DOGE Bites DOGE

Three littoral combat ships in drydock at BAE Systems in Jacksonville after being decommissioned. On July 14, 2023, Republican Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-4) issued a press release patting himself on the back for voting in favor of the House of Representatives’ version of the National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. Under background … Read more

Redundancy

The federal government and its workforce must be radically downsized. There are ways to do that. But it takes political commitment. A 75 percent federal workforce reduction may seem unrealistic, but talking about it is a start. Even a 7 percent reduction would be a giant step in the direction of freedom. Michael Chapman/CATO Institute … Read more

DOGE Bites Man

People will die. Tens of thousands, perhaps year after year after year, as a result of the Republican assault on the healthcare of the American people. I’m sad. I never thought I would be on the House floor saying this is a crime scene. ~House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries House Speaker Mike Johnson called Jeffries’ … Read more

The Big Murkowski

In the Coen brothers’ 1998 cult classic, “The Big Lebowski,” Jeff Bridges plays Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, an unemployed slacker who spends most of his time at a bowling alley. Mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, the Dude is attacked in his apartment by thugs sent by an adult film producer from whom … Read more

This Ain’t Kosher

Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for allocating government spending to localized projects in the representative’s district or for securing direct expenditures primarily serving the sole interests of the representative. ~Wikipedia This afternoon, a revised Senate version of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)” was approved on a vote of 51-50, with Vice-president J. D. Vance casting the deciding … Read more