The Improper Payments ATM Is Still Open
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.
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The Receipt Was in the Brisket Grease
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…
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TikTok Wants Human Artists, But Only After The Robots Leave
The UMG-TikTok AI music push is a perfect little backstage pass to the streaming economy: everyone needs human artists for culture, then asks them to survive the machine before payday.
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Congress Left the Receipt in the Offering Plate
The trouble with public righteousness is that the receipt printer keeps humming after the speech ends. A politician can preach transparency with both hands…
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Small Government, Direct Deposit
The small-government lecture has a remarkable shelf life: it lasts right up until the public machine starts printing something payable to the lecturer. Then…
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The Library Panic Invoice Arrived
Huntington Beach’s library restriction fight was sold as order, but the bill showed up wearing a library card.
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The Stroke Code That Needed A Receipt
An HHS-OIG oversight item turned Medicare Advantage risk coding into a records-room ghost story: serious diagnosis codes can move money, but the folder still has to survive being opened.
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The Ad War Ate Its Own Yard Sign
Illinois Democrats are arguing over clean-money purity while the donor trail keeps finding side doors with tasteful campaign logos.
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The VIP Section of Grift
Not every GOP insider has to grab the scandal mic and harmonize with the headliner. Some prefer the classier job: standing at the VIP…
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Ubbi Dubbi And The Refund Thundercloud
Ubbi Dubbi’s severe-weather evacuation was the right safety call, but the aftermath turned festival magic into a customer-service encore nobody bought tickets to hear.
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