'BradCast' 8/13/2026 (We're Paying an Unspeakable Price for the Cost of DOGE; Guest: Michael Mechanic of MoJo)

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On today's 'BradCast': Donald Trump's White House vanity projects will cost taxpayers at least $900 million, raided from other agencies to prevent congressional oversight. Trump's hand-picked Kennedy Center board voted to shut down the facility for two years, imperiling the survival of the National Symphony Orchestra. Homeland Security officials spent $464 million on a no-bid contract for 10 used airplanes that have barely been used since. A new GAO report confirms that Elon Musk's so-called 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) did not save any taxpayer dollars, or reduce the debt or deficit. Mother Jones' MICHAEL MECHANIC explains how Musk's DOGE scam actually cost taxpayers money, and cost America dearly in heath, humanity, privacy, education, food safety, consumer protections, and world leadership in science. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'

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