Food Benefits Deserve A Card Thieves Cannot Swipe
A USDA proposal would finally require chip-enabled food assistance cards. Protecting people from theft is a useful kind of fraud crackdown. Now comes the question of paying for the locks.
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Sabrina Bryan writes about media spin, political messaging, and the words chosen to make an awkward fact disappear. Press statements, talking points, and outrage cycles supply plenty of material. Her favorite pastime is translating “no comment” into several paragraphs of trouble.
Your Money Is Missing. So Is The Combined Spreadsheet.
A new congressional report finds that the federal response to overseas scams cannot provide one accounting of what was seized and what victims got back. The criminals have a business model. The government has departments.
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The Sewage Left The Project Before The Explanation Did
Anthony Albanese has corrected his account of a A$6 million golf-club grant. The project changed; the parliamentary explanation took longer.
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Let The Streetlight Be A Streetlight
A promising short-term improvement is worth examining. Neither proposition requires us to hand a lamppost the responsibilities of every other city service and then act disappointed when it fails to chair the interagency meeting.
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The Audience Has Entered The Lawsuit
Six news consumers want the court to consider the people on the other side of the broadcast.
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