The Assisted Suicide Of Lofty State And Local Taxes

US President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to give up on the Persian Gulf passage: Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz (archived) – WSJ In recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks. […]

Meanwhile In The UK, You Simply Will Not Believe This... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A convicted predator who helped destroy the lives of vulnerable girls as young as 13 is days away from freedom in Britain, while Pakistan refuses to take him and archaic rules shield him from removal. Shabir Ahmed's case lays bare how legal technicalities, political cowardice, and a refusal to enforce borders have turned the country into a revolving door for the most dangerous offenders. Ahmed, now 73, arrived in the UK long before 1973 as a...

"Going To Cripple Our Economy": Small Businesses Sound Alarm Over Record Diesel Price Spike The latest AAA fuel data from across America shows that the national average diesel price at the pump has jumped nearly 40% this month, surpassing the 2022 fuel spike that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Surging diesel prices are already generating a shock across trucking, rail, shipping, farm equipment, construction machinery, generators, and much of industrial logistics, given that the fuel powers the core of the economy. Seasonality: AAA Daily National Avg. Diesel 2022 vs. 2026 Companies now face...