When you’re taxed on what you own, what you earn, and what you buy and it’s spent in ways you don’t agree with — that’s not freedom. Nine states have no income tax: • 5 of them rank in the top 10 for GDP growth nationwide • 4 of them rank among the highest for net in-migration Reducing the number of taxes = freedom.

Chinese companies dominate the supply chain for energy-storage batteries. They control the processing of key raw materials including lithium, cobalt and graphite. And the world’s largest battery-cell makers and storage-system sellers are almost all Chinese.

In Afghanistan under Sharia Law at just one hospital: 42 underage girls gave birth in the first five months of this year. 6 were in their second pregnancy. 5 had ectopic pregnancies. 2 mothers died. A 2 month old was promised for marriage when she reaches just 7 years old.

Christian Faith Madison died by suicide after months of encouragement from ChatGPT. “ChatGPT convinced Christian that she had to die to fulfill her prophetic destiny.” Over a period of months, the chat bot continued to push ideas of sacrifice, death and suicide. OpenAI is now facing 22 lawsuits over suicides and self-harm linked to ChatGPT.

“My @Tesla buying experience was nothing like anything I’ve ever experienced before. Normally, when you buy a car, you go to a dealership, test drive the vehicle, haggle with the salesperson, and then deal with the finance team—which is usually way worse than the sales staff. I still remember one car I bought years ago that took a full six hours. It was miserable. “This time, I wasn’t even sure I was going to buy a Tesla. I just wanted to test drive one—I’d never even ridden in one before. I hadn’t looked at the Model Y much, though I saw them on the road all the time. Like a lot of gas-car drivers, I used to think EVs were kind of stupid. But over the years, Tesla’s infrastructure has improved so much that I decided it was worth checking out. “My current car was a 2020 Volvo that was starting to show its age. Even though I had promised my husband I’d keep it forever, maintenance was getting ridiculous. The 50,000-mile service alone cost around $800. So I booked a test drive appointment for 1:00 p.m. “At the center, a Tesla advisor drove me first to show me how Autopilot worked, then handed me the keys. I only drove for about 10 minutes, came back, and spent some time exploring all the car’s features. After that, I was sold. I wanted it. “Before going in, I had already checked Tesla’s trade-in offer on my Volvo and it was significantly better than what Carvana was quoting. The numbers made sense. All I had to do was fill out the finance application. The rate was an incredible 0.99%, and if I kept the loan the entire term, the total finance charges would only be about $800. That was a no-brainer. “I arrived at 1:00 p.m. and drove home in my new Tesla around 5:00 p.m. Most of that time wasn’t even at the Tesla center—I had to run home to eat, find my title, clean out my old car, talk to my husband, and head back. If I had done all that in advance and had the car cleared out with the title in hand, I probably would have been in and out in about an hour. “They also happened to have the exact model, color, and configuration I would have ordered on the spot. I didn’t have to wait for a custom build. “Super long rant, but that’s my Tesla car buying story!”

A new episode of @katiemillerpod tonight with @DougBurgum on ALL of the DC construction updates: -Reflecting Pool -8647 in the grass -White House columns -East Potomac Golf Course

MacKenzie Scott has given away $26 billion — almost entirely to progressive groups that seek to dismantle the very way of life that built her fortune: • $275M to Planned Parenthood • $51M to The Trevor Project for LGBTQ youth • $1.2B for racial equity education • $586M to racial justice groups—including Movement for Black Lives • $163M to LGBTQ organizations including Transgender Law Center • $133M to gender equity • $125M to climate justice • $200M to open borders immigration groups