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Inside California's Battle With The Marijuana Black Market
Inside California's Battle With The Marijuana Black Market
Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times,
A convoy of sheriff's deputies heads into a vast network of illegal marijuana grow operations in the foothills of Mount Shasta in California's Siskiyou County.
They drive into a dusty encampment strewn with garbage and piles of empty plastic fertilizer containers, a blight on the otherwise scenic landscape.
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue participates in marijuana enforcement operations outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. The sheriff's department is spread thin, with limited staff to cover nearly...
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Feb 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Bigger Problem That The Tim Walz NGO Scandal Has Exposed
The Bigger Problem That The Tim Walz NGO Scandal Has Exposed
Authored by Edward Woodson via American Greatness,
The Minnesota nonprofit fraud scandal, now expected to cost taxpayers more than $9 billion, is being dismissed by many as an isolated failure. However, this is far from the case, and writing it off as such would be a colossal mistake.
What it actually revealed is a broader problem in the Swamp—that institutions claiming to represent others often operate with little accountability and then quietly drift away from the very people who are footing...
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Jul 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Coinbase Exec Says Clarity Act Has 'Tremendous Momentum' In The Senate
Coinbase Exec Says Clarity Act Has 'Tremendous Momentum' In The Senate
Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com,
Coinbase Vice Chair Ryan VanGrack said the Clarity Act has gained “tremendous momentum” in the Senate, in a CNBC “Squawk Box” appearance that made the case for a federal crypto framework and touched on bitcoin, blockchain, and the industry’s uneasy truce with Wall Street.
VanGrack, a former SEC official, framed the Clarity Act as an overdue set of rules rather than a giveaway.
“It’s not about no regulation,” he said.
“This is about imposing regulation on the industry for the first...
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Jun 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Fear Of The Signal: Why The State Urgently Wants To Bind Prediction Markets
Fear Of The Signal: Why The State Urgently Wants To Bind Prediction Markets
Authored by Angelo Monaco via The Mises Institute,
A predictive market like Polymarket or Kalshi is a financial exchange where people buy and sell contracts based on the outcome of real-world events. The price of a contract fluctuates between one cent and 99 cents based on supply and demand, directly reflecting the crowd’s collective probability estimate that the event will happen. If the event occurs, the contract settles at one dollar, allowing accurate forecasters to profit while aggregating...
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