Independent Journal Review

MAGA Inc. Sends $10 Million to Back Paxton in Texas The $10 Million Move MAGA Inc. has committed $10 million to television and digital ads supporting Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, according to the Daily Wire. A Saturday filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission validated this major spending plan. The group is now backing the Republican nominee against Democrat James Talarico in… https://admin.ijr.…

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Democrats Go Quiet On Climate After Biden-Era Regulatory Blitz Democrats are increasingly dropping climate change from their midterm messaging after spending the Biden years pursuing an aggressive environmental agenda. Climate change has largely disappeared as a defining issue for Democratic candidates ahead of the November midterms, a striking reversal from the 2020 election cycle, when proposals such as the Green…

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Some US Small Businesses Are Dropping Health Insurance Coverage Amid Skyrocketing Costs Some American small businesses are being forced to drop health insurance coverage amid the nation’s ongoing affordability crisis. In 2025, just 51% of firms with 10 to 24 employees offered health benefits, while 97% of firms with at least 200 workers did so, according to KFF. Rising health costs may leave Main Street business ow…

Trump Admin Splinters Over AI’s Right To Train On Americans’ Copyrighted Work The Trump administration appears not to have reached a conclusion on whether artificial intelligence should be able to learn from Americans’ work for free. The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge that AI training on copyrighted books is fair use, and that licensing would only help big labs and “old mainstream media,” accordin…

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Uniparty Fiddles As America’s Middle Class Burns There is no “official” definition of what constitutes the “middle class.” But a widely accepted view is roughly those households whose annual income is about two-thirds to double the national median income, adjusted for family size and local cost of living. Fifty years ago, households like these totaled 62% of the nation’s income; half-century later… https://admin.i…

Here’s Why Drones Are In And Main Battle Tanks Are Out Say goodbye to the main battle tank, and say hello to the first-person-view drones that are dominating them across the globe. For decades, military analysts have said that the tank is dead, but recent developments in military technology may have finally put the nail in the coffin for these armored beasts. The rapid development of… https://admin.ijr.com/heres-w…

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AI, Crypto Industries Could Have Their Hooks In Lawmakers During Next Congress One-sixth of the next Congress will have been backed by crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) interests during the 2026 midterm elections. Super political action committees (PACs) representing AI and crypto spent $127 million across more than 100 primaries in the 2026 cycle, Politico reported. Roughly 90% of the candidates backed by th…

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Americans Kept Flying Despite Iran War, Economic Jitters As Trump Pushed Air Travel Overhaul Americans continued packing airports throughout the summer despite war-driven fuel costs, rising airfares and economic uncertainty, as the Trump administration moved ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s aging air traffic control system. The resilience of air travel suggested Americans were reluctant to give up fly…

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At Least Five Dead, Five Injured In Fatal Amazon Plane Crash At least five people were killed and five others were injured Sunday after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway when landing at a Florida airport. “We’re heartbroken to learn that five people lost their lives in today’s incident at Miami International Airport,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel stated in an X post Sunday shortly after… https://admin.ijr…

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Energy Secretary Gives Reality Check After US Military Takes Out Three Iranian Oil Tankers Secretary of Energy Chris Wright outlined America’s long-term goal for securing global trade passing through the Strait of Hormuz even as its conflict with Iran threatens such traffic. Wright touted the sustained traffic transiting the Strait of Hormuz before telling Dana Bash during a “State of the Union” interview Sunday th…

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The Data Center Boom Is Coming For Small-Town Water The artificial intelligence data center boom is thirsty for small-town American water. Data center projects have run into water problems in several towns that host them: a fire hydrant leak that wasted millions of gallons of water in Oklahoma, a bacterial contamination dispute in Wyoming and well water in Georgia that residents said turned muddy.… https://admin.i…

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Climate ‘Lawfare’ Supporters Lay Out Battle Plan As Supreme Court Showdown Looms Climate litigation advocates laid out a legal strategy Thursday for states to pursue oil and gas companies over alleged climate deception even if the Supreme Court limits such lawsuits. The Center for Progressive Reform, a left-leaning environmental advocacy group, hosted a webinar Thursday where panelists laid out a strategy beyond th…

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