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“Total Boomer Luxury Communism”: Why the Federal Deficit is on Autopilot
In the 2021 black comedy Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio plays an astronomer who discovers a comet is about to collide with Earth. Politicians claim they will avert disaster despite having no plan for doing so. The rest of the world mostly...
Ghost Rides: Massachusetts Billed Medicaid for 16,907 Trips That Never Happened
Open the Books obtained Medicaid billing data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services covering Massachusetts providers from 2018 to 2024. This analysis traces non-emergency transportation claims, a program worth hundreds of millio...
Southern Poverty Law Center Received Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Spread its Message and Materials, Including in Schools
The Department of Justice announced last month that the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center, organization designed to confront “hate” in society, was being charged with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money launderi...
Keeping Citizens the Center of Gravity in the Age of AI, Government Surveillance
Open the Books recently hosted a timely and fascinating discussion on “AI and the Future of Freedom” at Old Parkland in Dallas. It was the next step in building our vision for a future that allows for citizens to utilize AI to hold politici...
Progress Report: Cutting Waste, Ridding Radicalism, and Returning Education to the States
The modern-day Department of Education (ED) was created in 1979 through the Department of Education Organization Act, which consolidated the separate education functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Health and Hu...
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