OLD TEXAS DUDE // INDEPENDENT DISPATCH
The ledger doesn't lie.
Plain-spoken coverage of money, power, and the people who take your tax dollars. No agenda but the truth.
RECENT DISPATCHES
2,045 Sick. We Inspect 1% of What We Import. Almost Nobody Goes to Prison.
A lettuce outbreak, an egg outbreak, and a recalled thyroid drug share one root cause: we inspect the product, not the farm, and rarely prosecute either.
Your Memory Chips Cost 700% More. The DOJ Only Moves When the Pentagon Needs Them.
Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron face a 700% price-fixing claim with no DOJ action. The one merger DOJ blocked in 18 months protected the Pentagon, not consumers.
Your Doctor Didn't Choose Fifteen Minutes. Their Employer Did.
Prior authorization, RVU quotas, and PBM-owned clinics shape your fifteen-minute doctor visit. The business model behind it, and who's now opting out.
795,000 Misdiagnosed a Year. Follow the Money.
Diagnostic error harms ~795,000 Americans a year. $14.7B in pharma payments and PBM markups help explain why doctors treat symptoms, not causes.
What's Really in Your Food? The Numbers Are In.
A major fast food chain disclosed 120 ingredients in one sandwich this year. The real food safety story is the regulatory gap that makes it perfectly legal.