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Footnotes & References — WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series (Part 4
UK Parliament, “Question Time: Prime Minister’s Questions,” UK Parliament, accessed February __, 2026, https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/questions/. House of Commons (Canada), “Typical Sitting Day: Oral Questions (Question Period),” Our Procedure (ProceduralInfo), accessed February __, 2026, https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/our-procedure/TypicalSittingDay/c_g_typicalsittingday-e.html. Deutscher Bundestag, “Befragung der Bundesregierung,” Deutscher Bundestag, accessed February __, 2026, https://www.bundestag.de/services/glossar/glossar/B/befragung-der-bundesregierung-245338. The White House, “The Executive Branch,” WhiteHouse.gov, accessed February __, […]
WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series — Part 4: The Blueprint
A Monthly Accountability Calendar for the Executive Branch and Congressional Leadership The people are the employer. The employer has the right to demand answers. In Part 1, I framed the press as a proxy—not because journalists are flawless, but because the American people cannot physically occupy the halls of government and ask questions in real […]
The Super Bowl Halftime “Culture War” Is a Recruitment Campaign, Not a Lived Reality
Every year, the Super Bowl delivers spectacle. But it also delivers something more subtle and more dangerous: a ready-made interpretation package. A performance is no longer allowed to remain a performance. It becomes a moral battlefield. A set list becomes a referendum on national identity. A wardrobe choice becomes a threat. A lyric becomes an […]
— WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series (Part 3) Footnotes & References
Footnotes & References — WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series (Part 3) Congressional Research Service, Organizing Executive Branch Agencies: Structure and Considerations (R48523), May 2, 2025. Congressional Research Service, Congress’s Authority to Influence and Control Executive Branch Agencies (R45442), March 30, 2023. Congressional Research Service, “High Court Hears Challenge to Universal Service Fund” (LSB11301), May […]
WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series — Part 3: The Broken Check
Why Congress Stopped Supervising the Executive—and Why the Press Room Became the Battlefield The people are the employer. The employer has the right to demand answers. Part 2 clarified the job description: the President executes laws, and Congress writes laws and controls spending. That division is not academic. It is the architecture of accountability. When […]
we the people accountability executive power part 2 footnotes
Footnotes & References — We the People (Part 2) Library of Congress, Constitution Annotated, “U.S. Constitution — Article II (Executive Branch),” accessed January __, 2026. Library of Congress, Constitution Annotated, “Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (Appropriations Clause): ‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law,’” accessed […]
WE THE PEOPLE: A Blueprint for Accountability Part 2: The Job Description
What the President Can Do Without Congress—and What He Cannot The American people are the boss. That is not a metaphor. That is the design. “We the People” is the source of authority in the United States, which means elected officials and executive officers are employees of the public, paid with public money, empowered by […]
WE THE PEOPLE: A Blueprint for Accountability — Part 1: The Sovereign and the Proxy
Why the White House Press Briefing Room Exists—and Why the Country Needs Real Accountability Again Most people reading this are doing it the same way I read the news: in between responsibilities. You are probably on a break between meetings. You might be checking this on your phone while you are waiting for a call […]
Press Secretary Role (Part 1) Footnotes & References
White House Correspondents’ Association, “Covering the White House,” accessed January __, 2026. White House Historical Association, “The Press at the White House: 1918–1933” (includes Hoover-era context and 1929 press secretary formalization), accessed January __, 2026. Reuters, “White House issues new rule restricting access for journalists,” October 31, 2025. Associated Press, report on Pentagon press walkout […]
