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What Does Newsom’s Wealth Tax Flip-Flop Portend For Single-Payer Health Care?

As soon as the deadline to keep the wealth tax off the November ballot passed, Newsom undertook a crafty pivot.

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Report Shows Obamacare Fraud Is Worse Than You Think

The improper enrollment outlined in last week’s report argues against spending another $350 billion-plus to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

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Does ‘Independence Hall’ Sell Our Constitution Short?

Without the practical realities the Constitution brought into existence, the principle and vision of the Declaration of Independence might have stood...

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Democrats’ ‘Fix’ For A $5 Trillion Medicare Spending Increase Is The Same Proposals That Caused It

At a time when multiple budget analysts have highlighted an explosion in Medicare spending due to the IRA, what did Wyden’s white paper propose?...

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Collegiate ‘Likeness’ Deals Tempt Teens To Forfeit Future Millions For A Blinged-Out, $80,000 Prom

College 'name, image, and likeness' deals are seducing young athletes into making rash financial choices with long-term ramifications.

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The Bill For Medicare Insolvency Is Coming Due, And It’s Not Pretty

The Social Security and Medicare trust funds incurred a net of over $132 billion in losses in 2025 — losses that will only grow in future years.

18.06.2026 6

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Newsom Memoryholes Support For Single-Payer As He Jockeys For The White House

Publicly acknowledging his futile efforts to enact single-payer would only highlight the disingenuous promises Newsom made to get elected governor in...

17.06.2026 8

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Newsom Memoryholes Support For Universal Health Care As He Jockeys For The White House

Publicly acknowledging his futile efforts to enact single-payer would only highlight the disingenuous promises Newsom made to get elected governor in...

17.06.2026 3

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California’s Gubernatorial Primary Was A Contest To See Which Democrat Could Pander Harder

Democrats should be careful what they wish for in the Golden State. They just might get it.

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Democrats Object To New Medicaid Rule Requiring Able Adults To Work A Bare Minimum

The law should encourage able adults receiving taxpayer-funded benefits to contribute to the community while advancing their own self-sufficiency, and...

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With Graham Platner, Democrats Discover Their New Political Motto: Vote For The Nazi

Democrats will support someone — anyone — who will help them defeat Republicans.

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Don’t Look Now, But Congress Is Actually Working To Fight Fraudulent Spending

From hearings to markups to floor consideration, lawmakers finally appear to be taking measures to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Blame Government Overspending For America’s Affordability Crisis

Democrats will spend the midterms trying to equate 'affordability' with more government spending programs. Conservatives should make the opposite...

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For America’s 250th Birthday, Visit Her Founding Documents In D.C. Or A City Near You

'Free and Independent' does a commendable job of explaining the Revolution in a concise display of archival art, documents, and objects.

04.06.2026 9

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A Minor IRS Inconvenience Shows Trump Is Serious About Fighting Fraud

The IRS notice in my mail represents another piece of evidence suggesting the Trump administration is taking the fight against fraud seriously.

03.06.2026 5

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If Dating Is Breaking The Bank, You’re Doing It Wrong

There is an inherent irony for people who scale back on dating to save money: Finding a spouse can provide significant monetary benefits.

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‘Cherish Them All’: Racing Fans Will Never Forget NASCAR Legend Kyle Busch

Busch's words after his last win now seem eerily prescient: 'You never know when the last one is going to be, so cherish them all — trust me.'

23.05.2026 20

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Here’s Why Your Hospital Bills Are So Big — And Why Congress Doesn’t Care

If the right and left agree on reining in hospitals’ abusive tactics, then why hasn’t Congress acted?

19.05.2026 10

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How Our National Debt Jeopardizes Families’ Futures

Lawmakers focused on their reelection in a few months or years care little about whether the United States faces economic stagnation decades from now.

12.05.2026 10

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Report: Bureaucrats Improperly Paid Out $186 Billion In Taxpayer Money In 2025

Will the public sector ever come to grips with the scale of the problem?

08.05.2026 20

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How The AARP Profits From Seniors’ Economic Misery

Senior citizens don’t deserve to get kicked in the teeth by a percentage-based 'royalty fee' that quite literally adds insult to injury.

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Health Care Would Improve If More States Eliminated Hospital ‘Permission Slips’

It’s time for all states to follow in the steps of Tennessee and scale back their certificate of need programs.

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Xavier Becerra Is No Moderate

Trying to attack Becerra as a moderate should strike most reasonable individuals as absurd.

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No, The Trump Administration Shouldn’t Bail Out Spirit Airlines

The president’s talk of a potential $500 million bailout for Spirit Airlines would deflate conservatives’ spirit at a critical juncture.

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The Bill For Democrats’ Next Obamacare Subsidy ‘Crisis’ Will Come Due Next Tax Season

When ineligible households receive large bills to repay Obamacare subsidies during next year’s tax filing season, Democrats will undoubtedly object...

28.04.2026 10

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How Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Reversing Rampant State Waste And Fraud

A recent congressional hearing showed the scope of the state waste, fraud, and abuse problem our nation faces.

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Why American Independence Was Always Inevitable

British insistence that American colonists pay for an outside power to govern them made independence inevitable and revolution likely.

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As DOJ Probes NFL’s Anti-Consumer Broadcast Tactics, You Can Fight The League From Your Couch

Maybe it's time to jawbone the NFL and other sports leagues to give suffering fans a break in the pocketbook.

15.04.2026 20

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Trump’s Modest Budget Cuts Mean Nothing If He Won’t Touch Rampant Entitlements

The admin likely wished to avoid political attacks about the GOP 'cutting' Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security before the midterms.

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The Real Reason Obamacare Enrollment Is Down Is Thanks To Trump’s Fraud Crackdown

Eliminating the 1.5 million fraudulent people who enrolled in 2025 means that coverage numbers may have actually increased.

09.04.2026 10

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How Biden’s So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Screwed Taxpayers With Massive Medicare Bailouts

Democrats’ 'affordability' agenda, which consists largely of throwing other people’s money at problems, is proving to be anything but 'for' taxpayers.

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Your Medicaid Taxes Paid For An Autism Therapy Exec’s $2.5M Beach Home

In too many cases, autism therapy is at best a joke designed to bilk money out of Medicaid and at worst a danger to the patients themselves.

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Launch Of Artemis Moon Mission Kicks Off A New ‘Space Age’

Assuming the Artemis mission goes off without major complications, it would further prove U.S. companies can help us explore outer space.

31.03.2026 10

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Sen. Bill Cassidy Defends Medicare Scammers Over America’s Seniors

To prevent medical providers who have been abusing the system from losing their gravy train, Bill Cassidy would have seniors pay roughly $132 more per...

18.03.2026 10

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Rep. David Schweikert Mindlessly Gives Democrats Ammo To Attack GOP On Medicare

In opening Republicans up to a line of political attack on Medicare, Schweikert just made the task of the GOP retaining control of Congress more...

18.03.2026 20

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Formula One’s Energy-Efficient Engines Turn Race Day Into A Snoozefest

How Formula One responds to this 'hybrid crisis' could determine whether it accelerates, gets stuck in neutral, or heads into reverse.

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We Could Completely Get Rid Of Social Security, And It Still Wouldn’t Balance The U.S. Budget

Today’s politicians are literally mortgaging away our children’s financial futures so they can try to win another election.

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Labor Dept. Has Done Nothing To Recover Half-A-Billion Dollars In Suspected Covid Fraud

Congress has created a Leviathan too big to manage, giving fraudsters an easy opportunity to pick taxpayers’ pockets by the millions and billions.

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California Voter ID Ballot Measure Offers Roadmap For Enacting Common-Sense Policies In Blue States

Conservatives should do more to leverage initiatives and referenda to enact popular policies over the objections of Democrat politicians.

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With Tyler Reddick’s NASCAR Hot Streak, Michael Jordan Is Still Winning Pro Sports

Michael Jordan can’t stop his winning ways — just maybe not in the sport you think.

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Another Study Shows How Covid Learning Losses Are Still Hurting Students

More than 2 in 3 schools (68 percent) are performing worse in both math and reading than they did before the Covid panic.

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Mamdani Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Democrats’ Tax-Hiking Agenda

Elected Democrats rarely limit tax increases to wealthy families once in office.

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Democrats Claim GOP ‘Gutted’ Medicaid. Federal Data Shows The Opposite

The latest CBO report illustrates how Medicaid spending, like that of other federal health care programs, continues to grow ever higher.

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GOP Focus On Futile Obamacare Bailout Instead Of MAGA Is A Great Way To Lose Midterms

Republicans should have spent the past months developing Obamacare alternatives, not engaging in a pointless effort to bail it out.

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‘The Intimidator’: NASCAR Honors Legend Dale Earnhardt 25 Years After He Died In Its Biggest Race

In many ways, Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s death is most notable for what it prevented — namely, another fatality within NASCAR in the 25 years since his...

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ESPN’s Philly Special Documents The Single Play That United A City

'Philly Special' provides new context for die-hard Eagles fans — and fans of comeback, underdog stories.

12.02.2026 20

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Valley Forge Park Preserves A Crucible Of The American Revolution

Valley Forge is a testament to the dedication of the thousands who sacrificed themselves for liberty, their homeland, and their posterity.

04.02.2026 20

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Freedom 250 To Bring IndyCar Racing To D.C. Streets For America’s Birthday Bash

Just when you thought you had heard every possible joke about gridlock in Washington, along comes IndyCar to break up the monotony.

03.02.2026 20

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Sad There’s No Football This Week? Watch These Old Super Bowl Highlights Instead

Leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL Network will re-air NFL Films’ highlight shows of the previous 59 Super Bowls.

31.01.2026 20

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NASCAR Ditches Cheap Gimmicks In Favor Of A Playoff Format Focused On Racing

Most motorsports fans will find something to like in a 'new' format that echoes one from two decades ago.

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