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The All-In Podcast’s Billionaire Tax Hot Takes: Popcorn, Policy, and “Will They Move?” Drama 🍿💰📉
If you missed the latest All-In Podcast dust-up over California’s 5% billionaire tax, here’s the gist—served up in bite-sized, less dizzying chunks: First, the legal and constitutional questions.David Friedberg brought up a major hurdle: this tax might be unconstitutional. U.S. law generally requires taxes be applied evenly, so singling out… Listen ⇢
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Legislative X-Rays: Dissecting Section 32B of Massachusetts’ Parental Rights Bill
When One Bill Contains Multiple Battles In our previous Legislative X-Ray of Massachusetts House Bill H.551, we examined Section 1’s parental notification requirements and discovered how opponents would likely frame their resistance around “student autonomy” rather than “bypassing parents.” But here’s what that analysis revealed about legislative strategy: complex bills create multiple… Listen ⇢
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Beyond the Ballot Box: How Savvy States Can Build a More Secure & Efficient Vote (and What’s In It For You)
Recent developments at the federal level, combined with a forward-thinking approach, suggest a powerful possibility. The Federal Green Light: Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin You might have recently heard whispers about the U.S. Department of Commerce launching a project to publish official economic data, including GDP, on public blockchains. Yes, blockchain – the technology… Listen ⇢
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Real-Time Employment Data: A Policy Framework for the 21st Century
Executive Summary The recent Bureau of Labor Statistics revision of 258,000 jobs—2,480% larger than typical revisions—exposed a critical infrastructure gap in how America tracks employment. While we debate the political response, we’re missing the deeper issue: our employment data system relies on 20th-century methods in a 21st-century economy. The solution… Listen ⇢
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Legislative X-Rays: What’s Really Inside Massachusetts’ Parental Rights Bill
Sometimes bills look simple on the surface. A few paragraphs of legal text, maybe a catchy title. But zoom in with the right tools, and you’ll see the tradeoffs, assumptions, and potential battles hiding underneath. That’s the idea behind Legislative X-Rays—a new approach to bill analysis that works like getting an… Listen ⇢
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Seeing Bills in Reverse 🩻: A DIY X-Ray for Legislation
Most people look at a bill and see a wall of legal text. Dense, hard to follow, easy to tune out. But what if there were a way to flip it — almost like an X-ray — so the hidden parts suddenly show up in sharp detail? Think about how… Listen ⇢
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What if We’re Thinking About Solar Energy All Wrong? ☀️
We’ve been busy covering rooftops with panels like digital shingles, but what if there’s another way—one that treats sunlight not as something tied to a single spot, but as a resource that can be captured, stored, and moved wherever it’s needed? It starts with questioning a basic assumption: do solar… Listen ⇢
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The Convergence: How Battery-Swapping Trucking Networks Could Bootstrap the AI Economy
A deep dive into how existing rideshare logistics, battery swap technology, and AI infrastructure could create a self-reinforcing economic flywheel You know what’s fascinating? We’re sitting on the edge of this incredible convergence that nobody’s really talking about. I was having this conversation the other day about trucking – and… Listen ⇢
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When Good Intentions Meet Unintended Consequences: Rethinking Vermont’s H.45 with AI
Alcohol and firearms are a dangerous mix. That’s the straightforward logic behind Vermont’s House Bill H.45. The bill prohibits firearms in establishments that serve alcohol for on-site consumption. On paper, it feels like common sense: keep guns out of bars, reduce the chance of alcohol-fueled violence. But the more I… Listen ⇢
About the author, Victor C.
Victor will be leveraging AI tools from LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to analyze legislation and politics in general. The goal is to make participating with the legislative process more accessible in a targeted and constructive way.
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