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Stamp-Size Mistake Costs Postal Service $3.5 Million

Andy | July 6, 2018

Stamp-Size Mistake Costs Postal Service $3.5 Million

"For years, a U.S. Postal Service stamp mistakenly bore the image of a Lady Liberty replica."

"That statue welcomes visitors to the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and between 2010 and 2014, it earned the Postal Service over $70 million in profits."

"Last week, Las Vegas sculptor Robert Davidson was awarded $3.5 million from the Postal Service in a lawsuit."

Cuomo campaign signs handed out from DOT truck may have violated rules

Andy | June 26, 2018

Cuomo campaign signs handed out from DOT truck may have violated rules

Pardons Have Changed A Lot (And We’re Not Just Talking About Arpaio)

Andy | May 31, 2018

Pardons Have Changed A Lot (And We’re Not Just Talking About Arpaio)

Trump budget won’t curb deficits as promised, according to new analysis | PBS NewsHour

| May 24, 2018

Trump budget won’t curb deficits as promised, according to new analysis | PBS NewsHour

"The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that President Donald Trump's budget plan would produce deficits of $9.5 trillion over the coming decade instead of the $7.2 trillion promised by the White House."

Pruitt bars AP, CNN from EPA summit on contaminants, guards push reporter out of building

| May 22, 2018

Pruitt bars AP, CNN from EPA summit on contaminants, guards push reporter out of building

"The journalist said she was grabbed by the shoulders and shoved outside. The EPA said there was no room but later reversed course and let the reporters in."

Just go

Andy | April 4, 2018

Earth to Scott Pruitt: Just go

"In a competitive field of contestants, no single Cabinet member so fully, so unapologetically inhabits the swamp President Trump vowed to drain than Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt — which is about as far as his concern for wetlands goes. Oh sure, Pruitt’s not the only one to gorge on travel privileges, insisting on first-class flights, if you please. But he brews a uniquely toxic stew of personal entanglements with industries he regulates, extreme pro-polluter policies that mock the EPA’s mission, and — neatly encapsulated in a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth — contempt for the public he serves. A more functional White House would have sent this Swamp Thing packing long ago. Trump instead reportedly called Pruitt Monday to coo sweet encouragement in the face of calls for his resignation.

Articles of Confederation

Andy | March 1, 2018

Articles of Confederation

"The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate (between July 1776 and November 1777), by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states. A guiding principle of the Articles was to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. The federal government received only those powers which the colonies had recognized as belonging to king and parliament."