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(Photo: Shutterstock) How rich have America’s rich become? So rich that they can squirrel away $100 million and then lose track of it. Steven Mnuchin, the Donald Trump nominee for U.S. treasury secretary, did just that earlier this month. Mnuchin...

LET THE SUNSHINE IN: Time will tell if new laws passed this year in response to Oregon’s infamous scandal forcing the resignation of Gov. John Kitzhaber improve the state’s “F” in integrity. By Chana Cox, PhD | Watchdog Arena A mere two bills passed...

Just a few days in office, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency hosted an early Sunday morning breakfast for 11 Western governors. Scott Pruitt told them face-to-face what he’s said repeatedly since he was nominated: Under his...

The Oregon Republican Party passed the Transparency and Accountability in Oregon Politics Resolution, at its spring convention on June 27. Kevin Hoar, communications director of the ORP stated in a letter to delegates after the convention, “This isn...

Essay: Anatomy of the Deep State by Mike Lofgren BillMoyers.com Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia road was crowded with carts...