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I’m sure we all remember the 2020 “Summer of Love.” After months of lockdowns, “mostly peaceful” protesters were in the streets screaming to defund the police. And no one was allowed to have a contrary opinion. Of course, you could support the #DefundPolice movement all you wanted— on Twitter, with
Welcome to Alligator Alcatraz— the detention center in the middle of the swampy Everglades, surrounded by razor wire, armed guards, and actual alligators. Formally known as the Everglades Transitional Detention Center, it was built by the state of Florida inside federal land managed by the National Park Service, designed to
It was supposed to be a library. Instead, Barack Obama is getting a bomb shelter. The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park was first pitched as a community beacon, a temple of hope to uplift one of America’s most beleaguered neighborhoods. Cost: $350 million. Delivery date: 2021. What Chicago
It was just one week ago that I made a prediction about the Trump administration’s plans to hijack the Federal Reserve. I was discussing how a key Fed official had just unexpectedly resigned. And with Powell’s seat coming open next year, I was pointing out how the administration seemed to
I know it’s cliche, but one of the happiest days of my life was a bit more than four years ago when my daughter was born in Cancún, Mexico. My wife and I chose Mexico deliberately— given all the COVID craziness that was going on (especially in the US), we
Did you hear about the crime of the century from this week? A few days ago Vice President Vance joined British Foreign Secretary David Lammy for a day at Chevening House — the stately 17th-century home that doubles as a retreat for Britain’s top diplomat. It turns out that neither
On Friday afternoon last week, the US national debt hit another ignominious milestone: $37 trillion. And there’s absolutely no end in sight. Perhaps the wildest part is how quickly the debt is rising. Just before the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed on July 4th– barely a month ago– the
Say hello to the new face of Minneapolis politics: Omar Fateh. He’s young, ambitious, and just clinched the city’s version of the democratic primary… which almost assures his final victory. One might assume that winning a mayoral election would require a track record of competence, leadership, or results… But in
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that global trade is one of the most important issues happening in the world right now. On April 2nd—so-called “Liberation Day”—the President upended decades of established business and trade practices that virtually every major government and corporation on the planet has relied on.
There’s been a lot of buzz lately surrounding the UK’s Online Safety Act. While it originally passed back in October 2023, it’s been back in the headlines recently because several key provisions just came into force over the last few days. And not surprisingly, a lot of people are worried.
She will never admit to it. But according to recently-released federal disclosures, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the wealthiest people in Congress. And it’s easy to understand why; she completely dominates every other member of Congress when it comes to fundraising. In fact her total fundraising haul just in the
When King Louis XV died in 1774, nearly all of France breathed a collective sigh of relief. The late king, along with his predecessor— the legendary Louis XIV— had indebted France up to its eyeballs with endless war, waste, and lavish spending. Sure, Versailles was gorgeous. But the interest payments
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