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EXCLUSIVE: Texas Facebook Billionaire Accused Of Violating Law To Fund Liberal Causes
By The Daily Caller A Texas philanthropist is abusing the nonprofit legal system to quietly fund Democratic priorities such as ranked-choice voting, a conservative watchdog group claims. John Arnold’s Action Now Initiative pretends to be a social welfare organization to enjoy tax-exempt status while spending heavily on campaigns, American Accountability Foundation (AAF) alleged in an IRS complaint […]
OH BABY! Couples Could Make Big Money on Trump Accounts
By Virginia Allen nginx
A Massive Deregulation
By Neland Nobel nginx
Forging And Vaulting Ahead For Critical Minerals
By Duggan Flanakin nginx
“Affordability” and Illegal Immigration are Mutually-Exclusive: It’s the Math, Stupid
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. One key cause of elevated worst case needs is immigration. Between 2021 and 2024, the foreign-born population of the United States increased by more than 6 million—the largest such increase over such a short period in American history. The foreign-born population now stands at more than 53 million individuals, making […]
Florida Becomes Only the Fourth State to Offer English-Only Driver’s License Exams
By The Daily Signal Last Friday, Florida began administering English-only driver’s license exams, only the fourth state to do so. English-only driving exams make the roads safer for all drivers, and every other state should follow suit. Recently, the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office announced that all driver’s license exams will be administered in English […]
Deadline Approaches For Colorado River Negotiations
By Liam Hibbert nginx
English Only: State Eliminates Foreign Language Options on Driver Test Following Deadly Crashes
By Virginia Allen nginx
Labor’s Radical Dream of a “General Strike”
By Michael Watson nginx
The Washington Post Is Being Gutted
By Majority Report Journalists cry foul while Bezos cries financial bleeding. This week, the Washington Post announced dramatic layoffs that will sharply reduce the size of its newsroom and affect nearly every department. International, metro, sports, editing, and specialty desks are all being cut as the paper attempts to stem mounting financial losses. The reaction from journalists […]
Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy [MSTR] Plunged 77% from its High, Joins our Imploded Stocks. Bitcoin Plunged only 50%
By Wolf Richter nginx
Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy Plunges 77% from its High.
By Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The miracle of valuing the company’s stock far higher than its bitcoin holdings came unglued. Then bitcoin plunged. Digital Asset Treasury companies – the DATs – are getting crushed as the hot air comes out of cryptos. They’re an ingenious concept, pioneered in 2020 by Michael Saylor, […]
Billions in Tax Dollars Pay for Empty Federal Buildings
By The Daily Signal FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—Selling off unused or underused federal property could save taxpayers $3 billion in deferred maintenance costs, and more than $100 million in operation costs each year, according to one government report. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the Senate DOGE Caucus, introduced legislation to expedite the sales of these properties. “Why should taxpayers be stuck with […]
Silver Craters: Is It Time To Nibble?
By Neland Nobel nginx
An Inconvenient Loss Of Trillions
By Neland Nobel nginx
Nuclear Is the Most Reliable Path to Affordable Electricity
By Ronald Stein nginx
Americans Are Continuing to Flee Blue States for Red States, Census Data Show
By Family Research Council Newly released census data has revealed that the trend of a mass exodus from states controlled by Democrats to states run by Republicans is continuing. Census Bureau population estimates indicate that the five fastest-growing states are red, while four of the five states that are facing a shrinking population are blue. […]
The AI Playground No One Should Ignore — Even Ripley may not believe this
By Majority Report Can you fathom this? Millions of AI bots now have their own social media platform. They talk to each other the way humans do. They argue, posture, joke, and correct one another. And get this! They can set up their own social media accounts, read what people are saying online, respond to […]
Arizona Gives $6B Yearly In Improper Medicaid Payments
By Zachery Schmidt nginx
Shamp: Arizona Gives $6B Yearly In Improper Medicaid Payments
By Zachery Schmidt Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Arizona is facing $6 billion in improper state Medicaid payments yearly, according to state Sen. Janae Shamp. Shamp, R-Surprise, gave a presentation to the Arizona Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday about what she called fraud. “We cannot put our heads in the sand and […]
Fraud as Policy: The Incentives of the Modern Welfare State
By Patrick Frise Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The scale of fraud uncovered in recent years has exposed how government transfer programs function, even as meaningful public or legislative reckoning remains largely absent. What began as a series of pandemic-related scandals has revealed something broader and more troubling: large-scale fraud is not an anomaly within […]
The Turbulent Month Of January
By Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Markets don’t particularly care that we humans divide our time frames into monthly periods. They follow their own long and short-term cycles. But since humans will be reading this, we have to give some attention to the turbulent January that just ended. It was a decent, but […]
Lying Mamdani Invents Budget Emergency to Justify Massive Tax Hikes
By The Geller Report In Michael Bloomberg’s final year as mayor in 2013, New York City actually had a balanced budget. However, under the Marxist mayor Bill De Blasio, New York City’s budget deficit exploded. And continued under Mayor Eric Adams. Now the Communist Zohran Mamdani is in charge of New York City. And he want’s to do what every Communist does. Steal money from […]
Hard to Imagine an Economic Slowdown Until This Business Investment Boom Fizzles. Core Capital Goods Orders Show Why
By Wolf Richter nginx
Hard to Imagine an Economic Slowdown Until This Business Investment Boom Fizzles.
By Wolf Richter nginx
It’s Time to Re-awaken the Sleeping Giant
By Anne Marie DiCarlo Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes President Trump’s second term began with a bang, a high-speed projectile launch instead of the traditional slow-moving policy roll-outs of the past. During his years in exile, Trump studied his enemies and the game, and returned prepared to fight. The American people gave the President the […]
Tucson Can’t Win The Convention Center And Downtown Redevelopment Arms Race
By Craig J. Cantoni Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes A recent article in City Journal said that seven Texas cities and one county are building new convention centers or upgrading old ones. “Convention center” is a misnomer. Many are so grandiose that they should be called palaces. Ironically, cities complain about a lack of affordable […]
Precious Metals Roar
By Neland Nobel nginx
Wyoming Should Ditch Green Hydrogen Boondoggles
By Frank Lasee Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: One of the things that struck us reading this article is how susceptible politicians have been to the siren call for “alternative energy”. Wyoming is one of the most Republican states in the union and is energy-rich, especially in coal. We are not against experiments […]
German Chancellor Admits Europe ‘Wasted Incredible Potential’ By Bureaucracy, Over-Regulation
By The Daily Caller German Chancellor Freidrich Merz told the World Economic Forum (WEF) that Germany and the European Union (EU) have “wasted incredible potential” during his speech Thursday. Merz, a member of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said the EU has wasted its potential for growth by curtailing freedom and responsibility. “Both Germany […]