The midnight rush to renew Section 702 is a civics pop quiz Congress keeps failing
United States – April 17, 2026 – A ‘clean’ surveillance renewal is being hustled through at 2 a.m., and the Constitution is not getting a roll call vote.
The Parents Decide Act, or: Show Your Papers to Use Your Laptop
United States – April 17, 2026 – A kid-safety bill that forces age checks at the operating system could also force adults to show papers just to log in.
A Federal Judge Made DOJ Prove Registration Is Possible Before Prosecuting
United States – April 17, 2026 – A federal judge barred DOJ from prosecuting Californians for failing to register under SORNA when California will not accept the registration or…
Mortgage Rates Fell. The Housing Crisis Did Not.
United States – April 16, 2026 – Mortgage rates slipped again, but the country is still pricing families out while local permitting and zoning keep acting like a velvet-rope doo…
The FTC Smelled the Grift: Investment Scams Are Cooking Americans With Social Media and Crypto Hype
United States – April 16, 2026 – The FTC warns that people are getting hit by investment scams, with losses topping $7.9 billion and a median individual loss of more than $10,00…
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.