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    The Orange County Register: 8 years and $1 billion later, California’s super computer upgrade to track finances still not doing its job

    State auditor blasts Fi$Cal system, which critics say cannot even produce a simple...

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    The Orange County Register: California’s high-tech debacle meant to track state spending

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    The Sacramento Bee: Threat to California’s credit grows from troubled $1 billion state accounting program

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: Disgraced Congressman Duncan Hunter Will Likely Get $1.2 Million From His Federal Pension – Despite His Felony Guilty Plea

    Jan 09, 2020

    Corrupt members of Congress deserve time in prison, not taxpayer-funded federal pensions....

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: Republicans Help Democrats Drain The U.S. Treasury From The Left

    Dec 31, 2019

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Forbes: California’s Accounting System Cost Taxpayers $1.1 Billion And Still Can’t Produce A State Checkbook

    Dec 19, 2019

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    Washington Free Beacon: California Blocks Release of Spending Records

    Dec 18, 2019

    The Golden State threatens accountability and transparency.

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    Nationwide Public Salaries and Pensions Over $95K (2017)

    Dec 06, 2019

    Nationwide Public Salaries and Pensions Over $95K (2017)

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    Wall Street Journal: 100 Examples of Taxpayer Abuse

    Nov 05, 2019

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    Tucker Carlson Tonight: Corruption Continues to Flourish in DC

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    Forbes: Re-Elected. These Five Powerful Members of Congress Have Figured It All Out

    Oct 16, 2019

    How is 97 percent of Congress able to get re-elected each year even though only 17...

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    One America News: The Congressional Favor Factory

    Oct 10, 2019

    Adam Andrzejewski discusses OpenTheBooks Oversight Report "The Congressional Favor...

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    The Congressional Favor Factory | Open The Books Oversight Report

    Oct 09, 2019

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    Tom Coburn

    Fox Business: Tom Coburn: Here's Why Price Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care

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