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Behind the ‘boondoggle’ of Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail dream

Behind the ‘boondoggle’ of Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail dream

We’re a long way from the transcontinental railroad. We built the iconic…
Newsom Loses Bigly To Trump In the Ninth On Nat'l Guard

Finally: Trump Derails California's No-Speed Rail Boondoggle

How long have taxpayers in California and every other state funded…
Trump Ends Boondoggle on Rails

Trump Ends Boondoggle on Rails

One history professor whose lectures I thoroughly enjoyed in college started…
Trump terminates federal funding for California’s $135B high-speed rail ‘boondoggle’: ‘TRAIN TO NOWHERE’ 

Trump terminates federal funding for California’s $135B high-speed rail ‘boondoggle’: ‘TRAIN TO NOWHERE’ 

President Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that about $4…
Buh-Buh-Buh-Billions: CA High Speed Boondoggle Needs at Least Seven More

Buh-Buh-Buh-Billions: CA High Speed Boondoggle Needs at Least Seven More

Is there anything in California that isn’t a money-munching Sarlaac hiding…
Ernst Throws Switch on Federal Boondoggle Express for Rails, Air and Seas

Ernst Throws Switch on Federal Boondoggle Express for Rails, Air and Seas

The next time you see President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One,…
Heads Are Going to Explode When DOGE Cancels This Boondoggle

Heads Are Going to Explode When DOGE Cancels This Boondoggle

Boeing Vice President David Dutcher warned workers on the company’s Space Launch…
Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE project as ‘financial boondoggle,’ ‘disaster’

Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE project as ‘financial boondoggle,’ ‘disaster’

A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in…