Kyle Nowak

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"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time."

–Zig Ziglar (1926-2012)

❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about the US government’s recent moves to reduce IRS headcount and funding?

🏛️ This weekend, the Trump administration officially exempted smartphones, laptops, and other electronic products from the President’s latest reciprocal tariffs—but also signaled that those products will soon be subject to new tariffs targeting the global semiconductor industry.

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“Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.”

–Richard Bach (b. 1936)

🧠 For decades, scientists have struggled to make sense of the brain due to its mind-boggling complexity. But the purported impossible has now been achieved, according to a new study published in Nature.

🏛️ Tax Day is right around the corner—and it could look a bit different this year on the federal government’s side, amid ongoing plans by the Trump administration to shrink the Internal Revenue Service.

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"If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere."

–Zig Ziglar (1926-2012)

Last year we saw BRAT summer. Are we now in Narnia-Couture winter? Fashion runways worldwide have seen a sudden reemergence of fur pieces this season, both real and fake.

❓ Our question to you: In general, do you agree with congressional Republicans’ plan to extend most or all of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts while also enacting cuts to federal spending?

🔥 It’s Thursday, April 10th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

The Masters, the smallest but arguably most prestigious of pro golf’s four majors, tees off at Augusta National in Georgia later this morning. Here are some of the traditions that make the tournament unlike any other.

US stocks went soaring like a kite without a string yesterday, after President Trump announced plans to enact a 90-day pause on certain tariffs for nearly 100 countries, while also keeping his across-the-board 10% tariff in place and ramping up duties on China.

🏛️ On Saturday, the Senate approved a budget blueprint that aims to extend trillions of dollars worth of tax cuts enacted by President Trump in 2017, and also reduce government spending. But over in the other chamber of Congress, lawmakers are split over whether to approve it as is.

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"Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time."

–George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

🔥 It’s Wednesday, April 9th––and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🖼️ International art sales fell 12% to reach $57.5 billion in 2024, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report published yesterday. The report is widely seen as the best indicator of the notoriously opaque money laundering art market.