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In hour 3, Mark is joined by Sarah Parshall Perry, the Vice President and a Legal Fellow with the group, "Defending Education". She discusses today's Supreme Court hearing over a Maryland school books case. He is then joined by Amber Todoroff, a former investigative journalist that is now with OpenTheBooks.com. Her group is out with a new report that find the Fauci household got $3.5M wealthier following his retirement. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark discusses the Supreme Court hearing arguments in favor of allowing students to opt out of hearing LGBTQ books. Mark is then joined by Missouri Congressman Jason Smith. They discuss his recently completed Congressional Trade Mission to Panama and El Salvador as well as his visit to the prison where President Trump is sending violent illegal immigrants. What did he see? What is take on Democratic Senators visiting El Salvador? He also shares the latest on the budget talks and tariffs. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark and the crew then host, "Telephone Tuesday" where they takes calls from listeners who share their thoughts on the US Postal Service. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Sarah Parshall Perry, the Vice President and a Legal Fellow with the group, "Defending Education". She discusses today's Supreme Court hearing over a Maryland school books case. He is then joined by Amber Todoroff, a former investigative journalist that is now with OpenTheBooks.com. Her group is out with a new report that find the Fauci household got $3.5M wealthier following his retirement. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

Rich talks with president of the Wyoming State Senate, Bo Biteman, about the new law requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Shares of Newsmax have skyrocketed following the conservative news outlet's IPO; we're joined by Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy. Plus, Jeremy Portnoy, investigative journalist at OpenTheBooks.com, discusses DOGE and some of the 'zombie' programs he's uncovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monitoring government spending should be a given. It should be transparent and easy to access. Why would anyone fight against that notion… unless they don’t want you to know how your money is being spent? John Hart is CEO of OpenThBooks.com, an amazing resource for tracking government spending. Hart joins Michele to talk DOGE, the scalpel versus the chainsaw, and why bloated government leads to shrinking liberties. www.OpenTheBooks.com Our advertisers are offering great deals! Protect your wealth and secure your future with American Independence Gold. Veteran-owned and trusted nationwide, we offer great rates and exclusive benefits for veterans. A portion of every purchase supports the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Visit tafoyagold.com to learn more. For your best night’s sleep, go to www.SleepCreme.com and use the code “Gameday” at checkout for free standard shipping on your first order. Kimchi One from Brightcore – Improve your health, improve your life. 25% Off with code: MICHELE at www.mybrightcore.com/michele Or dial (888) 927-5980 for up to 50% OFF and Free Shipping – ONLY when you call! Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter. Learn More about “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://linktr.ee/micheletafoya Subscribe to “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://apple.co/3nPW221 Follow Michele on twitter: https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya Follow Michele on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmicheletafoya/ Learn more about the Salem Podcast network: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monitoring government spending should be a given. It should be transparent and easy to access. Why would anyone fight against that notion… unless they don’t want you to know how your money is being spent? John Hart is CEO of OpenThBooks.com, an amazing resource for tracking government spending. Hart joins Michele to talk DOGE, the scalpel versus the chainsaw, and why bloated government leads to shrinking liberties. www.OpenTheBooks.com Our advertisers are offering great deals! Protect your wealth and secure your future with American Independence Gold. Veteran-owned and trusted nationwide, we offer great rates and exclusive benefits for veterans. A portion of every purchase supports the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Visit tafoyagold.com to learn more. For your best night’s sleep, go to www.SleepCreme.com and use the code “Gameday” at checkout for free standard shipping on your first order. Kimchi One from Brightcore – Improve your health, improve your life. 25% Off with code: MICHELE at www.mybrightcore.com/michele Or dial (888) 927-5980 for up to 50% OFF and Free Shipping – ONLY when you call! Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter. Learn More about “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://linktr.ee/micheletafoya Subscribe to “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://apple.co/3nPW221 Follow Michele on twitter: https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya Follow Michele on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmicheletafoya/ Learn more about the Salem Podcast network: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HR2 OpenTheBooks CEO, John Hart: Transparency Delivers Reform. You Can't Vote Them Out. 1-28-25 by John Rush

Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com, who introduces Benjamin, a bot that allows consumers to discover how their tax dollars are being spent. Our national debt is over $36 trillion. Where is the money going? Find out. Pay Benjamin a visit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Host Shirley Rooker speaks with Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com, who introduces Benjamin, a bot that allows consumers to discover how their tax dollars are being spent. Our national debt is over $36 trillion. Where is the money going? Find out. Pay Benjamin a visit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Rachel O'Brien, deputy public policy editor for OpenTheBooks.com, joins Matt Kittle to discuss how the federal government wastes on average $7,500 per second in improper payments to Medicare, Medicaid, mismanaged Covid-19 relief programs, and even deceased people.If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue to inflict devastating damage, please give a gift to help The Federalist do the real journalism America needs.

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Rachel O'Brien, deputy public policy editor for OpenTheBooks.com, joins Matt Kittle to discuss how the federal government wastes on average $7,500 per second in improper payments to Medicare, Medicaid, mismanaged Covid-19 relief programs, and even deceased people. If you care about combatting the corrupt media that continue […]

Rich welcomes former EPA Chief of Staff Mandy Gunasekara, author of "Y'all Fired: A Southern Belle's Guide to Restoring Federalism and Draining the Swamp." Then, Dan Epstein, vice president of America First Legal, tells us about their investigation into both of the Trump assassination attempts. Later, we look into why foreign companies are buying U.S. medical technology, with Amber Todoroff, deputy public policy editor for OpenTheBooks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IT'S PICKING UP STEAM  The media puke fest over Kamala Harris being anointed as the Democrat nominee for President was all over cable news Monday night and her “journalist” fans were swooning. We ain't seen nothin' yet.  Adam Andrzejewski CEO/Founder of OpentheBooks.com has all the numbers to suggest that Kamala is the worst boss  and the least transparent politician in America.  Courtesy of The Federalist: 30 reasons why Kamala would be a terrible President.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Illegals are stealing the jobs of working class American's, many of them black. Joe Biden's inflation crisis has hit minority communities harder than most. All of it serves as a wake up call. Democrat promises never come true. Donald Trump is crushing it when it comes to black voters.  In 2020 he got 8%, now Trump is pushing 25% of the black vote.  If this holds true, Democrats may never win a Presidential election again.  The spending by Team Biden is what drives most of the inflation. Where does that spending start? On White House salaries. Wait til you hear what OpenTheBooks.com uncovered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, July 11, 20244:20 pm: Jennifer Strickland, author and host of the “I Am a Woman” podcast joins Rod to discuss her piece for the Daily Wire in which she says requiring women to register for the military will destroy American families.4:38 pm: Brian Steed, Great Salt Lake Commissioner, joins the program to discuss the progress made on the strategic plan to save the lake once years since its implementation.5:05 pm: Utah Senate President Stuart Adams joins Rod to discuss the Utah Supreme Court ruling today that the legislature overstepped its bounds when it rewrote a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative establishing an independent redistricting process.6:05 pm: Steve Moore, an economist with FreedomWorks, joins the program for his weekly conversation with Rod about politics and the nation's economy.6:20 pm: Brianna Lyman, Elections Correspondent for The Federalist, joins Rod to discuss the mass amounts of Democrats in Congress that voted against a bill to keep foreign nationals from voting in elections in the U.S.6:38 pm: Steve Malanga, Senior Editor for the City Journal, joins the show for a conversation about how the Biden campaign's use of Donald Trump's pandemic failures could backfire.6:50 pm: Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and Founder of OpenTheBooks.com joins Rod to discuss the group's recent report on how Pentagon schools used a curriculum that pushed students to become social justice activists.

HE CAN RUN BUT HE CAN'T HIDE A report in the Wall Street Journal that quotes multiple government officials who witnessed Joe Biden's mental struggles during meetings with him should have people asking, not if he should run, but if he should be expected to be President four years from now.   Adam Andrzejewski, CEO/Founder of OpentheBooks.com has his usual amazing numbers. This time to show how much money Big Pharm paid in royalties for vaccines developed at Dr. Anthony Fauci's NIH.  Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation says the Trump verdict means we're on the way to becoming  Venezuela.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royalty payments from drug companies to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) jumped following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, according to a new report from nonprofit government watchdog “OpenTheBooks.com”. It says, in 2022 and 2023, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies paid the NIH over $710 million in third-party royalties. A group of current and former employees at artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and DeepMind posted an open letter on Tuesday, they want artificial intelligence companies to be far more transparent about AI's “serious risks”. They also want companies to and promise not to retaliate against current and former employees who voice concerns about the technology they're building.Job openings have fallen to the lowest point in three years in another signal the U.S. economy is slowing. There were roughly 8 million jobs available in April — a second-straight month of shrinking openings.

 SHE WON'T BE THE VP  But she is the AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week.  Make sure you watch (for free) the documentary “Fear Before Silence.” You can find it at Fearbeforesilence.com. It's comprised of numerous accounts from survivors of the October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel. Christian Toto of HollywoodinToto.com has a review and wonders why other critics seem to be ignoring it.    Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com will annoy you with information about how your hard earned money is being confiscated to support “elite” institutions of higher indoctrination. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover how Ivy League schools might be shortchanging taxpayers to the tune of billions! Today, we're peeling back the layers of an issue that hits our wallets and our values: the billion-dollar taxpayer support of Ivy League institutions.Host John Tomasi is joined by Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of "Open the Books," an advocate for transparency in public finances. Adam brings to light a staggering reality: Over a recent five-year period, Ivy League schools amassed fortunes at the taxpayers' expense—a whopping $45 billion tab that's got some scratching their heads and policy-makers wielding the legislative pen.Adam is not afraid to discuss how taxpayers are burdened with the cost of what seems more like a federal contractor than an educator. We discuss questions of accountability, such as whether universities should receive federal money without oversight and whether state-level standards boards could improve the management of public funds.Join us on Heterodox Out Loud as we explore the billion-dollar taxpayer tab for Ivy League schools and its implications for the future of higher education, government oversight, and our society's appreciation for knowledge.In This Episode:Elite schools' heavy reliance on taxpayer fundsProposed tax reforms for excessive university endowmentsThe debate over universities' federal funding accountabilityTension in bipartisan university public policyThe Rising costs and transparency in higher education Follow Adam on X here: https://x.com/everydimeonlineFollow OpenTheBooks on X here: https:/x.com/open_the_books About Adam:Adam Andrzejewski is the CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com. Before dedicating his life to public service, Adam co-founded HomePages Directories, a $20 million publishing company (1997-2007). His works have been featured on the BBC, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, C-SPAN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, FOX News, CNN, National Public Radio (NPR), Forbes, Newsweek, and many other national media.Adam founded the transparency website, www.openthebooks.com, and launched it by posting the salaries and pensions of all 1 million Illinois public employees (2011). Today, OpenTheBooks.com is the largest private repository of U.S. public-sector spending. Mission: post "every dime, online, in real time." In 2022, OpenTheBooks.com captured nearly all public expenditures in the country, including nearly all disclosed federal government spending; 50 of 50 state checkbooks; and 25 million public employee salary and pension records from 50,000 public bodies across America.In their oversight report, published in March 2017, titled Ivy League, Inc., OpenTheBooks uncovered $41 billion taxpayer subsidies, tax-breaks and federal payments into the Ivy League colleges (FY2010–2015). Follow Heterodox Academy on:Twitter: https://bit.ly/3Fax5DyFacebook: https://bit.ly/3PMYxfwLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/48IYeuJInstagram: https://bit.ly/46HKfUgSubstack: https://bit.ly/48IhjNF

Brian and Derek have the pleasure of sitting down with the CEO and Founder of OpenTheBooks.com, Adam Andrzejewski, who works to promote transparency in public policy and politics by removing the veil of secrecy that covers up national and local spending.2:10 What is OpenTheBooks.com?3:45 How “Free and transparent” are Freedom of Information Act requests?6:20 Texas' reforms regarding government transparency10:40 America's trust in its government12:50 How is America really spending money to “protect” our southern border?22:10 How effective is our education spending?27:35 The ties between education, parental empowerment and Open the Books31:50 Efficiency Audits on local jurisdictions 34:40 The worst spending atrocities Open the Books has discovered36:47 How bad did COVID spending get and what did it lead to?

MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A STRETCHER  A 6'1” male playing for a girls basketball team in Massachusetts went viral when video surfaced of him throwing a girl to the floor while fighting for a rebound. That wasn't enough to cause either team to find anything wrong. The boy will be be competing against girls in the playoffs.    Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com has found that the U.S. Department of Defense is continuing to push DEI and Marxist ideology in schools attended by the children of military personnel and paid for by you and me. One of the stated goals: “A refusal to teach a whitewashed curriculum….and to teach…”Social Justice rather than heroes holidays and celebrations.”   Jim Biden may be the sleaziest Biden. And that's saying something.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Adam Andrzejewski is the Founder & CEO of OpenTheBooks.com New Study Finds - taxpayer tab for refugee care is $20 billion & a magnet for more migration.  

SWAMP CREATURES ONLY, PLEASE.    Kari Lake is the former Phoenix TV news anchor running for the senate in Arizona. She's a Trumpster and a “Drain the Swamp” person. An audio recording of the head of the Republican Party in Arizona trying to pay Lake to drop out of the race because, “there are people back East” who don't like her, has surfaced.     Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com has the bad news about   how much American  taxpayers are being forced to pay for the 2.5 million “refugees” who have come across the southern border.   J.Michael Waller, former CIA operative and author of “Big Intel: How The CIA and The FBI Went From Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains” with some frightening revelations.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voters in New Hampshire hit the polls Tuesday, with the six registered voters of tiny Dixville Notch being the first to do so at midnight—and with all six casting their ballots for Nikki Haley. Former President Donald Trump, who's leading the state by double digits in the latest polls, told NTD he's confident he'll win by big margins in a repeat of his Iowa victory. Meanwhile, New Hampshire's largest newspaper is endorsing Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) over President Joe Biden. The paper says Mr. Philips is the reasonable alternative to the current president, pitching him as similar to President Biden on policy, but much younger. The Biden administration spent more than $10 billion in 2023 on aiding illegal immigrants, according to non-profit government watchdog, OpenTheBooks.com. They obtained the data from a Freedom of Information Act request. ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN?    Netflix has a show for little kids called CoComelon. It's animated and educational. A recent episode included a five year old boy being encouraged by his two gay dads to wear a dress. Would you rather have your son watch that or Popeye beating the crap out of Bluto?    Zack Smith, constitutional expert from the Heritage Foundation talks about the Colorado Supreme Court keeping Donald Trump off of the primary ballot. Next stop, United States Supreme Court.   Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com tells you how much of our hard earned money has been sent to Ivy League institutions of higher learning that don't deserve it or need it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh excoriates administrators from several top universities for allowing students to openly call for the genocide of Jews on campus. We're then joined by Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, to discuss how American taxpayer dollars are being sent to state sponsors of terrorism abroad. Josh also outlines the galling hypocrisy of the COP28 junket still underway in Dubai.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Truth in Accounting discusses transparency and accountability in government finances with Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of Open the Books, and Sheila Weinberg, CEO and Founder of TIA. Moderated by former Director of Research, Bill Bergman. _______________________________ Subscribe to Truth in Accounting here: https://bit.ly/2uygGER The official Truth in Accounting YouTube channel is your primary destination for informative and entertaining videos on government finances. For more about Truth in Accounting's work, visit: https://www.truthinaccounting.org Follow Truth in Accounting here: Facebook: https://facebook.com/truthinaccounting Twitter: https://twitter.com/truthinacct Instagram: https://instagram.com/truthinacct LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/truth-in-accounting ------------ Adam Andrzejewski is the CEO/Founder of OpenTheBooks.com. Mission: “Every Dime, Online, In Real Time.” Last year we filed 40,000 FOIA requests and captured $6 trillion in government spending (2020). Harvard Law and the Columbia School of Journalism hosted my presentations on big data and forensic auditing. Work featured at The BBC, Good Morning America; ABC World News Tonight; USA Today; The Wall Street Journal; and The New York Times. My presentation to the Hillsdale College National Leadership seminar posted on YouTube has nearly 3 million views. Our 186 investigations published at Forbes have nearly 15 million views. Sheila Weinberg is the founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting. Since 2002 Ms. Weinberg has led Truth in Accounting's research initiatives. Because of her expertise in governmental budgeting and accounting, Ms. Weinberg has testified before the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), the Government Accounting Standards Board, and numerous state legislative hearings on matters of proper government accounting. Her commentary on the federal budget, Social Security, Medicare and other national issues has appeared repeatedly in numerous publications, including USA Today, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. She has been a guest on local and national television and radio shows, and is often engaged to speak on federal and state budget and accounting issues. Bill Bergman served as Truth in Accounting's Director of Research. He led question formation, idea development, and application of research initiatives. Bill teaches finance courses at Loyola University Chicago. He hasovern 30 years of financial market experience, including thirteen years as an economist and policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Bill earned an M.B.A. and an M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago in 1990.

Adam Andrzejewski from openthebooks.com joins to discuss government spending. Their mission is to capture and...

SO, ARE YOU STILL WORKING FROM HOME?   Apparently, lots of people are. It's a product of Covid insanity. Our Jerk of the Week was responsible for locking people down in his community and he was on national TV saying he now knows he was wrong but he wants your forgiveness.   Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com is back with examples of government waste including solar picnic tables for our friends at the EPA.   Rich Cupka, owner of Cupka Cafe 2 on the Southside has an update on the crime scene there and the terrible job that city law enforcement is doing to clean it up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?   Lots of craziness and stupidity in Washington, including a Congressman who says he pulled a fire alarm because he thought it was a door handle. Don't you hate when that happens?   The Fauci family made lots of money during the Covid hysteria. He and his wife got richer while he was putting people out of business with his stupid advice. Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com has the details on that and how it would be cheaper to buy every passenger an airline ticket than to subsidize AMTRAK.   There are over 130,000 regulations in Pennsylvania and most of them are dumb.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa returns to share details of his most recent arrests for protesting local government's handling of the immigration crisis in New York City. A new report lists our national debt as the top security threat facing the United States; we look into that with Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com. Later, Adam Weiss, CEO of AMW Public Relations, addresses how some in the media show their political leanings in coverage of the news, specifically in regards to former President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

THEY DIDN'T TAKE MY ADVICE  The debate moderators Wednesday didn't ask the question I suggested. Today I have a question they should have asked and it would have included a picture.   Professor of Communications and media critic for The Hill Jeff McCall talks about his piece today that offered the best analysis yet of Wednesday night's debate.   Adam Andrzjewski of Openthebooks.com with some astounding numbers on the national debt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The watchdog OpenTheBooks.com just received some unredacted documents the National Institutes of Health had been trying to hide regarding private company royalties that government scientists collect.Subscribe to my two podcasts: “The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast” and “Full Measure After Hours.” Leave a review, subscribe and share with your friends! Support independent journalism by visiting the new Sharyl Attkisson store. Order “Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism” by Sharyl Attkisson at Harper Collins, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books a Million, IndieBound, Bookshop! Visit JustTheNews.com, SharylAttkisson.com and www.FullMeasure.news for original reporting. Do your own research. Make up your own mind. Think for yourself.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

MR PRESIDENT, THEY FOUND $11 MILLION IN YOUR BROWN PANTS  Most of the media are still waiting for that moment before they show any curiosity about why the Biden family received millions of dollars from foreign companies and governments and there's more damning evidence today   Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com did it again. He came up with some amazing numbers showing the amount of money doctors made from royalties based on vaccine sales.   Doctor Carrie Gress, author of “The End of Woman: How Smashing The Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us All.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Andrzejewski is the founder of OpenTheBooks.com and lives in Hinsdale, Illinois. OpenTheBooks.com says it is "the largest private repository of U.S. public sector spending." The mission is to post "every dime, online, in real time." In their 2022 annual report on government spending, Alexander Fraser, a 19th century Scottish professor of history is quoted saying: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. Democracy will continue to exist until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." Mr. Andrzejewski is our guest this week on the Booknotes+ podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Andrzejewski is the founder of OpenTheBooks.com and lives in Hinsdale, Illinois. OpenTheBooks.com says it is "the largest private repository of U.S. public sector spending." The mission is to post "every dime, online, in real time." In their 2022 annual report on government spending, Alexander Fraser, a 19th century Scottish professor of history is quoted saying: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. Democracy will continue to exist until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." Mr. Andrzejewski is our guest this week on the Booknotes+ podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsor special: Up to $2,500 of FREE silver AND a FREE safe on qualifying orders - Call 855-862-3377 or text “AMERICAN” to 6-5-5-3-2In this episode, I sit down with Adam Andrzejewski.Through tens of thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests, this government watchdog has compiled and made public almost all U.S. money taxed and spent, at every level of government, across all 50 states.“[The Government Accountability Office] were charged by Congress at taking a look at the payments into China; they found $49 million. We found $490 million because we actually dug a little deeper. We dug into the sub-grants,” Mr. Andrzejewski says.“We do the hard work so you can hold the political class accountable for tax and spend decisions.”We discuss the problem of earmarks—what Mr. Andrzejewski calls Congress's “currency of corruption.”“Earmarks were brought back after a 10-year ban because of secret votes in the Republican caucus, where they voted to join Pelosi Democrats to bring back the practice,” he says.We also discuss government contracts and grants to adversaries nations and the militarization of our federal agencies.“There are 76 traditional, paper-pushing, regulatory, civil administrative agencies that have now armed up,” says Mr. Andrzejewski. “Who knew that the National Institutes of Health had a police force of over 100 officers?”

George Soro's son apparently has access to the highest ranking honchos of the Biden White House. This according to the New York Post: A son of billionaire George Soros has quietly become a de-facto White House “ambassador,” making at least 14 visits there on behalf of the far-left kingmaker since President Joe Biden took office, records reviewed by The Post show. Alexander Soros — a prolific Democratic fundraiser in his own right who likes to boast about his relationships with world leaders on social media — scored at least a dozen meetings with White House officials in 2022, according to recently updated White House visitor logs. Soros, 37, also participated in two other confabs there in late 2021, the records show. His latest trips include visiting Dec. 1 with then-White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain's advisor, Nina Srivastava, who also worked on Biden's presidential campaign, the logs show. Plus Government waste on display.  The Biden White House may be the worst spender.  The folks at Openthebooks.com lay it all out for us. During President Joe Biden's first three years, he spent $158.8 million on the largest White House payroll in American history, based on headcount. White House staff for FY2023 collectively cost $52,775,234.    No White House ever employed 500 staffers until Biden became president. The Biden White House employed 560 in FY2021 and 474 in FY2022. In 2023, the headcount increased by 50, to 524.    Biden employs 108 more staffers than Trump (416) (FY2019) and 70 more than Obama (454) (FY2011) at the same point in their respective presidencies.   There was 46% turnover in White House staff, year over year. 220 employees from last year are no longer on payroll. Last year the turnover rate was 39%.    The turnover in Biden's third year is 10% higher than the 36% turnover in 2019, Trump's third year.  The Apple subscribe link is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stinchfield/id1648560956 The Spotify subscribe link is here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7y6jgJ3af2ymyDQ79Nk0yv Stinchfield website https://grantstinchfield.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) condemned the use of FISA surveillance during a June 13 hearing. He said the program—meant to investigate foreign agents—was allegedly used to spy on thousands of Americans without proper cause. Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Miami on June 13 to 37 felony charges related to his handling of classified government documents. During a speech in New Jersey after his arraignment, he criticized the charges as a politically motivated attack meant to keep him out of the White House in 2024. A new report by government watchdog Open the Books says fraudsters and dead people received hundreds of billions of dollars in government payments last year. NTD spoke with the founder of the nonprofit to find out more. ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Adam Andrzejewski is the CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com. His organization lets the American people know exactly what is happening with their tax dollars and government and how mismanaged and spent it all truly is - today he joins us with an exclusive new report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How DC Keeps Getting Richer With OpenTheBooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski

Today on the Brett Winterble Show we're joined by Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com to talk about their mission of "following the money" and how what they've found impacts you during tax season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Brett Winterble Show Brett and many callers dissect all the details from the leaked from the Pentagon + we're joined by Adam Andrzejewski of Openthebooks.com explains why its so hard to follow federal money and how that impacts you in tax season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We expose what's behind Dr. Fauci's explosive financial growth.  Even his wife is in on the massive haul of taxpayer dollars.  But it's a mysterious 1-million dollar payment from an obscure non-profit in Israel that is raising the most questions.  Adam Andrzejewski of OpenTheBooks.com is our guest.  His organization is behind the discovery of the explosive new details surrounding the Fauci fortune.Grant also breaks down the Deep State on steroids.  Transparency is gone under the Biden Administration.  Federal salaries are surging under Joe Biden as Team Biden tries to hide it all.  Plus, we look at California Governor Gavin Newsom's fortune as well.  Open the Books shows us how Gavin Newsom uses his wife's charities for financial gain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022. We’ve got some crazy news to get to today, so let’s dive right in… https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/trump-fbi-maralago-search-00050442 Trump's Mar-a-Lago home searched by FBI in unprecedented move The FBI executed a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump on Monday as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of White House records, including potentially classified material, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Florida raid, which one of the people said took “hours,” resulted in the seizure of paper records, according to one person familiar with the development, who also noted that Trump attorney Christina Bobb was present during the search. It was a historic step by the Justice Department and FBI to investigate the residence of a former president, who is battling an increasingly complex thicket of legal threats. No former president — particularly one who is openly considering another bid for the Oval Office — has faced such a public law enforcement action, which immediately led to calls among his allies for recriminations and even the elimination of federal law enforcement agencies. “They even broke into my safe,” Trump himself said in a lengthy statement decrying the FBI search and comparing it to Watergate. Trump, who was the first to confirm the FBI action, said in a statement that his resort was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” “After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said. The former president was not present at Mar-a-Lago. Instead, he was at Trump Tower in New York City, according to a person familiar with the situation. His son Eric Trump informed him of the raid. The FBI and the U.S. attorney’s offices in Washington didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Spokespeople at Justice Department headquarters in Washington declined to comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, the Secret Service and the Palm Beach Police Department deferred comment to the FBI. Two sources familiar with the matter said top Biden White House officials were not given advance notice of the raid, which could potentially alter the course of both the upcoming midterms and an eventual Trump-Biden rematch in 2024. Though the investigation of Trump’s handling of presidential records has been percolating for months, it has largely remained in the background while the Jan. 6 select committee built a case that Trump committed crimes to disrupt the transition of power after his defeat in the 2020 election. The National Archives and Records Administration had confirmed in February that it had sought to recover 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago that it deemed improperly removed, including some marked as “classified national security information.” The Archives confirmed at the time that it had been in touch with the Justice Department about the recovered documents. At the time, the Archives said it had had “ongoing communications” with Trump’s team about recovering missing presidential records. The Archives also indicated that it was working to recover un-archived social media messages and that it had evidence that Trump tore up and destroyed some papers, not all of which were recovered. The Archives also confirmed in December that it was reviewing whether Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows had properly stored records from his personal phone and email accounts. That investigation has also become an increasingly public threat to Trump, with some of his top allies and former White House officials facing grand jury subpoenas and FBI searches. Earlier in the day, the Justice Department defended its decision to seize the cellphone of John Eastman, the attorney who helped devise Trump’s strategy to seize a second term he didn’t win. Federal investigators have pursued evidence that Trump’s administration mishandled presidential records and even removed some boxes to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. An executed search warrant would require the signoff of a federal judge or magistrate, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime. The law enforcement moves at Trump’s residence came as lawyers and other observers have been bracing for action this month in politically sensitive Justice Department investigations as prosecutors approach a traditional quiet period for such probes in the lead-up to elections. Unbelievable… before I get to my next story: Club Membership Plug: Let’s stop and take a moment to talk about Fight Laugh Feast Club membership. By joining the Fight Laugh Feast Army, not only will you be aiding in our fight to take down secular & legacy media; but you’ll also get access to content placed in our Club Portal, such as past shows, all of our conference talks, and EXCLUSIVE content for club members that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Lastly, you’ll also get discounts for our conferences… so if you’ve got $10 bucks a month to kick over our way, you can sign up now at flfnetwork.com https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-stockpiles-more-than-5-million-rounds-of-ammunition_4636607.html?welcomeuser=1 IRS Stockpiles More Than 5 Million Rounds of Ammunition Apparently, the IRS needs a little firepower to help with those audits. The IRS has stockpiled five million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, according to Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has introduced a bill to block future ammunition purchases by the agency. The Republican lawmaker announced his sponsorship of the Disarm the IRS Act in a July press release. The bill would ban the IRS from acquiring ammunition through direct purchase or otherwise. The bill awaits a potential vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. The issue drew national attention after Gaetz appeared on Fox News’ Jesse Waters Primetime last week, saying that the IRS had spent $750,000 in 2022 alone on ammunition. “Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the heaviest artillery an IRS agent would need would be a calculator, not $725,000 worth of ammunition,” Gaetz said during his appearance on Fox News. While people may not think of the IRS needing weapons and ammunition, it has a criminal investigation division with armed law enforcement to pursue tax felons. A 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office said the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division had 2,148 law enforcement officers, 4,461 weapons—including 15 fully automatic firearms—and 5.05 million rounds of ammunition. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, four officers with the IRS have died since 1989 from medical conditions or accidents. None was firearm related. But the IRS isn’t the only governmental agency building up massive caches of guns and bullets. OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit government watchdog group, released a report called “The militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies” in December 2020, detailing how agencies that people wouldn’t normally associate with law enforcement were stockpiling weapons and ammunition. The Environmental Protection Agency owns 600 guns. At the same time, special agents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are equipped with machine guns and AR15s. Even the Smithsonian Institution employed 620-armed “special agents,” up from zero officers in 2008, according to the report. Adam Andrzejewski, CEO & founder of OpenTheBooks.com, told The Epoch Times via email that the public should question why these agencies are armed to the teeth. Not only do they wield legal power, but they are also amassing firepower. “Just who are the federal agencies preparing to battle?” Andrzejewski wrote. Andrzejewski said there is no public purpose for rank and file, paper-pushing federal agencies to load up on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment. “Our data shows that the federal government has become a gun show that never adjourns. Taxpayers need to tell Washington that police powers belong primarily to cities and states, not the feds,” he stated. Armored Republic The Mission of Armored Republic is to Honor Christ by equipping Free Men with Tools of Liberty necessary to preserve God-given rights. In the Armored Republic there is no King but Christ. We are Free Craftsmen. Body Armor is a Tool of Liberty. We create Tools of Liberty. Free men must remain ever vigilant against tyranny wherever it appears. God has given us the tools of liberty needed to defend the rights He bestowed to us. Armored Republic is honored to offer you those Tools. Visit them, at ar500armor.com https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/08/08/the-media-begins-to-notice-that-were-running-out-of-cops-n488242 The media begins to notice that we're running out of cops Let’s say there’s a violent intruder at your door or someone is breaking into your house in the middle of the night. Who ya gonna call? Assuming that you don’t have the number for the Ghostbusters, you’ll probably dial 911. But in a number of cities, the odds that anyone will be available to respond quickly enough to save you have been dropping. The problem has grown serious enough that even the Associated Press has been forced to cover the story. They begin with an interview with George Spaulding of Portland, Oregon. Five years ago, his son Brian was shot to death in his apartment. Though George checks in with the detective assigned to the case frequently, the police say they still have no leads. But even George admits that the police are simply overwhelmed and they probably just don’t have the manpower to assign anyone to really work the case full time. And it’s not just Portland where this is happening. Response times to emergency calls are rising and the number of criminal cases being closed are falling in many cities. From Philadelphia to Portland to Los Angeles, killings and gun violence are rising at the same time officers worn out by the pandemic and disillusioned over the calls to divest from policing that followed George Floyd’s murder are quitting or retiring faster than they can be replaced. Departments are scrambling to recruit in a tight labor market and also rethinking what services they can provide and what role police should play in their communities. Many have shifted veteran officers to patrol, breaking up specialized teams built over decades in order to keep up with 911 calls. If you read through that entire report, the AP cites statistics and provides quotes from various officials in five cities. Take a look at this list of names and see if you notice anything in common. Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore are all cited. It should come as no surprise to most of our readers that these are all cities that were subjected to violent BLM riots during the Summer of Love and all of them later attempted to “defund the police” in various ways. Now crime rates are up in each of those cities, particularly violent crime rates. Response times are up and case closure rates are down. The police forces in each of those cities have been depleted and they are struggling to find qualified recruits to replace the officers who have left. (Along with the officers who were killed or too seriously wounded to return to duty in some cases.) Is there any honest person who is having trouble connecting the dots here? The Associated Press gamely quotes one professor from the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. He claims that you can’t blame the protests and the defunding movement because “crime is up in many areas,” even where those things didn’t happen. That much may be true, but it’s definitely a lot worse in the cities on this list. How can anyone continue to deny this? Today, we’re hearing complaints from disgruntled and frightened citizens. That’s understandable. But we should also remember that many of those complaining the loudest also helped elect the municipal officials who put all of these policies in place to begin with and bent to the will of the mob. Now they are reaping what they have themselves sown. If you don’t like what’s going on in the streets, take some responsibility yourself and work to put new people in charge who will deal with the situation in a serious fashion. Once you do that, you just might be able to convince some new aspiring law enforcement officers to come to work in your cities. Well, let’s shift our eyes over seas now. Did you know that China, is one of the freest countries in the world?! Nancy Pelosi: “China Is One Of The Freest Societies In The World…” - Play Video https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-pelosi-says-china-one-of-the-freest-societies-in-the-world?utm_campaign=64487 Pelosi says China 'one of the freest societies in the world' She cited Freedom House as a source, but Freedom House, however, does not list China as a free country, calling its government an "authoritarian regime" that has "become increasingly repressive in recent years." Freedom House writes: "The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten control over all aspects of life and governance, including the state bureaucracy, the media, online speech, religious practice, universities, businesses, and civil society associations, and it has undermined an earlier series of modest rule-of-law reforms. The CCP leader and state president, Xi Jinping, has consolidated personal power to a degree not seen in China for decades." Freedom House considers the small island nation of Taiwan, however, to be "free," ranking 94/100 on its freedom scale. Perhaps this is what Pelosi was referring to, as she just returned from a trip to Taiwan. Pelosi's Taiwan trip was a huge issue for China, which took the opportunity to engage in a massive show of force over the island. The self-ruling island has faced increased threats of violence from the CCP in recent days following Pelosi's visit to there, to repeated condemnation by the communists. US officials have made clear, though that they do not support an independent Taiwan, despite comments from President Joe Biden that the US would "militarily defend" it. https://twitter.com/i/status/1554169482242916354 - Play Video That was John Kirby for those wondering. https://www.outkick.com/oklahoma-cale-gundy-didnt-want-resignation-football/ ‘VAST MAJORITY’ OF OKLAHOMA PLAYERS DIDN’T WANT CALE GUNDY TO RESIGN: REPORT Many members of the Oklahoma Sooners reportedly didn’t want Cale Gundy to leave the program. The longtime Sooners assistant resigned from his coaching position after he admitted to reading a “shameful and hurtful” unknown word off a players iPad during a film session. He announced his resignation late Sunday night after more than two decades as a coach with the program. Despite his resignation, it sounds like many members of the team didn’t want him to leave. Gabe Ikard reported “the vast majority” of players on the roster didn’t want Gundy to leave. However, it sounds like they couldn’t sway his mind. After more than two decades as a coach with the Sooners and several seasons as a dominant QB in Norman, Gundy is gone because he read a player’s iPad during a film session. As Gundy claimed in his statement, they weren’t his words. He was reading a message on the iPad. ““I want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. What I said was not malicious; it wasn’t even intentional. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions. The unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so,” the former Oklahoma coach told fans in his resignation announcement. Overall, it seems like this situation spiraled out of control before most people even realized what happened, and that’s backed up by the fact most players didn’t want him to resign. What an incredibly bizarre and strange situation within the Oklahoma football program. This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief… If you liked the show, share it. If you want to sign up for a club membership, for our conference with that club membership discount, or sign up for our magazine, head on over to fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to send me a news story, ask about our conference, or approach us about corporate partnership with CrossPolitic, you can email me at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News, I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless

THE THESIS: What gives the media nightmares? The same things that give us hope. How can CNN “regain the trust of conservatives?” Make your anchors leave New York and live in red states. Hire producers who have never lived in any major city. Invite people like me to sit and watch CNN with you for a day. In fact, CNN, I will help you for free.  THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES:  CNN's key problem is their culture is godless. Even The Lord, Jesus spoke of needing to be connected God.  John 5:19-20 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. THE NEWS & COMMENT: Meeting with shiny shoes in D.C. is not gong to get conservatives back to CNN. But, that's what CNN's new boss is doing in his effort to get us back. CNN Chief's Republican Apology Tour; GOP officials say they're skeptical of Chris Licht's pledge to tamp down on-air partisanship While CNN continues to ignore the other shoe that ALWAYS drops when people make insane charges against President Trump, the network will continue to be a joke to conservatives. EXCLUSIVE: Cassidy Hutchinson kept working for Donald Trump for nine weeks after he left the White House, government records show There is no greater sign of the ideological and intellectual divide between the Mockingbird Media class and conservative Americans than that which terrifies the Mockingbirds--namely, limiting federal government power in any way **except for abortion, of course. Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win. “If they were successful, a constitutional convention led by conservatives could trigger sweeping changes to the Constitution.  Their goals include gutting federal environmental standards, nixing nationwide education requirements, and creating an incredibly high threshold for Washington, DC, or a territory to earn statehood. Some would like to make it difficult, if not impossible, for someone — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, for example — to work for decades within the federal government.” If Chris Licht will agree to my terms, and come to Idaho with me, I will show him how loving and responsible the men here are, especially at my gun range. He can ask himself if they seem do dangerous that only groups like the IRS should have semi-automatic rifles.  Epoch Times: “Why is Biden trying to weaponize the IRS?” Rep Jeff Duncam said. The IRS has stockpiled 5 million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, said Rep MattGaetz, who introduced a bill to block future ammo purchases by the agency. “But the IRS isn't the only governmental agency building up massive caches of guns and bullets. OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit government watchdog group, released a report called ‘The militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies' in December 2020, detailing how agencies that people wouldn't normally associate with law enforcement were stockpiling weapons and ammunition.” “The Environmental Protection Agency owns 600 guns. At the same time, special agents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are equipped with machine guns and AR15s. Even the Smithsonian Institution employed 620-armed “special agents,” up from zero officers in 2008, according to the report.” The core problem of CNN, aside from their godless culture, is that anytime a reporter needs to do a story about America--that is, outside the single zip code in which 99% of news media is made--they have to leave home. Look at CNN in Wyoming seeking Liz Cheney fans. [AUDIO] - CNN Tried To Find People In Wyoming Who Like Liz Cheney. It Didn't Go Well Meanwhile, will CNN devote weeks to accusing Liz Cheny of wanting the Capital sacked, as their hosts to with Trump? Inside Liz Cheney's Coordinated Effort To Prevent Troop Deployment Before Jan. 6 “Cheney herself seems to have orchestrated opposition to use of the military to quell election-related unrest, allegedly organizing a Washington Post op-ed on Jan. 3, 2021, signed by every living former defense secretary. ‘All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory,”' the headline read. It went on to threaten any military official who thought any use of the military might be a good idea. ‘Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties, for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic,' the op-ed warned. The op-ed was allegedly organized by Cheney, whose father was secretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush before serving as President George W. Bush's vice president. Eric Edelman, a national security adviser to Dick Cheney, told the New Yorker the Wyoming lawmaker ‘was the one who generated' the piece for the Post.” Perhaps the best cure for CNN, after taking me up on my promise, is to get to know young men like this. Here, with no prompter or notes, this man gets to a core truth about the trip to Taiwan Nancy made you buy for her.   [AUDIO] - "Standing up to China" amounts to getting a tour of a Nvidia chip factory of which she invested in using insider info on the CHIPS act. Her trip costs us 90Mil up front and so much more down the line. - Flexutaro MalcomotoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.