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An NYC city councilwoman has introduced a bill to give raises to Council members, the mayor, and other top city officials.
In 2011, the National Science Foundation spent the equivalent of $430,000 on an interpretive dance program to teach origins science.
The Democratic New Mexico Senate delegation filed an earmark for a weird housing concept: trauma-informed housing.
The world needs the scientific and media communities to start telling the truth, which is that the climate is not veering toward disaster.
California spent $450 million on a new 911 call center system with four regional centers, but emergency communications are fouled up.
Senator Cory Booker earmarked $350,000 literally to refurbish a statue of an elephant, after Elon Musk highlighted it and removed it.
Members of Congress can lease cars at taxpayers' expense, in addition to their staff salary and housing allowances.
COP30 (the Thirtieth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) wrapped up - with nothing to show.
Allowing unvetted third parties to repair or modify critical shipboard, weapons, and other military systems is a recipe for disaster.
The federal government is the largest single industry in America, with payroll expenses alone costing almost $1 billion a day.
