Even in Berkeley, Calif., Climate Measures Suffer Crushing Defeats

Voters in Berkeley, California, soundly rejected a measure Tuesday evening that would have imposed a new tax on hundreds of buildings that have existing natural gas hookups in an effort to fight climate change and reduce emissions.

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Tim Walz's China Travel Business Was Dissolved for Failing To Pay $26 Operating Tax, Records Show

Corporate tax hike advocate Tim Walz had his China travel company shut down by the Nebraska government for failing to pay a minor business operating tax in 1998, according to corporate records.

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The Harris Mystique

What's Kamala Harris's secret? My theory is Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents were so happy to see Joe Biden off the ticket that they would have fallen in line behind anyone. Harris was savvy—and well-placed—to lock up the nomination before rivals entered the ring. She's been riding a wave of positive energy since July that has boosted her favorability, upped her game, and deluged her with fundraising. The energy is psychic: relief and excitement that Democrats have a chance to keep Donald Trump from returning to the White House. The surprise, unbidden possibility of victory endowed Harris with a mystique. She's made the most of it.

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California Supreme Court Shoots Down Ballot Measure To Constrain Taxes

California's supreme court on Thursday kicked a qualified anti-tax voter initiative off November's ballot, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) and Democratic legislative leaders who filed an emergency petition to block it. Initiative backers are decrying the state supreme court ruling as an "absolute travesty" and blow to California's tradition of voters deciding policy through the ballot.

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Poor Logic

Matthew Desmond, a Princeton sociologist who has won a MacArthur "genius" grant as well as a Pulitzer for his previous book, Evicted, devotes his latest work to expounding a "theory" that will explain "why there is so much poverty in this land of abundance," the United States. According to Desmond, the American people as a whole are its cause.

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‘Bonkers’: Minnesota Finishes Legislative Session With Sweeping Left-Wing Reforms

'It's the most partisan session in the history of the state'

Soros-Backed Group Pushes Chicago Mayor To Slash Funding for 'Racist' Police Force

As Chicago faces sky high crime rates and an exodus of major corporations, a left-wing group funded by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Pierre Omidyar is calling on the Windy City's far-left mayor to slash the police force and raise taxes on businesses.

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Meet the 'Defund the Police' Advocate Chicago Just Elected To Deal With Its Crime Spike

The Windy City's politics blew leftward once again on Tuesday, with Chicago voters rejecting law-and-order candidate Paul Vallas in favor of soft-on-crime union organizer Brandon Johnson.

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As Nation Recovers From Record-High Gas Prices, Biden Moves To Yank Tax Breaks From Oil Industry

President Joe Biden's 2024 budget would eliminate tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry, a move that environmental groups say would cripple oil and gas production in the United States.

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The U.K.’s New ‘Conservative’ Prime Minister Is Just Another Vessel For Globalism

Sunak is not a conservative champion of national sovereignty and individualism, but a proponent of globalism.