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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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