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Agriculture

Our Take
USDA Announces $12 Billion in New Farm Subsidies
Dec 9, 2025 | 7 min read

Fact Sheet
Section 45Z: Clean Fuel Production Credit
Dec 2, 2025
Letter
Joint Letter to USDA on Future Trade Aid Payments
Nov 25, 2025 | 9 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
When the Data Goes Dark, Taxpayers Pay
Nov 7, 2025 | 8 min read
Comments
Comments on Renewable Fuel Standard RVO Reallocation
Oct 30, 2025 | 2 min read

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Budget & Tax

Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 104: FEMA Reform: Billion-Dollar Disasters and the Push for Taxpayer Protection
Dec 3, 2025

$Politifact Bad Math$

In The News
Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up
Dec 3, 2025 | 1 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 103: Half a Billion and Counting: The Hidden Cost of National Guard Deployments
Nov 26, 2025
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 102: Shutdown Postmortem
Nov 14, 2025
Weekly Wastebasket
The Shutdown Cycle Resets
Nov 14, 2025 | 7 min read

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Disaster

Our Take
A Clearer Picture of Disaster Aid
Dec 9, 2025 | 5 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Bipartisan Disaster Reform is Brewing
Dec 5, 2025 | 8 min read
Letter
TCS Action Letter to Senate on FEMA Reforms
Dec 2, 2025 | 15 min read
Taxpayer Tools
Fire on the Landscape: The Case for Beneficial Fire
Nov 21, 2025 | 2 min read
Letter
TCS Action Letter to House on FEMA Reforms
Nov 20, 2025 | 14 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
31,000 Acres of Public Land Leased for Oil and Gas Development in Colorado
Dec 10, 2025 | 6 min read

In The News
How the oil industry’s climate-change solution is surviving Trump’s attack on green energy
Dec 6, 2025 | 2 min read
Statement
Senate Uses CRA to Expand Oil & Gas Leasing in Arctic Refuge
Dec 4, 2025 | 4 min read
Our Take
Over 50,000 Acres of Public Land in Wyoming Leased for Oil and Gas Development at Below Market Royalty Rate
Dec 4, 2025 | 5 min read
Comments
TCS President on Updating Utah Oil & Gas Bonding
Dec 3, 2025 | 2 min read

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National Security

Letter
Lawmakers Should Vote NO on the NDAA
Dec 10, 2025 | 4 min read

In The News
America Pours Billions Into the Military. We Don’t Know Where It All Goes.
Dec 10, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
The NDAA Nightmare Before Congress
Dec 8, 2025 | 7 min read
Webinar
Webinar: Hidden Drivers of Pentagon Spending
Dec 8, 2025 | 4 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 103: Half a Billion and Counting: The Hidden Cost of National Guard Deployments
Nov 26, 2025

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis
Funneling Funds Through the Highway Trust Fund
May 29, 2025 | 5 min read

In The News
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008
May 22, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Road to Insolvency: Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Bail Out the Highway Trust Fund Forever
Apr 29, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Taxpayers for Common Sense: 2024 Year in Review
Dec 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
Who Pays When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Nov 21, 2024 | 5 min read

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