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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60580 The Congressional Budget Office tracks authorizations of appropriations that have specified expiration dates and identifies, annually, appropriations that are provided for authorizations that have expired or that will expire by the end of the current...

1805777002403676412 Good riddance.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-democrats-oil-and-gas-ceos-scott-sheffield-ftc-chuck-schumer-e3ba4dfb?mod=opinion_lead_pos1 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by 22 fellow Democrats, sent a letter on Thursday to the Justice Department accusing U.S. oil producers of colluding to...

One of Milei’s positions that hasn’t gotten too much attention (other than as a throwaway line meant to convey how “extreme” his is) is his opinion that there should be a legal market allowing people to sell their organs. He clearly has his work cut out for him trying to fix Argentina’s woeful...

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https://public.substack.com/p/california-spent-110m-to-stop-asian Two years ago, amid a national wave of violent crimes against Asian immigrants and Asian Americans, the state of California awarded $110 million over 3 years to non-profit organizations to provide services to victims and to...

https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/16/national-conservatism-is-a-dead-end/ Since a civil war is about to break out and destroy the modern Republican Party — fingers crossed — let me tell you what grinds my gears. Young NatCons, many of whom I know and like, seem to be under the impression that...

https://reason.com/2022/10/06/millions-of-ppp-loans-were-flagged-as-potentially-fraudulent-many-were-never-investigated/ While the chaos was unfolding at the Capitol, bureaucrats at the Small Business Administration (SBA)—three blocks away—were also apparently quite busy. According to a new...

https://reason.com/2022/06/10/why-everything-about-politics-sucks-in-1-chart/ New polling released this week by the Pew Research Center reports that large numbers of Americans both distrust their government and theoretically want to empower their government to do more, believing that the...

https://www.federationforchildren.org/real-clear-opinion-research-poll-school-choice-support-soars/ Parents and families have been on a rollercoaster when it comes to K-12 education in the time of COVID-19. A new poll from Real Clear Opinion Research finds overall support for school choice is...

https://reason.com/2021/04/03/abolish-the-fda/ Last year, hashtag activists were ready to #AbolishICE, in part over the deaths of about 20 immigrants in custody in 2020. Protesters called on the government to "defund the police" over more than 1,000 killings by law enforcement during the same...

I remember reading all over the place that the GOP was finished - they couldn't win the WH because the demographics were trending away from them, the electoral map predicted Democratic inevitability on a regular basis, and the GOP was doomed to irrelevancy. Well here we are on November 9th...

Link “Our Olympian and Paralympic athletes should be worried about breaking world records, not breaking the bank, when they earn a medal,” said ‎Schumer. “Most countries subsidize their athletes; the very least we can do is make sure our athletes don’t get hit with a tax bill for winning. After...

It's a good problem to have , but here's what I'm wrestling with: 16 team league (I know...), PPR, flex, can keep two players at the cost of a draft pick in the corresponding round: Antonio Brown - rd 1 Devonta Freeman - rd 7 Jordan Reed - rd 11 My gut is telling me to throw Freeman back...

For me: 1) Abortion - I don't have a strong feeling about this issue, ie a candidate's stance on it will not make or break whether I support him/her, but I still think it's the most difficult issue to assume a position on. I can certainly sympathize with those who say "it's my body and I don't...

link As the implementation date for Seattle’s strict $15 per hour minimum wage law approaches, the city is experiencing a rising trend in restaurant closures. The tough new law goes into effect April 1st. The closings have occurred across the city, from Grub in the upscale Queen Anne Hill...

link Haven't read through the whole thing, but I thought this nugget was interesting: The Importance of Productivity, Inequality, and Participation As productivity, the income distribution, and participation evolved over the past 65 years, middle‑class incomes went from doubling once in a...

link MADISON, Wis. — Last Wednesday, in the grand Beaux-Arts Capitol here, throngs of lawmakers and tourists milled around upstairs. Matt Adamczyk, the newly elected state treasurer, however, was in his basement office — alone. Just a week earlier, there were two other employees in the office...

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link Conservative mega-donor Charles Koch says reforming the criminal justice system to make it more fair to the "disadvantaged" will be a major one of his priorities in 2015. The businessman said that the criminal justice system needs reforms aimed at “making it fair and making [criminal]...