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Top Economist Says Elon Musk Needs to 'Pay More Taxes,' Not Just Donate SpaceX Shares

A world-renowned economist said Monday that Elon Musk's pledge to donate a share of his company, SpaceX, to every American child is not nearly enough to redress the exploding wealth inequality that he personifies . Gabriel Zucman, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading inequality expert, wrote in a series of social media…

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'Vile' attack on Dem candidate poised to blow up in MAGA hopeful’s face: GOP strategistA controversial video in which the estranged mother of Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton tears into her own daughter is likely to backfire on Acton’s Republican opponent, one prominent GOP strategist warned. A video that spread on social media Tuesday features a woman identifying herself as Acton’s mother, who goes on to call her own…

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Trump Goes Crazy Online After Judge Hammers Him on Golf CoursePresident Donald Trump went on a late-night posting spree about debris and damage in his latest temper tantrum about East Potomac Park. “Here are pictures of Trash Island for the Judge to study. This is just a small area, and better than some!” Trump wrote on Truth Social overnight Monday, referring to a heavily overgrown area at the center of the course…

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‘Beneath the gutter’: Governor race gets ugly as long-estranged mom turns up in attack adOhio’s gubernatorial race took a nasty turn as an ad surfaced featuring the long-estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton accusing her of lying about her background. The video, which began circulating on social media two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, features Donna Arthur urging Ohioans not to elect Acton, a physician tapped by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine to…

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DOJ charges 28 with voting crimes. And, TikTok ignored staff's child safety concernsThe Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with voting crimes as Election Day nears. And, TikTok staff raised child safety concerns with executives, who failed to act, court records show.

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Trump called the judge scrutinizing his golf course takeover a 'crazed lunatic' - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 PSTA federal judge scrutinized President Donald Trump’s plans to renovate a golf course in the capital, on the same day he called her a “crazed lunatic” on social media and said work on the project would begin “IMMEDIATELY!”

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Democrat in Ohio governor's race pushes back against unattributed ad featuring her estranged motherDr. Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, is pushing back forcefully against an unattributed ad circulating online in which her long-estranged mother calls her “a liar” and insinuates she has mental health issues

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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton condemns ad featuring her estranged motherOhio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton is condemning a new ad circulating online featuring her estranged mother. NBC News national politics reporter Henry Gomez discusses how close the race between Acton and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has become in the campaign's final two weeks.

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Acton responds to ad, says personal attacks 'a lifelong pattern' for RamaswamyOhio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) accused Republican rival Vivek Ramaswamy of a “lifelong pattern” of personal attacks after a political ad surfaced online in which her estranged mother called her a “liar.” Acton, who has publicly discussed suffering abuse as a child, suggested Ramaswamy’s campaign was behind the video and criticized him for…

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'Scumbag': Ohio MAGA candidate condemned for 'loathsome and repugnant' political adOhio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is in hot water after an ad was released on his behalf using the estranged mother of his opponent, Amy Acton — who has been accused of covering up for her daughter's sexual abuser — and using her to call Acton a liar. Faced with criticism and even fact-checking from conservative outlets , the Ramaswamy…

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Acton’s brother slams Ramaswamy in new ad: 'Not fit to lead'The brother of Amy Acton, the Democrat running in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, denounced GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy after a new video circulated online featuring Acton's estranged mother calling her a liar and urging Ohioans to vote against her daughter. In a new ad for Actor, Philip Stearns blamed GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for the video...

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