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Waste of the Day: Viagra for the Military
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (271+ words) Topline: Most of America's military budget is spent on weapons and technology, but justifying the value of some other expenditures is a bit harder. The Department of War has spent $7 million on Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs for active…...
The Replacements: How US Helps Foreign Workers Take American Jobs
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1007+ words) Mary, a veteran Silicon Valley marketer who can't find a job, considers herself a victim of an H-1 B visa program run amok." Her story, a U. S. native replaced by a foreign-born employee who is willing to work at a significantly lower…...
Waste of the Day: GAO: Congress Has 610 Recommendations
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (320+ words) Topline: The Government Accountability Office's 2026 annual report made 97 new recommendations for Congress to improve government efficiency and lower the risk of fraud and waste. There are still 513 recommendations from past years that Congress has yet to fully address. Key facts:…...
Waste of the Day: Urinal Cakes Speak
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (389+ words) Topline: Drunk nightclub patrons might think they were hallucinating if a urinal cake suddenly started speaking to them. But in 2012, the phenomenon was a very real use of federal taxpayer money. The Michigan State Police used a $10, 000 grant from the…...
Stopping Dogs from Becoming Lab Rats with Leighton Woodhouse
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (172+ words) Real Clear Investigations Stopping Dogs from Becoming Lab Rats with Leighton Woodhouse On this week's episode of the Real Clear Investigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Leighton Woodhouse about his RCI article…...
Unbridled Spending: Billions for Medicaid Expansion Congress Never Approved
1+ week, 1+ day ago (537+ words) The Biden administration may have failed to convince Congress to double Medicaid spending on home healthcare in 2021, but the funding increase occurred anyway. Lacking congressional approval, policymakers simply moved the initiative out of Washington and down to the state Medicaid…...
Sen. Alan Armstrong: Utility Prices are High Due to Restricted Infrastructure
1+ week, 3+ day ago (131+ words) Real Clear Investigations Sen. Alan Armstrong: Utility Prices are High Due to Restricted Infrastructure In this episode of The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism, Maggie Miller is joined by Senator Alan Armstrong from Oklahoma (R-OK) to discuss the "build baby…...
How Opposition to Animal Testing Is Bridging the Political Divide
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1053+ words) BLUE MOUNDS, Wisc. " Ridglan Farms, a breeder of beagles for scientific experiments, has withstood attacks from the animal rights movement for years. Activists have broken into its buildings to document'the conditions inside them, rescued some dogs, and pushed Wisconsin authorities…...
Progressivism's Russian Playbook with Gary Saul Morson
1+ week, 6+ day ago (208+ words) On this week's episode of the Real Clear Investigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Gary Saul Morson, a professor of Arts and Humani Progressivism's Russian Playbook with Gary Saul Morson On this…...
Waste of the Day: Seattle's Homelessness Fiasco
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (443+ words) Topline: The homelessness agency in King County, Wash. , has a $45 million deficit, but auditors can't fully figure out why, according to a state audit'publicly released this April. Its accounting records are so poor that it's impossible to track where portions…...