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Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen bet big on Trump. It’s paying off for Silicon Valley

For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, the traditional financial system and sidestep its burdensome regulations. At the same time, the Consumer…

November 10, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump spreads satirical website’s “Obamacare royalties” claim

President Donald Trump shared an image claiming that President Barack Obama received royalties paid out by the federal government for the use of the word “Obamacare.” The unofficial name for insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act is obviously not…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump promises $2000 tariff dividend to all Americans

“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump stumbles and bumbles in the wake of Democratic wins

There are many reasons why Democrats won landslide victories in Tuesday’s off-year elections, not the least of which is that the party out of power usually wins in such circumstances. None of the polls showed Republicans poised to produce an…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Nancy Pelosi knew and used her power. So should Democrats

It’s fashionable now to criticize Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic gerontocracy. The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda. But…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Parenting in America is hard. Italy showed me another way

The other day, while catching up with an American mom in Italy, she told me about her friend in Los Angeles who got kicked out of a restaurant. It wasn’t because she was drunk or couldn’t afford to pay the…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide

In recent years, litigation on certain types of religious freedom lawsuits have been practically run of the mill: prayer on school premises, for example, and government funding for students at faith-based schools. A case scheduled for U.S. Supreme Court oral…

November 9, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

At Yale University, things are getting Orwellian

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Yale University Film Society, via email, announced a screening the following day of “Orwell: 2+2=5,” the latest documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Raoul Peck. The film, which focuses on British author George Orwell and features…

November 8, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Zohran Mamdani took on the entire political establishment — and won

It’s already clear that the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s mayor is a historic moment — not just for the city but for the Democratic Party and for America’s future on the other side of Donald Trump.…

November 8, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

How a loss of public benefits harms democracy

In 2004, Phil Bredesen, the former Democratic governor of Tennessee, made significant changes to the state’s Medicaid program, TennCare, such as eliminating eligibility expansions. The state-federal program was established in 1965 to provide health coverage for low-income people. It was…

November 8, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0