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An exclusive holiday gathering just north of San Francisco reportedly turned into a stomach-churning fiscal nightmare for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.Back in December, Newsom and Google co-founder Sergey Brin attended the same "treehouse party" hosted by crypto investor Chris Larsen. It was there, according to a Bloomberg report, that Brin broke the news that he would be leaving the state in response to a proposed wealth tax.According to the report, it was a tense, private confrontation so jarring that Newsom reportedly complained about a "lingering cold" he attributed to the interaction for months afterward.Brin allegedly explicitly cited the Billionaire Tax Act, a 5% one-time excise tax on individuals with a net worth exceeding $1 billion, hitting his nearly $289 billion net worth hard.CALIFORNIANS FLEE HIGH COSTS — AND MANY COME OUT AHEAD FINANCIALLY, STUDY FINDSJust this week, the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) said it has collected more than 1.55 million signatures, according to a press release, nearly double the 875,000-signature requirement, to put the one-time tax on billionaire assets on the California ballot this November.If the measure is approved by voters, anyone who was a California resident on Jan. 1, 2026, would owe the tax, according to the proposal.Brin effectively shielded his wealth from the retroactive reach of the proposed tax by buying properties in Nevada and Florida. He has also committed at least $45 million to a group called "Building A Better California" to fight the initiative, with his total spending to kill the tax already reaching $58 million this year."I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union. I don't want California to end up in the same place," Brin told The New York Times this week regarding a story by the outlet that discussed his move.Newsom has publicly opposed the billionaire tax, warning the measure would damage the economy and drive away investment. Since January, it’s estimated that more than $1 trillion in capital has left California.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE"This is my fear," Newsom previously said in a Politico interview. "It’s just what I warned against. It’s happening.""The evidence is in. The impacts are very real — not just substantive economic impacts in terms of the revenue, but start-ups, the indirect impacts of … people questioning long-term commitments, medium-term commitments," he continued. "That’s not what we need right… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate alleges he had a suicide note
Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate alleges he had a suicide note [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - POLL: Trump’s Iran War Is Now as Unpopular as Vietnam and Iraq
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters prior to departing the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on February 27, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via AP) Support for President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has dipped to the same levels as unpopular wars like Vietnam and Iraq, according to a new poll. A survey released by ABC-The Washington Post-Ipsos shows support for the ongoing conflict in Iran is continuing to fall, with six in 10 Americans calling the military action a mistake and just 2 in 10 calling the campaign a success. “President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s,” The Washington Post reported on Friday. According to the survey, 61% call the Iran war a mistake, but Trump continues to have support is among Republicans. While 61% overall called the military action a mistake, that number changes to 91% among Democrats and only 19% among Republicans. More than 70% of respondents who identified as independent or “other” also called the action a mistake. Nearly 80% of Republicans said striking Iran was the right decision. That number dropped to 36% among respondents overall. Just 8% of Democrats feel it was the right decision and only 24% of independents support it. Overall, 19% called the military campaign a success, 39% said it was unsuccessful, and 41% said it’s too early to tell. Meanwhile, 46% of Republicans believe it was a success and just 7% believe it was unsuccessful. Among Democrats, 67% say it was unsuccessful, and 43% of independents agree. The Post noted that the Iran war has already reached a level of unpopularity that took other wars years to reach. They reported: The historical comparison to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam — conflicts that polarized Americans in the moment and ultimately came to be seen as failures — is especially notable. It took years for the Iraq War, which was launched in March 2003, to reach the level of disapproval that Trump’s war has in just two months. Fifty-nine percent of Americans in mid-2006 said the war in Iraq was a mistake, while similar numbers felt the same about the war in Vietnam in the early 1970s, according to Gallup polls. The survey also showed Americans are concerned about financial constraints brought on by the war,… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - The Real Greek restaurant chain on brink of collapse
The 28-strong Mediterranean-styled restaurant chain is facing unsustainable cost pressures, its owners say. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Charlie Crist is Running for St. Petersburg Mayor
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is seeking yet another office, this time running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg. Crist, 69, has been a Republican, a Democrat and an independent during his political career. He … [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - 60 Minutes’ Sharyn Alfonsi Speaks for the First Time on ‘Corporate Meddlingâ...
Screenshot Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi told a crowd at Washington, D.C.’s National Press Club about the culture of “corporate meddling and editorial fear” that’s arisen since David Ellison and Bari Weiss took over CBS News. Ellison took control of the network after his company, Skydance Media, acquired Paramount Global last August. One of his first moves was to purchase The Free Press digital outlet from Weiss and install her as editor-in-chief at CBS News. Weiss had previously worked as an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal, and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times before founding The Free Press. At the Thursday event, Alfonsi received the Ridenhour prize for courage, and spoke about her 60 Minutes piece on El Salvador’s notorious CECOT Prison that Alfonsi fought for when Weiss pulled at the last minute. “Thank you for this award. I didn’t know that the theme was hope. My hope recently has been that I still have a job,” she said. “And every morning I wake up to another headline that says I’ve been fired.” Alfonsi alleged at the time that Weiss had “spiked” the story for political purposes because it made the Trump administration look bad, but Weiss argued that the segment wasn’t complete because it didn’t include the Trump administration’s perspective. The segment eventually aired about a month later, largely in its original form. “I will not linger on the internal mechanics of the dust-up at CBS that led to our CECOT story being pulled, but we have to be honest about what it represents,” Alfonsi told the audience. “It wasn’t an isolated editorial argument. In my view, it was the result of a more aggressive contagion: the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear. It’s hard to watch.” Decision-making in the news division has gone from, “‘Is the story true?’ to, ‘is it good for business?’” Alfonsi said. Alfonsi shared that standing up to her bosses over the CECOT episode was so upsetting that her producers “offered to hold [her] hair when [she] was so nervous she was puking about what [she] had done.” Alfonsi said she believed her future at the network was in jeopardy, and she was unsure if she’ll return for the show’s 59th season.The post 60 Minutes’ Sharyn Alfonsi Speaks for the First Time on ‘Corporate Meddling’ in Network News… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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