Tue, December 24, 2024
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Graphic
Voice of the grassroots: Role of government appointees in the outcome of NPP's 2024 elections
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: PBS
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's big moves and the Republicans' funding fight
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Castanet
Rob Shaw: 2024 redefined the rule of B.C. politics
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Bill Clinton, 78, hospitalized and 'undergoing te .. or 'fever' as he delivers solemn 5-word statement
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
President Ruto and First Lady Rachel's Share Christmas Message to Kenyans
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Manitoba government to reinstate fuel tax at a lower rate
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
France President Macron names 2024's fourth government amid political turmoil
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Disinformation and Fake News Powerful Enough to Disrupt Society: Amit Shah
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
2024 in North Country Politics
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Musk trying to 'buy UK politics' with Reform UK donation, Badenoch warns
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: legit
Emefiele and 753 Forfeited Duplexes: Lamentations Trail EFCC's Revelation
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: WLRN
House Ethics Panel draft report accuses Gaetz of 'regularly' paying for sex and using drugs
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Maryland politics roundup: 5 things to know about .. ey Bridge, Trump deportations, Commanders stadium
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Arvind Kejriwal's Political Gamble: High Stakes In 2025 Delhi Assembly Elections
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Musk warned he's 'making unseen enemies and will get hurt' if he doesn't quit politics
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: briefly
Pravin Gordhan to Tito Mboweni: 5 Prominent South African Politicians Who Passed Away in 2024
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Wired
Kash Patel Is the Hero QAnon Has Been Waiting For
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Elon Musk wouldn't have credibility with GOP base if it wasn't for Trump: Former Rep. Hensarling
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths a rift between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Commitment broken when family of Saskatchewan NDP candidate targeted: Beck
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Justin Trudeau under major pressure as leaders from his own party urge him to step down
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Joe Biden Launches Major Trade Investigation Into China
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Watchdog releases report highlighting the worst e .. s violations it saw from public officials in 2024
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Union minister H D Kumaraswamy says Congress re-started revenge politics in Karnataka
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hospitalized and in intensive care after falling from a horse
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Romanian parliament expected to approve new government
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Is Christmas Eve a federal holiday? Here's what to know after Biden's executive order
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
House Democrats Claims Musk's Interests In China .. ing Of U.S. Investment Regulation In Funding Bill
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hospitalized after he wa .. 'bucked' off horse, fracturing vertebrae and ribs
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
Matt Gaetz seeks court order to block release of bombshell ethics report
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Slate
A Newly Declassified Memo Sheds Light on America's Post-Cold War Mistakes
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: ABC
Trump again suggests US should own and control Greenland
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: MSN
The politics behind India's beef bans
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Wired
Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political
[ Tue, Dec 24th 2024 ]: Wired
This Was the Year Elon Musk Took Over Politics
Thu, December 19, 2024
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
House Republicans Agree On New Spending Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: Dallas Morning News
Trump backs new GOP plan to fund government and avert shutdown
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
LeBlanc says it's not the government's job to respond to everything Trump posts
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: The Daily Signal
Explaining the Beef Between Donald Trump and Chip Roy
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: USA Today
How would a US government shutdown affect Nevada? What to know about closures, furloughs
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: The New York Times
Spending Deal Debacle Threatens Johnson's Tenuous Hold on His Job
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: FOX59 News
House Republicans agree on Plan B government funding bill with Trump's debt limit increase
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
Congress races to fund federal government before deadline: Here's what staying open and closing
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
What happens in a US government shutdown?
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
NDP sending mixed signals on whether it will vote non-confidence in the Trudeau government
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
'Chaos, confusion and dysfunction' is 'hallmark' of Trump presidency: Rep. Boyle
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: MSN
The 19th Explains: What happens if the government shuts down until the new year?
[ Thu, Dec 19th 2024 ]: The New York Times
Billionaire Rivals Bezos and Musk Are Said to Have Dined With Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Wasteful spending on "Orwellian cat experiments" and more highlighted in annual Festivus report

The article from MSN discusses the annual "Festivus Report" released by Senator Rand Paul, which highlights what he considers to be wasteful government spending. This year's report, titled "The Festivus Report: 100 Ways the Government Wasted Your Money," points out various instances of what Paul describes as frivolous expenditures. Among the examples cited are $1.5 million spent on studying the effects of catnip on cats, which Paul labels as "Orwellian cat experiments," and other expenditures like $2.7 million for a study on the impact of alcohol on fish, and $33.2 million for unused military equipment. The report also criticizes spending on items like Barbie dolls for research, a study on the impact of a single grape on a monkey's behavior, and funding for a study on how methamphetamine affects the sex drive of Japanese quail. Senator Paul uses this report to argue for fiscal responsibility and to highlight what he sees as a lack of oversight in federal spending.

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