Podcasts about Oversight

PBM Reform Podcast Sponsored by American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) Host: Greg Reybold Special Guest: Ben Mudd, PharmD, Executive Director, Kentucky Pharmacists Association   Momentum for meaningful pharmacy benefit manager reform is building in Washington.   In this episode of the PBM Reform Podcast, host Greg Reybold welcomes Dr. Ben Mudd, Executive Director of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, to examine the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act, H.R. 6610, and what its advancement could mean for patients, pharmacists, employers, and the future of independent pharmacy.   On July 22, 2026, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reported the legislation favorably following a committee markup. Introduced by Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and Representative Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts, the bill would establish new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.   The proposed reforms would require participating PBMs to provide fair pharmacy reimbursement, apply manufacturer rebates toward reducing beneficiaries' prescription drug costs, prohibit patient steering to PBM-affiliated pharmacies, increase transparency, and establish penalties for noncompliance.   Greg and Ben discuss why the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program could become an important proving ground for broader PBM accountability and how federal action may influence commercial plans, state legislation, and future healthcare policy.   Episode Discussion   The conversation explores:   Why H.R. 6610 has attracted bipartisan support How PBM reimbursement practices threaten independent pharmacy sustainability The impact of patient steering and PBM-affiliated pharmacy networks Why manufacturer rebates should directly reduce patients' prescription costs What “fair reimbursement” must include to protect pharmacy access How enforcement provisions and financial penalties could improve accountability Kentucky's role in advancing pharmacy and PBM reform The connection between federal legislation and state-level advocacy What pharmacists should communicate to legislators and patients The remaining steps required before H.R. 6610 can become law   Dr. Mudd brings the perspective of a practicing community pharmacist and association executive who has worked extensively in pharmacy advocacy. A graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, he practiced in both chain and independent pharmacy settings before assuming leadership of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association.   Ben is running for Kentucky State Senate position this November. Lear more about his platform and issues most important: https://www.votemudd.com/meet-ben   Key Takeaway   PBM reform is no longer simply an industry debate. It is a patient-access, healthcare-affordability, pharmacy-choice, and community-infrastructure issue.   The Pharmacists Fight Back Act represents a significant federal effort to separate PBM compensation from practices that may increase drug costs, restrict patient choice, and financially disadvantage independent pharmacies. The legislation's advancement is an important milestone—but pharmacists must remain informed, engaged, and vocal as the bill moves through the legislative process.   Subscribe to the PBM Reform Podcast for continuing coverage of legislation, regulation, litigation, and advocacy shaping the future of pharmacy benefit management and community pharmacy.   The PBM Reform Podcast is sponsored by American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc., supporting independent pharmacies and advocating for a more transparent, competitive, and patient-centered prescription drug marketplace.

PBM Reform Podcast Sponsored by American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) Host: Greg Reybold Special Guest: Ben Mudd, PharmD, Executive Director, Kentucky Pharmacists Association   Momentum for meaningful pharmacy benefit manager reform is building in Washington.   In this episode of the PBM Reform Podcast, host Greg Reybold welcomes Dr. Ben Mudd, Executive Director of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, to examine the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act, H.R. 6610, and what its advancement could mean for patients, pharmacists, employers, and the future of independent pharmacy.   On July 22, 2026, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reported the legislation favorably following a committee markup. Introduced by Chairman James Comer of Kentucky and Representative Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts, the bill would establish new requirements for pharmacy benefit managers participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.   The proposed reforms would require participating PBMs to provide fair pharmacy reimbursement, apply manufacturer rebates toward reducing beneficiaries' prescription drug costs, prohibit patient steering to PBM-affiliated pharmacies, increase transparency, and establish penalties for noncompliance.   Greg and Ben discuss why the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program could become an important proving ground for broader PBM accountability and how federal action may influence commercial plans, state legislation, and future healthcare policy.   Episode Discussion   The conversation explores:   Why H.R. 6610 has attracted bipartisan support How PBM reimbursement practices threaten independent pharmacy sustainability The impact of patient steering and PBM-affiliated pharmacy networks Why manufacturer rebates should directly reduce patients' prescription costs What “fair reimbursement” must include to protect pharmacy access How enforcement provisions and financial penalties could improve accountability Kentucky's role in advancing pharmacy and PBM reform The connection between federal legislation and state-level advocacy What pharmacists should communicate to legislators and patients The remaining steps required before H.R. 6610 can become law   Dr. Mudd brings the perspective of a practicing community pharmacist and association executive who has worked extensively in pharmacy advocacy. A graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, he practiced in both chain and independent pharmacy settings before assuming leadership of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association.   Ben is running for Kentucky State Senate position this November. Lear more about his platform and issues most important: https://www.votemudd.com/meet-ben   Key Takeaway   PBM reform is no longer simply an industry debate. It is a patient-access, healthcare-affordability, pharmacy-choice, and community-infrastructure issue.   The Pharmacists Fight Back Act represents a significant federal effort to separate PBM compensation from practices that may increase drug costs, restrict patient choice, and financially disadvantage independent pharmacies. The legislation's advancement is an important milestone—but pharmacists must remain informed, engaged, and vocal as the bill moves through the legislative process.   Subscribe to the PBM Reform Podcast for continuing coverage of legislation, regulation, litigation, and advocacy shaping the future of pharmacy benefit management and community pharmacy.   The PBM Reform Podcast is sponsored by American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc., supporting independent pharmacies and advocating for a more transparent, competitive, and patient-centered prescription drug marketplace.

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Headlines for July 30, 2026; “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms; Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign; Report from Springfield, Ohio: Haitians Brace for ICE Crackdown After TPS Protections End

A new study from the Oversight Board found that leading AI systems are less likely to criticize authoritarian governments than democratic ones. It's a wild finding — but wait? Why is the Oversight Board studying systems from OpenAI and Anthropic in the first place? Suzanne Nossel, who sits on the board, joined us to discuss the findings and why the Oversight Board's future might involve looking at more than just Meta. Further reading: Zoox can now charge for rides in its steering-wheel-free robotaxis Spotify Running Mode helps match tunes to tempo Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price ⁠How Facebook undercut the Oversight Board⁠ Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Headlines for July 30, 2026; “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms; Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign; Report from Springfield, Ohio: Haitians Brace for ICE Crackdown After TPS Protections End

On today's show: Headlines “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign Report from Springfield, Ohio: Haitians Brace for ICE Crackdown After TPS Protections End Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – July 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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New York State's education commissioner is installing new oversight measures as Buffalo Schools deal with multiple issues. Board member Larry Scott reacts.

Groups Urge FAA to Reject Ag Businesses from Drone Oversight

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Refit oversight is where yacht projects either hold together or start to unravel.In this episode of American Refit, host Maria Pierce Schoenheit is joined by Robert Mac Keen of MacKeen Group / MIATC and Lord Luke Hammond of Seek Standards for a direct conversation on planning, accountability, reporting, contractor selection, owner expectations, and why yacht refit projects need clearer structure before a vessel ever enters the yard.The discussion looks at what happens when scope is unclear, vendors are not aligned, pricing is not properly compared, and every stakeholder is working from a different version of the project.From 10-year surveys and contractor quality to shipyard capacity, project baselines, refit management, owner communication, and stronger standards across the American refit market, this conversation gets into the practical realities that can make or break a yard period.A quick note on the audio: there were technical issues with the original recording. The audio has been cleaned up as much as possible because the conversation itself was too valuable not to share.Featured in this episode:Maria Pierce Schoenheit Host, American Refit Owner | Director of Operations MPS 913 | Maritime Project Solutions mpsolutions913.comRobert Mac Keen MacKeen Group / MIATC mackeengroup.com miatc.orgLord Luke Hammond Seek StandardsSupported by Indiantown Marine Center, a 40-acre inland facility built for yacht service projects, with 250-ton and 100-ton travel lifts, 2,800 feet of dockage, expansive workspace, and a skilled contractor base. indiantownmarinecenterfl.comPrefer to read? Head to Yachting News on the website: www.yachtinginternationalradio.com/yachting-newsSearch Yachting Channel on your favourite podcast platform for more conversations from across the global yachting industry.

Why an L.A. County Sheriff oversight commission has been struggling to use its subpoena power years after voters granted it that tool. The American Red Cross is urging donors to help out with a blood shortage. And a few lucky nonprofits will get free tickets to the LA 2028 Olympics. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

July 27, 2026- Riverkeeper's associate director of government affairs, Jeremey Cherson, makes the case for codifying a formal state committee and staffer to oversee the long-term preservation and health of the Mohawk River basin.

In this episode of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle, we run through the ASC news that matters — a sweeping CMS enrollment proposal, the anesthesia squeeze, and more — plus a few things we've been seeing out in the field. Then John sits down with two veteran pharmacy consultants for a practical look at medication safety in the surgery center, from patient screening to drug diversion to malignant-hyperthermia readiness. This episode is sponsored by Surgical Information Systems, RFX Solutions, Medserve and  Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies. Notes and Resources from this Episode: CMS seeks new powers to deny or revoke enrollment for “problematic” Medicare providers — Becker's Hospital Review: beckershospitalreview.com CY2027 Home Health PPS proposed rule (CMS-1844-P) — Medicare enrollment provisions (retroactive revocation, location & affiliation rules, 855B private-equity/REIT disclosure); comments due Aug 31, 2026 — CMS fact sheet: cms.gov Elevance's 10% out-of-network penalty — 3 payer moves disrupting ASCs, physicians — Becker's ASC: beckersasc.com Why anesthesia stipends could be inevitable amid outdated ASC models — Becker's ASC: beckersasc.com Feds: Iowa plastic surgeon defrauded Medicare through false billings — Iowa Capital Dispatch: iowacapitaldispatch.com CMS request for information on episode-based payment for ASCs (ASCA opposed) — ASC News: ascnews.com Companion episode: Episode 283 — Pharmacy Management and Recalls . INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASC PODCAST WITH JOHN GOEHLE ASC Central is our one-stop site for ASC bootcamps, on-demand conferences, and membership programs: conferences.asc-central.com Patron Membership — our base membership for podcast listeners: regular group Zoom sessions, a full resource database to help run your ASC, and several free conferences (Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director, Credentialing, and Finance & Accounting). Become a Patron Member Premium Access Program — includes Patron membership PLUS unlimited Bootcamps (Administrator and Director of Nursing, normally $1,899.99 each), our Credentialing, Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director and Infection Control programs, weekly drop-in Zoom sessions, and up to five hours of private consulting. Sign up for Premium Access Compare both programs: conferences.asc-central.com/membership-programs-2   Important Resources for ASCs: Conditions for Coverage: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=42:3.0.1.1.3&idno=42#se42.3.416_150 Infection Control Survey Tool (Used by Surveyors for Infection Control) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107_exhibit_351.pdf Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap_l_ambulatory.pdf https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/updated-guidance-ambulatory-surgical-centers-appendix-l-state-operations-manual-som Policy & Memos to States and Regions CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions Other Resources from the ASC Podcast with John Goehle: Visit the ASC Podcast with John Goehle Website Books by John Goehle Get a copy of John's most popular book - The Survey Guide - A Guide to the CMS Conditions for Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

In this special episode of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle, recorded live at the Colorado ASC Association's annual conference in Golden, John shares five conversations from the meeting — with association and board leaders, a cardiology-focused ASC, and a center administrator — for a look at what's driving Colorado's surgery centers and why the state conference is worth the trip. This episode is sponsored by Surgical Information Systems, RFX Solutions, Medserve and  Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies. Notes and Resources from this Episode: Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) Website: coloradoasc.org INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASC PODCAST WITH JOHN GOEHLE ASC Central is our one-stop site for ASC bootcamps, on-demand conferences, and membership programs: conferences.asc-central.com Patron Membership — our base membership for podcast listeners: regular group Zoom sessions, a full resource database to help run your ASC, and several free conferences (Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director, Credentialing, and Finance & Accounting). Become a Patron Member Premium Access Program — includes Patron membership PLUS unlimited Bootcamps (Administrator and Director of Nursing, normally $1,899.99 each), our Credentialing, Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director and Infection Control programs, weekly drop-in Zoom sessions, and up to five hours of private consulting. Sign up for Premium Access Compare both programs: conferences.asc-central.com/membership-programs-2   Important Resources for ASCs: Conditions for Coverage: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=42:3.0.1.1.3&idno=42#se42.3.416_150 Infection Control Survey Tool (Used by Surveyors for Infection Control) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107_exhibit_351.pdf Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap_l_ambulatory.pdf https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/updated-guidance-ambulatory-surgical-centers-appendix-l-state-operations-manual-som Policy & Memos to States and Regions CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions Other Resources from the ASC Podcast with John Goehle: Visit the ASC Podcast with John Goehle Website Books by John Goehle Get a copy of John's most popular book - The Survey Guide - A Guide to the CMS Conditions for Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

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Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ... The Trap of Being the Most Capable Person in the Room There is a particular kind of nonprofit leader who is very good at almost everything. They can build the budget. They can write the grant. They can run the intake, fix the database, cover the front desk, and close the books when the bookkeeper leaves. When something breaks, they already know how to fix it, so they do. This is where nonprofit CEO leadership capacity quietly becomes the ceiling on the entire organization. When the most capable person keeps doing the work, the organization can only grow as large as that one person's hours. Everything routes through them. Every decision waits for them. And because they are competent, nobody notices the bottleneck until the organization is straining against it. This looks like a time management problem or a delegation problem, when in fact it's a leadership design problem. Let's talk about how to fix it. A Leader Who Has Made the Shift A version of this comes up almost every time I talk with a leader who is running a good organization and running themselves into the ground to do it. I had a conversation recently with Janelle Miller Moravek, who has led a growing mental health organization since 2009. She has been the fundraiser, the strategist, the operator, and the person who learned every function the hard way. And she has arrived somewhere most leaders need to go, but don't even realize yet. She knows how much to know, and she knows when to take her hands off. Know Enough to Be Dangerous There is a level of knowledge every CEO needs about every function of their organization. Not enough to run it. Enough to tell whether it is being run well. If you know nothing about your finances, you cannot tell a good accountant from a bad one. If you know nothing about your fundraising, you cannot tell whether your development director is stuck or coasting. You do not need to do the work. You need to know enough to provide real oversight. This is the balance that trips people up. Leaders tend to land at one of two extremes. Either they know a function so well that they cannot stop doing it, or they know it so poorly that they cannot supervise it. Neither one is oversight. Oversight lives in the middle, where you know enough to be dangerous and then let go of the doing. The truth is, most leaders overshoot toward doing because doing feels productive and supervising feels like nothing. Sitting in a meeting you do not strictly need to attend, reading a book, walking through the building, thinking about what is coming in eighteen months. None of that feels like work. All of it is the work. The Most Important Job Nobody Schedules The single most valuable thing a CEO can do is figure out what is around the corner that nobody else sees yet. When you plan for that, you are ahead of everyone. When you are ahead, your organization makes a bigger impact with less scramble. I call it brain time. The problem is that brain time never makes it onto the calendar, because everything else is louder. The payroll approval, the bank call that only the CEO is allowed to make, the fire that flared up this morning. Those tasks are real, and someone has to clear them so the rest of the team can move. But they are not the job. They are the price of admission to the job. When leaders let the loud, clearable tasks crowd out the quiet, high-value thinking, the organization loses its ability to see around corners. It becomes reactive. It handles what is in front of it and gets blindsided by what was predictable all along. Leadership You Can Buy Before You Can Afford It Here is the move that changes the math for organizations in the one-to-five-million range. You can bring in leadership without adding it to your management structure. When you outsource a function to a strong fractional or contracted firm, whether that is finance, HR, IT, or billing, you are not just buying task execution. You are buying leadership. A good outsourced finance team does not wait for you to direct them. They lead you. They tell you what you are missing. They bring a level of expertise you could never afford to hire full-time and could never provide yourself. This is what lets a leadership team stay lean. Janelle runs a nearly three-million-dollar organization with a management structure of two people, herself and a deputy director, because the CFO brain, the HR strategy, the billing compliance, and the fundraising all live with expert partners outside the building. The leadership is baked in. The payroll taxes, the turnover, the recruiting, the risk of getting a specialized compliance task wrong, all of that belongs to someone whose actual job it is. One line from that conversation has stayed with me: "It really hampered our growth before we outsourced." What I appreciate about this framing is that it names the mechanism. When a leader hoards functions they are not expert in, the organization does not just carry the cost of their learning curve. It carries the cost of everything that leader could have been doing instead. The growth that never happens is the most expensive line item, and it never shows up on any budget. Delegating Outcomes, Not Just Tasks There is a difference between handing someone a task and handing someone a result. Task delegation is "process this batch of invoices." Outcome delegation is "own our financial health and tell me when something is off." Most leaders get comfortable with the first and never make it to the second. So they stay busy checking work instead of free to lead. This is the shift from managing tasks to distributing outcomes and decisions across the organization. The shift usually becomes possible when the right person is in the right seat. And the right person is almost never the one with the most polished resume. It is the one with learning agility and curiosity, the one who can grow into responsibility you have not even defined yet. Hire for that, and you can eventually hand over not just the doing but the deciding. That is what frees a visionary leader to actually be one. I say this to clients constantly, and I had to learn it on myself first. For years my rule was that just because I can do something does not mean I should. I am a highly capable person. If I keep doing everything I am capable of, I will hold my own organization back, and I will not be a very happy human either. The capability is not the question. The choice about where to point it is. What Changes When You Stop Being the Doer When a leader stops being the doer, the whole organization stops waiting on one person. Decisions get made closer to the work. The team develops instead of stalling. And the leader finally has room for the thinking that only they can do. The heaviness that comes from being the answer to every question starts to lift. The work has not disappeared. It is finally sitting where it belongs. The organization stops being an extension of one person's stamina and starts being a system that can carry its own weight. That is what staying power actually looks like. It is not a heroic leader holding everything together. It is a structure built so that no single person has to. The Marathon This is not about doing less work. It is about doing the work that only you can do. Nonprofits can grow past the founder's capacity. They can build leadership they could not otherwise afford. They can run without one person anchoring every decision. Not by that person working harder. By building an organization that no longer needs them to. About the Guest Janelle Miller Moravek is a nonprofit leader & mental health advocate. She has led Youth & Family Counseling as Executive Director since 2009, driving its growth and impact across Lake County, Illinois. With a deep commitment to increasing access to mental health services, she oversees strategy, programming, and operations while fostering strong partnerships throughout the community. Janelle also plays a key leadership role in the region, serving on the board of the Lake County Alliance for Human Services and co-chairing the Lake County Behavioral Health Action Team. Her prior experience includes development roles at Carmel Catholic High School and Barat College. She holds a BA in French Studies from Wesleyan University and lives in Libertyville with her husband and three children. Connect with Janelle: Website: CounselingForAll.org/  LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/janelle-miller-moravek-903a815b/ Janelle's profile: accessspeakers.biz/speaker/janelle-miller-moravek-nonprofit-leader-mental-health-advocate/ Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! Let us know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that and follow us on LinkedIn.

Democrats dominate the nation's largest cities and several entire states, places where trillions in cumulative spending have flowed through their preferred programs, yet measurable quality-of-life metrics—crime, homelessness, educational attainment, family stability—routinely rank among the worst in the developed world. The claim is never that their approach merely falls short; it is that the alternative is heartless.  The lived reality in Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and large stretches of New York and Illinois tells a different story: problems that existed before are now supercharged, layered with new layers of dependency and extraction. This is not random misfortune.  When ideology treats government as the primary engine of human flourishing and views skepticism of that engine as moral failure, the incentives shift.  Production gives way to redistribution. Oversight gives way to expansion. The people who staff and administer these systems often share the worldview that more money and more programs equal better outcomes by definition. When results disappoint, the response is rarely self-examination; it demands more resources and lobs accusations against anyone pointing at the scoreboard. Two patterns stand out that rarely make the evening news in their full context.  First, public-choice analysis of large transfer programs shows that once concentrated interests gain access to diffuse taxpayer funds, the political and bureaucratic machinery tends to prioritize maintaining and growing those flows over efficient delivery to the intended recipients.  The second is more cultural: jurisdictions with the longest uninterrupted progressive governance often display the highest per-capita government spending alongside the weakest private-sector job creation and the most visible street-level disorder.  Correlation is not destiny, but when the same pattern repeats across continents and decades—whether in certain European welfare states or American blue strongholds—the refusal to examine the underlying assumptions becomes its own form of evidence.   If the model produced anything resembling the promised uplift, we would see at least one flagship city or state where decades of dominance translated into visibly superior results on the ground rather than superior rhetoric.  Instead, the strongest Democratic strongholds function as cautionary exhibits. The question worth asking is straightforward: when the ideology that claims exclusive ownership of compassion has controlled the levers in the places with the most visible human suffering for the longest time, at what point does the repeated failure stop being blamed on external forces and start being examined as a feature of the approach itself?   Schools sit at the heart of any society's claim to invest in the future. When the institutions charged with teaching the next generation become vehicles for personal enrichment, the betrayal cuts deeper than ordinary graft. A recent joint report from the State Financial Officers Foundation and OpenTheBooks documented roughly $225 million in alleged education-related fraud across 24 states and Puerto Rico over just six years. The cases involved embezzlement, phony invoices, inflated enrollment, bid-rigging, and kickbacks. California stood out among the worst offenders. In one Orange County district, a former fiscal services director allegedly drained nearly $16.7 million—roughly $3,553 per student—into luxury homes, vehicles, and designer goods.  Separate cases in Southern California showed school leaders treating district accounts as personal slush funds on a scale that would bankrupt smaller operations outright. These were not isolated errors in judgment; they were sustained, multi-year operations that required complicity or willful blindness at multiple levels. Illinois offers a parallel window into how public office and grant-making intersect with personal gain. In July 2026, federal prosecutors indicted State Representative Carol Ammons and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, on multiple counts including wire fraud and obstruction-related charges. The alleged scheme, running from 2017 into 2025, involved converting campaign contributions for personal use and steering state grants toward organizations that employed their daughter. The pattern is not that every educator or administrator is corrupt. It is that the combination of large, lightly monitored public budgets, ideological resistance to rigorous accountability, and a political culture that treats criticism of the system as an attack on the vulnerable creates fertile ground for those willing to exploit it. When the same jurisdictions that lecture the nation on equity and investment simultaneously produce headline-grabbing cases of insiders treating school funds as personal wealth transfers, the disconnect between rhetoric and results becomes impossible to ignore. Kevin Jackson has been called, the "white-collar" Joe Rogan. Given their similar backgrounds in TV, comedy, and martial arts, it's easy to see why people enjoy Kevin's show so much. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 358 hosts Dr Rob Weiss (GP from Melbourne, Australia) In this episode we explore the trending but highly controversial topic of peptides.  We discuss the background to these products, the growing demand from the general public and address the significant dangers of black-market peptides. Our guest explains how he educated himself about this niche speciality and his thoughts about why no significant studies or evidence exists for most commonly used peptides.  We learn about his approach to using peptides in patients with musculoskeletal injuries and his clear distinction between this approach vs people using peptides for self-prescribed 'looksmaxing' and  within the 'gym bro' culture. 00:00 Introduction 00:41 Peptides Episode Overview 02:06 IA Community App Updates 03:47 Meet Our Special Guest, Dr Robert Weiss 05:41 What Peptides Are 10:50 Why Peptides Went Mainstream 17:46 Evidence and Prescribing 22:59 GLP-1 Breakthroughs 28:41 Clinical Uses and Protocols 33:06 Safety and Misuse 34:55 Retatrutide Explained 37:20 Safety vs Hype 38:59 Black Market Risks 40:58 Compounding and Quality Standards 44:58 Biohacking and Peptide Trends 47:04 Regulation and Oversight 52:11 GHK-Cu and Skin Rejuvenation 58:27 The Future of Peptides 01:02:05 Evidence vs Anecdotes 01:06:09 Learning Resources 01:07:07 Wrap Up and Outro DOWNLOAD OUR NEW APP IA COMMUNITY FOR FREE: DOWNLOAD FOR APPLE DEVICES DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID DEVICES Our free content includes: Inside Aesthetics podcast - listen to or watch every episode inside the app Conference Diary - browse every major event and booking links Aesthetic News - keep up to date with the latest stories  Invites to our live stream events - RSVP for our 1st Unfiltered LIVE with Julie Bass-Kaplan here THEN GET A FREE 30 DAY SUBSCRIPTION: FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS/NON-CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS

Leon Black's congressional testimony encapsulated the broader Epstein scandal because it combined immense wealth, legal maneuvering, institutional deference, and carefully controlled cooperation. Despite paying Epstein at least $158 million for tax and estate-planning services and continuing their relationship after Epstein's 2008 conviction, Black was initially allowed to appear voluntarily rather than under subpoena. When questioning moved toward women, nondisclosure agreements, and other sensitive matters, he refused to answer and left the interview, forcing the committee to issue a subpoena afterward. That sequence reflected the same pattern that has defined the Epstein case for decades: authorities begin by treating powerful people cautiously, those people exploit that caution, and meaningful pressure is applied only after delay and public embarrassment.The fiasco also demonstrated why every significant witness in the Epstein investigation should be compelled to testify, produce relevant documents, and face serious consequences for lying or obstructing the inquiry. Congress should not permit wealthy associates to decide which subjects are private, irrelevant, or off-limits, particularly when financial arrangements, confidential agreements, and post-conviction relationships may help explain how Epstein maintained his influence. Black's return under subpoena gives the committee another opportunity to demand direct answers and test his claims against records, payments, communications, and other testimony. Unless lawmakers use their full authority and treat deception as a potential crime rather than a public-relations problem, the investigation will remain another performance in which powerful men delay accountability while survivors are once again expected to wait.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

July 22, 2026 - We discuss an audit of the state's services for survivors of domestic violence with Kelli Owens, executive director at the State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.

Congress keeps funding the Iran war with little oversight.Political scientists Karen Kedrowski and Kelly Shaw of Iowa State University offer analysis on this and other political issues from the week.

After taking some time away to help my family through my dad's open-heart surgery, I'm back with a new episode of Uncommon Sense with Ginny Robinson. Thank you to everyone who reached out and supported my family during this time.Today, I share my opinions on several current events. I discuss why I believe America must remain a sovereign nation and why I have concerns about the growing military relationship between the United States and Israel, including why I believe these actions raise real constitutional and legal questions.I also share my thoughts on the continued loss of American service members in the Iran War and explain why the United States should NOT be involved in another foreign war.Finally, I discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how it is connected to the Epstein files, and why I think Americans deserve greater transparency and accountability from those in power.--https://www.youversion.com/bible-app

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 22, 2026:We hear what national experts have to say about police oversight efforts in Madison,Learn how the Willy Street Co-op is reducing plastic waste,Consider the ramifications of a new, controversial USPS rule,Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1962,And much more.

High school teacher and Victorian Socialists Candidate for Niddrie Brendan Laws spoke to Tom Elliott live from the strike as Victorian education staff continue to negotiate a revised pay and conditions deal with the Victorian government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ronal Serpas joins Dave Cohen to talk about the latest on NOPD and the gand violence on the Northshore.

Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ) talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey. WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: Representative Andy Kim, (D-NJ), speaks during a House Small Business Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 17, 2020. The hearing is titled "Oversight of the Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury Pandemic Programs." Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Leon Black's congressional testimony encapsulated the broader Epstein scandal because it combined immense wealth, legal maneuvering, institutional deference, and carefully controlled cooperation. Despite paying Epstein at least $158 million for tax and estate-planning services and continuing their relationship after Epstein's 2008 conviction, Black was initially allowed to appear voluntarily rather than under subpoena. When questioning moved toward women, nondisclosure agreements, and other sensitive matters, he refused to answer and left the interview, forcing the committee to issue a subpoena afterward. That sequence reflected the same pattern that has defined the Epstein case for decades: authorities begin by treating powerful people cautiously, those people exploit that caution, and meaningful pressure is applied only after delay and public embarrassment.The fiasco also demonstrated why every significant witness in the Epstein investigation should be compelled to testify, produce relevant documents, and face serious consequences for lying or obstructing the inquiry. Congress should not permit wealthy associates to decide which subjects are private, irrelevant, or off-limits, particularly when financial arrangements, confidential agreements, and post-conviction relationships may help explain how Epstein maintained his influence. Black's return under subpoena gives the committee another opportunity to demand direct answers and test his claims against records, payments, communications, and other testimony. Unless lawmakers use their full authority and treat deception as a potential crime rather than a public-relations problem, the investigation will remain another performance in which powerful men delay accountability while survivors are once again expected to wait.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Warde Manuel Is OUT...EventuallyMichigan athletic director Warde Manuel is stepping down at the end of the year, following the release of a summary from an outside review into the Michigan athletic department's culture, oversight, and accountability.Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss what Michigan revealed, what it did not reveal, why Manuel is staying on through the end of the year, and how the report frames issues inside the athletic department. They also look at the long list of Michigan football controversies and suspensions in recent years, the challenge of overseeing a major football program, and whether Manuel is being fairly blamed for what happened on his watch.00:00 — Intro00:11 — Tom introduces the “$11 million episode”00:30 — Warde Manuel is out — eventually01:03 — Why Manuel is staying through the end of the year01:34 — What Michigan released from the outside review02:47 — The report's positives and vague negatives03:44 — The “deep and wet well” analogy04:59 — Failures of oversight and accountability06:04 — Why Manuel is being asked to help fix the culture07:38 — Why Michigan may want stability right now08:38 — Oversight issues inside the football program10:50 — Michigan's recent suspension history11:40 — The coaches, not the players, have been the issue12:48 — How much blame belongs to Warde Manuel?15:19 — Carefully worded exits and Michigan's culture of accountability16:40 — Why Kyle Whittingham may represent a culture reset17:46 — Final thoughts and listener questionIs Warde Manuel to blame for Michigan's recent athletic department issues, or is he being unfairly railroaded? Drop your thoughts in the comments.Subscribe to Buckeye Weekly for daily Ohio State football talk, recruiting coverage, analysis, and more.Visit BuckeyeInsiders.com to become a member and join the conversation.

- DOJ Fain Probe May Extend UAW Federal Oversight - Honda Shrinks in China but Extends GAC Partnership - Honda Considers Building New North American Plant - China Auto Suppliers Pivot to Booming Motorcycle Sector - U.S. EV Sales Stabilize in May - Electric Cars Outsell All Other Powertrains in Germany - China Quietly Restricts Rare Earth Exports to U.S. - Struggling Aston Martin in Talks for New Liquidity

- DOJ Fain Probe May Extend UAW Federal Oversight - Honda Shrinks in China but Extends GAC Partnership - Honda Considers Building New North American Plant - China Auto Suppliers Pivot to Booming Motorcycle Sector - U.S. EV Sales Stabilize in May - Electric Cars Outsell All Other Powertrains in Germany - China Quietly Restricts Rare Earth Exports to U.S. - Struggling Aston Martin in Talks for New Liquidity

For more thoughts, clips, and updates, follow Avetis Antaplyan on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/avetisantaplyan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan challenges one of the most common questions surrounding artificial intelligence: How quickly can companies replace people with AI? Instead, he argues that leaders should ask whether they are making expensive organizational decisions by overestimating what AI can accomplish without experienced people.Drawing on emerging workforce trends and examples from major technology companies, Avetis examines why some organizations now regret making deep, AI-driven staffing cuts. He explains that while AI can generate code, summarize meetings, analyze data, and accelerate administrative work, it cannot replace judgment, accountability, leadership, customer understanding, or institutional knowledge.Avetis also explores the hidden costs of AI adoption, including infrastructure expenses, governance, human oversight, rehiring, retraining, cultural damage, and the risk of repeating errors at scale. He encourages technology leaders to use AI to increase employee output rather than treating it as a blanket headcount-reduction strategy.Ultimately, the episode offers a balanced warning against both overreacting and underreacting to AI. The companies that win will not necessarily be those that eliminate the most jobs, but those that combine powerful AI tools with experienced people, disciplined decision-making, and strong leadership.TakeawaysLeaders should ask how AI can improve employee output—not simply how many employees it can replace.Many companies are discovering that they cut staff too deeply or too quickly.AI can generate options, but leaders must remain responsible for decisions.Long-tenured employees carry institutional knowledge that may disappear when they leave.Rebuilding an eliminated team can cost significantly more than the original payroll savings.AI can scale excellence, but it can also repeat one mistake thousands of times.Aggressive automation can damage trust, retention, innovation, and company culture.Underreacting to AI is also dangerous; leaders need adoption without reckless organizational disruption.Chapters00:00 The Wrong Question About AI02:05 Companies Are Regretting AI-Driven Cuts03:55 What AI Still Cannot Replace05:45 The Hidden Cost of Lost Knowledge07:45 Rehiring and Rebuilding Teams09:55 Infrastructure, Oversight, and Errors at Scale11:55 AI's Impact on Trust and Culture13:35 How the Best Companies Use AI16:10 Productivity Is Not Replacement17:25 What Technology Leaders Should Do18:55 AI Exposes Average Work20:15 The Risk of UnderreactingResources and Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podcast.hireclout.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirefasthireright⁠

On this episode of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle, we discuss the latest news and information, including extreme heat shutting down elective surgery at an Illinois surgery center, a federal court ruling against the Leapfrog Group and Leapfrog's plan to publicly rate nearly 4,000 ASCs later this month, recent drug recalls, and the new Section 504 accessibility requirements. In our focus segment, we discuss pharmacy management and recalls in the ASC. This episode is sponsored by Surgical Information Systems, RFX Solutions, MedServe and Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies. Notes and Resources from this Episode: Extreme heat forces an Illinois ASC to halt elective surgeries — Becker's ASC: beckersasc.com Federal court orders the Leapfrog Group to pull hospital safety grades — Fierce Healthcare: fiercehealthcare.com Pharmacy recall & shortage resources: FDA Drug Recalls: fda.gov/drugs/drug-recalls Drug Shortages (FDA/ASHP via ASCA): ascassociation.org/drug-shortages   |   Conditions for Coverage §416.48 (eCFR): ecfr.gov §416.48 John's panel — “Winning the ASC Talent War,” ASC News Investments & Operations Conference (Grand Hyatt Denver, July 8–9, 2026); full agenda: ascninvestmentsandoperations.com/2026-agenda Leapfrog ASC Public Reporting Program — nearly 4,000 ASCs publicly rated beginning July 25, 2026 (CMS ASCQR measures, accreditation standards, and the voluntary ASC Survey 2.0): leapfroggroup.org — ASC Program Look up your own center on Leapfrog's Hospital and Surgery Center Ratings site: ratings.leapfroggroup.org INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASC PODCAST WITH JOHN GOEHLE ASC Central is our one-stop site for ASC bootcamps, on-demand conferences, and membership programs: conferences.asc-central.com Patron Membership — our base membership for podcast listeners: regular group Zoom sessions, a full resource database to help run your ASC, and several free conferences (Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director, Credentialing, and Finance & Accounting). Become a Patron Member Premium Access Program — includes Patron membership PLUS unlimited Bootcamps (Administrator and Director of Nursing, normally $1,899.99 each), our Credentialing, Conditions for Coverage, Medical Director and Infection Control programs, weekly drop-in Zoom sessions, and up to five hours of private consulting. Sign up for Premium Access Compare both programs: conferences.asc-central.com/membership-programs-2   Important Resources for ASCs: Conditions for Coverage: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&rgn=div5&view=text&node=42:3.0.1.1.3&idno=42#se42.3.416_150 Infection Control Survey Tool (Used by Surveyors for Infection Control) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107_exhibit_351.pdf Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM) https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap_l_ambulatory.pdf https://www.cms.gov/medicareprovider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/updated-guidance-ambulatory-surgical-centers-appendix-l-state-operations-manual-som Policy & Memos to States and Regions CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Regional Offices. https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions Other Resources from the ASC Podcast with John Goehle: Visit the ASC Podcast with John Goehle Website Books by John Goehle Get a copy of John's most popular book - The Survey Guide - A Guide to the CMS Conditions for Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers

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House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

House Committee on Natural Resources Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 10:15 AM Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittees Oversight and Investigations, and Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country.” Witnesses Panel one Mr. Charles Addington Principal Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, on behalf of The Hon. Doug Burgum Mr. OJ Semans Sr. Executive Director, Coalition of Large Tribes, Mission, SD Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk Executive Vice President, Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle, WA Dr. Grace Bulltail Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Dr. David Mittelman Chief Executive Officer, Othram Inc., The Woodlands, TX https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418895 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=119433

This Day in Legal History: The Housing Act of 1949On July 15, 1949, President Harry Truman signed the Housing Act of 1949, a centerpiece of his “Fair Deal” and one of the most ambitious housing laws in American history. Its stated goal was breathtaking in scope: “a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family.” To get there, the Act poured federal money into public housing construction, expanded federal mortgage insurance, and created the urban renewal program to clear and redevelop so-called “slum” neighborhoods.The Act's legacy is genuinely double-edged, and it's worth telling honestly. On one hand, it expanded homeownership for millions and built hundreds of thousands of units of public housing. On the other, its implementation became one of the great engines of racial segregation in the twentieth century. Urban renewal too often meant bulldozing established Black neighborhoods—critics bitterly renamed it “Negro removal”—and the public housing built in their place was frequently segregated by design and concentrated in already-poor areas. Meanwhile the federal mortgage machinery it fed continued the practice of redlining, steering the benefits of homeownership toward white families and away from Black ones.That mixed legacy is why the Housing Act belongs in a legal-history conversation about civil rights. The same federal government that would, within a few years, order schools desegregated in Brown v. Board of Education was, through its housing policy, actively entrenching residential segregation—and residential segregation is what makes school segregation so durable, because in America where you live largely determines where you go to school. The story of July 15, 1949 is a reminder that the law's effects depend enormously on how it's carried out: a statute promising a decent home for every family became, in practice, a tool that shaped the segregated geography we're still litigating over today.Todd Blanche faced a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today in his bid to become attorney general on a permanent basis. Blanche has been acting attorney general since President Trump fired Pam Bondi in April, and before joining the Justice Department he served as Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer—a background that sits at the center of the concerns about him. The confirmation process exists because the Constitution's Appointments Clause requires the Senate to advise and consent on the nation's top law-enforcement officer, and the attorney general is supposed to serve the United States, not the president personally. That tension drove the questioning: senators pressed Blanche on the Department's $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and its prosecutions of figures perceived as Trump's political enemies, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The significance is about the independence of the Justice Department. An attorney general who was recently the president's private defense attorney raises the question of whether federal prosecutorial power will be wielded neutrally or as an instrument of the president's interests. With a pair of undecided Republicans—Senators Cornyn and Tillis—holding real leverage, the hearing was Blanche's chance to reassure a narrowly divided Senate, and most observers still expect him to be confirmed by a slim margin.Blanche to face Senate grilling in bid to be Trump's attorney general | ReutersTwo U.S.-based advocacy groups have sued the Trump administration, arguing that its sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court violate the First Amendment. The groups—Democracy for the Arab World Now and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide—are challenging the February 2025 executive order under which the administration has sanctioned ICC judges, prosecutors, and Palestinian human rights organizations, and which officials pledged this week to expand. The free-speech theory is the key. The plaintiffs say the sanctions regime is so broad that they have stopped doing constitutionally protected things—filing submissions with the ICC and coordinating advocacy with sanctioned people, like the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestine—out of fear that doing so could expose them to fines or even prison. In First Amendment law, that's a classic “chilling effect”: when a law is vague or sweeping enough that people self-censor protected speech to avoid the risk of penalty, the law itself can be unconstitutional even before anyone is actually punished. There's notable precedent here: a similar Trump order in 2020 was blocked by a judge who found it likely violated the First Amendment, before the Biden administration rescinded it in 2021. The significance is a direct clash between the executive's broad power over foreign affairs and sanctions on one side, and Americans' right to speak, associate, and petition on the other. Three ICC judges have separately sued over the same sanctions, so this order is now being attacked on multiple fronts.Trump's ICC order violates free speech, advocacy groups say in lawsuit | ReutersA federal appeals court has ended more than sixty years of federal oversight of the Concordia Parish School Board in Louisiana, lifting one of the desegregation orders that dates back to the Civil Rights era. The Fifth Circuit's decision hands a win to the Trump administration, which has pushed to wind down these long-running cases—a striking reversal for a Justice Department that spent decades on the other side, fighting to enforce them. Here's the legal framework. After Brown v. Board of Education, hundreds of Southern school districts were placed under federal court supervision and ordered to dismantle segregation. A district can be released from that oversight when a court finds it has achieved “unitary status”—meaning it has eliminated the vestiges of segregation, to the extent practicable, in areas like student assignment, faculty hiring, facilities, and discipline. The dispute in cases like this one is whether that's really been accomplished. Louisiana officials argue the orders are relics of a bygone era and no longer needed. Civil rights advocates and some parents counter that the vestiges persist—in racial disparities in student discipline, access to advanced academic programs, and teacher hiring—and that lifting oversight removes a crucial tool for addressing them. The significance is part of a broader push to close out Civil Rights-era decrees, and it raises a hard question: whether these districts have genuinely outgrown the need for supervision, or whether ending it prematurely risks letting old patterns quietly reassert themselves.Appeals court ends US oversight of Louisiana school system related to desegregation mandate | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Alex Snider, a former GSA and State Department official and author of the new book Sometimes You Should Be Late, to talk about what mindfulness has to do with government management. Alex walks through his career path in the Executive branch, and explains how recovering from a bike accident and the concussion that followed sent him toward meditation, therapy, and a new relationship with time. The conversation digs into the way breath is important to helping us live in the present, how bringing mindfulness into stakeholder meetings and performance reviews changes how public servants relate to one another, and why "sometimes you should be late" isn't an excuse for flakiness but a case for slowing down enough to notice the things that matter. Plus, Alex lets us in on the realities of a first-time author's book launch, and how it further reinforced his idea that we should let go of the things we can't control.  Show Notes: WSJ: Housing Bill Becomes Law Despite Trump Refusing to Sign It Federal News Network: Federal CIO Barbaccia leaving in August Federal News Network: DoT CIO Pidugu leaving Federal News Network: Interior Department CIO is out after holding job for over a year Government Executive: HUD's tech chief appears headed for Interior The Hill: DOGE officially shuts down Politico: Washington's quantum reality check (White House quantum summit) IBM Newsroom: Oak Ridge National Lab, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM Achieve First-Known Computations of Fusion Materials on a Quantum Computer Alex Snider: Sometimes You Should Be Late (Book) Alex Snider: Slow Mindfulness (Substack) Alex Snider: slowmindfulness.com What's on the GovNavigators' Radar? July 14th: Federal Student Loan Management Roundtable, Center for USA Lending, Washington, DC Grants Management SIN Webinar, GSA July 15th: Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape Hearing, Subcommittee on Government Operations, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Exposing Fraud in America Hearing, Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee July 16th: GovExec Government Efficiency Summit, JW Marriott, Washington, DC 

The House Oversight Committee's Epstein investigation is about to hit the one-year mark, and according to Politico, there is no real sign that the probe is winding down. The central point is that, even without a single clean “smoking gun,” the investigation has developed too much political gravity to simply disappear. The committee remains under pressure to keep digging into Epstein's network, his financial and social enablers, and the powerful figures who may have had knowledge of, benefited from, or helped shield his operation. Politico frames the probe as something that will likely outlast the current Congress, because both parties now have reasons to keep the issue alive: Democrats want to press Trump and his orbit, while Republicans face pressure from their own base to keep demanding answers about the Epstein files and institutional coverups.The bigger takeaway is that Epstein has become a permanent political liability, not just an old criminal case. The Oversight investigation has already pulled in documents, testimony, estate records, DOJ fights, and public pressure from survivors, and Politico suggests that the next phase could depend heavily on who controls the House after the midterms. If Democrats take control, the probe could become even more Trump-centered; if Republicans retain control, they may still be forced to continue because the Epstein issue has become radioactive with voters who believe Washington has hidden the truth for years. Either way, the article makes clear that Epstein is not fading into the background. The machinery of Congress may be slow, performative, and often self-serving, but the political appetite around this scandal is still there — and that means the investigation is likely to keep dragging powerful names, uncomfortable records, and institutional failures back into the light.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Why the House's Epstein investigation isn't going away - POLITICO

Josh Dean explains the Skunk Works method through the development of the F-104 Starfighter. Johnson demanded total control and minimal oversight from the Air Force, focusing on speed and climb. His test pilots, including Tony LeVier, formed an intimate, trusted team that operated like "cowboys". (7)1951

1. Strait of Hormuz Situation Iran claimed multiple times that it has closed the Strait of Hormuz. However, actual shipping traffic continued, including oil and LNG tankers. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated: Iran does not control the strait Passage remains open and monitored Data cited: ~55 merchant ships transit per day ~17 million barrels of oil moving through 2. Maritime Risk & Behavior Ships are: Turning off AIS tracking systems for safety Operating cautiously due to military tensions Traffic has: Fluctuated (e.g., 26 ships one day → 5 the next) Not returned to “normal pre-conflict levels” 3. U.S.–Iran Negotiations (MoU) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed: Covers nuclear issues, sanctions, and broader conflict Includes: Potential release of frozen Iranian funds Conditional progress requirements Key issue: Concern over how Iran will use funds Oversight mechanism proposed via Qatar Funds may be used for: Food purchases (e.g., American soybeans) 4. Nuclear Program Concerns Iran has: Agreed (in principle) to allow inspectors But: U.S. officials express skepticism Historical distrust is repeatedly emphasized 5. Economic Implications Oil prices: Declining (~$74/barrel) due to optimism Markets: Near record highs Strait stability is linked directly to: Global energy supply Economic stability Please Hit Subscribe to this podcast Right Now. Also Please Subscribe to the The Ben Ferguson Show Podcast and Verdict with Ted Cruz Wherever You get You're Podcasts. And don't forget to follow the show on Social Media so you never miss a moment! Thanks for Listening X: https://x.com/benfergusonshowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.