Humanity has constructed a doomsday Deadman switch that threatens civilization. Climate destruction will make it increasingly difficult to avoid the looming global nuclear catastrophe we’ve created. Here’s how our future might unravel: Late 2020s: Climate Red Alert and Infrastructure Strain By the late 2020s, Earth’s climate is in unprecedented turmoil. Global average temperatures are consistently 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Each year brings record-breaking heatwaves, “freak” floods, and droughts that batter infrastructure. Coastal cities flood more frequently, roads buckle […]

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Thomas A. Berry and Charles Brandt Braidwood Management is a small business that offers a self-insured health plan to around 70 employees. But under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Braidwood is forced to cover “preventive services” that are mandated by the US Preventive Services Task Force (the Task Force), no matter how onerous. Braidwood says this is unconstitutional. The Task Force is a bureaucratic entity run by expert doctors who were originally appointed by an official ranking below […]

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Tweet Scott Lincicome explains that Trump’s tariffs hurt both Wall Street and Main Street. Three slices: Recent tariff-related turmoil in the U.S. stock market has motivated several Trump administration officials and many of their online allies to shrug it off as unrepresentative of the “real” U.S. economy. Many have argued, in fact, that the scary sell-off of U.S. stocks, bonds, and dollars—one that abated only after Trump pulled back from the tariff abyss last week—was not just meaningless […]

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Tweet Here’s a letter to a new correspondent. Mr. H__: You express support for Trump’s tariffs because, as you write, “they will allow the president to strike deals making trade fairer.” With respect, you’re mistaken, if for no reason other than this: What protectionist politicians and pundits mean when they talk of “fairness” in trade is, in fact, unfairness to most of their fellow citizens. Suppose a merchant offers to sell you a bushel of apples for $55. […]

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On today’s Tuesday Newsday episode of America’s Untold Stories, Mark Groubert and Eric Hunley dive into a chilling, developing story: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion was set ablaze while his family slept inside. Shocking new details reveal the suspect intended to physically harm the governor, turning this case from political unrest into an attempted assassination plot. We also examine Harvard’s fiery public response to Trump’s demands, setting the stage for what could become a billion-dollar battle between academia […]

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