Because sometimes things just need to be said….
A federal judge had to order the government to stop airing commercials for the president, and the government’s best defense was that they were about to stop anyway. Here’s what happened. Judge Jennifer Rochon in New York issued a two-week temporary restraining order Sunday night, telling the administration to cancel every remaining ad it bought …
Picture two stores a few blocks apart buying the exact same bottle from the exact same distributor in the same month, and the little one pays more. According to the FTC, that was happening in the booze business. On October 2 the agency announced a settlement with Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the biggest wine …
Seven months ago Donald Trump started a war with Iran he said would take “four to five weeks.” Now he’s decided the reason your diesel costs so much is the president of Ukraine. Earlier today I wrote about the 77 million people who voted for the dumbest human on earth. I figured I’d have to …
Almost two years ago, 77,303,573 Americans voted for Donald Trump. I think they picked the dumbest human on earth for the most powerful job on earth, and I’m done being polite about it. That’s my opinion. The receipts below are not. Prices were the pitch. At a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, he said “Groceries, cars …
On Wednesday morning the government will announce what it thinks your groceries cost, and then decide how big a raise retirees get for it. Estimates for the 2027 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment are sitting around 3.5 percent, up from 2.8 percent this year. The official number lands October 14 alongside the September inflation report, and …
If you can sign up for something with one tap, you should be able to quit it with one tap. New York City just made that the law, and it took a city to do what Washington couldn’t. As of October 1, businesses in the city that sell subscriptions and auto-renewals have to let you …
Baseball wants to give back eight games a year and I’d take that deal before they finish the sentence. The playoff part of the pitch, though, is where they lose me. Here’s what MLB put in front of the players union today: a 154-game regular season starting in 2029, a best-of-seven Division Series, and a …
The light turned green, the guy in front of me kept staring at his lap, and I got to sit through the whole thing again. Twice. That’s not traffic, that’s a hostage situation. Here’s what I think is happening. A red light has become a free pause button for some drivers. Phone comes out, eyes …
Gas stations used to compete by guessing what the guy across the street would charge. Now, according to a lawsuit filed in California, they let a computer do the guessing for all of them at once. Three California drivers sued in late June, claiming BP, Circle K, Marathon, Walmart and Albertsons, which together run more …
Trump says Republicans will send every American adult $5,000 if they win the House and Senate in November. I did the math so he didn’t have to. The U.S. has roughly 270 million adults. Multiply that by $5,000 and you get about $1.35 trillion. The plan is supposedly paid for with tariffs, which is where …
I dumped Marriott for Hyatt as my main hotel loyalty program, and the funniest part is that Marriott is the reason I know I was right. Here’s how that works. I still carry the Chase Marriott Bonvoy card, which hands me one free night certificate every year for a $95 annual fee. A free night …
It took a farmer with a camera, not a regulator, to catch a $17 billion Microsoft deal running dozens of gas generators without an air permit. Here’s the story. A company called DataOne is building a giant AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey, for the Dutch firm Nebius, which supplies computing power to Microsoft …