The 17th Amendment broke America's federalist system by eliminating state representation in the Senate. Direct election of senators destroyed the constitutional check on federal power, fueling executive expansion, partisan gridlock, and the administrative state. Time to fix what Progressives broke.
Chamath Palihapitiya proposes a $300–500B tax equity fund leveraging OBBBA incentives to put solar-plus-storage on 50–100M U.S. homes, slashing power bills while adding 400–800 GW of distributed capacity and shifting grid room to AI and industry.
California: $24B on homelessness, 53% increase. $15B on rail, zero miles built. Wealth tax triggered $1T billionaire exodus. Top 1% pay 50% of income taxes—when they leave, you pay. Demand a forensic audit before California gets another dollar.
Lincoln warned America could only die by suicide. Today, revolutionary frameworks taught in universities—Alinsky, Cloward-Piven, The Coming Insurrection—are being applied as official policy by governors and DAs. This isn't governance failing. It's revolution succeeding.
Wilson promised peace, Truman promised order—we got an $18B collective hostility. Lodge warned in 1919 that surrendering sovereignty would fetter American power. He was right. Time to defund this farce.
Maduro arrest: the right call—legally, strategically, morally. The foreign policy establishment is melting down because Trump proved everything they believed about American power was wrong. The Monroe Doctrine isn't dead. America has spine again without endless wars.
California and New York are betting they can tax and scold tech and finance without losing them. David Sacks argues they’re wrong—and that Austin and Miami are where capital, innovation, and the future of American prosperity are already moving.
Property taxes challenge true homeownership, sparking debate over fairness, generational wealth, and individual rights. Florida’s proposed reforms highlight tensions between older homeowners and policies intended to help new buyers.
I will preface this guide with an assertion of my bias and an insight into my governing political philosophy to be clear about where and how the votes are decided.
Ive been frustrated lately hearing both politicians and citizens talking about raising taxes on the rich as viable source of sustainable income for the government to help curtail its debt issue.