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Congress zeroed out the gun tax. A judge just noticed nobody zeroed out the felony

Congress zeroed out the gun tax. A judge just noticed nobody zeroed out the felony

Congress spent 90 years regulating suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns through a tax. Not a ban. A tax: pay $200, submit...

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A gun sat in a living room. The feds called it ‘interstate commerce’

A gun sat in a living room. The feds called it ‘interstate commerce’

Curtis Squire kept a handgun in his New Orleans home. Police found it while executing a search warrant tied to a shooting he wasn’t charged with. He...

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Obamacare approved 96% of fake applications. Why is Congress extending its subsidies?

Obamacare approved 96% of fake applications. Why is Congress extending its subsidies?

I have spent more than a decade as a designated expert witness on fiduciary duty, testifying in federal and state courts about what happens when the...

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Washington Examiner

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Wiping your own phone is now a federal crime — if you do it at the airport

Wiping your own phone is now a federal crime — if you do it at the airport

Customs and Border Protection personnel searched more than 55,000 phones, laptops, and tablets at the border last year, a number that has climbed...

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Washington Examiner

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The diploma divide is reshaping American politics

A degree does not, on its own, confer common sense or merit.

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The Hill

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Woke in 2021, anti-woke in 2026: Pension trustees are making the same mistake twice

Woke in 2021, anti-woke in 2026: Pension trustees are making the same mistake twice

A public pension trustee who strikes the diversity and climate language from an investment policy statement this summer is not doing housekeeping. He...

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Washington Examiner

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Massachusetts is building a government hiring pipeline just for Muslims

Massachusetts is building a government hiring pipeline just for Muslims

While the Trump administration spends 2026 tearing down federal diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, the Massachusetts legislature is building a...

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The Supreme Court could soon let pipeline giants steal land on the cheap

The Supreme Court could soon let pipeline giants steal land on the cheap

The Fifth Amendment promises “just compensation” when the government takes your land. On June 29, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a...

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Washington Examiner

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Congress can't seem to figure out that sports gambling is just sports gambling

Every parent should worry that Washington seemingly cannot tell the difference between trading and obvious sports gambling.

29.07.2026 2

The Hill

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Biden's Last-Minute Amnesty Was Built to Outlast Him

Biden's Last-Minute Amnesty Was Built to Outlast Him

I have spent three decades pricing risk for a living. Before I sign off on any credit strategy, I ask one question: what happens when the other side...

28.07.2026 4

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Catch and Release, Wisconsin Style

Catch and Release, Wisconsin Style

Corey Durell Ruiz died on a public street in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 22 with a fixed-blade knife in his hand and roughly 40 prior convictions on...

27.07.2026 4

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Uncle Sam Gave Him a Work Permit, Then Arrested Him for Working

Uncle Sam Gave Him a Work Permit, Then Arrested Him for Working

Two federal agencies looked at the same Jamaican flight attendant and reached opposite conclusions. Both were right. That is the story here, and...

26.07.2026 4

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The Carroll Case Still Deserves a Second Look

The Carroll Case Still Deserves a Second Look

The Supreme Court just teed up something it hasn't done since 2018: a second look at a case it already declined to hear. The justices distributed...

25.07.2026 6

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The Faculty Lounge Is Where the Rot Started

The numbers are in, and they are ugly. The Anti-Defamation League tabulated 9,354 antisemitic incidents across the country in 2024, a five percent...

24.07.2026 7

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A dormant court just woke up, and due process is on trial

A 30-year-old sleeping statute just woke up. How carefully it is used in this first case will tell us whether it becomes a serious national security...

22.07.2026 6

The Hill

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Another Conspiracy Theory Proven Right

People who suppress bad news and call it a joke usually mean it. That is the lesson from newly declassified FBI emails showing how the bureau handled...

20.07.2026 4

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A Maryland School Lied to Parents. Twice.

Somewhere in Anne Arundel County, a teacher hit send on an email, realized the mistake, and tried to recall it. That single keystroke is now the...

16.07.2026 9

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The Supreme Court Left Women's Sports Half Protected

I coached girls' track and field for years. Sprints and hurdles, the same events I ran in high school and college. I watched 15-year-old girls...

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Trump's America has stopped apologizing for existing, and it made all the difference

A country that supplies its allies' energy and demands they fund their own defense is not begging for a seat at the table. It is the table.

15.07.2026 3

The Hill

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Hollywood Snubs Its Own Audience, Then Wonders Why It's Broke

Last week, the Television Academy announced its 78th Emmy nominations, and Taylor Sheridan's entire slate got the reception you'd give a...

13.07.2026 9

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The Democratic Socialists Aren't Fringe Anymore

I spend my days reading growth curves. A pension fund's unfunded liability, a private equity fund's internal rate of return, a hedge...

12.07.2026 9

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Equal Protection Wasn't Supposed to Be Negotiable

I spent over 30 years managing other people's money, and one rule never changes: if you owe a fiduciary duty to a group of people, you treat them...

11.07.2026 7

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Judge the Movement, Not the Mission Statement

On July 4, 2026, the Democratic Socialists of America announced it had surpassed 120,000 members, the largest socialist organization in American...

09.07.2026 8

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Every Benefit Has a Constituency. The Bill Doesn't.

A client called me last spring to ask how a proposed change to the capital gains rate would hit his portfolio. Fair question. That's my job. Then...

08.07.2026 8

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The FBI is finally following the money on mass protest-funding

The government's focus on this problem validates that the disclosure gap between registered lobbyists and paid protest organizers was never one...

08.07.2026 10

The Hill

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Obamacare's Fraud Bill Just Came Due

Nancy Pelosi told us in 2010 that we'd have to pass the bill to find out what was in it. Sixteen years later, we're still finding out, and...

04.07.2026 10

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The Militia That Wasn't: What the Founders Really Meant and Why Bruen Got It Right

My brother spent over 20 years in the military before retiring as an 18 Bravo (Weapons Sergeant) in the Army Special Forces. My son graduated from...

03.07.2026 10

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250 Years of American Audacity

Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, a small group of farmers, lawyers, and soldiers told the most powerful empire on earth to pound sand. They...

02.07.2026 10

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Common Sense Finally Wins in Girls' Sports

I coached high school sprints and hurdles in Southern California for years. After puberty hits, the difference between male and female athletes shows...

01.07.2026 10

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The money runs out: Socialism, on the rise in NYC, is being routed elsewhere

Follow the money, and it is clear why socialism is vanishing from Latin America and thriving in America's blue cities at the same time.

01.07.2026 10

The Hill

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Collateral Damage Was the Plan

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a formal criminal investigation this week into allegations that the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

29.06.2026 10

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Three Years After SFFA, the Ruling Is Still Making Changes

Three years ago this Sunday, the Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North...

28.06.2026 10

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The Border Is Not American Soil Until You Cross It

My son took an oath to defend this country's borders. He flies Army helicopters. He understands, at a visceral level, that a line on a map means...

26.06.2026 10

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The Perpetual Death of the Balanced Budget Amendment

How can we expect Congress to vote to constrain itself?

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Due Process Doesn't Mean Legal Advice

The D.C. Circuit of Appeals gets the Constitution right on expedited removal The D.C. Circuit of Appeals gets the Constitution right on expedited...

25.06.2026 10

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Your Fourth Amendment rights now depend on your ZIP code

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Washington Examiner

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Autopen pardons aside, the nation deserves answers on the Fauci files

If Gabbard's insinuations are right, then this isn't a political controversy — it's a crime scene.

24.06.2026 10

The Hill

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A Green Card Isn't a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday that border officers can place a lawful permanent resident on immigration parole - effectively suspending their...

23.06.2026 10

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America Needs Fewer Performers and More Adults

Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire and meant it. He didn't hedge, qualify, or wait for a focus group. He built the military,...

21.06.2026 10

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Your Castle, Their Plans: 21 Years After Kelo, the Government Still Holds the Key

Three months ago, the Supreme Court had another chance to fix one of the worst decisions it's issued this century. On March 24, 2025, the...

21.06.2026 10

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The Government Can't Make You Say It

The First Amendment has two sides. Most people know the first one: the government can't silence you. Fewer know the second: it can't make...

20.06.2026 10

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The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations Has a Law Degree

In October 2024, the Biden Department of Justice forced the Maryland State Police to pay $2.75 million in back pay to Black and female applicants who...

19.06.2026 10

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The right to be left alone

18.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

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The Verdict Was Just. The Fallout Is a Hate Crime.

The ink wasn’t dry on Karmelo Anthony’s 35-year murder sentence when a man in Jacksonville, Florida, climbed off his bicycle, walked up to an...

17.06.2026 20

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Your financial records have no Fourth Amendment protections

The warrant requirement is still in the Constitution, and Congress still has the authority to restore it.

17.06.2026 10

The Hill

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The birthright citizenship clause nobody reads carefully

17.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

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The Wall That Wasn't: The Establishment Clause From Everson to Kennedy

A football coach prays quietly at midfield after a game and gets fired for it. Not for disrupting anything. Not for pressuring students. For praying....

16.06.2026 10

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America Still Loves the Flag. It Just Doesn't Trust the People Running the Place.

Americans aren't exhausted by the idea of America. They're exhausted by the people who keep promising to improve it and then making life...

15.06.2026 10

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The Right to Remain Silent Says Everything

On June 10, 2026, Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of ActBlue, sat before the House Administration Committee under subpoena. She invoked her Fifth Amendment...

14.06.2026 10

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A Tent, a Knife, and the Usual Suspects

Austin Metcalf bled out in his twin brother Hunter’s arms on the infield of Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on April 2, 2025. He was 17. He’d...

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