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Japan’s leaders just showed the world they no longer trust their own people. A state only threatens to expose private citizens when it knows public anger is building faster than it can contain. That kind of move is not about keeping order, it is about keeping power, and it means the government feels cornered. Once …
From X: Senator Thom Tillis just slipped a massive gift to Big Pharma, Big Tech, and woke corporations into the “Big Beautiful Bill.” His anti-litigation finance plan (S.1821) slaps a 41% tax on the very tool that helps ordinary Americans fight back in court. This bill protects elites and punishes whistleblowers, inventors, and retirees. It’s …
A Queens neighborhood in New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s congressional district was likened by locals to a “third world” country with people selling goods on the sidewalks and prostitutes openly soliciting sex. The widely vibrant and diverse communities of Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst in northwestern Queens appear to have descended into an open …
