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Extreme Makeover: American Dream Edition?

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Extreme Makeover: American Dream Edition?

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged American, Dream, edition, Extreme, Makeover

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Cost of Kabul: The 5-Year Anniversary of Withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Cost of Kabul: The 5-Year Anniversary of Withdrawal from Afghanistan

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged 5year, Afghanistan, anniversary, Cost, Kabul, Withdrawal

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Bad Synergy: When Consultants Help Score $1.5 Billion from Medicaid

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Bad Synergy: When Consultants Help Score $1.5 Billion from Medicaid

August 9, 2026August 9, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Bad, Billion, Consultants, Medicaid, Score, Synergy

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Swamp Update: 2025 Federal Payroll Down $1.9 Billion, Civilian Headcount Down More than 50,000

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Swamp Update: 2025 Federal Payroll Down $1.9 Billion, Civilian Headcount Down More than 50,000

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Billion, Civilian, federal, Headcount, Payroll, Swamp, Update

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Feds Struggled to Claw Back Covid Fraud while Schemers Put Down Payments on Yachts, Lamborghinis

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Feds Struggled to Claw Back Covid Fraud while Schemers Put Down Payments on Yachts, Lamborghinis

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Claw, Covid, Feds, Fraud, Lamborghinis, Payments, Put, Schemers, Struggled, Yachts

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It’s Not Just Health Care: $225M+ in Fraud Found in K-12 Schools

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It’s Not Just Health Care: $225M+ in Fraud Found in K-12 Schools

July 11, 2026July 11, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged 225M, Care, Fraud, Health, K12, Schools

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A Big Win for Military Families on America’s 250th

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A Big Win for Military Families on America’s 250th

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged 250th, Americas, BIG, families, military, Win

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Making Your Mortgage: Local Governments Confiscated Nearly $1 Billion in Fees and Fines for Short-Term Rentals

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Making Your Mortgage: Local Governments Confiscated Nearly $1 Billion in Fees and Fines for Short-Term Rentals

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Billion, Confiscated, fees, Fines, Governments, Local, Making, Mortgage, Rentals, ShortTerm

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“Total Boomer Luxury Communism”: Why the Federal Deficit is on Autopilot

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“Total Boomer Luxury Communism”: Why the Federal Deficit is on Autopilot

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Autopilot, Boomer, communism, Deficit, federal, Luxury, Total

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Ghost Rides: Massachusetts Billed Medicaid for 16,907 Trips That Never Happened

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Ghost Rides: Massachusetts Billed Medicaid for 16,907 Trips That Never Happened

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Billed, ghost, Happened, Massachusetts, Medicaid, rides, Trips

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Southern Poverty Law Center Received Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Spread its Materials in Schools

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Southern Poverty Law Center Received Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Spread its Materials in Schools

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Center, Dollars, law, Materials, Millions, poverty, Received, Schools, Southern, Spread, Taxpayer

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Keeping Citizens the Center of Gravity in the Age of AI, Government Surveillance

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Keeping Citizens the Center of Gravity in the Age of AI, Government Surveillance

May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 OpenTheBooks0Tagged Age, Center, Citizens, Government, Gravity, keeping, Surveillance

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