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Californians Don’t Get What They Pay For
Let’s say you paid top dollar to go to a fancy, five-star restaurant, and the waiter served you warmed-over McDonald’s. Would you ever go back? Maybe, if you didn’t know any better. I started thinking about that after I…
Florida governor Ron DeSantis pushes to abolish property taxes
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Since Halloween is upon us, this week's newsletter zeroes in on some of the spookier elements of housing policy. Rent Free Newsletter by Christian Britschgi.…
California distillery owner says SCOTUS should dump Trump’s tariffs
Melkon Khosrovian recalls waiting for a shipment of bottles that were due to arrive amid the mad rush that marked the days before President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect. He remembers doing the math, too. "We…
Trump ends trade negotiations with Canada, hikes tariffs 10% in response to Ontario Reagan ad
Mon Oct 27, 2025 - 4:50 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) – President Donald Trump terminated trade negotiations with Canada over the weekend and increased tariffs on trade with America’s northern neighbor by an additional 10% in…
Alex Shieh thinks his AI startup can do what Elon Musk couldn’t: Expose fraud
Brown University eliminated 103 positions months after Alex Shieh, a sophomore at the time, used a combination of AI and public data to launch Bloat@Brown, a website that listed the names and titles of each of the…
Pennsylvania lawmakers propose 10 percent tax on porn
Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a new 10 percent tax on porn. The tax would apply to "subscriptions to and one-time purchases from online adult content platforms," according to a memo from the bipartisan pair…
Trump’s tariffs cost $1.2 trillion. Now his top trade allies are backing away.
In April, as President Donald Trump announced his so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs that would target imports of nearly all goods sourced from friend and foe alike, one of the biggest cheerleaders for trade…
Coming soon to the U.S. Supreme Court: Are tariffs taxes?
President Donald Trump has used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy duties on $2.2 trillion worth of imports. Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether those tariffs are…
Democrats are proposing a ‘robot tax’ to save jobs from AI. Here’s why it won’t work.
There's a reason you've never heard of a Model T tax. No one proposed a levy on the cotton gin or a fine for using computers. America's prosperity came from embracing innovation, not taxing it. Now some…
Why does Cairo have so many unfinished buildings?
Drive about 40 minutes from the Giza Pyramids to the ancient step pyramid of Saqqara and you'll pass rows of half-built apartment blocks, skeletal overpasses, and roads that seem permanently under construction. Leave…
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