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A small group of Democratic lawmakers have just proposed legislation to bar members of Congress from profiting off prediction markets, citing elected officials' possession of "material nonpublic information."

Iran War Cost Tracker — $1 Billion Per Day The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.

This war against Iran is costing US taxpayers approximately $11,500 per second.

According to iran-cost-ticker.com the total cost has already reached $5.5 billion.

Inside the Trump administration’s scramble to support its own war One State Department official said too few people were read in on war plans.

U.S. Central Command is now saying internally that this war against Iran is likely to last through September, according to information obtained by @politico.com.

This would easily cost over $100 billion, and that number could go much higher.

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Data center tax breaks cost Phoenix residents millions, city audit says Statewide tax breaks for data center developers are costing Phoenix taxpayers over $12 million in yearly revenue, a new city-sanctioned audit showed.

Data center tax breaks are costing Phoenix $12 million dollars a year.

A new audit says Arizona’s tax breaks for data center developers are costing Phoenix taxpayers the same amount as the city is spending on arts and culture initiatives and environmental programs put together.

BREAKING: Senate rejects the War Powers Resolution that would have blocked Trump from continuing to attack Iran 48-52.

Indiana lawmakers are once again trying to weaken child labor laws: Bill sponsored by business owner would enable employers to hide child labor violations Coordinated, industry-backed campaigns to weaken child labor protections continue to target state legislatures in 2026. Yesterday, the Indiana Senate passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements...

The Indiana House and Senate have both passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements for businesses to document the employment of child workers.

If this bill becomes law it would enable employers to hide child labor violations, according to @epi.org.

New York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice | StateScoop A bill under consideration in New York would provide a private right of action, allowing people to file lawsuits against chatbot owners who violate the law.

A New York bill would ban AI from answering questions related to several licensed professions like medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, psychology, social work, engineering, and more.

The companies would be liable if the chatbots give “substantive responses” in these areas.

The High Stakes of Keeping the Strait of Hormuz Open

One expert estimates that the U.S. “easily” spent more than $10 billion on air-defense systems in the first 48 hours of this war with Iran.

That cost is largely because of THAAD missile interceptors costing over $12 million each, and Patriot missiles costing over $3 million.

Bernie Sanders’ billionaire tax would soak about 900 people to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class

Okay. Great

Democratic state lawmakers in New York to back tax hike on rich The state Senate and Assembly budget proposals are set to include plans to boost taxes on millionaires, a plan opposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“The tax hike proposals, which have not been previously reported, are in line with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to raise rates on people who earn more than $1 million a year as he pushes to close a $5.3 billion city budget gap.”

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The Democratic budgets proposed in the New York State Senate and Assembly are going to include higher income taxes for New York millionaires.

This has state Democratic leadership siding with Zohran’s plan to tax the rich — against the wishes of Governor Kathy Hochul.

Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles Companies including Lockheed Martin and Raytheon parent RTX have been invited.

The Pentagon is about to ask Congress for an estimated $50 billion in extra funds for the war on Iran.

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Record Numbers of Workers Are Raiding Their 401(k) Savings A divergent economy has given people record retirement savings and more need to dig into them.

A record number of workers are raiding their 401(k)s, according to the Wall Street Journal.

BREAKING: James Talarico wins the Democratic Senate primary in Texas.

Talarico ran on fighting corruption in DC, and winning back power for working people.

In an era of vast inequality Talarico told voters that “billionaires are waging class warfare against the rest of us.”

Inside The Israel Lobby’s New $90 Million War Chest Internal AIPAC materials reveal huge gifts from moguls — and the strategies lobbyists used to score the cash.

The single largest known donation to AIPAC comes from the billionaire owner of OnlyFans.

Information leaked to @levernews.com shows Leonid Radvinsky and his wife giving $11 million dollars to the pro-Israel PAC.

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Washington state lawmakers consider restricting workplace microchipping OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers are considering new legislation aimed at restricting the use of microchipping in the workplace. Proposed House Bill 2303 would specifically ban companies from requiring or p...

A new bill in Washington State would ban bosses from forcibly microchipping workers.

The bill specifically says that an employer may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip implanted for any reason.

US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

AI-created art isn't eligible for copyright protection, after the Supreme Court chose not to review a lower court ruling.

In 2022 the Copyright Office said images without “human authorship,” don't qualify for copyright protection — this was affirmed in 2023 by a district court.

The U.S. war on Iran is estimated to have already cost taxpayers over $2 billion dollars.

Washington post editorial board: Bernie sanders 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose. sub head: a 5 percent annual wealth tax on america's billionaires aims to halve their wealth

The Jeff Bezos Washington Post really doesn't like Bernie’s proposal to tax the rich.

Ohio has approved a $4.5 million sales tax exemption for a data center expansion project. The project will create 10 new full-time jobs.

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A consortium led by BlackRock and a Swedish private-equity firm is buying US power company AES for $33.4 billion.

AES is one of the world's biggest utility companies, generating electricity in 15 countries.

In the US alone the company has over 1 million customers.

85% of those who hold side jobs do that work during the school year, not just over breaks, according to the new Gallup survey done in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Walton Family Foundation.

America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by | CNN Business Ashley loves her day job teaching math, reading and science to fifth-graders in Washington. But like many other teachers, Ashley relies on a side hustle or two to get by.

The overwhelming majority of American public school teachers (71%) hold at least one side job, according to a new survey released today.

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Temco drivers unionize despite stiff opposition — a first for a Home Depot subsidiary “We did have management telling us that we were going to lose our jobs and would shut down.”

For the first time ever, workers at a Home Depot company have unionized.

Drivers who deliver building materials for Home Depot’s Temco subsidiary have voted to join the Teamsters.

They did so despite a vicious anti-union campaign from Home Depot and Temco.

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The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.

On CNBC Steve Eisman says investors should ignore the U.S.-Iran war, because in the long-term this attack "is very, very positive."

Throwback to the co-founder of Palantir saying this is all about making money in June 2025:

" I'm really excited to invest in Iran if we can get this country to be some sort of republic and not run by crazy people, and that's a lot easier than doing that in Afghanistan..."

The money would also be used to:

-Reverse the cuts to Medicaid

- Raise the minimum salary of every public school teacher to $60,000

- Expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing for seniors

- Build $850 billion of affordable housing

- Provide universal childcare

BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.

A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

The first page of the draft reads: “It has been determined that a lowering of water quality of various waters of the state associated with granting coverage under this permit is necessary to accommodate important social and economic development in the state of Ohio.”