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America Is Becoming An Empire Of Fraud and Shameless Crony Grifting

You look at the decline of American institutions, and the widespread spiral into debt and financial instability, and wonder how it’s all happening.

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Last year in Kentucky, a Republican state senator read a list to a school superintendent: hotel, hotel, ice cream, musical theater tickets, hotel again, first-class air travel, hotel, trip to Australia. Officials with school district credit cards racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in often-insane charges that had nothing to do with educating children. Apparently the Galt House is quite a draw for public officials who have access to other people’s money.

Ensuring tax dollars are used properly educating KY students is a top priority of mine. With the passage of legislation last yr requiring full transparency of school financials, we are well on our way! pic.twitter.com/l6WBoEBLod— Lindsey Tichenor KY Senate 6 (@tichenor4ky) August 24, 2026

Ensuring tax dollars are used properly educating KY students is a top priority of mine. With the passage of legislation last yr requiring full transparency of school financials, we are well on our way! pic.twitter.com/l6WBoEBLod

The hearing took place as Fayette County Public Schools warned that the district had run out of money and needed more revenue.

Responding to the list of his own credit card charges, the superintendent said that the Australia trip had been “for himself and some other staff to examine best practices throughout the world to help students in emotional crisis.” A lot of very useful staff training for local public agencies turns out to happen on other continents, because of the educational value of the Australian emotional perspective.

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