Immigration and Customs Enforcement is finally rolling out body cameras to field officers by the end of September, and if you think this means real transparency, I've got a border wall to sell you. The agency just announced a policy that lets them decide what footage you get to see based on whether it serves their "best interests." Not your interests as a taxpayer. Not the … [Read more...] about Your Tax Dollars Bought ICE Body Cameras They’ll Only Show You When It Suits Them
New Bill Takes Aim at States That Turn Election Day Into Election Month
There's something deeply wrong when a country that can deliver a pizza to your door in thirty minutes can't count ballots in less than three weeks. Senators James Lankford and Mike Lee have apparently had enough of watching certain states turn Election Day into Election Season, and they're doing something about it. The Ballots by Election Day Act sounds almost quaint in its … [Read more...] about New Bill Takes Aim at States That Turn Election Day Into Election Month
Taxpayer Dollars on the Line as Congress Confronts Smithsonian’s Revisionist Exhibits
The Smithsonian Institution is about to learn a lesson every American household knows by heart. When you're spending someone else's money, you'd better be prepared to answer for it. House Republicans are threatening to slash the museum system's billion-dollar taxpayer funding after years of watching curators transform American history into a grievance festival. Rep. Andrew … [Read more...] about Taxpayer Dollars on the Line as Congress Confronts Smithsonian’s Revisionist Exhibits
Trump Takes Another Swing at Fed Governor Lisa Cook and This Time He’s Playing by the Rules
The White House is making its second attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and this time they're doing it the way the Supreme Court says they should. Whether you think that's justice delayed or bureaucracy run amok probably depends on where you sit, but one thing's certain: this saga tells us everything about how our government actually works … [Read more...] about Trump Takes Another Swing at Fed Governor Lisa Cook and This Time He’s Playing by the Rules
America Lost Jobs in July While Washington Pretends Everything’s Fine
The July jobs report reads like a riddle wrapped in bureaucratic doublespeak, and if you're confused, you should be. The economy shed 23,000 jobs last month. You read that right. Negative growth. Yet somehow unemployment fell to 4.1 percent, and we're all supposed to nod along like this makes perfect sense. Not a single economist surveyed by Econoday predicted negative job … [Read more...] about America Lost Jobs in July While Washington Pretends Everything’s Fine