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Chicago's been stumbling like a drunk leaving a bar after 12 Bud Lights - and the numbers prove it. We're talking 23 straight months of declining business activity, unemployment climbing, and a nearly billion-dollar budget deficit that would make your accountant weep. But instead of admitting their progressive tax-and-spend policies drove businesses away, Mayor Brandon Johnson is doubling down on "progressive revenue&q...

Yet again, Washington's Democratic Socialist representative Sean Scott wants to tax businesses into oblivion with a statewide payroll tax—because apparently $9.4 billion in new taxes this year wasn't enough. While moderate Bellevue Mayor Lynn Robinson warns this will be "detrimental to everybody," Scott thinks he can squeeze $3 billion more from the corporations that actually fund everything in this state. What co...

San Francisco offered businesses a MILLION DOLLAR tax break to move into the Tenderloin area. Big shocker – absolutely nobody took the deal! Not a single company thought it was worth it, even with that massive incentive dangling in front of them.We're breaking down why 40% of San Francisco's office space sits empty, why even AI companies are avoiding these specific zip codes, and what it really means when businesses would r...

Another one bites the dust in downtown Portland as Nordstrom Rack officially closes, leaving 37 employees jobless and shocked residents wondering what went wrong. Yet again, we're witnessing the inevitable consequences of progressive policies that prioritize virtue signaling over basic public safety and business viability.This video breaks down how years of soft-on-crime policies, rampant homelessness, unchecked drug use, and a...

California's green virtue signaling has officially reached national security threat levels - and yes, that's as insane as it sounds. We're diving into how the Golden State's war on oil has left the entire West Coast defensively exposed, with refineries fleeing faster than residents to Texas. From 44 refineries down to 11, California now imports over 65% of its oil from countries like Iraq and Brazil (because nothing...

Here we go again – Blackstone just scooped up San Francisco's Four Seasons hotel for a bargain basement $130 million, roughly $470,000 per room. Is anyone surprised that major institutional investors are swooping in like vultures to buy up premium properties at fire sale prices after years of failed policies drove these cities into the ground?We're breaking down this "coincidental" pattern: How San Francisco's...

Chicago homeowners are getting absolutely demolished by property tax bills that have literally DOUBLED overnight - we're talking $9,600 jumping to $19,100 for modest homes that aren't exactly the Taj Mahal. Meanwhile, Mayor Brandon Johnson spent hundreds of millions on illegal immigrants while commercial downtown properties got massive tax breaks because nobody wants to rent office space in a city overrun by street crime an...

Washington State loses a taxpayer every 30 minutes to Republican states - and by the time you finish watching this video, another freedom-loving American will have packed up and said 'see ya later' to progressive paradise. We're diving deep into the shocking migration data that has woke politicians scrambling for excuses while their constituents vote with their feet.From Seattle's new socialist mayor needing to expl...

Here we go again - Chicago's Brandon Johnson wants to slap a $21 per employee monthly tax on businesses with over 100 workers, calling it a "community safety surcharge." Meanwhile, someone gets shot every 4 minutes in Chicago. Make that make sense! This genius progressive policy will drive even more businesses out of a city that's already lost 10,000 companies in the past decade. Johnson claims he's targeting ...

California's $20 minimum wage experiment just delivered a reality check that even socialism's cheerleaders can't spin away. We're talking 19,000 fast food jobs obliterated, menu prices skyrocketing 14.5%, and workers making LESS money because their hours got slashed harder than a budget meeting. But hey, at least Gavin Newsom can pat himself on the back while sipping Napa Cabernet as families choose between overpric...

Here we go again – California's Gavin Newsom wants to impose a retroactive 5% wealth tax on billionaires, because apparently watching taxpayers flee at a rate of one per minute isn't fast enough. This brilliant plan targets the 220 most financially mobile people in the state, the same folks who can literally pack up and leave tomorrow – just like Jeff Bezos did when Washington State decided to squeeze him for a billion doll...

Seattle's socialist mayor-elect calls for a Starbucks boycott while baristas strike nationwide - and yes, she's the same 43-year-old who can't pay her own bills without mommy and daddy's help. We're watching a city with a $9 billion budget hand the keys to someone who hasn't figured out step one of adulting, all while progressive policies have made Seattle so expensive that you need $135,000 just to survive ...

Here we go again - Seattle's stunning Dr. Jose Rizal Park, with epic views of downtown and the stadiums, has been completely overrun by drug addicts, dealers, and pimps operating in broad daylight. What did they expect when they elected a socialist mayor who promised to end encampment sweeps? We take you inside this nightmare with Andrea Suarez from WeHeart Seattle, where fentanyl foil litters children's playgrounds, passed...

San Francisco's finest hotels just sold for 75% off their 2016 value – and the mayor is calling it a "resurgence." That's like celebrating your house burning down because at least someone will buy the ashes. We're diving into how decades of progressive policies turned prime real estate into fire sale territory, where stepping in human waste is apparently part of the downtown experience. From the infamous "...

Here we go again - while the House condemns socialism, Seattle just elected a 43-year-old socialist mayor who still needs mommy and daddy's money to pay her bills. You literally can't make this stuff up. We dive into Katie Wilson's campaign reveal that her parents give her $2,200 monthly for childcare, the House resolution passing 285-98 condemning socialist policies, and why Seattle's about to become the perfect re...

California loses one taxpayer every minute while families pay a staggering $29,753 "penalty" just to live there - yet politicians wonder why people are fleeing in record numbers? Meanwhile, Florida gains a new taxpayer every two minutes, Texas every three minutes, and even states like Tennessee are cleaning up. We break down the jaw-dropping costs driving this mass exodus and why liberal policies are creating economic ref...

Here we go again – another "wake-up call" from San Francisco as nearly 2 million Bay Area residents can't afford rent and poverty explodes by a quarter million people. But hey, let's just throw another billion taxpayer dollars at "affordable housing" that costs over $1 million per unit to build. What could go wrong?We break down how progressive policies created this disaster: 46% cost of living increases...

Portland ranks 80th out of 81 cities for real estate investment – only Hartford, Connecticut is worse. What happens when progressive policies meet economic reality? Spoiler alert: it's not pretty. We dive into how sky-high taxes, rampant homelessness, and woke leadership have turned what was once a booming real estate market into an absolute wasteland that investors are fleeing faster than you can say "defund the police.&q...

Chicago residents are getting absolutely destroyed by property tax hikes—some neighborhoods seeing increases of 130% or more—and they're shocked? Really? This is what happens when you vote for "progressive revenue" politicians like Brandon Johnson who chase away every major business with their anti-corporate agenda. Now that Caterpillar and countless other companies have fled to Texas and Florida, guess who's left...