I understand it is a subscription and taxpayer funds are purchasing a service (a pretty specialized one, which is far better than regular Politico). But people are kinda done with “it’s a $20K subscription. It’s a drop in the bucket. We don’t have to explain it, you rubes.” No, you are in your Explain Yourself Era. If someone I reported on gave me substantial money for subscriptions for my product, I should mention it in said product. And there is something extra galling about the fact that, if you understand Politico Pro, you know that it’s ostensibly a service that tracks the intricacies of a federal government that is so big and complex and out of its lane that people who work IN IT nonetheless need a $10K+ subscription service to decipher it, which they of course pay for with our money. Can’t make it smaller and do less! Gotta add expenses to your bill to understand the leviathan we’ve created and y’all don’t get to be mad. You are indeed getting effed six ways from Sunday. It’s okay to be annoyed.