Republican senator goes to war on mascots designed to teach children about soil, pests and the US Mint
A Republican senator has introduced legislation that would ban federal mascots and department-funded coloring books. The bill ...
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Republican Senator Says Washington Looks Like 'A Very Expensive Kid's Birthday Party' After Billions Spent on Mascots, Coloring Books
Ernst's Stop Wasteful Advertising by the Government (SWAG) Act aims to restrict funding for "government propaganda," which ...
Senate DOGE caucus takes aim at $1.8B government fund for candy, comic books: ‘Purely propaganda’
Senate DOGE Caucus chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has re-upped legislation to cut roughly $2 billion in taxpayer money spent on swag to promote federal agencies. Expenditures in Ernst’s crosshairs went ...
Mascot mess: Ernst challenges federal agencies to nix their dress-up characters
The Phillie Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot ...
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GOP's moral panic over trans Americans has no basis in reality
Republican moral panic has given most Americans a wildly incorrect notion of the scale of the trans rights movement. Given how much emphasis has been put on this, I think it is worth asking ...
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Local schools cash in with BEO’s mascot debit cards
HEPPNER — The Bank of Eastern Oregon announced its school mascot debit card program contributed $7,261 to participating area high schools in 2024. According to a press release, the mascot debit ...
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Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as leaders struggle to craft his priorities
President-elect Donald Trump likes the idea of “one, big beautiful bill" for his top legislative priorities, but he emerged from a lengthy closed-door meeting with Republican senators late ...