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Scalped Themselves
The 2026 World Cup's official resale platform takes 30% of a ticket it already sold you. FIFA banned the scalpers, then became the only one.
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Start Here
I read the manuals for the systems taking your money, then I translate them.
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Gone By August
Missouri put $42.5 million into temporary World Cup work at Arrowhead Stadium, part of nearly $200 million in public funds for Kansas City's six…
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They Bought the Pharmacy
Tennessee's FAIR Rx Act bars a pharmacy benefit manager from owning the pharmacy that fills your prescription. Express Scripts and CVS sued to stop it
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Permission to Exist
Apple and Google have charged a 30 percent App Store commission since 2008. On June 25 the Supreme Court weighs whether to even hear Apple's appeal.
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Let Them Eat Cake
Washington found money for a cage fight and a $14.8M paint job. The same week, a quiet rule would cut SNAP for millions.
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Amazon Named the Trap "Iliad"
Two clicks to sign up. A four-page maze to cancel. The receipts on subscription traps, and the way out.
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You Can't Fix the F-35. Neither Can the Air Force.
A 1998 copyright law lets companies lock you out of your own phone, tractor, and now a $2 trillion F-35. Right to repair is in the FY27 NDAA.
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The Bottom Rung
Between 2014 and 2024, America lost 2.5 million rental units under $600 a month, a 30 percent cut, while everything new opened at the top. Harvard JCHS…
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They Found a Way to Charge You for Paying Rent on Time
A lawsuit says Entrata auto-enrolls renters in RentPlus, a $10-a-month credit-reporting fee, and pays landlords a cut to keep them in it.
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May 2026

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