchdog Found the Locked Filing Cabinet

By Hugh Jass
Posted in America's Got Governance, Justice
The Epstein-records transparency process has entered its most government phase: an inspector general review of whether the disclosure machine actually disclosed anything clearly.
TagsEpstein Records, Inspector General, Justice Department, public records, Records Release, Redactions, transparency

Beacon Hill Discovers Receipts Are Scary

By Mike Rotch
Posted in America's Got Governance, Politics
Massachusetts lawmakers want credit for transparency while keeping the larger legislative-audit fight wrapped in process fog and constitutional throat-clearing.
TagsBeacon Hill, Diana DiZoglio, government transparency, legislative audit, Massachusetts politics, public records, state government

Freedom 250 Meets the Refund Chorus

By Amanda Lynn
Posted in Culture, Politics
Freedom 250 wanted music’s patriotic glow without the political feedback. Then artists, fans, and the invoice all found the microphone.
Tagsartist backlash, concerts, Freedom 250, live music, Music Industry, political branding, pop culture
Infographic showing a smartphone with its features' public R&D origins contrasted with private profit, depicted by Apple building.
Business | Tech

Apple Found The Tollbooth Again

By Lee Keybum
Apple’s App Store safety pitch may be real in places, but the Epic payment-link fight keeps making protection look like a cashier window with a privacy badge.
June 4, 2026
Lee Keybum
Business | Economy

Billionaires Ask Democracy for a Refund

By Phil McCracken
When a billionaire answers a tax debate by threatening to move the money, squeeze the company, or make workers feel the draft from the…
June 4, 2026
Phil McCracken
Health | Science

The Wellness Fog Machine Found Another Study

By Holden McGroin
The newest vaccine panic says it wants gold-standard science, then treats a shaky screenshot like sacred scripture with a newsletter discount code.
June 4, 2026
Holden McGroin
America's Got Governance | Politics

The Pentagon Audit Diet Starts Monday

By Hugh Jass
GAO says the Pentagon’s revised audit strategy is full of coordination and technology, but taxpayers still need the old-fashioned miracle of reliable books.
June 4, 2026
Hugh Jass
America's Got Governance | Politics

The Improper Payments ATM Is Still Open

By Mike Rotch
GAO says federal agencies estimated $186 billion in improper payments for fiscal year 2025, which makes Washington’s war on waste look suspiciously like a press conference standing beside a leak.
June 4, 2026
Mike Rotch
America's Got Governance | Politics

The Receipt Was in the Brisket Grease

By Brick Tungsten
I am a law-and-order man, which is why I believe every patriotic cookout should end with somebody sliding the receipt face-down under the potato…
June 4, 2026
Brick Tungsten

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