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THE LABOR SECRETARY HAD FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ORGANIZE HER CLOSET
On Labor Day, the government’s own watchdog has something to say about how Trump’s former labor secretary treated workers.
The Government Is Making the Evidence Disappear
The school bullying numbers already existed. The government hid them anyway. That’s one piece of a much bigger disappearing-data problem.
The White House Has Turned Deportation Into a Game
The scoreboard says “DEPORTED.” The administration calls it fun. The people being hunted are real.
They Charged the ICE Agent. Then They Fired the Prosecutor.
An ICE agent was indicted for allegedly lying about shooting a man through an occupied door. The prosecutor who wanted civil-rights charges is now the…
The Medicaid Cuts Were Only the Opening Bid
Upcoming regulations could hit hospitals even harder, and patients will pay the price.
Who Knew the South Park Movie Was a Documentary?
Twenty-seven years after “Blame Canada,” Washington has added tariffs, annexation threats, and a federal lake-renaming tantrum.
Trump’s Cheap Gas Is Always Somewhere Else
At Freedom Fuel, the discount allegedly rested on a $4 million unpaid invoice. In Venezuela, the promise rests on oil that could take decades to…

August 2026

Forget the Name. Look at What Happened Inside the Kennedy Center.
Trump is fighting to put himself back on the building. A former curator’s account of what happened behind its walls is the story we should have been…
Who’s Watching the People Watching the Election?
Trump’s DOJ is expanding its election presence while its own watchdogs are shrinking.
Milo Finally Got the Immigration Policy He Asked For
He wanted ICE checkpoints, on-the-spot deportations, and millions of people thrown out. Then ICE checked his papers.
The President Is Now Beefing With a Lake
Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the middle of a trade war with Canada, because apparently tariffs weren’t childish enough.
Are You Paying More Because They Know Who You Are?
I’m retired, I watch what I spend, and the digital trail I leave while hunting for a better deal can tell a retailer an uncomfortable amount about what…
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