by Daniel BrouseJuly 4, 2025 It rained 12 inches in just one hour, and the river rose 26 feet in only 45 minutes. Search and rescue operations continue along the Guadalupe River in Texas after catastrophic flooding killed at least 22 people and left at least 20 girls missing, local authorities confirmed. The full scope […]
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Texas Flood Disaster: At Least 22 Dead, 20 Girls Missing as “500-Year Floods” Become Regular Events
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How ICE’s Authoritarian Actions Are Quietly Crippling the Economy
The authoritarian, Nazi-like actions of ICE are having compounding and complex ramifications across the U.S. economy, impacting far more than immigration statistics alone. Industries that rely on the everyday participation of immigrant communities are beginning to show clear signs of stress, illustrating the far-reaching economic damage of these policies. One striking example comes from the […]
Trump’s “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” Triggers Fossil Fuel Expansion, Ends Solar and Wind Support, and Risks Climate, Economic, and Infrastructure Collapse
by Daniel Brouse July 4, 2025 President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act marks a seismic shift in U.S. energy, climate, and economic policy, ending decades of federal support for solar and wind while unleashing a massive expansion of oil, gas, and coal production. The House passed the megabill on Thursday following a narrow […]
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The “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” Just Passed—and Many Voters Don’t Even Realize They’re the Ones Getting Crushed
by Daniel Brouse July 4, 2025 The “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” being signed into law today will hit many Americans hard—especially those who don’t even realize it. Ironically, many of the voters who supported these cuts are the same ones who will feel the pain most directly in their daily lives. One overlooked detail […]
The “Big Beautiful Bill” and the End of American Exceptionalism
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is being celebrated by its backers as a win for taxpayers and American families. In reality, it may mark the accelerated decline of U.S. economic stability and the end of American exceptionalism. This bill is both a massive tax cut and a massive spending bill, a combination that guarantees trillions […]
The “Tip” and “Overtime” Loopholes: How the New Tax Plan Could Let the Wealthy Pay Zero Taxes
by Daniel Brouse July 3, 2025 Under the proposed “New Big Beautiful Bill,” both tip income and overtime pay would become entirely tax-exempt, a policy pitched as a benefit for service workers and middle-class earners. However, the structure of the bill opens the door to one of the largest tax avoidance loopholes in U.S. history, […]
Trump’s Vietnam “Trade Deal” Is Actually a Hidden Sales Tax on Americans
Trump just announced what he is calling a “trade deal” with Vietnam, but let’s be clear: this is not a trade deal. It is, in effect, a significant new sales tax on U.S. consumers, adding to the compounding inflationary pressures already hurting American families. Currently, Vietnam is subject to a 10% tariff on all goods […]
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The Hidden Economic Collapse Behind Cutting Healthcare for Mass Deportations
by Daniel Brouse July 2, 2025 There is a devastating economic ripple effects of cutting healthcare for millions, but what many still miss is how these cuts are directly tied to funding mass deportations and “border security.” This is not an abstract policy shift; it is a deliberate redistribution of more than $2 trillion from […]
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From Mathematics to Climate Leadership: Sarah Kapnick’s Vision for Climate-Integrated Finance and Infrastructure Resilience
by Daniel Brouse July 1, 2025 Sarah Kapnick’s journey—from a Goldman Sachs analyst to NOAA’s chief scientist and now global head of climate advisory at JPMorgan Chase—reflects a career spent aligning climate science with financial and infrastructure decisions. She has long recognized the urgent intersection of climate risk and financial planning, an urgency that has […]
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Trump’s Attacks on the Fed Are Fueling the Collapse of U.S. Exceptionalism
President Trump posted a handwritten note to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Truth Social, demanding that the Fed lower interest rates, marking yet another unprecedented attempt to pressure the central bank. Trump also lashed out, claiming Powell and the rest of the Federal Reserve Board “should be ashamed of themselves” for not cutting rates, […]