Introducing: THE DRAIN PIPE — A Normal Person’s Guide To The Swamp

July 27, 2026 11:21 AM ET Welcome to The Drain Pipe, a normal person’s quick and dirty guide to Washington. You shouldn’t have to be a member of the White House press pool, a Polymarket insider trader, or a Chinese honey pot to understand what’s going on with the government — especially since you fork over so much money every April. What is the government doing with all that money? A lot of lobbies and NGOs depend on you never finding out. Their strategy is twofold:First, they make DC seem complex. In fact, tracking DC can be rote, paint-by-numbers simple. Anyone can dive deep into a congressional hearing or a court case with public resources, and we plan to demystify those as often as possible. Second, the Beltway grifters dull your senses by making everything seem boring. The doltish rep