WaTech just burned through a decade and nearly $300 million on a project that never left the planning phase. Meanwhile, Fish & Wildlife commissioners were caught telling each other to delete their texts about state business. Add in lawmakers giving themselves a 30-day auto-delete loophole, and you’ve got a masterclass in bipartisan backroom survival tactics.

In this episode, Jamie Nixon breaks down how government failure, cover-ups, and partisan blame games all add up to the same result: the public gets shut out. Along the way, he calls out hypocrisy, highlights absurdity, and—yes—finds himself in rare agreement with Brandi Kruse?

Because transparency isn’t red versus blue. It’s the people versus power. And the people deserve the receipts.

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