Gambling site Kalshi is spending big on a lobbying campaign to allow people to bet on the end of the American republic.
Revolving Door Project
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Unholy Alliance Between ‘Certified’ Clean Natural Gas Producers and the Certifying Companies
An independent report casts doubt on the credibility of a major gas certification company.
Posted inPolitics
The WaPo Editorialists Don’t Understand the American Economy
Or, for that matter, the American people
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Secretary Yellen, Where Are the Crypto Tax Regulations?
After almost two years, the Treasury Department hasn’t even started trying to force crypto companies to pay what they owe.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Haters Took a Premature Victory Lap
It turns out that the ethics official who recommended that Khan recuse herself from a case involving Meta is an owner of Meta stock.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Obscure NIH Official Blocking Lower Drug Prices
Mark Rohrbaugh, a mid-level staffer at the National Institutes of Health, has consistently blocked the use of march-in rights to seize patents on high-cost drugs.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pandemic Fraud Is Really, Truly Not a Big Deal
The media’s focus on waste misses key context, and ignores the stunning success of the lockdown-era welfare state.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Coming Storm of Fiscal Policy
How Democrats created a worse debt ceiling situation in 2025
Posted inPolitics
How to Cover a Presidential Campaign
Hollowing out government capacity and leveraging executive power to harm political enemies is at the heart of the Trump-DeSantis project. Will we hear about that?
