Nicholas Jacobs is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government at Colby College, where he also serves as the inaugural director of the Bram Public Policy Lab. Whether those contributions purchase political favors is another matter, and one that…
A Korean War-era law enacted to ensure domestic firms could adequately supply the U.S. military has become a piggy bank of sorts for a range of industrial needs, including energy projects favored by the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers. The money…
Substack Boeing has overcharged the Pentagon nearly 8,000% for soap dispensers. Talk about government waste. If the Pentagon wants to crack down on price gouging by defense contractors and do something to save American tax dollars — I'm all in. A bipartisan…
We have received text from H.R. 10849: Small Business and Defense Industrial Base Support Act. This bill was received on 2026-10-19, and currently has 1 cosponsor. This bill would change the rules for the Pentagon’s procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program, which helps small…
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Korea's first economic newspaper, established in 1960. Providing comprehensive coverage of Korean business, finance, technology, and economic news. For South Korea and the United States to move ahead with MASGA (Make American Shipbuilding Great Again), their joint shipbuilding project, they must…
We’re in the last stretch of our fall fundraising drive, and we’re still short of our goal. In an era of media consolidation into the hands of billionaires and corporate owners, we remain independent. Can you chip in today? The…
We have received text from H.R. 10816: Department of Defense Renaming Integrity and Ethics Act of 2026. This bill was received on 2026-10-15, and currently has 2 cosponsors. This bill would change Department of Defense naming rules so that military facilities, aircraft, ships, and other…
It is on rare occasion that we do a guest post here, but friend to the blog, Midrats Podcast alumnus, and co-host the CavasShips podcast, Chris Servello put together an inspired review of the moment we are at, this decision…
Collins received tens of thousands from Lockheed during a two-month period surrounding a critical 2023 watchdog report. In May 2023, the Pentagon’s shiny new fighter jet was not looking so shiny or new. Already a decade late and nearly $200 billion over its…
The defence budget and weapons: the NDAA, Golden Dome missile defence, shipbuilding and the Golden Fleet, nuclear weapons and testing, and arms makers.
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