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Open the Books Testifies Before Senate Small Business Committee
Open the Books CEO John Hart testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship on December 10 at a hearing called ”Running…
Dec 15, 2025
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Minnesota Daycare Scandal: The Power of Transparency and Citizen Journalism
The revelation of widespread fraud in Minnesota’s childcare funding has engulfed public officials in the state and made national headlines in recent…
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The 10 Most Popular Waste Investigations of 2025
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Top-Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up To $510,283 In 2021
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How Fact-Finding Fauci Led To My Cancellation At Forbes
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EXCLUSIVE: As private citizen, Dr. Fauci received $15 million taxpayer-funded security detail
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Anthony Fauci Defended NIH Culture Of Secrecy: The $325M Third-Party Royalty Complex... Now We Know More Details.
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Taxpayer Funded Censorship: How Government is Using Your Tax Dollars to Silence Your Voice
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Transparency Crisis: A Black Box of Overhead Spending & Academia’s Mission Creep from Rigorous Science
American universities are falling short of their mission to push the limits of scientific discovery and prepare students for the workforce, often while…
Dec 22, 2025
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Taxpayers Send Millions to Nonprofits Filing Costly Climate-Related Lawsuits
Americans enjoy some of the most robust environmental protections in the world, striking a difficult balance among environmental preservation…
Dec 15, 2025
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Feds Spent $27 Million on Minnesota Somali Community Since FY2021
The Somali community of Minnesota has drawn attention in recent weeks as dozens of Somali immigrants have been arrested in relation to welfare-rip off…
Dec 13, 2025
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Federal Government Spending $20,474 Per Person, 98 Times More than in 1916
Americans feel they’re suffering an affordability crisis, despite the federal government spending more on them than ever before.
Dec 10, 2025
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Law Firms Pocket Millions Helping Nonprofits, Bureaucrats Expand Environmental Regulations
Since 2013, more than $20 million has been paid in attorney fees alone as a result of environmental law litigation between outside groups, often…
Dec 3, 2025
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AI and the Future of Freedom
If you’ve paid even passing attention to media coverage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) you’ve no doubt heard doomsday predictions about killer robots…
Dec 3, 2025
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Shutdown Winnings: Billions in Earmarks for Coke-Driven Moby Dick Theatre, Horse Therapy, “Gay Utopia,” and More
While the government was shut down in October, members of Congress were acting like the fate of American health care, defense and more hung in the…
Nov 24, 2025
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